It was the fourth year after the Hijrah. The city of the Prophet was still under threat from within and without. From within. the influential Jewish tribe. the Banu anNadir. broke their agreement with the Prophet and made plans to kill him. For this, they were banished from the city. This was in the month of Safar.
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One day, Malik bin Dinar (rahimaullah) was passing by a place when he noticed a young man wearing old clothes and crying by the roadside. His name was Uthbah. Sweat was dripping down his body even though the temperature was very cold at that time. Malik bin Dinar became very surprised at the scene and asked Uthbah, “Oh young man, why are you crying? And why are you sweating during this cold temperature?”
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About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college, I was working as an intern at my University’s Museum of Natural History. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.
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KESATUAN ISLAM

Firman Allah S.W.T.:

“Dan sesungguhnya ugama Islam ini ialah ugama kamu – ugama yang satu asas pokoknya, dan Akulah Tuhan kamu; maka bertaqwalah kamu kepadaKu.” (Surah al-Mukminin 23: 52).

“Dan (ingatlah) Aku tidak menciptakan jin dan manusia melainkan untuk mereka menyembah dan beribadat kepadaKu.” (Maksud Surah al-Zariyat (51):56).

“Dan bahawa sesungguhnya inilah jalanKu (ugama Islam) yang betul lurus, maka hendaklah kamu menurutnya; dan janganlah kamu menurut menurut jalan-jalan (yang lain dari Islam), kerana jalan-jalan (yang lain itu) mencerai-beraikan kamu dari jalan Allah, Dengan yang demikian itulah Allah perintahkan kamu, supaya kamu bertaqwa.” (Maksud Surah al- An’am (6):153).

“Maka demi Tuhanmu (wahai Muhammad)! Mereka tidak disifatkan beriman sehingga mereka menjadikan engkau hakim dalam mana-mana perselisihan yang timbul di antara mereka, kemudian mereka pula tidak merasa di hati mereka sesuatu keberatan dari apa yang telah engkau hukumkan, dan mereka menerima keputusan itu dengan sepenuhnya.” (Maksud Surah al-Nisa’ (4):65).

“Dan sesiapa yang menentang (ajaran) Rasulullah sesudah terang nyata kepadanya kebenaran pertunjuk (yang dibawanya), dan ia pula mengikut jalan yang lain dari jalan orang-orang yang beriman, Kami akan memberikannya kuasa untuk melakukan (kesesatan) yang dipilihnya, dan (pada hari akhirat kelak) Kami akan memasukkannya ke dalam neraka jahanam; dan neraka jahanam itu adalah seburuk-buruk tempat kembali.” (Maksud Surah al-Nisa’ (3):115).
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In the times of Umar (Radiallahu Anhu) there was a severe famine. All the people of Madinah were suffering due to the shortage of food. A caravan made up of a thousand camels loaded with a large stock of food grains belonging to Uthman (Radiallahu Anhu) arrived from Shaam (Syria). Several merchants offered to buy all of it. He asked them what profit they would pay. “Five per cent,” they said. He answered that he could get higher profit than that. They began to argue with him, saying that they did not know of any merchant who would offer him more than their quote. He said to them, “I know of one who repays a profit of more than seven hundred to a dirham (Arabian currency).” He then recited the verse of the Noble Quran in which Allah Ta’ala mentioned this profit. “The likeness of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah, is as the likeness of a grain (of corn); it grows seven ears, and each ear has a hundred grains. Allah gives manifold increase to whom He pleases. And Allah is All-Sufficient for His creatures’ needs, All-Knower.” (2:261).

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Narrated Abu Hazim: I heard Sahl bin Saad saying, “A woman brought a Burda (i.e. a square piece of cloth having edging). I asked, ‘Do you know what a Burda is?’ They replied in the affirmative and said, “It is a cloth sheet with woven margins.” Shal went on, “She addressed the Prophet and said, ‘I have woven it with my hands for you to wear.” The Prophet took it as he was in need of it, and came to us wearing it as a waist sheet. One of us said, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! Give it to me to wear.’ The Prophet agreed to give it to him. The Prophet sat with the people for a while and then returned (home), wrapped that waist sheet and sent it to him. The people said to that man, ‘You haven’t done well by asking him for it when you know that he never turns down anybody’s request.’ The man replied, ‘By Allah, I have not asked him for it except to use it as my shroud when I die.” Sahl added; “Later it (i.e. that sheet) was his shroud.”
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Abdullah ibn Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with him) was among those who were the first to accept Islam. When the persecution of the Quraysh got severe, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) gave permission for his companions to emigrate to Madinah. Emigrating was not a new experience for Abdullah. He and some members of his immediate family had migrated before to Abyssinia. This time, however, his migration was on a far bigger scale. His family and relatives, men, women and children, migrated with him. In fact, his whole clan had become Muslims and accompanied him.
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