Day 7

Abu Jahl threw a rock at Muhammad and he bled. A slave girl saw, and she told Hamzah. He was upset. Hamzah hit Abu Jahl with his bow.
Hamzah became Muslim.

'Umar bin Khattab will not become Muslim till the donkey of his father does.

One time Muhammad was praying at the Ka'bah. Umar saw him and got under the cloth of the Ka'bah (planning to attack Muhammad) and sneaked around until he was in front of Muhammad. Muhammad was reading Surah Haqqah. Umar thought, "What wonderful words! These must be the words of a poet!" And just then Muhammad recited, "These are not the words of a poet, little do you remember." (Wa maa bi qawli shaa'ir, qaleelam ma tathakka roon.) Umar was surprised and thought, "Then these must be the words of a fortune teller!" Muhammad recited, "These are not the words of a fortune teller, little do you remember." (Wa maa be qawli kaahin, qalee lam ma tathakka roon.) Umar then thought, "These are the words of Allah."

Umar became Muslim. Everyone was so happy. They were like,
"ALLAHU AKBAR!"

"We were not allowed to pray around the Ka'bah publicly till Umar became Muslim."

Abu Jahl's name wasn't really Abu Jahl. Muhammad called him that. It meant 'Father of Ignorance." The people used to call him 'Abul Hakam.' 'Father of Wisdom.'

Rukanah was the strongest man among the Quraish. He was not Muslim but he asked to wrestle with Muhammad. Muhammad said, "If I wrestle with you, will you become Muslim?" Rukanah said yes. So they wrestled and Muhammad won. Rukanah was so surprised and he became Muslim.
Amazing story huh? It's also in my book called Gems and Jewels.

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