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Another incident reveals the care which the companions showed for the safety of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa). Hazrat Abu Musa Ash‘ari (ra) relates, ‘While travelling with the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) we encamped for the night at one place. During the night, I thought about the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) and I went to the place where he was staying. I did not find him there and started to search for him. Another companion of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) was frantically searching for him as well. Both of us were looking for him when we saw him coming towards us. We said, “O Messenger of Allah, you are in the enemy territory and in an area of war. We are worried about your personal safety. For God’s sake, if you require to go somewhere, you should ask your companions to accompany you.”
The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) replied, “Actually, an angel of God came and gave me a choice between half of my ummah [i.e. Muslims] entering paradise and the right to intercede. I requested the right to intercede as I realised that this would result in more of my ummah being forgiven. Then a choice between two-thirds of my ummah entering paradise and the right of intercession was given to me, again I chose the right of intercession as I knew that in the right of intercession, there is the allowance of forgiveness for more people of my ummah.”’ Both these companions who were searching for the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa), requested his intercession on their behalf to be accepted by God. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) prayed for them.
These companions went and told others to request the Holy Prophet (sa) to pray for their being among the persons who would receive the Holy Prophet Muhammad’s (sa) intercession. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) said, “His intercession would be for every professor of the Kalimah.”’
Muhammad (sa)– The Perfect Man (Qadian, India: Nazarat Isha’at, 2015) 306-308.
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