05. Madinah Munawwarah mein rihaaish aur Muhaajreen-o-Ansaar ke darmiyaan bhai chaarah aur muwaakhaat [Settling into Al-Madinah Al- Munawwarah and the Brotherhood between the Muhajirun and the Ansar]

Settling into Al-Madinah Al- Munawwarah and the Brotherhood between the Muhajirun and the Ansar.          

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)declared brotherhood between the Ansar and the Muhajirun (the emigrants), even making them inherit each others’ property. He only declared brotherhood between his Companions(رضي الله عنهم) in order to remove the loneliness of exile from them and to distract them from missing their wives and families and in order that they might strengthen and support each other. Then when Islam became stronger and the families were reunited, and loneliness was gone, the inheritance was abolished and all of the believers were made brothers and the following Verse was revealed:

إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ

“The believers are nothing else than brothers.” [Al- Hujurat 49:10]

Az-Zubair said: “Allah the Almighty, the All-Powerful revealed regarding us, in particular, the people of Quraish and the Ansar.

وَأُولُوا الْأَرْحَامِ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلَى بِبَعْضٍ

But kindred by blood are nearer to one another (regarding inheritance).” [Anfal 8:75]

That was because we, the people of Quraish, when we came to Al-Madinah, we had no property, but we found the Ansar

to be the most excellent of brothers and we took them as brothers and we inherited from them and they inherited from us. Abu Bakr took Kharijah(رضي الله عنه) bin Zaid as a brother and

‘Umar(رضي الله عنه) took so- and-so as a brother and ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan(رضي الله عنه) took a man from Banu Zuraiq bin Sa’d Az-Zuraqi as a brother (and some people say that it was another man) – and I took Ka’b bin Malik as a brother and I came[69] and found that he had been seriously wounded by a weapon; and

by Allah, if he had died that day, none but I would have inherited from him until Allah revealed this Verse and we returned to our inheritances.”[70]

And ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Awf(رضي الله عنه) arrived and the Prophet(ﷺ) declared brotherhood between him and Sa’d bin Ar-Rabi’ Al Ansari(رضي الله عنه) and he invited him to share equally with him his wives and his property, but ‘Abdur-Rahman(رضي الله عنه) said: “May Allah bless you in your wives and your property, show me where the market is.” And he earned something from selling cheese and ghee. After some days, the Prophet(ﷺ) saw him and observed traces of yellow on him, so the Prophet(ﷺ) asked him: “What is this?” Thereupon he said: “O Allah’s Messenger, I have married a woman from the Ansar,” The Prophet(ﷺ) asked him: “What did you give as a dowry?” He replied: “A date-stone’s weight of gold.” He(ﷺ) said: “May Allah bless you! Hold a wedding feast, even if it is only with a sheep.[71]

This story is conformation of this fine spirit which existed between the Ansar and the Muhajirun and that they did not exploit the generosity of the Ansar. Indeed, the Muhajirun were mindful of the good deeds of the Ansar and they used to extol them much, while at the same time, they were afraid that they would take all of the reward, for it is reported in the Hadith of

Anas(رضي الله عنه) that he said:

The Muhajirun said: “O Messenger of Allah! We have not seen a people like those to whom we came who are more generous when they have much and more charitable when they have little, and they have given us sufficient provision and shared with us in celebrations, so we are afraid that they will take all of the reward.” Allah’s Messenger(ﷺ) said: “Not at all! The praise and thanks which you give to them and the supplications to Allah the Almighty, the All-Powerful which you make for them are their reward.[72]

✿The First Birth Following the Hijrah

The first child born to the Muhajirun after their arrival in Al- Madinah was the honorable Companion, ‘Abdullah bin Az- Zubair. It was reported on the authority of Asma'(رضی اللہ عنہا) that she was pregnant with ‘Abdullah bin Az-Zubair and she said: “I left (Makkah) when I was at full term and I arrived in Al- Madinah and stopped at Quba’ and I gave birth in Quba’, then I went with him to the Prophet(ﷺ) and placed him in his arms, then he called for a date and chewed it and put his saliva in his mouth, and so the first thing which entered his stomach was the saliva of Allah’s Messenger(ﷺ), then he placed the chewed date in his mouth, then he supplicated for him and invoked blessings on him and he was the firstborn child in Islam. [73]

And it is reported on the authority of’ Aishah(رضی اللہ عنہا) that she said: “The first child born in Islam was ‘Abdullah bin Az-Zubair and they brought him to the Prophet(ﷺ) and the Prophet(ﷺ) took a date and chewed it, then placed it in his mouth. So, the first thing which entered his stomach was the saliva of the Prophet(ﷺ)[74]

[69: That is, on the day of the battle of Uhud and Ka’b was carried as a wounded man after the battle]

[[70: Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Surat Al-Ahzab, Verse 6, on the authority of Ibn Abi Hatim and its chain of narrators is Hasan (sound).]

