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Early lUluslims$uffer
O Howdid the leadersof Qurayshhurt the eartyMustims?
Howdid the Mustims
act whenthey were suffering?
& Whydid the eartyMustimskeeptheir faith?
Whatwasthe rewardfor their patience?
go to lookfor safety?
Wheredid the Mustims
&Aain
I em:TrueMustims
witl
keepfaith and neverleavet
religionevenwhenthey are
underpressure.
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Yasir
Ammarlbn Yasir
lbn Mas'ood
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TeacherLuqman
part of the storyof Rasootuttah
ffi .
TeacherLuqman:Whenthe Prophetffi startedteachinglstam,few
himandbecameMustims.sadly,mostof the peopte
peoptebetieved
did not betievein lslam.
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UNIT D CHAPTER3
Peopte
in Makkah
usedto worshipidolsandstatues.They
hadabout360idots(Asnamr i ) aroundandinsideA[Ka'bah.Theythoughtthat worshipping
thesegods,woutd
bringthemcloserto Attah(SVff).Thisis called"Shirk,"
fatsegods,or anythingotherthan
whichmeansworshipping
Attah(SWT).
Thisis the worstsin a personcancommit.
ProphetMuhammad
to the peopteof
M exptained
Makkahthat he wasthereto hetpthem [earnwhat Attah
wantsfrom them. He totd them that if they worshipped
Attah
atoneanddid gooddeeds,they woutdwin A[-Janna, or
Paradise.
But if they insistedon worshipping
idols,anddoing
baddeedsthey wouldbe punished
in Jahannam
, or Heltfire.
Manyof them laughedat Rasootuttah
and refusedto fottow
lstam. Theytotd him that their fathersand grandfathers
had
taughtthem to worshipthe i ols andthey knewbetterthan
him. Theytotd him that they woutdnot leavethe retigionof
their ancestors.
Bilal:Thisis bad, Rasootuttah
wantedthem to go to Jannah,
andthey wantedto go to Jahannam.
TeacherLuqman:Thatis sad,isn't it?
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YeS!
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,f
of lslamwasa mancalted
TeacherLuqman:Oneof the worstenemies
Amribn Hisham.Heusedto abuseandkittor hurt peoptewhobecame
Mustims.Hethoughttheywoutdleavelslamif he botheredthem.
usedto catthim "Abu[Hakam,"whichmeansthe "Fatherof
Quraysh
he refusedto betievein lstam,the Prophet
Wisdom."Butbecause
ffi
Abu
cattedhim "AbuJaht,"whichmeansthe "Fatherof lgnorance."
Jah[wasthe worstkafirin Makkah.
that!
Ahma : Hedeserved
TeacherLuqman:ProphetMuhammadffitried hisbestto convince
himto becomea Muslim.HeinvitedAbuJahtto lstammanymany
times,but he refused.
Zai : Whyin the wortdwouldtheydo sucha thing.Theyworshipped
stones,not Attah,the OneWhocreatedthem.
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UNIT D CHAPTER3
TeacherLuqman:AbuJah[andother leadersknewthat
Muhammad
wastruthful. But theywere afraidthat if theyf
lowedhim they woutdlosetheir placeas leaders.Their [eaG
ershipwasmoreimportantto them than pteasing
Attah.
TeacherLuqman:Let'sgo on, AbuJah[anda groupof his
friendsgot angrywhenthe famityof YasirbecameMustims.
them to leavelslamandworshiphis idols,but of coursethey
refused.AbuJah[torturedatt of them in a very harshway.
The ProphetM, tried to stopAbuJahland his peoplebut
coutdn't,so he spoketo the famityof Yasirandsaid:
't
"Be potientfamifyof Yosir. You sre promlsedPorodise.
Later,Yasirand Sumayyah
died from the harshtorture.
YasirandSumayyah
showedthat they were strongMustims
and
passedawayas (Shuhadaa',
martyrs).Ammardid not die and
insistedto staya Mustim.
Xni ; That is so sad,who kittedthem?
TeacherLuqman:AbuJah[did.
Bilal:Howotd were they?
TeacherLuqman:Theywere about70 yearsotd.
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A H A DA H A D
Bital:Mydadtotd me that he namedme Bitalbecausehe loves
Bitatibn Rabah.Hetoo wastorturedby the
the sahabi
peopteof Makkah.
TeacherLuqman:Yourfatherdid a goodthingwhenhe named
to
wasa slavein Makkah
Bitatlbn Rabah
youafter thisgreatSahabi.
in Africa.
ibn Khataf.HewasfromAbyssinia
a mancatledUmayyah
usedto beatup Bilalafter he becamea Mustim.Onhot
Umayyah
tookBitatto the desertandlaid himdownon the very
days,Umayyah
woutd
Umayyah
hot sand.Theywoutdwhiphimso hard. Sometimes,
orderthat a big rockbe put on hischest. Bitathada strongbetiefin
andkepton saying:
Attah(SWT)
"Allqhis one,Alloh
"Ahod,Aho",meoning
is one".
