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THE MUHAJIRIN'S AFFLICTIONS
As the Quraish stepped up their cruelties and torture
against the fledgling community, the Muslims began to
immigrate in groups or as individuals to Yathrib, where
people were receptive to the message of Islam. Thus these
people became known as Muhajirin (Immigrants). When the
Muslim men and women began to emigrate from Mecca, their
once bustling houses became deserted and dreary places,
of which the lovers lament and the poets sing. The year
as the divine message took a crucial turn, the Quraish
increased their harassment, to seize the possessions and
houses of the Muslims and detaining their women and
children as captives. Some of the prominent houses
including those of Banu Madh'un, Banu Jahash, Banu Bakr
were closed down by the infidels.
Plundering the Houses and Wealth
The house of Banu Jahash was emptied of all its
habitants including Abdullah bin Jahash, his family and
his brothers by Abu Sufyan who seized it by force. The
silent house was a testimony to the afflictions of the
oppressed people on earth, and was also a proof of the
firm and steadfast ideology of a Muslim.The owners of these houses complained to the Messenger of
Allah (s.a.w.) who answered them by saying:O servant of Allah, have you not been
satisfied that Allah will give you a house better than
this in paradise...(52) The history relates to us other miseries and tortures
suffered by the Muhajirin in the way of Allah. History
also tells us about the sufferings of a woman who with
her husband migrated, first to Abysssinia and then to
Madianah.That women in question is Umm Salama, the wife of
Abdul-Assad bin Hilal. Abu Salama who was the first among
the companions of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) and the first
from Banu Makhzum to immigrate to Madinah. When Abu
Salama decided to emigrate, he took his wife, Umm
Salama(53) and their son Salama along with him and seated
them on a camel. But when her tribesmen saw her riding
the camel, they knew that she wanted to emigrate with her
husband too. They stopped Abu Salama from taking his
family with him to Madinah and separated her from him by
force. However, when the men of Banu Abd al-Assad tribe
saw that Umm Salama was being taken by force along with
her son, they became angry and told them: Indeed this boy
is our son and we will not let you separate him from us.
Both sides began to quarrl among themselves concerning
the son, each tribe began to pull the child towards
himself to the extent that they dislocated one of his
hands. Then one of the uncles of his mother took him away
by force. As for Umm Salama, her tribe imprisoned her
because she was planning to immigrate with her husband.
Likewise, many other families were scattered because of
the oppression and injustice of the Quraish.Umm Salama (may Allah be gracious with her), who later
in life after she became a widow married the Messenger of
Allah, says:My husband set out for Madinah and thus they
caused separation between me, my husband and my
son.She continues:I used to go out every morning and sit near a
savanna till the evening just weeping and it took more
than one year till a man from my uncle (one of the Banu
Mughirah) passed and saw me and took pity upon me and
said to Banu Mughirah: 'Will you not let this woman to go
out. You have caused separation between her, her husband
and her son.' She said that they told her: 'you can
follow your husband if you wish'. Banu Abd-Assad returned
my son and I took a camel and travelled alone in
searching of my husband till I reached a place called
Tan'im (11 kilometers away from Mecca) where I met a man
called Uthman bin Abi Talhah, a brother of Banu Abdul-Dar
who said to me: 'Where are you going, O daughter of Abi
Ummayyah?'I replied that I want to go to my husband in
Madinah. Thus, the man helped me till we reached a
Village called Amru bin Awaf in Quba and found my
husband. The man left the place. She adds saying that she
has never seen a man more kind than Uthman bin
Talhah.(54)Thus in Madinah, the Message entered a new phase. In
the second book, God willing, we will shed light on the
movement of Islam step by step.Praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
