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"Muhammad al-Amin"
(Muhammad the Trustworthy)
One year, the people of Meccah were
rebuilding the holy
Kabah.
The holy Kabah is the first
house of worship ever
built on earth.
and it was the
Holy Prophet Ibrahim and his
son Ismail (A.S.) who built
it.
Now all the people of Meccah
were working together to rebuild
it.
The wall of the Kabah reached the
special place where
the black stone called! al-Hajar
al-Aswad' had to be placed.
Al-ijajar al-'Aswad is a very respected
part of the Kabah.
Each of the nobles of Meccah wanted
to gain prestige and
honor for himself and his tribe
by placing the black stone in
its special position.
Gradually
a huge quarrel broke out and
work came to a halt.
All the nobles
were saying, !No, I must
be the one to place Al-Hajar al-'Aswad
in position."
The conflict became very severe,
and the situation
became dangerous.
Meccah was on
the verge of civil war.
and the nobles began giving instructions
to their tribes and
clans to make ready for battle.
It was then that a wise man spoke
up.
"Oh people.
he
said, "Do not make war upon each
other.
War leads to the
destruction of houses and cities
and causes misery and
hardship amongst the people.
Do
not follow the ways of
ignorance.
' find the solution to
your problem."
"What shall we do'?" asked the
Meccan nobles.
"What is
the solution to our problem?"
"You must select an arbitrator,
said the wise man.
"to
arbitrate between you and put an
end to your conflict."
"We accept the nobles said in unison.
"This is a good
suggestion but who is to arbitrate
All the nobles wanted the arbitrator
to be from their own
tribe, so that he would rule in
their favor.
Again the project
led to a dispute.
That same wise man then made another
suggestion.
"Since you are unable to agree
in choosing an arbitrator," he
said, appoint the first person
who enters
al-Masjid al-Haram to arbitrate
among you.
"The first person to enter from
this door."
he added,
pointing to one of the Sacred Mosque's
doors."
"We agree."
they all said.
Their eyes were staring at the
door.
They were all anxious
and their thoughts were centred
on who was going to enter
the door and arbitrate between
them and in favor of which
tribe.
A young man entered.
and everyone
was relieved.
It's Muhammad."
they started saying.
"Muhammad al
Amin.
Muhammad the Trustworthy.
who could be better'?
We accept his arbitration."
As Muhammad entered the Sacred
Mosque.
all the
people crowded around him and told
him all about this
conflict.
Thinking for a moment.
Muhammad then told
them:
"All the leading men of Meccah
must share in this
important work."
The people were surprised.
"How
is it possible?" they
asked themselves.
Muhammad gave instructions for
the head of each tribe
to be present.
When they were all
present.
Muhammad
(S.A.w.) took his cloak.
spread
it on the ground.
and placed
al-Hajar al-'Aswad upon it.
Then
he told all the chiefs to pick
up the cloak together.
and bring
it to the side of the Kabah.
Then, when they had done so, Muhammad
gently nudged
al-Hajar al-Aswad into its special
position.
All the people of Meccah were satisfied
and pleased.
and
congratulated Muhammad on his expertise.
At that time, Muhammad was still
young and had not yet
been given his prophetic mission.
However.
he was so honest
and truthful that he was known
as Muhammad al-Amin.
meaning "Muhammad the Trustworthy".
The people had
complete confidence in him and
entrusted to him their
valuables.
He took great care to
look after these trusts and to
return them safely to their owners
whenever they wanted
them.
The people used to turn to
him to settle their
differences and disputes, and everyone
used to accept his
arbitration.
