5. Would you like to meet him outside the institution? (cont.)

The army of Ta'if was very strong. The Muslims were seemingly facing a defeat. The Prophet turned to his companions only to see them running away from him. He then called out to the Ansar, "O Ansar!" They replied, "At your service, O Messenger of Allah!" and they returned to him and formed a line to protect him against the enemies' swords. They continued to sacrifice themselves for Allah's Messenger until the enemy fled and the Muslims were victorious. When the battle was over and the booty was amassed in front of the Prophet , the Ansar began to look at it. Each of them was thinking about his hungry children and poor family, wishing that he may take a portion of the booty to comfort them with. However, they noticed that the Prophet called al-Aqra' bin Habis, who was a new Muslim that only just had embraced Islam in Makkah, and gave him a hundred camels. He then called Abu Sufyan and gave him a hundred camels, and continued to divide up the booty amongst the people of Makkah who had not sacrificed nearly as much as the Ansar had, nor fought like them. When the Ansar saw this, some of them said to each other, "May Allah forgive His Messenger. He is giving the booty to Quraysh and neglecting us, while our swords are still dripping with their blood!" When the leader of the Ansar, Sa'd bin 'Ubadah saw this, he The magician visited the Messenger of Allah and said, "O Messenger of Allah, your companions from the Ansar seem to have ill feelings towards you." The Prophet was surprised and said, "Why is that?" Sa'd replied, "Due to the way you distributed the booty. You gave it to your people quite generously but didn't give the Ansar anything." The Prophet asked, "How do you feel about this, O Sa'd?" He replied, "O Messenger of Allah, who am I except a person from my people?" The Prophet realised that the situation needed a solution by fixing people's hearts rather than their pockets. He said, "Gather your people together." When they gathered, the Prophet came to them. He began with Allaah's praise, then said, "O Ansar, what is this news that has reached me?" They said, "As for our leaders, then they have not said anything, but some of the younger ones amongst us have said that may Allah forgive the Messenger of Allah who has given the booty to Quraysh and neglected us, while our swords are still drippling with their blood!" The Prophet replied, "O Ansar, were you not misguided and Allah guided you through me?" They said, "Indeed, all thanks and praise belong to Allah and His Messenger." The magician He said, "Were you not poor and Allah made you self-sufficient? Were you not enemies of one another and Allah placed love between your hearts?" They said, "Indeed, all thanks and praise belong to Allah and His Messenger." The Prophet then fell silent as did the people. They both waited in silence until the Prophet said, "Will you not respond to me, O Ansaar?" They said, "What can we say in response, O Messenger of Allah, for all thanks and praise belong to Allah and His Messenger." The Prophet said, "But by Allah, you might have answered and answered truthfully, for I myself would have testified to its truth myself you might have said, You came to us belied and rejected and we accepted you. You came to us as helpless and we helped you. You came to us a fugitive, and we took you in. You came to us poor and we comforted you." The Prophet then began to moving their hearts and emotions, saying, "O Ansar, do you feel concern for the things of this world, whereas I have sought to incline these people unto the faith in which you are already established? Are you not satisfied,OAnsar,that the people will leave with ewes and camels while you will leave with the Messenger of Allah to your dwellings. By Him in Whose Hand is my life, had there been no migration, I would have been one of the Ansaar. If people were to go through a valley and passage while the Ansaar were to go through another valley and passage, I would go through the valley and passage of the Ansaar. O Allah! Have mercy on the The magician Ansaar, their children and their children's children." The people, upon hearing this, began to cry until their beards were soaked and said, "Yes! We are satisfied, O Prophet of Allâh with our lot and share." Then the Prophet left and the people dispersed. How amazing was our Prophet ! In fact, by using beautiful words, you can even intoxicate people. It is said that once upon a time in Egypt there was a rich man known as Pasha who owned acres of farmland. He was also a very arrogant man who would often humiliate humble farmers.