Sahih Muslim Hadith 4653 – The Persecution

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[4653] 111 – (1795) It was narrated from Ibn Shihâb: "Urwah bin Az-Zubair told me that 'Aishah, the wife of the Prophet , narrated that she said to the Messenger of Allah : '0 Messenger of Allah, was there ever a day that was worse for you than the day of (the battle of) Uhud?' He said: 'I suffered at the hands of your people, and the worst that I suffered from them was the day of Al-'Aqabah, when I presented myself to Ibn 'Abd YâlIl bin 'Abd Kulâl, and he did not respond to what I wanted. So I went, with signs of distress on my face, and I did not recover until I was in Qarn Ath-Tha'Alib, where I lifted my head and saw that a cloud was shading me I looked and saw therein Jibrâ'Il, , who called me and said: "Allah has heard what your people said to you, and how they have rejected you. He has sent to you the angel of the mountains, so that you can tell him to do whatever you want to them. Then he called the angel of the mountains to me and he greeted me with Salâm, then said: 0 Muhammad, Allah has heard what your people have said to you, and I am the angel of the mountains. Your Lord has sent me so that you can tell me what to do. What do you want? If you wish I will bring together Al- Akhshabain (the two mountains of Makkah) to crush them." The Messenger of Allah said to him: Rather I hope that Allah will bring forth from their loins 3t U ) :IJ people who will worship Allah alone, not associating anything with Him."