Kisah Rasulullah di Thaif

Once, while I was reading Reclaim Your Heart by Yasmin Mogahed,  I came across one of her favourite du'a by Rasulullah s.a.w when he was in Thaif. Then I did a little digging about the story--and I gain much more respect to our beloved prophet. And after that, each time I came across the story, it sort of gives a warm sayu-sayu feeling, you know?

It was the 10th year of kenabian (prophetic?) dan Nabi s.a.w telah kehilangan dua insan yang paling prominen dalam hidupnya- Saiditina Khadijah & Ali bin Abi Talib; yang menjadi sokongan terkuat sejak dahulu. Allah telah memerintahkan baginda untuk berdakwah pada masyarakat di Thaif. And he abided the order and went there with Zaid bin Harithah.

But not only the travel was in vain (in the eyes of picisan human like me), they were chased out by the people and were thrown with sands and stones and pebbles as well as harsh words. They must have been throwing with all the hatred as both of the men were injured to the point they could not walk right and had to hide in a farm ('Utbah bin Rabi'ah). 

Kalau orang biasa-biasa macam kita ni mesti dah sumpah seranah jilake pergi mampus dll. Dan memang simpang 44 tak akan nak buat kerja-kerja macam tu lagi. Phobia! Or report polis.  Eh. 

Tapi Nabi s.a.w bukan lah orang biasa kan? Apa barang nak mengadu kat orang. 

Apa yang dilakukan adalah fitrah kepada seorang manusia. Purely fitrah. He turned to Allah. Blood stained, he cried out to Him.

اللّهُمّ إلَيْك أَشْكُو ضَعْفَ قُوّتِي ، وَقِلّةَ حِيلَتِي ، وَهَوَانِي عَلَى النّاسِ

يَا أَرْحَمَ الرّاحِمِينَ أَنْتَ رَبّ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ وَأَنْتَ رَبّي ، إلَى مَنْ تَكِلُنِي ؟ إلَى بَعِيدٍ يَتَجَهّمُنِي ؟ أَمْ إلَى عَدُوّ مَلّكْتَهُ أَمْرِي ؟ إنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِك عَلَيّ غَضَبٌ فَلَا أُبَالِي

 وَلَكِنّ عَافِيَتَك هِيَ أَوْسَعُ لِي ، أَعُوذُ بِنُورِ وَجْهِك الّذِي أَشْرَقَتْ لَهُ الظّلُمَاتُ وَصَلُحَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرُ الدّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ مِنْ أَنْ تُنْزِلَ بِي غَضَبَك ، أَوْ يَحِلّ عَلَيّ سُخْطُكَ لَك الْعُتْبَى حَتّى تَرْضَى ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوّةَ إلّا بِك

Ya Allah, aku mengadu kepadaMu kelemahan kekuatanku, sedikitnya kemampuanku dan hinanya aku pada pandangan manusia.

Wahai Tuhan Yang Maha Pengasih, Engkaulah Tuhan golongan yang lemah dan Engkau juga Tuhanku. Kepada siapa Engkau serahkan aku ?

Kepada orang jauh yang memandangku dengan wajah bengis atau kepada musuh yang menguasai urusanku?

Sekiranya Engkau tidak murka kepadaku, aku tidak peduli (apa yang menimpa). Namun keselamatan daripadaMu lebih melapangkan aku.

Aku berlindung dengan cahaya wajah-Mu yang menyinari kegelapan serta memperelokkan urusan dunia dan akhirat.Aku berlindung daripada kemarahanMu atau kemurkaanMu terkena kepadaku. Engkau berhak untuk mencela aku sehingga Engkau redha. Tiada kuasa dan tiada kekuatan melainkan dengan-Mu.”

Allah answered his prayers by sending an angel offering to topple the mountains over the people of Thaif. All the prophet had to do was say the word. 

But he didn't. 

Instead he prayed that the people and their descendants to be given the guidance to the true path. The very people who just hurt him physically and were verbally abusive. 

For him it was okay if all the humans harm him, as long as Allah is with him.

That kind of heart, that is the kind of heart I would like to possess.