JOURNEY TO TA'IF

The persecutions of the Quraish was so harsh in Makkah that Rasulullah (peace and blessing be upon him) decided to turn to the people of Ta'if, a town about forty eight kilometers from Makkah.

The people of Ta'if  used to worship idolaters. On reaching Ta'if with his assistant Hazrat Zaid-bin-Harith (R.A.), Rasulullah (peace and blessing be upon him) met the leaders of the town, On preaching to them, he found them proud and arrogant. They disrespected Rasulullah (peace and blessing be upon him) in a very bad manner. They encouraged their slaves, boys and girls to follow and torture Rasulullah (peace and blessing be upon him) until he left Ta'if. The crowd pelted them with pebbles and stones. Hazrat Zaid (R.A.) tried his best to protect Rasulullah (peace and blessing be upon him) who was bleeding so much that the blood from his body ran down into his sandals and covered his feet.

Rasulullah (peace and blessing be upon him) was so hurt that he was partly conscious when an angel appeared. The angel offered to bring down a whole mountain on the crowd who attacked an innocent man. Rasulullah (peace and blessing be upon him) refused this Divine help and instead, prayed that one day all the people of Ta'if would become Muslims.

That evening they reached Nukhla, and in the middle of the night, while they were in salaat and reciting Quraan, seven leaders of the Jinnat of Naseebeen approached Rasulullah (peace and blessing be upon him) and became Muslims. The Quraan also mentioned this fact in Sura Al-Jinn.

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