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Feeling anguish and deeply hurt by the harshness of Muslims
towards me, one day I went and climbed over the garden wall
belonging to my cousin Abu Khatadah of whom I was very fond. I
greeted him, but he did not return my greeting. I said to him, „Abu
Khatadah, I ask you in the Name of Allah, do you not know that I
love Allah and His Messenger, praise and peace be upon him?‟ But
he remained silent. I repeated my earnest question, but he still did
not reply. I asked a third time and he replied, „Allah and His
Messenger know best.‟ When I heard this, I burst into tears and
returned home.
One day I was in the market-place of Medina when I heard a Syrian
peasant, who had brought grain to sell, ask, „Would someone direct
me to Ka'ab the son of Malik?‟ The people pointed in my direction
and he came to me and handed me a letter from the King of
Ghassan. Being literate I read it. It read, 'We have heard that your
master has treated you unjustly. Allah has not made you to be
humiliated and maltreated. Come over to us and we shall receive
you graciously.' Upon this, I said to myself, „This is another trial,‟ and
towards me, one day I went and climbed over the garden wall
belonging to my cousin Abu Khatadah of whom I was very fond. I
greeted him, but he did not return my greeting. I said to him, „Abu
Khatadah, I ask you in the Name of Allah, do you not know that I
love Allah and His Messenger, praise and peace be upon him?‟ But
he remained silent. I repeated my earnest question, but he still did
not reply. I asked a third time and he replied, „Allah and His
Messenger know best.‟ When I heard this, I burst into tears and
returned home.
One day I was in the market-place of Medina when I heard a Syrian
peasant, who had brought grain to sell, ask, „Would someone direct
me to Ka'ab the son of Malik?‟ The people pointed in my direction
and he came to me and handed me a letter from the King of
Ghassan. Being literate I read it. It read, 'We have heard that your
master has treated you unjustly. Allah has not made you to be
humiliated and maltreated. Come over to us and we shall receive
you graciously.' Upon this, I said to myself, „This is another trial,‟ and