Life-of-Muhammad

Life of Muhammad sa 45joined the fold of Islam who were not Muslims at heart.Its members played a very sinister part in subsequenthistory. Some of them became sincere Muslims. Othersremained insincere and kept intriguing against Islamand Muslims. Some refused to join at all. But they couldnot stand the growing influence of the New Faith, sothey migrated from Medina to Mecca. Medina became aMuslim town. In it was established the worship of theOne God. There was not a second town in the worldthen which could make this claim. It was no small joy tothe Prophet sa and his friends that within a few days oftheir migration a whole town had agreed to give up theworship of idols and to establish instead the worship ofthe One Invisible God. But there was no peace yet forMuslims. In Medina itself a party of Arabs had onlyoutwardly joined Islam. Inwardly, they were the swornenemies of the Prophet sa . Then there were the Jews, whocontinuously intrigued against him. The Prophet sa wasaware of these dangers. He remained alert and urged hisfriends and followers to be on their guard. He oftenremained awake the whole night (Bari, Vol. 6, p. 6o).Tired by night-long vigilance he once expressed a desirefor help. Soon he heard the sound of armour. "What isthis?" he asked. "It is Sa‘d bin Waqqas ra , O Prophet sa ,who has come to do sentinel duty for you" (Bukhari andMuslim). The people of Medina were alive to their greatresponsibility. They had invited the Prophet sa to comeand live in their midst and it was now their duty toprotect him. The tribes took counsel and decided toguard the Prophet's sa house in turn.In the unsafety of his person and in the absence ofpeace for his followers, there was no difference betweenthe Prophet's sa life at Mecca and his life at Medina. Theonly difference was that at Medina Muslims were able toworship in public in the mosque which they had built inthe name of God. They were able to assemble for thispurpose five times in the day without let or hindrance.Two or three months passed. The people of Meccarecovered from their bewilderment and started making