The Journey To Ta’if (35)
The Prophet ﷺ marries Saudah and then Aishah رضي الله عنهما
About one month after the death of Khadeejah رضي الله عنها
, the Prophet married Saudah bint Zam’a in the month of Shawwal. Saudah had been married to her cousin, Sakran bin Amr رضي الله عنه . The couple had been among the early Muslims who had migrated to Abyssinia. After returning to Makkah, Saudah’s husband died. At the end of her period of mourning, the Prophet ﷺ married her.
A year later the Prophet ﷺ married Aishah رضي الله عنها , in the month of Shawwal. This marriage was also solemnised in Makkah
. At the time Aishah , was only six years old. However, she was sent as a bride to the Prophet ﷺ when she was nine. She was the most beloved wife of the Prophet ﷺ and the greatest female scholar of Islam
. The relationship between the Prophet ﷺ and her has given Muslims an insight into the Prophet’s ﷺ role as a husband and the deep love he inspired in her. The camaraderie between them, the painful episode of slander against Aishah رضي الله عنها , and the confidences he divulged to her all give us insights into their rich, complex and profound relationship.
The Prophet ﷺ journeys to Ta’if
Soon the Prophet ﷺ felt that it was time to take the message of Islam to neighbouring tribes. He made his way on foot to Ta’if, about thrity miles east of Makkah, travelling with his former slave, Zayd bin Haritha رضي الله عنه.
Along the way to Ta’if, the Prophet ﷺ invited each tribe he
encountered to embrace Islam. Finally, he reached Ta’if and met three brothers, all chieftains of the Thaqif tribe. He invited them to Islam and asked them to help him spread his message, but they responded with hostility.
The Prophet ﷺ left the chieftains and looked for others to talk with about Islam. For the next few days he continued his search to find anyone who would open his heart to Allah’s word, but no one was interested. Each cheiftain he met proved arrogant and unfriendly when he explained his mission and requested help. Instead of accepting his call to Islam, they asked him to leave Ta’if and return from whence he came
. They even stirred up children, slaves and the whole rabble against him. As the Prophet ﷺ made his way out of the township, a rag tag band ran after him, abusing him and throwing stones at him until even his feet dripped with blood.
Zayd tried to protect the Prophet ﷺ from their blows, and in
doing so suffered several cuts on his head. The Prophet ﷺ and Zayd escaped and sought refuge three miles away in an orchard belonging to Utbah and Sheba, the sons of Rabi’a. There the Prophet ﷺ sat down in the shade of a wall covered
with grapevines and prayed to Allah in a supplication known as Du’aa Al-Mustad’afeen (the Prayer of the Oppressed):
“O Allah! I complain to You of my weakness and humiliation
before the people. You are the Most Merciful, the Lord of the weak and my Lord too. To whom have you entrusted me? To one who does not care for me? Or have you appointed my enemiy as master of my affairs? So long as You are not angry with me, I care not. Your favour is abundant for me. I seek refuge in the light of Your Face, by which all darkness is dispelled and every affair of this world and the next is set right, lest Your anger or Your displeasure descend upon me. I desire Your pleasure and satisfaction. There is no power and no might except in You.”
The sons of Rabi’a, who saw the Prophet ﷺ taking refuge in
their orchard, were moved by the sight of a weary traveller with a long road ahead of him, and sent their slave Addas to him with a bunch of grapes
. The Prophet ﷺ took the grapes, and only after saying Bismillah (in the name of Allah) did he begin to eat. Addas was very surprised ,why
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