Stories from the history of Islam

Islamic history is full of many stories that have a great impact on souls, as they give benefits and lessons from their events, so people take lessons from the past and are guided by them in their present and future. Therefore, stories from Islamic history will be mentioned in this article.

The story of Khadija and the revelation

The story of Khadija, may God be pleased with her, is one of the important stories that must be known, and her position on the revelation of our Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, and how she received the news of his prophecy. The Holy Prophet returned from the cave of Hira in a state of panic and fear, so he sat with Khadija and told her what happened. He was with him in the cave, and he told her about Gabriel that he was a messenger from God. The Mother of the Believers only calmed him down by saying: (Rejoice, O cousin, and stand firm, for by the One in Whose Hand is Khadija’s soul! I hope that you will be the prophet of this mother.) This statement indicates her knowledge With the presence of a prophet from God to this nation, then she went to her cousin Waraqah bin Nawfal to tell him what happened with our Master Muhammad, who did not question this story, but rather confirmed what the Mother of the Believers, Khadija, had told him.

Khadija narrated what Waraqah ibn Nawfal had said to her about the characteristics of the nation’s Prophet, and that these characteristics applied to our master Muhammad, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, and what happened to him in the cave of Hira. What she told him about it had a good effect on him, and his fear went away. The Mother of the Believers, Khadija, believed what her husband said. He said this because he is the truthful and honest person who heard events during his childhood and youth that do not happen to ordinary people.

The story of Wahshi bin Harb

When Hamza bin Abdul Muttalib, the uncle of the Messenger of God, Muhammad - may God bless him and grant him peace - was fighting the polytheists in the Battle of Uhud, Wahshi killed him treacherously in order to free him from his master. After Wahshi converted to Islam at the hands of Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, he killed Musaylimah the Liar in atonement for his killing of Hamza before his conversion to Islam. This is because the Prophet was affected by the killing of his uncle. This story shows the greatness and tolerance of the Holy Prophet and that Islam honors what came before it, so a person is not held accountable for what he did before his conversion to Islam.

The story of Salman Al-Farsi

The story of Salman Al-Farsi, the truth-seeker, began when his father locked him in his house out of love for it. He embraced the religion of Magianism and was keen to keep the fire burning, and he remained that way until one day he went to inspect his father’s estate and saw a church. He was impressed by what the worshipers were doing in it and stayed there until the end of the day, when He returned to his father and told him what he had seen and told him that the religion of the Christians was better than theirs, so his father imprisoned him and bound his feet with iron. However, Salman did not give up and continued searching for the Christians until he learned that they were heading towards the Levant, so he was able to get rid of his bonds and went with them to the Levant to meet the bishop in the church. So he served him and learned from him, until he discovered that he was taking people’s alms for himself, and he told the people about that after his death.

Salman continued to follow the truth and search for the best religion. So he moved to Mosul, then to Nusaybin, then Amuriya, and finally he wanted to go to the land of the Arabs when he was told about a righteous man who was sent with the religion of Abraham, peace be upon him, and who had signs of prophethood. He wanted to confirm that, so he was taken by dog merchants to take him to the land of the Arabs, so they sold him to a Jew. From there he moved to Medina, and remained that way until he found our master Muhammad in Quba, so he brought alms to the Prophet and found him giving them to whoever was most deserving of them. Then he was certain of the seal of prophecy, so he saw his sincerity and honesty and knew that he was the sent prophet, so he surrendered to him, and Salman became a hero among the Muslim heroes, and he demonstrated His genius came up with the idea of digging a trench to protect the city from the infidels who were unable to cross it.

The story of Adl Omar

Omar bin Al-Khattab was the just caliph who wrote the highest meanings of justice with his qualities, and among the stories of his justice during his caliphate: that the prince of his army, which was heading towards Persia, ordered one of his soldiers to go down in a very cold river until he saw a way for the army to cross, and after that man entered the river, he began By shouting from the extreme cold of the river: “Oh Amrah, oh Amrah,” until he died from the extreme cold. When that reached Omar, he said: “Oh, here you are, oh here you are,” and he ordered the dismissal of the commander of the army. It is worth noting that there are many stories that indicate Omar’s justice. Ibn Al-Khattab and his mercy among people.

Al-Farouq Omar bin Al-Khattab taught us that security comes from justice. Therefore, he, may God be pleased with him, did not take soldiers to protect him while he was the caliph of the Muslims. His stick did not discipline the rebels, and his name did not confuse people. He was simple, tolerant, and powerful in his pre-Islamic era, and great in his Islam. Therefore His state was great and his nation was strong, and Islam was prosperous and bright during his reign. One day, the ambassador of one of the great powers found him sleeping under a tree, and he placed his sandals under his head without fear. He who rules his state with justice will be safe and sleep soundly.

The story of Wa'atsamah

The story of Al-Mu'tasim goes back to the period of the rule of Al-Mu'tasim Billah Ibrahim bin Harun Al-Rashid, who assumed the caliphate of the Muslims after the death of his brother Al-Ma'mun, where he heard the story of an honorable woman who was captured in the city of Amuriyah by one of the Romans, who slapped her in the face, so she cried out for help to Al-Mu'tasim Billah by saying: "And Al-Mu'tasimah." Al-Mu’tasim only left the cup that was in his hand and said, “By God, I will not drink it until after the sherif is released from captivity and Al-Alaj is killed.” The next morning, he set out for Amuriyah as an invader on a cold, snowy day. He left with his army with seventy thousand Ablaq horses and besieged Amuriyah. Until he forcibly opened it and entered it, saying: “At your command, here at your command,” until he reached that al-Alj, killed him, and freed that honorable woman from captivity.