The
infidel of Quraysh continued to experience various failures in stopping the
preaching of Prophet Muhammad. Finally they had to kill Prophet Muhammad. It is
stated in several narrations that the infidel figures of Quraish repeatedly
tried to kill the Prophet, but always failed because Rasulullah was the most
beloved servant of Allah and always
protected by Allah SWT.
One
of the stories of the famous assassination attempt was the attempt of Abu Jahal
who was about to throw a stone at Prophet Muhammad who was prostrating in his
prayer. Rasulullah did have the habit of going to the Ka'bah for prayer. One
day when Rasulullah was prostrating, Abu Jahal took a stone and approaching
Rasulullah to put the stone on his head. But not long after, Abu Jahal that was
pale returned to where his friends .
His
friends asked, "What is it, Abulhakam (Abu Jahal)?"
Abu
Jahal replied, "When I will do my plan and almost approach it, it turns
out there is a very large camel blocking me. Camel is very big. I have never
seen a camel as big and as scary as that, the camel almost attacked me ".
It
turned out that Abu Jahal's very bad plan failed. Apparently he was scared when
his eyes saw something scary so he could not kill Rasulullah. But because of
his disbelief, Abu Jahal had never learned anything. He and other pagan friends
still did not accept the truth of Islamic teachings and continued to fight
Rasulullah at other times. When meeting Rasulullah, Abu Jahal interfered,
insulted, and said something that was inappropriate towards Islam. But Prophet
Muhammad was always patient in facing such conditions.
The
times experienced by Rasulullah and the Muslims were the most devastating times
experienced by mankind. Rasulullah and his followers did not demand property or
power, but demanded truth and faith in the truth. Rasulullah guided people to
return to the right path. Although the poets swore at him and the infidel
figures were always disturbing, this did not make him despair. He precisely
increasingly steadfast and increasingly persistent preaching. He and the
Muslims are willing to sacrifice anything for the sake of upholding the
teachings of Islam.
In
the midst of the many conditions with the violence and oppression of the
infidels of Quraysh towards the Muslims, the uncle of Rasulullah named Hamzah
bin Abdul Muttalib gained light in his heart so he decided to convert to Islam
at the end of the 6th year of Prophethood. That way the strength of the Muslims
is getting bigger.
Hamzah,
who in the early days of the Messenger's preaching still held the belief of the
Quraysh. He has a fondness for hunting. If he comes home from hunting, he
surrounds the Kaaba (Ka'bah) first before returning to his house. Hamzah
converted to Islam after learning about the actions of Abu Jahal who had
persecuted Prophet Muhammad by striking a stone into his head to bleed. He was
angry at that.
So
Hamzah, a handsome and well-mannered man in the Quraysh tribe who had just
returned home hunting immediately met Abu Jahal to avenge the rude actions his
nephew received. Hamzah immediately rebuked Abu Jahal who was in front of him,
"O Abu Jahal, have you insulted my nephew even though I have entered his
religion?".
Then
Abu Jahal was beaten with an arrow until he was injured. The families of both
parties wanted to interfere so that there was almost a mass fight. But this was
immediately stopped by Abu Jahal who also admitted that he had indeed behaved
badly towards Prophet Muhammad.
Hamzah
also promised Prophet Muhammad to defend him and was willing to sacrifice in
the way of Allah SWT until the end of his life.
Reference:
·
Mubarakfuri,
Syekh Shafiyyur-Rahman, and Haidir, Abdullah (Translator). 2005. Sejarah Hidup dan Perjuangan Rasulullah.
Riyadh: Kantor Dakwah dan Bimbingan bagi Pendatang Al-Sulay.
·
Haekal, Muhammad
Husain, and Audah, Ali (Translator). Sejarah
Hidup Muhammad.
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