Hadrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) said: the Prophet
(may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) was asked to curse the
infidels. He said, "I have not been sent to curse people but as a
mercy to all mankind." (Muslim)
Mother of faithful believers Hadrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with
her) said that she once asked the Holy Prophet (may Allah's blessings
and peace be upon him): 'Did you face a day severer than the day of the
battle of Uhud? 'He answered: 'Yes I have experienced such things at
the hands of your people and such a day was the day of Aqabah. On this
day I presented myself to Abdi lail bin Abd Kulal and offered him Islam,
but he failed to make any responce to what I had offered to him. I
therefore, left with a heavy heart and depressed. I felt some relieft
only when I reached Qarn Sa'alib. Here I looked up and saw a cloud
covering me. In this cloud I saw Angel Jibril (peace be upon him) who
called me and said: Allah, the Most High, has heard what your people
have said to you and the response to your offer. Allah has now sent
the Angel of the Mountains to you to carry out your orders to do what
you might like to be done to them. Then the Angel of the Mountains
addressed me greeting with Salam and then said: 'Muhammad! Allah (The
Glorified and the Exalted) has heard what your people have said to you.
I am the Angel of the Mountains and my Lord has sent me to you to
carry out your orders. What do you want now to be done? If you like I
may crush them between the two mountains encircling the city of Makka.
The Holy Prophet (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) replied:
(I do not want their destruction) I am still hopeful that Allah will
make some of their children (good Muslims) who would worship Allah, the
One, without associating anybody with Him. (Bukhari and Muslim).
Hadrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that a Jewess came
to Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) with
poisoned mutton and he took of what had been brought to him. (When the
effect of his poison were felt by him) he called for her and asked her
about that, whereupon she said: I had determined to kill you. Thereupon
he said: Allah will never give you the power to do it. He (the
narrator) said that they (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) said:
Should we not kill her? Thereupon he said: No. He (Anas) said: I felt
(the effects of this poison) on the uvula of Allah's Messenger. (Muslim)
It has been narrated on the authority of Hadrat Anas bin Malik (may
Allah be pleased with him) that eighty persons from the inhabitants of
Makka swooped down upon Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and
peace be upon him) from the mountain of Tan'im. They were armed and
wanted to attack the Holy Prophet (may Allah's blessings and peace be
upon him) and his Companions unawares. He (the Holy Prophet) captured
them but spared their lives. So, Allah (The Glorified and the Exalted)
revealed the verse: "And It is He Who restrained
your hands from them and their hands from you in the valley of Makkah
after He had given you a victory over them." (48:24) (Muslim)
It has been narrated on the authority of Hadrat Anas (may Allah be
pleased with him) that, on the Day of Hunain, Umm Sulaim took out a
dagger she had in her possession. Hadrat Abu Talha (may Allah be
pleased with him) saw her and said: Messenger of Allah, this is Umm
Sulaim. She is holding a dagger. Allah's Messenger (may Allah's
blessings and peace be upon him) asked (her): What for are you holding
that dagger? She said: I took it up so that I may tear open the belly
of a polytheist who comes near me. Allah's Messenger (may Allah's
blessings and peace be upon him) began to smile (at those words). She
said: Messenger of Allah, kill all those people-other than us- whom thou
hast declared to be free (on the day of the Conquest of Makka). (They
embraced Islam because) they were defeated at your hands (and as such
their Islam is not dependable). Allah's Messenger (may Allah's
blessings and peace be upon him) said: Umm Sulaim, Allah is sufficient
(against the mischief of the polytheists) and He will be kind to us (so
you need not carry this dagger). (Muslim)
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