The Prophet’s Arrival in Medina That was an enlightened morning of Friday, the twelfth of Rabi-Al-Awal, September 23, AD 622, that the Prophet of Allah along with his companions was escorted to Medina by his maternal uncles, the peoples from Banu Najar. In transit he stayed at the valley of Banu Salem and performed Friday prayer. When the noble caravan entered Medina, the girls of Medina welcomed their leader by chanting beautiful verses. Hence, the mission to migrate to Medina was accomplished. Henceforth every native Muslim of Medina was titled as Ansar (local) and the immigrants were called the Muhajir (who left their native land for the cause of Allah). The Ansar welcomed their guests, treated them as their own brothers and sisters, and shared their resources with them to ease their discomforts. Every Ansar, rich or poor, was eagerly keen to have the honor to serve the Prophet as his guest. In view of their keenness, the Prophet of Allah told them very affectionately to leave the reins of his she camel Qiswa, saying, “She is being commanded by Allah, wherever she stops, that will be the place for me to stay.” Qiswa remained on course in the streets of Medina and reached in the Ward of Banu Najar. The Prophet of Allah also recognized a building where lived the mother of Abd-Al-Muttalib (the wife of Hashim). People thought that the Prophet might stop there being the place of his grand kin, but nay! Qiswa went on roaming for a considerable time in the Ward of Banu Najar, the place of his mother’s kin. At last she found her destination to retire; she sat at an open place being used to dry date fruits. The nearest house from that place belonged to the fortunate Ansari Khalid-bin-Zaid, commonly known as Abu-Ayub Ansari. The Prophet wanted to know whom the said land belonged. A person, Asadbin- Zurara, came forward and informed that the land belonged to two orphans who were in his care and offered the property on their behalf, but the Prophet refused and asked for the price. The price asked was seven dinar (gold coins); when confirmed the price was fair, but the Prophet paid ten dinar (the Arabs used to use the silver and gold coins of the kingdoms of Roman and Persia). The second day of his arrival, the Prophet of Allah started the construction of a mosque over that property, which thereafter called “Masjid-An-Nabvi” (the Mosque of the Prophet). Presently—i.e., in the year AD 2003—the said mosque has been extended so extensively that the whole urban area of the city that existed at the time of the Prophet had been included in the campus of the mosque. So the blessed-with-fortune Abu Ayub stepped forward and joyfully welcomed the Prophet of Allah, the noblest guest who ever entered in his house. The Prophet showed his willingness to stay there with a condition that he would arrange his own meals. The author had the honor and privilege to witness the said blessed house in AD 1985, being situated in the southeast of Medina, opposite to the gates of Baqeeh graveyard at one side and on the other, opposite to the Prophet’s mosque. The entire ward, where it was located, was then purchased and vacated by the government for demolition and inclusion in the campus of the great mosque; the project has now been completed. (From my book)
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