619 CEmajor

Journey to Ta'if

رحلة الطائف

Map: Ta'if (21.2703, 40.4158)

After losing his protectors, the Prophet ﷺ traveled to Ta'if with Zayd ibn Harithah seeking support from the Thaqif tribe. The leaders rejected him and incited street urchins and slaves to stone him, causing his blessed feet to bleed. He took shelter in a garden and made his famous supplication: 'O Allah, to You alone I complain of my weakness.' Allah sent Jibreel with the angel of the mountains offering to crush the people between the two mountains, but the Prophet refused, hoping their descendants might accept Islam.

Sources

  • Sahih al-Bukhari
  • Sahih Muslim
  • Ibn Hisham's Sirah