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THE HARDEST DAY OF THE PROPHET

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“Lady Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her, asked the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, ‘Have you ever experienced a day harder than the day of the battle of Uhud?’ The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, replied, ‘Indeed, I have experienced a time at the hands of your people but the hardest was the day of Aqabah when I presented myself to Abd Yalail son of Abd Kulal and he showed no response to that which I offered (Islam).

So I left aggrieved and with a heavy heart and felt no relief until I arrived at Karn Tha'alib. Then I raised my head and saw a cloud was shielding me in which I beheld Gabriel who called me and said, ‘Allah has heard what your people have said to you and their response. He has sent the Angel of the Mountains to you so that you may direct him to do what you might wish done to them.’

Then the Angel of the Mountains called to me and greeted me with peace saying, ‘O Muhammad, indeed Allah has heard what your people have said to you, I am the Angel of the Mountains and my Lord has sent me to you so that you might direct me with what you wish to be done to them. If you wish I can crush them between the two mountains that encompass Mecca.’ I answered him, ‘Indeed, I am still hoping that Allah will bring from their children those who worship Allah, the One, and not associate anything with Him.’"

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to the Mother of Believers, Lady Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her, who related that she asked the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, this question.