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THE VISIT TO TAIF (620A.D.

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Causes

The mighty hands were now removed after the death of Hazrat Abu talib and Hazrat Khadiia (RA), and
the enemy began to redouble their Persecution. Yet Prophet (saw) did not think for a single moment of
leaving the land of His birth, but at last the hostility of the Quraish forced him to turn his attention to
Taif, a city sixty km to the east of Makkah, where he honed people might listen and support Him.

Events

On arriving in Taif, accompanied by Hazrat Zaid bin Haritha (RA), he went directly to the three leaders
(brothers of each other) Abd Yaleel, Masood and Habib" of the city and asked them to consider
accepting Islam. The Prophet (saw) had expected a friendly treatment, as they were the heads of the
clan. But one of them mocked:

"Hey, Allah has made you a Prophet! " The other exclaimed with disrespect:

"Could Allah not lay His hand on anyone else, beside you to make him His Prophet?"

The third one taunted at him:

"I do not want to talk to you, for if you are in fact a Prophet, then to oppose you is to invite trouble,
and if you only pretend to be one, why should I talk with an impostor? ""

For ten days he stayed there delivering his message to several people, one after another, but all to no
purpose. Leaders not only refused to accept the new faith but ordered Muhammad (saw) and Hazrat
Zaid (RA) to leave the city; they even provoked street urchins to drive them out of the city.

They pelted stones at the legs and feet of the Prophet (saw) and hooted at him. When he sat due to the
pain they picked him up and laughed at. Hazrat Zaid (RA) tried to secure the Prophet (saw) and got
injured very badly too.

The Prophet (saw) and Hazrat Zaid (RA) ran out of the town under a shower of rocks and debris. Just
outside the city found a small enclosed garden where they took shelter. the owner (Utba and sheebah)
of the garden felt sorry and sent a gift of some grapes for Prophet (saw) through his servant Adas. The
Angel Jibrael (AS) and the angel of mountains came to the Prophet (saw) and said, he would destroy the
entire city in between these mountains le wanted him to. The Prophet (saw) declined the offer and said
in reply:

"I would rather have someone from their prosperity who will worship. Allah, the All Mighty with no
associate, "

and returned home. He used to say that the day in Taif was the most difficult day of his life.
Nakhlah incident

On returning from Taif, he proceeded to Wadi Nakhlah where he stayed for a few days. During his stay
there, Allah sent him a company of inns who listened to him reciting the Noble Qur'an. The incident is
referred to in Surah Jinn: [72:1, 2]

Protection by A-Mut'im

When he was a short distance from Makkah. he retired to cave Hira. Al-Mut'im bin Adi, a notable in
Makkah, volunteered to respond to the Prophet's appeal for shelter. The Prophet (saw) observed a two
Raka.h prayer in Ka'abah and left for his house.

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