[71: Al-Bukhari (2049) and Muslim (1427).]

[72: Ahmad (3/204).]

[73: Al-Bukhari (3909) and Muslim (2146).]

[74: Al-Bukhari (3910) and Muslim (2148).]

✿The Adhan (Call to Prayer)

Once Allah’s Messenger(ﷺ) was at ease in Al- Madinah and his brothers among the Muhajirun had gathered with him and the Ansar were united, Islam was strengthened and prayer was established and Zakah and fasting were made obligatory and the legal punishments were established and the permissible (Halal) and the forbidden (Haram) were determined. And when the Prophet(ﷺ) first arrived, the people simply used to gather to him for prayer when the time for it came, without being called. Then Allah’s Messenger(ﷺ) sought the people’s counsel regarding what was important to them in the prayer.

and they mentioned a horn, but he disliked that because the Jews used it. Then a bell was suggested, but he disliked that because the Christians used it. While they were still discussing this, ‘Abdullah bin Zaid bin Tha’labah bin ‘Abd Rabbihi, who was the brother of Balharith bin Al-Khazraj saw the call to prayer in a dream and he said: “O Messenger of Allah! This night I have had a dream: A man passed by me who was wearing two green garments and he was carrying a bell in his hand. I said to him: ‘O slave of Allah! Will you not sell me that bell.’ He asked: ‘And what would you do with it?” I said: ‘We would call the people to prayer.’ He said: ‘Shall I not guide you to something better than that?” I said: ‘And what is that?” He replied to say:

                                                        اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ.

                                                    أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ

                                   أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ    

                                                           حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ، حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ.

                                                              حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ، حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ

  اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ                                                                      

                                                                       لا إِلَهَ إِلَّا الله

                                                       ‘Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar;

                                                          Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar.

                                                          Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah

                                                          Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah

                                                    Ashhadu anna Muhammadan Rasulullah,

                                                   Ashhadu anna Muhammadan Rasulullah.

                                                     Haiya ‘alas-Salah, Haiya ‘alas-Salah.

                                                      Haiya ‘alal-Falah, Haiya ‘alal-Falah

                                                        Allahu Akbar, Allâhu Akbar.

                                                               La ilaha illallah

                                  (Allah is the Most Great, Allâh is the Most Great;

                                   Allâh is the Most Great, Allah is the Most Great.

                                       I bear witness that none has the right to be

                                                           worshipped but Allâh,

                                      I bear witness that none has the right to be

                                                           worshipped but Allâh.

                           I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,

                           I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah

                                       Come to the prayer, come to the prayer.

                                   Come to the success, come to the success.

                                Allâh is the Most Great, Allah is the Most Great.

                               None has the right to be worshipped but Allâh.)

Allâh’s Messenger(ﷺ) said:

“Verily, it is a true vision, in sha’ Allâh (i.e., Allah willing), so get up with Bilal and pronounce it to him, then let him call the people with it, because he has a stronger voice than you.”

So, when Bilal(رضي الله عنه) called the people with it, ‘Umar bin Al- Khattab(رضي الله عنه) heard it in his house and he came out trailing his

cloak and he said: “O Prophet of Allah! By Him Who sent you with the truth, I saw something similar to what he saw.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said:

                                              “All praise and thanks be to Allah.”[75]

And in At-Tirmidhi it was reported from Muhammad bin ‘Abdullah bin Zaid narrated that his father said: “When we woke in the morning, we came to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and I informed him of what I had seen in a dream and he said: ‘Verily, this dream is true. So, get up with Bilal because his voice is stronger and more prolonged than yours, so pronounce to him what was said to you and let him call the people by it. When ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab heard Bilal’s call to prayer, he went out to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) trailing his lower garment and he said: ‘O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)! By Him Who sent you with the truth, I saw something like what he said.’ He said: ‘All praise and thanks be to Allah, for that is more confirmed.[76]

[75: Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah (4/573,574).]

[76: At-Tirmidhi (189).]

REFERENCE:

Book: “History of Madina Munawwarah”

Prepared by a group of Scholars  under the supervision of  Shaikh Safir ur Rahman Mubarak puri. (Darussalam)