The Effects of Islamic Religion on Maintaining the Territorial Integrity
(Part 61)
The continuation of the Matter:
The Messenger of Allah’s Patriotism (Peace Be Upon Him)
They had no choice but to accept the migration, because, on one hand, the inhuman pressures of the polytheists of Mecca and on the other hand, the order of their beloved Prophet to migrate get them to leave their homeland. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:
«قال رسول الله صلی الله علیه وسلم انی اریت دار هجرتکم ذات نخل بین لابتین». (البخاری 1422-،59/5)
“I saw in a dream that I was migrating from Mecca to a land where there were palm trees, (Bukhari 1422, 5/59).”
The poor and deprived people in the society, who had been forced and reluctantly immigrated to Abyssinia before migrating to Medina, all immigrated to Medina (Yathrib). Mecca and Medina were very different in terms of urban, social, economic and tribal relations, especially in terms of the presence of Jews. Medina was a wealthy city with a different society and different beliefs.
Imam Bukhari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated from Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: “When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came to Medina, Allah Almighty protected His Messenger from the fever and illnesses of that city, but Hazrate Abu Bakr and Hazrate Bilal (may Allah be pleased with them) became seriously ill and had fever; In that situation, “I (mother of the beleivers) asked permission from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and went to visit them and inquired about their well-being,” (this incident went back before the decree of hijab came), “each of them recited a poem in response to me.” “I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and told him what I had seen;” he said: “O Allah, curse Utbah bin Rabi’ah, Shaybah bin Rabi’ah and Umayyah bin Khalaf, because they expelled us from our city and our homeland to the land of plague.” And the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “O Allah, make Medina dear to us as we love Mecca and even more, and transfer its fever to Juhfa and…