Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

ﷺ Chapter 30: The leaders of Quraish uniting against the Prophet
and his Companions, and their meeting with Abu Ṭaalib who was
supporting and protecting his nephew, and their pressuring him to
hand him over to them, but he – by the might and power of Allaah –
rejected their demands
Anas رضيُاهللُعنه narrated that the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said: ❝I have suffered fear
for the sake of Allaah as no one else has, and I have been tortured for the sake of
Allaah as no one else has. Thirty days and nights had passed over me; and Bilaal and I
had no food that any living being could eat except what Bilaal could conceal under his
armpit.❞ 208
208 Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2472) and the wording is his, Sunan Ibn Maajah (151), Musnad Aḥmad (12212, 14055),
Ṣaḥeeḥ Ibn Ḥibbaan (6560) and graded as “Ṣaḥeeḥ as per the condition of Muslim” by Shaikh al-Albaanee. See
“al-Ṣaḥeeḥah” (2222)
[TN: The leaders of Quraish visited Abu Ṭaalib a number of times in trying to pursue him not to support his
nephew. One such meeting has been mentioned in the previous chapter. The other one is as follows:
Ibn Is-ḥaaq said: “Quraish, seeing that the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ was still intent on his call, realized that Abu
Ṭaalib would never forsake his nephew even if this incurred their enmity. Some of them then went to see him
once more taking with them a youth called `Umaarah Ibn al-Waleed Ibn al-Mugheerah, and said: ‘O Abu Ṭaalib!
we have brought you a smart boy still in the bloom of his youth, to make use of his mind and strength and take
him as your son in exchange for your nephew, who has run counter to your religion, brought about social discord,
found fault with your way of life, so that we kill him and rid you of his endless troubles; just man for man.’ Abu
Ṭaalib’s reply was: ‘It is really an evil bargain. You give me your son to bring him up and I give you my son to kill
him! By Allaah, it is something incredible!!’ Al-Mut`im Ibn `Adee, a member of the delegation, interrupted saying:
‘Quraish had been fair in that bargain because they meant only to rid you of that source of hateful trouble, but as
I see you are determined to refuse their favors.’ Abu Ṭaalib, of course, turned down all their offers and challenged
them to do whatever they pleased.”
This was reported by Ibn Hishaam (1/240) from Ibn Is-ḥaaq, but it is “Ḍha`eef” as Ibn Is-ḥaaq reported it without a
chain and this is why Shaikh al-Albaanee omitted it. And Allaah knows best]
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