Hundreds of Disbelievers Remained Averse to Islam at the Victory of Makkah — Seal of the Prophets Vol. 2
Introduction
In this discourse from The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 2), Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (ra) details the historical events and scholarly insights surrounding Hundreds of Disbelievers Remained Averse to Islam at the Victory of Makkah.
Book Series: The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 2)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (ra)
Section: II – Commencement of Jihad by the Sword and Fundamental Discussion on Jihād
Pages: Book pp. 52–53 (PDF pp. 76–77)
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Historical Account
son of Umayyah bin Khalf, a chieftain of the Quraish, and who was a staunch enemy of Islām, did not become a Muslim at the Victory of Makkah either. It was in this very state of disbelief that he sided with the Holy Prophetsa, and participated in the Ghazwah of Ḥunain. Many other idolaters also took part in this war. However, gradually the truth of Islām began to manifest itself upon him due to the beautiful character of the Holy Prophetsa and then, ultimately, he became a Muslim at his own will. Now the question is that if the Holy Prophetsa and his Companions would forcefully convert people to Islām, why were people not coerced to enter Islām after the Victory of Makkah, when the Quraish had lost their strength completely, and the Muslim army was dominant? After the Victory of Makkah, what better opportunity could the Muslims have found for their forceful propagation, when a very large community could have been made to enter Islām at the slightest wave of the sword? However, Islām brought a message of religious freedom and it was ordered that there should be no compulsion in the matter of religion. Therefore, it was with utmost honesty that the Holy Prophetsa and his Companions left every single individual free to his own conscience, so that everyone could follow the religion of their choosing. However, Islām was not such a religion that, if the idolaters of Arabia were to receive an opportunity to calmly contemplate, they would not be won over by its qualities in comparison to their own religion. Hence, it was not the iron sword, but the sword of argumentation and signs, which did its work and in a very short time, the region of Arabia was cleansed of the element of polytheism.
[Al-Iṣābah Fī Tamīziṣ-Ṣaḥābah, By Aḥmad bin ‘Alī bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 3, pp. 349-351, Ṣafwān bin Umayyah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon (2005) * Usdul-Ghābah Fī Ma‘rifatiṣ-Ṣaḥābah, By ‘Izzuddīn Ibnul-Athīr Abul-Ḥasan ‘Alī bin Muḥammad, Volume 2, pp. 420-421, Ṣafwān bin Umayyah, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon (2003) * Al-Istī‘āb Fī Ma‘rifatil-Aṣḥāb, By Abū ‘Umar Yūsuf bin ‘Abdillāh, Volume 2, pp. 274-275, Ṣafwān bin Umayyah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon (2002)]
Book Series: The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 2)
Section: II – Commencement of Jihad by the Sword and Fundamental Discussion on Jihād | Navigation: « Previous: [Muslims Achieved Exceptional Progress During a Time of Peace] | Next: [Causes of War] »