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homes to welcome the Prophet.
Several days later, after the foundations of the Mosque had been laid in Quba, a large
group of Muslims accompanied the Prophet who was riding his camel Kaswa on the final
stage of his migration to Yathrib. When he reached Yathrib all the Muslims came out to
welcome him and were anxious to have the honor of hosting him. However, the Prophet
declined their kind invitations saying that Kaswa was being guided by angels and
wherever it stopped that would be the place where the Mosque would be built. When the
camel sat down the Prophet dismounted and told the happy congregation that this was
the place Allah had chosen for the Mosque to be built. In the meantime Ayyub Al Ansari
had taken the bags of the Prophet into his home, and that was where he was to live until
accommodation had been built onto the Mosque
Islam had a remarkable affect on the new Muslims. Only a short time before it had been
unthinkable that any tribesman from the Aws and Khazraj would ever put aside his
differences or rivalry and live in harmony with one another, let alone accept an outside
tribe from Mecca, but now the Muslims among them were observed caring for one
another. This state of affairs brought about the uneasiness of the Jews.
Several days later, after the foundations of the Mosque had been laid in Quba, a large
group of Muslims accompanied the Prophet who was riding his camel Kaswa on the final
stage of his migration to Yathrib. When he reached Yathrib all the Muslims came out to
welcome him and were anxious to have the honor of hosting him. However, the Prophet
declined their kind invitations saying that Kaswa was being guided by angels and
wherever it stopped that would be the place where the Mosque would be built. When the
camel sat down the Prophet dismounted and told the happy congregation that this was
the place Allah had chosen for the Mosque to be built. In the meantime Ayyub Al Ansari
had taken the bags of the Prophet into his home, and that was where he was to live until
accommodation had been built onto the Mosque
Islam had a remarkable affect on the new Muslims. Only a short time before it had been
unthinkable that any tribesman from the Aws and Khazraj would ever put aside his
differences or rivalry and live in harmony with one another, let alone accept an outside
tribe from Mecca, but now the Muslims among them were observed caring for one
another. This state of affairs brought about the uneasiness of the Jews.