 | | Al-Baraa Ibn Malik: ''...There is only Allah, then Paradise.''
Thursday, March 03 @ 13:36:31 EST by marsheee (5696 reads) |  This particular story begins only hours after the death of the noble Prophet when many Arabian tribes took to leaving the religion of Allah in large numbers, just as they had entered it in large numbers. Within a short space of time only the people of Makkah, Madinah and Ta'if and scattered communities here and there, whose commitment to Islam was unwavering, remained within the religion.
Abu Bakr as-Seddeeq, the successor to the Prophet, stood firm against this blind and destructive movement. From the Muhajireen and Ansar, he mobilized 11 armies each under a separate commander and dispatched them to various parts of the Arabian peninsula. Their purpose was to make the apostates return to the path of guidance and truth and to confront the leaders of the rebellion.
The strongest group of apostates and the greatest in number were the Banu Hanifah among whom Musaylamah the Imposter arose, claiming that he was a prophet. Musaylamah managed to mobilize forty thousand of the best fighters among his people. Most of these however followed
him for the sake of 'asabeyyah (or tribal loyalty) and not because they believed in him. One of them in fact said, "I testify that Musaylamah is an imposter and that Muhammad is true but the imposter of Rabi'ah (Musaylamah) is dearer to us than the true man of Mudar (Muhammad)."
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