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#Part 40
AL_Siddeeq (40)
The Prophet ﷺ returned to Makkah before dawn, and the
next morning he told the people about this miraculous journey and ascension to heaven. The Makkan pagans, of course, scoffed at his claim. Some ran to Abu Bakr and told him the story, thinking that it would shake his faith in the Prophet ﷺ. “If he said so,” Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه said, “it must be true.” Abu Bakr’s answer as to why he believed is inspiring to all generations of Muslms. Since he had believed the Prophet was indeed a prophet, one to whom an angel brought revelations from Allah, Lord of the worlds, why should he not also believe the Prophet’s account of his travel through space and time From that day onward, Abu Bakr was called “Siddeeq,” one who believes.
In an attempt to prove that Muhammad was lying, those
Makkans who were familiar with Jerusalem and the Sacred Mosque of Worship there quizzed him about his journey. The Prophet ﷺ described everything in detail, and no one could fault his description. Additionally, the Prophet ﷺ told the Makkans about the caravan travelling from Jerusalem to Makkah, mentioning the number of camels, their condition, and the time theat they would arrive in Makkah. The caravan from Jerusalem appeared exactly when the Prophet ﷺ said it would, and everyone saw that his description was accurate. But, the pagans remained fettered to their disbelief.
The same morning Jibreel descended and taught the Prophet how to perform the five daily prayers. Following Jibreels visit, the Muslims began praying five times each day instead of praying morning and evening .
Various tribes are invited to Islam
Once again it was time for the Prophet ﷺ to take Allah’s
message to the people outside Makkah . Tribes from all over Arabia would journey to Ukaz, Mujanna and Dhul Majaz where three huge fairs were held each year. The fair at Ukaz, a village between Nakhlah and Ta’if, lasted the first twenty days of the month of Dhul Qad’ah. Then the tribes would move to Mujanna and set up markets there.
Finally, during the first eight days of Dhul Hijjah, markets were set up in Dhul Majaz, behind Jabal Rahmah on the plain of Arafah . The people would perform Hajj, or pilgrimage , rites following the last fair.
Taking the opportunity of finding a large audience, the
Prophet ﷺ approached various tribes with his message of Allah’s Oneness and his own prophethood. Those invited to Islam were Banu Amir bin Sasa’a, Banu Abs, Banu Nasar, Banu Al-Baka’a, Kinda, Jalb, Banu Al-Harithh bin Ka’b, Udrah and Hadharma. None of these tribes accepted the Prophet’s invitiation, but they responded in different ways.
Some of them declined politely, some asked him to appoint them as his successors after his death, some pointed out that most of the Prophet’s kinsmen and tribesmen had refused to follow him, and some resorted to insults. Banu Haneefa, the tribe of Musaylimah Al-Kaddhab, or Musaylimah the Liar (who was later to pose as a prophet himself), was especially disrespectful to the Prophet ﷺ.
Although the vast majority of Makkan pagans rejected the
Prophet , a few people outside Makkah embraced Islam
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