Sunday, September 13, 2026

The Prophet ﷺ Faced Persecution but Never Stopped Preaching Islam

Conspiracy to bring Noblest Prophet into disrepute

It is reported that people of Quraysh called upon a meeting in which participants expressed their concerns that the month of Hajj is approaching and the pilgrims will converge here from different parts of the world. As the Blessed and Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم is inviting people to Islam openly; thus, people would listen to him and when they listen, they would obviously be inspired by him. Therefore, there is only one way to overcome it and that is to bring the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم into disrepute so that people have extreme aversion towards the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم and when people show their hatred towards him then obviously no one will listen to him, thus, they will have no inclination towards him. So, after this meeting, these wicked and malevolent non-believers started calling the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم a sorcerer (مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ) a madman and a soothsayer in order to disrespect and defame him. But be sacrificed upon the great courage and the firmness of the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم that he did not get scared and worried at all and constantly continued his mission of calling people towards righteousness.

Dear Islamic brothers! Have you seen! A systematic campaign was launched against the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم in order to bring him into disrepute but in the face of all such obnoxious and malicious tactics, the great determination and perseverance of the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم was not shaken even a bit. He صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم continued calling people towards righteousness consistently.

It also provides us the teaching that whether anybody accuses, ridicules, speaks ill of, imitates our voice or hurts us in any way, we should not quit the Sunnah-inspiring Madani environment. We should also keep calling people towards righteousness while acting upon the blessed Sunnah. He who moves forward consistently towards his focussed destination without losing courage and hope, achieves it finally.

Tumhayn ay mubaligh! Yeh mayri du'a hay

Kiye jao tay tum taraqqi ka zeenah

Cardiac patient got recovered

Dear Islamic brothers! For developing the passion and enthusiasm for calling people towards righteousness, keep travelling with Madani Qafilahs of Dawat-e-Islami, a global non-political movement for the propagation of Quran and Sunnah with the devotees of Rasool for learning the Sunnah. For your persuasion and motivation, a Madani parable is presented:

'An Islamic brother from Bab-ul-Madinah (Karachi) had a cardiac pain. Doctor told him that two arteries of his heart were blocked and suggested angiography. This treatment required a huge amount of money and this helpless man belonged to a poor family. One Islamic brother, while making individual efforts, persuaded him to travel with the Sunnah-inspiring Madani Qafilah and to make Du'a during Qafilah. Hence, he travelled in a 3-day Madani Qafilah. On his return from the Madani Qafilah, he felt much better. When he had his tests done, the reports showed no heart disease at all. Doctor asked him surprisingly 'Two arteries of your heart were blocked but what we see here that they are no longer blocked. How has it happened? He replied: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ by the blessing of supplication which I made during the Madani Qafilah, I have got rid of this deadly disease.'

Lootnay rahmatayn Qafilay mayn chalo

Seekhnay Sunnatayn Qafilay mayn chalo

Dil mayn gar dard ho dar say rukh zard ho

Pao gay rahatayn Qafilay mayn chalo

صَلُّوا عَلَى الْحَبِيبِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى مُحَمَّد

Alas! How severe persecution and oppression the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم faced at the hands of non-believers for the sake of propagating Islam and keeping the status of Islam high and elevated! The Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم always remained steadfast and unwavering in the face of violent storm of cruelty and tyranny. Read another incident full of brutality and inhumanity meted out by the wicked pagans and feel the pain:

Surrounded by non-believers

Ameer-ul-Mu'mineen Sayyiduna Ali رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ has stated: Once the malevolent non-believers surrounded the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم and fell upon him and, while dragging and pushing, they would utter: It is you, who ordain to worship one God. Sayyiduna Ali كَرَّمَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَجْهَهُ الْكَرِيمِ (who was very young at that time) said: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddique رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ appearing at the scene, came forward courageously, thrashing the non-believers and dragging them away, reached the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم and rescued him from those oppressors. The blessed tongue of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ was reciting the following blessed verse of Glorious Quran:

أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَنْ يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ اللَّهُ وَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَتِ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ

'What! You want to kill a man just because he says, 'Allah is my Lord' whereas he has indeed brought clear signs to you from your Lord?'

[Translation of Kanz-ul-Iman] (Part. 24, Surah Al-Mu'min, verse 28)

Now these wicked non-believers captured Sayyiduna Siddiq-e-Akbar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ and they pulled many of his hairs of his blessed head and beard ruthlessly and injured him badly by beating him up.

(Sharah Al-Zarqani, vol. 1, pp. 468-470)

Thus, the cruel non-believers tried their level best using all threatening tactics to prevent the Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم from preaching and propagating Islam but the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم continued propagating the true message of Islam. As the message of Islam was disseminating, deep wrath and anger of wicked non-believers was also rising ferociously. They were always pursuing to persecute the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم.

Strangling with mantle

Once the malevolent and wicked non-believers were sitting under the shade of blessed Ka'bah and the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم was busy offering Salah (near the Maqaam-e-Ibrahim عَلَى نَبِيِّنَا وَعَلَيْهِ الصَّلُوةُ وَالسَّلَام). A non-believer, Uqbah Abi Mu'eet, wrapped the mantle around the blessed neck of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم and twisted it with a view to strangle him. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ came running, intervened and dragged him (i.e. Uqbah Bin Abi Mu'eet) back while reciting the following blessed verse of Glorious Quran:

أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَنْ يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ اللَّهُ وَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَتِ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ

'What! You want to kill a man just because he says, 'Allah is my Lord' whereas he has indeed brought clear signs to you from your Lord'.

[Translation of Kanz-ul-Iman] (Part. 24, Surah Al-Mu'min, verse 28) (pp. 27)

The Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم one day came out of his blessed house, whoever non-believer came across him whether he was a slave or freeman would hurt him.

(Al-Seerat-un-Nabawiyyah, pp. 113)

Regrettably! Heart bleeds at the thought of the sorrows and sufferings of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم and an unbroken continuity of propagating Islam and performing Salah in the face of all such severe cruelties and hardships is truly beyond one's understanding.

Haram ki sar zameen per Aap parhtay thay namaz, aksar

Hamaysha us ghari ki taak mayn rehtay thay badgohar

Koi Aaqa ki garden ghontta tha kas kay chadar mayn

Koi bad bakht patthar marta tha Aap kay sar mayn

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