A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh   Abu ‘Abdullah  Muhammad ibn Ishaq ( r.a. ) said, as found in Shaykh Abu Muhammad ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Hisham al-Baswri’s ( r.a. ) Sirah an-Nabawiyyah , that Banu Bakr and the Quraysh defeated Banu Khuza’ah, and looted them.   This violated the terms of the solemn pact to which they had agreed with the Prophet ( s.a.w. ), by warring with the Khuza’ah, his formal allies, Sayyidina ‘Amr ibn Salim al-Khuza’i ( r.a. ), one of the Banu Ka’b there, rode out until he came to see the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) in Madina.   His coming gave the impetus for the conquest of Makkah.   He stood before the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) as the latter sat in the mosque, in full sight of the people, and declaimed the following:   “Lord!   I am appealing to Muhammad, By the time-honoured pact of both our fathers. You were a father and we, a son; Then we entered Islam and remained loyal. Help us, and may Allah Help you always! Summon ...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ It is found in the books of tafasir , exegesis, the story behind the Revelation of some verses in Surah al-Buruj.   Prophet Muhammad ( s.a.w. ) said that among the people who came before, there was a king who had a sorcerer, and when that sorcerer became old, he said to the king, “I have become old, and my time is nearly over, so please send me a boy whom I can teach magic.”   So, he sent him a boy and the sorcerer taught him magic.   Whenever the boy went to the sorcerer, he sat with a monk who was on the way, and listened to his speech and admired them.   So, when he went to the sorcerer, he passed by the monk, and sat there with him; and on visiting the sorcerer, the latter would thrash him.   So, the boy complained about this to the monk.   The monk said to him, “Whenever you are afraid of the sorcerer, say to him, ‘My people kept me busy.’   And whenever you are afraid of your people, say to them, ‘The sor...