When the news of the
Messenger's exodus from Mecca to Medina reached the Muslims in Medina, they
began to go every morning to the lava fields and wait there until the heat of
noon drove them back. Many days they waited until one day when they returned to
their houses, it so happened that a Jewish man was looking out from his
fortress when he saw the Prophet shimmering in the haze. No sooner had he
sighted him than he hailed the Muslims at the top of his voice saying:
“O Muslims, here is
your Master whom you await!”
The Muslims
immediately rushed to meet the Messenger of Allah on the crest of the lava
fields. He then kept going until they had reached Quba where he stopped with
the clan of Amr ibn Awf. The Muslims hailed 'Allahu Akbar' (God is Greatest)
with joy at his arrival. The Prophet stopped at Quba for three days awaiting
the arrival of Ali. He did not want to enter the Medina without Ali.
The Prophet remained
with the clan of Amr ibn Awf for a day or two along with Ali. During his stay
in Quba he established the mosque of Quba, and thus it became the first ever
mosque established in Muslim era.
And on the Friday, the
Prophet entered the Quba mosque and led the Muslims in the Friday prayers and
gave a sermon. And this was the first Friday sermon ever given. The Prophet
prayed in the direction of Jerusalem and one hundred men prayed behind him.
After performing the prayers, the Prophet mounted his camel. He headed towards
Medina along with Ali, who never left his side, and the rest of Muslims.
Once in Medina, Muslim
families invited the Messenger of Allah to stay with them. In order not to turn
down the request of any one of them, the Prophet decided that he would stay
with the family by whose house his she-camel would stop. He said: “Let her be
for she is being ordered.” The camel kept on walking until she reached the door
of the house of Abu Ayyub, who happened to be amongst the poorest in Medina.
Then Abu Ayyub hurried
to the Prophet's baggage and took it into his house. Abu Ayyub's mother, who
was blind, said: “O if only I had sight so that I could see my master the
Messenger of Allah!” The Prophet Muhammad then called to Allah for her and her
eyes opened. This was the first of his miracles in Medina.
It is said that when
the Messenger of Allah entered Medina, it was the most joyous occasion ever
witnessed by the people. One eyewitness said: “I saw the day when he entered
Medina and I have never seen a brighter or better day than that day. And I saw
the day he died and I have never seen a worse or darker day than the day on
which he died.”
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