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TAMIL - AUTHOR : MUFTI A.UMAR SHARIF KASHIMI
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ENGLISH- THE SEALED NECTAR – MEMORIES OF THE PROPHET (PBUH)-AUTHOR- ISSAM DIAB
Meanwhile the tribes and families of Madinah , the new name for Yathrib and a short
form of ‘The Messenger’s Madinah (City)’, came streaming forth, and vied with one
another in inviting the noble visitor to their homes. The girls of the Madinese used to chant
beautiful verses of welcome rich in all meanings of obedience and dutifulness to the new
Messenger.
Though not wealthy, every Ansar (Helper) was wholeheartedly eager and anxious to
receive the Messenger in his house. It was indeed a triumphal procession. Around the
camel of Muhammad [pbuh] and his immediate followers, rode the chiefs of the city in
their best raiment and in glittering armour, everyone saying: "Alight here O Messenger of
Allâh, abide by us." Muhammad [pbuh] used to answer everyone courteously and kindly:
"This camel is commanded by Allâh, wherever it stops, that will be my abode."
The camel moved onward with slackened rein, reached the site of the Prophetic
Mosque and knelt down. He did not dismount until it rose up again, went on forward,
turned back and then returned to kneel down in the very former spot. Here, he alighted
in a quarter inhabited by Banu Najjar, a tribe related to the Prophet [pbuh] from the
maternal side. In fact, it was his wish to honour his maternal uncles and live among them.
The fortunate host, Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari, stepped forward with unbounded joy for the
Divine blessing appropriated to him, welcomed the Noble Guest and solicited him to
enter his house. [Za'd Al-Ma'ad 2/55]
A few days later, there arrived the Prophet’s spouse Sawdah, his two daughters Fatimah
and Umm Kulthum, Usama bin Zaid, Umm Aiman, ‘Abdullah — son of Abu Bakr with Abu
Bakr’s house-hold including ‘Aishah [R]Ç. Zainab was not able to emigrate and stayed
with her husband Abi Al-‘As till Badr Battle. [Bukhari 1/556]
‘Aishah [R]Ç said: "When the Messenger of Allâh [pbuh] arrived in Madinah , both Abu
Bakr and Bilal fell ill. I used to attend to their needs. When the fever took firm grip of Abu
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Bakr he used to recite verses of poetry that smacked of near death; Bilal, when the fit of
fever alleviated, would also recite verses of poetry that pointed to clear homesickness."
‘Aishah [R]Ç added:
"I briefed the Prophet [pbuh] on their grave situation, and he replied: O Allâh, we entreat
You to establish in our hearts a strong love for Madinah equal to that we used to have for
Makkah, or even more. O Allâh, bless and increase the wealth of Madinah and we
beseech You to transmute its rotten mud into wholesome edible fat." [Bukhari 1/588]
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