A promise must be honoured

It is occasion of the Battle of Badr and Hazrat Huzaifah bin Yaman رضي الله عنه, is going to Madinah Munaw-warah along with his father to see the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم On the way they confronted Abu jahl's army.
The army men stopped them from going to the Holy Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, because they thought, that the two would join the prophet's army to fight against them. After some argumentation they agreed to let them go on the promise that they would not join the prophet's army. Hazrat Huzaifah and his father رضي الله عنه) made this promise and thus they got rid of the enemies. They at last arrived at the prophet's camp and stayed with him صلى الله عليه وسلم, until the battle was declared. It was a battle in which the Mushrikeen of Makkah numbered one thousand men strong, fully equipped. The Muslims only 313 unequipped persons. They had only eight swords, two horses, seventy camels. Some had picked only sticks and pieces of stone. At such a critical time every individual had his value. Someone suggested to the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم to recruit for the battle these two new converts to Islam, irrespective of the promise which had been elicited from them by coercion. After all, this was a Jihad called "Yaumul-Furqan", about which the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم had said: Almighty Allah has
forgiven all the past and future sins of the people of Badr. Hazrat Huzaifah bin Yaman رضي الله عنه, desired to take part in the Jihad along with the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. The Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم however, stopped him from joining the Jihad in honour of the promise he had made to the enemies. one thing to make verbal claims and quite another thing to discharge them. A man's integrity is tested on critical occasions. We are champions of Human Rights, but we destroyed the innocent people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Japan) with the atom bomb so ruthlessly that even their future generation are being born disabled and crippled. When one's own interest is involved, morals and character are set aside. (AI-isabah, Vol-1, Page 316) To sum up not only did the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم teach Human Rights, but he صلى الله عليه وسلم demonstrated them practically.

 

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