Hadhrat Anas RadhiAllahu Anhu narrates that Rasulullaah swalallahou alayhi wasallam once visited a Jewish boy who

used to serve him but had fallen ill. Sitting by his head, Rasulullaah swalallahou alayhi wasallam said to the boy, "Accept Islaam." The boy looked at his father who was also there. The father said, "Obey Abul Qaasim (Rasulullaah swalallahou alayhi wasallam)." The boy accepted Islaam. When Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam left the house, he said, "All praise for Allaah Who has used me to save him from Jahannam. Bukhari and Abu Dawood as quoted in Jam'ul Fawaa'id (Vol. 1 Pg. 124) Hadhrat Abbaas radhi allahu anh narrates that Rasulullaah swalallahou alayhi wasallam once said to him, "I do not see any help forthcoming from yourself and your brother. Will you not take me to the marketplace tomorrow so that we may stop at the places where the various tribes are staying?" This was during the time when all the Arabs were gathered there (in Makkah for the Hajj). (Consequently, they left for the marketplace, where Hadhrat Abbaas Radhiallahu anh showed Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam the camps of the various tribes.) Continuing the narration, Hadhrat Abbaas RadhiAllahu Anhu says that he pointed out to Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam, "This is the Kindah tribe and those who are with them. They are the best of tribes from Yemen performing Hajj." Pointing( towards the camps of other tribes, Hadhrat Abbaas RadhiAllahu Anhu further said, "This;is the camp of the Banu Bakr bin Waa'il tribe and that is the Banu Aamir bin $a1sa'ah camp. You may choose whichever you like (to give Da'wah to)." Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam started by meeting the Kindah tribe. He approached them and said, "Where do you people come from?" They replied, "From the people of Yemen." "From which tribe of Yemen?" asked Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam. "From the Kindah tribe," they responded. Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam further asked them, "From which family of the Kindah tribe do you belong?" They said, "From the Banu Amr bin Mu'aawiyah family." Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam then asked them, "Do you want something good?" "What is it?" they asked. Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam said to them, "That you should testify that there is none worthy of worship but Allaah, that you establish salaah and that you believe in everything that has come from Allaah." According to a report from the elders of the Kindah tribe, the people of Kindah then said to Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam, "If you are successful, shall we receive kingship thereafter?" Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam replied, "All kingship belongs to Allaah and He shall grant it to whomsoever He pleases." The people then said, 'We have no need for the message that you have brought to us." According to a report of.Kalbi, they said to Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam, "Have you come to us to prevent us from (worshipping) our gods and so that we should oppose the Arabs? Go back to your people for we have no need for you." After leaving them, Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam approached the Banu Bakr bin Waa'il tribe. He asked them, 'Where do you people come from?" They replied, "We are from Banu Bakr bin Waa'il tribe." Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam further asked them, "From which family of the Banu Bakr bin Waa'il tribe do you belong?" "From the Banu Qais bin Tha'laba family," they responded. Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam asked them, "How large are your numbers?" 'We are as many as the grains of sand," they boasted.

"What authority do you have?" asked Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam, "None," they replied, "The Persians are our neighbours and we can neither defend ourselves against them nor defend anyone else against them." Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam said to them, "If you people steadfastly take it on your shoulders to recite 'Subhaanallaah' 33 times, 'Al Hamdu Lillaah' 33 times and 'Allaahu Akbar' 34 times, you shall see a time (if Allaah preserves you till then) when you would live in the homes of the Persians, marry their women and take their sons as your slaves." "Who are you?" they asked. Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam replied, "I am the messenger of Allaah." Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam then left them. Hadhrat Sa'd (Aslami) was the guide who directed Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam through the Rakoobah valley. His son (Abdullaah) says, "My father informed us that Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam came to them, seeking the shortest path to Madinah.. He was accompanied by Hadhrat Abu Bakr RadhiAllahu Anhu whose daughter was then being suckled by a woman from our tribe(2)." Hadhrat Sa'd RadhiAllahu Anhu informed them, "They is a road along the valley of Rakoobah but 'there are two thieves from the Aslam tribe there who are called "Muhaanaan". If you wish, you could use the road past them." Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam said, "Lead us to the road past them." Consequently, they took the road and when they drew close to the thigves, one of them said to the other, "Look at this person from Yemen!" Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam then gave them Da'wah and invited them to accept Islaam. They both became Muslims. When Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam asked them their names, they said that they were called "Muhaanaan" ("The two contemptible ones"). Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam said to them, "No. You two are 'Mukramaan' ('The two honoured ones')." Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam then told them to join him in Madinah. The Hadith still continues after this.(3) Ahmad (Vo1.4 Pg.74). Haythami (Vo1.6 Pg.58) has also commented on the Hadith. Hadhrat Aasim Aslami RadhiAllahu Anhu narrates that while Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam was migrating from Makkah to Madinah, Hadhrat Buraydah bin Khusayb RadhiAllahu Anhu met him at a place called Ghameem. When Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam invited him to accept Islaam, he and the approximately eighty families with him all accepted. Rasulullaah then led them all in the Isha salaah. (2) Ibn Sa'd (Vol..4 Pg.242). Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Ja'far RadhiAllahu Anhu narrates that after his uncle Abu Taalib had passed away, Rasulullaah swallallahou alayhi wasallam travelled on foot to Taa'if to invite the people to Islaam. However, they did not accept his Da'wah and he had to return. On the way back, he took shade beneath a tree, performed two Rakaahs salaah and made the following du'aa: "0 Allaah! Only to you do I communicate my weakness and lack of importance among people. 0 the most Merciful of those who show mercy, You are certainly the most Merciful of those who show mercy. To whom shall you hand me over? To an enemy who will treat me harshly or to a near one to whom You shall give control over me? If You are not angry with me, I care for nothing except that Your protection should be vast enough for me4 In Your Countenance by which multitudes of darkness are turned to

light and by which the affairs of this world and the Aakhirah are:remedied, I seek protection from being afflicted by Your wrath and displeasure. The causes of Your displeasure should be removed until You are pleased. There is no might but with Allaah." Tabraani. Haythami (Vo1.6 Pg.35) has commented on the Hadith.