This emigration from Makkah to the city of Madinah, some 260 miles to the north, marked the beginning of the Hijrah or the Muslim calendar. They were persecuted fiercely, that in the year 622 Allah gave them the command to leave Makkah and proceed to Madinah. They questioned the barbaric practices of their tribe. Their group begun to question the status quo in Makkah. His friend Abu Bakr also was among those early converts.Īs soon as he began to recite the Qur’an and preach the truth, which Allah had revealed to him, he and his small group of followers suffered persecution from unbelievers. The first of all his converts was his wife, Khadijah the second, his first cousin Ali the third, his servant Zaid, a former slave. Who teaches by the pen, teaches man that which he knew not.’”įor the first two to three years of his mission, he preached to his family and his intimate friends, while the people of Makkah as a whole regarded him as one who had become a little mad. Read: And it is your Lord the Most Bountiful. “He heard a voice say: ‘Read!’ He said: ‘I cannot read.’ The voice again said: ‘Read!’ He said: ‘I cannot read.’ A third time the voice, more terrible, commanded: ‘Read!’ He said: ‘What can I read?’ The voice said: ‘Read: In the name of your Lord Who created.
The Qur’an narrates his experience in this manner: It was there one night toward the end of this quiet month that the first revelation came to him. His place of retreat was Hirah, a cave in a mountain called the Mountain of Light, and his chosen month was Ramadan, the month of heat. Allah Almighty has commanded us to know more about his life experiences and how he became a Muslim. Nothing is more important and sacrosanct to the Muslim Ummah than preserving, defending and upholding the pious name of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him).ĭear brothers and sisters! Every Muslim is required to know, honour and study the life of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). Their comparison is wrong, insulting and disgusting.Īfenifere and Shara Reporters must tender an unreserved apology to the Muslim Ummah for this act of irresponsible desecration. The statement by Afenifere stands unreservedly condemned. The statement is unconscionable, provocative and disgusting, and the comment must be retracted with immediate effect. Thus, there is nothing wrong in Igboho seeking a respite first to preserve his life and perhaps to re-strategise.” Prophet Muhammed (S.A.W) too had to leave his hometown, Mecca for Medina in order to escape persecution. “We recall that Moses had to be taken away from the prying eyes of Pharaoh and his agents in Egypt. It should be retracted immediately, with an apology, as state above.Īfenifere, had in a statement on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, said: The ignorance exhibited by Afenifere about the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) shows how lowly the so-called Yoruba nation agitators think of Muslims generally!Ĭomparing the noble Prophet of Islam to a nuisance like Sunday Igboho is a great disservice to humanity and insult to the sensibilities of Muslims all over the world. And it behoves every sincere Muslim to publicly condemn this blatant disrespect of our religion and demand an unreserved apology from the Sahara Reporters and the Afenifere group. To proceed:įellow Nigerians! The blasphemous statement credited to Afenifere, a Yoruba sociocultural group, published by Sahara Reporters online newspaper, comparing the plight of a political thug, Sunday Igboho to that suffered by the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) is a great insult to Islam and Muslims all over the world. May the salutations of Allah, His peace and blessings be upon our Prophet, his family, his companions and his true and sincere followers until the Last Day. In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Ever MercifulĪll praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation.
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