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UNIT D CHAPTER 3
AbuBakrfett verysadwhenhe sawBilathavingsucha hardtime.
HebeggedUmayyah
to stopbeatingBitatbut Ummayyah
refused.So
AbuBakrofferedto buyBital,andhismotherHamamah.
Umayyah
agreed,but he askeda very highprice.AbuBakracceptedand
boughtBilatandhismotherwith hisownmoney.Heset themfree.
Later,Bitalbecamethe Prophet's
mu'athin(theonewhocatlsfor the
Prayer).
AbuBakrfreedat leastten stavesin Makkahwith hisown money.
Theyweretorturedby their mastersbecause
they becameMuslims.
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fee awniakheeh
Rasootuttah
M said:
"Attahwitt hetphis servant,ds longas he hetpshisbrother.
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TeacherLuqman:Hereis anotherstoryaboutthe sufferingof the
firstMuslims.
Hehada
wasoneof the greatsahabah.
lbnMas'ood
Abduttah
in a verybeautifutway.
voiceandusedto readAt-Qur'an
beautifut
Onetime, he wantedthe peopleof Makkahto hearthe wordsof
andstartedto readthe Qur'anin a loud
Attah.Hewentto At-Kaabah
did not like that, AbuJahtandother
voice. The kuffar of Quraysh
andbeathim up.AbuJaht,whowas
kuffarjumpedon Abdu[tah
lbn
ear.Abduttah
off Abduttah's
alwaysthe cruetest,chopped
Mas'oodsurvived.Eventhoughhe suffereda great[oss, Abduttahlbn
to be a verygoodMustim.
continued
Mas'ood
THE EvgY-Pf,TtenI
learn
Attahis sopatientwith thosewhodisobeyhim.GoodMustims
is.
fromAttahpatience.Buttheycannotbe aspatientasAttah(SWT)
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[3] Thinkingthat hisweatthwoutdmakehim lastfor ever!
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Listento this Suraon Track 13 of your CD.
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andthe Mustims
Zai : what did Rasootuttah
DidtheYfight back?
theseprobtems?
TeacherLuqman:No,the Prophetdid not wantto fight hispeopte.
were Patient.Theyhopedthat the PeoP[eof
Heandthe Mustims
oneday.
Makkahwoutdchangetheir mindsand becomeMustims
Ahma : But they were goingthroughvery hardtimes.
sufferanymore.5o, he sentJa'far
Abusatamah
e+i , andmanyothersto Abyssinian EastAfrica.
treatedwettthere. Eightymenwith theirwivesandchitdrenleft to
Abyssinia.
The kuffar of Makkahdid not tike this. Theywantedthe Mustimsto
sothat theycoutdtorturethem. so, the
be broughtbackto Makkah
to bringthe
senttwo of their teadersto Abyssinia
tribe of Quraysh
backto Makkah.
Mustims
they askedthe kingto arrestthe
whenthey arrivedto Abyssinia,
wasa
An-Najashi
andsendthembackto Makkah.Because
Mustims
fair kinghe refusedto arrestthemor sendthem back. Hea[towed
to stayin hiscountyas tongastheywanted. ln fact, Afl- r,,
Mustims
Najashihimsetf[aterbecamea Mustim.
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UNIT D GHAPTER 3
The eartyMustimsshowedgreat[oveto Attah(SWT)
eventhoughthey were hurt.
We shoutdnot giveup on what we betievein.
@
Attah(SWT)testsus to seehow strongour imanis.
AbuJah[wasoneof the worstenemiesof lslam.
Mustimsteft Makkahandwent to Abyssinia
for the
sakeof Attah.
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UNIT
G${APTHR
Ethiopiais the new namefor Abyssinia.
lt is a countryin
EastAfrica.Asyou learnedeartierlstamarrivedeartyin
Ethiopia.ProphetMuhammad
sentabouteightyof the earty
Mustims
to this landso they woutdnot be torturedby the
kuffarof Makkah.TheseeartyMustims
were goodand decent
peopte.The Ethiopians
tikedandtrustedthem.That made
manyEastAficanpeopteacceptlstam.Eventhe kingof
ancientEthiopiabetievedin Muhammad
andbecamea
Mustim.HisnamewasNegus
Armah,or in Arabic,Ah-Najashi.
He protectedMustims
thereandtreatedthem with kindness.
Whenhe died,ProphetMuhammadM, did SatatulJanazah
on hissout.Now,nearlyhatfof the peoplein Ethiopiaare
Muslims.
The capitatof Ethiopiais AdisAbaba.
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