Nabi (S.A.W.) and Ubay Bin Khalaf

Question:

Assalamualaikum,

Was salaam

Answer:

Ubay bin Khalaf was the most active and severest enemy of Islam among the disbelievers of Mecca. Before ‘Hijrah’, he used to announce to the Prophet (S.A.W) most insolently, “I have reared a horse, which I feed very well; I will slay you one day riding on it’s back.” Once,  the Prophet (S.A.W) replied to him, “Insha-Allah! You shall meet your end at my hands.” In the battle of Uhud, he ran about in the field in search of the Prophet (S.A.W) saying, “If Muhammad (S.A.W) is not slain today, then I stand no chance of surviving.” He at last found the Prophet (S.A.W) and advanced to attack him. The Companions decided to finish him before he reached the Prophet, but the Prophet (S.A.W) stopped them. When he came near, the Prophet (S.A.W) took a spear from one of the Companions and struck him with it, causing a little scratch on his neck. He staggered and fell down from his horse and then fled towards his camp, crying: “By Allah, Muhammad (S.A.W) has killed me!” His people tried to console him and told him that it was only a bruise and there was nothing to worry about, but he would say, Muhammad (S.A.W) had once announced to me in Mecca that he would kill me. By Allah, had he only spat at me, I would be no more.” It is said that he cried like a bull. Abu Sufyaan, who was very active on that day, put him to shame for crying in that manner over a slight wound, but he said, “Do you know who has inflicted this injury upon me? It was none other than Muhammad (S.A.W). By Laat and Uzza! If my agony be distributed over all the people of Hijaaz, none of them would survive. Since the time he had declared that he would kill me, I was sure that I would meet my death at his hands. If he only spat at me after that declaration, I would be no more.” So he died on his way back, at   day’s journey from Mecca.   

And Allah Ta’ala knows best

Mufti Muhammad Ashraf

Darul Iftaa

Jameah Mahmoodiyah

Springs

18 February 2006

19 Muharram 1427