The Prophet (s.a.w.) Helped the Rajiz

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In a hadits, it is recorded that, one night, the Prophet (s.a.w.) was taking his wudhu’, to perform his tahajjud at the home of Sayyidatina Maymunah bint al-Harits al-Hillaliyyah (r.a.).  He was heard to proclaim “Labbayk,” meaning, “Here I am,” and “Nuswirtu,” also three times, meaning “I helped you.”  Sayyidatina Maymunah (r.a.) asked the Prophet (s.a.w.) whom he had been talking to since there was no one present.  He replied, “I was talking to the rajiz, from the tribe of Bani Ka’b.  He asked for help from me against the Quraysh.”  The rajiz, Sayyidina Ya’mar ibn Hazn al-Himmani ar-Rajiz, was the chief poet of the tribe.

Sayyidatina Maymunah (r.a.) said that when she finished swalah al-fajr, the next morning, she heard the rajiz calling out in the streets of Madina, “Ya Rasulullah!  Help us and call the servants of Allah to help us.” 

Imam Yusuf ibn Isma’il an-Nabhani (q.s.) cited two ahadits in this respect with their full wording in the chapter of the Prophet’s (s.a.w.) ‘ilm al-ghayb, in his encyclopedia of the Prophetic miracles, Hujjatullah ‘ala al-‘Alamin bi Mu’jizat Sayyid al-Mursalin. 

This rajiz was the poetry champion of Banu Ka’b, one of the sub-tribes of the Khuza’ah.  The Quraysh had helped the Banu Bakr against them.  The latter had allied themselves with the Quraysh on the day of the Truce of Hudaybiyyah, where the Khuza’ah had allied themselves with the Prophet (s.a.w.), and he had become duty-bound to defend them.  The support of the Quraysh for the Banu Bakr against the Khuza’ah was, therefore, a violation of their truce with the Prophet (s.a.w.).  This incident was the catalyst for the conquest of Makkah.