One day on the outskirts of Madinah the Prophet SallAllahu alaihi wasallam passed by a group of children who were laughing and mocking Sayyiduna Bilal’s RadhiAllahu anhu Adhan. On seeing the Prophet SallAllahu alaihi wasallam the children ran away, except for Abu Madhura who had as yet not accepted Islam. He was the oldest of this group and felt ashamed of their behaviour.

The Messenger of Allah SallAllahu alaihi wasallam called him over to him, with Abu Madhura shyly walking towards the Prophet SallAllahu alaihi wasallam. He started perspiring in apprehension and fear of a reprimand. But the Prophet SallAllahu alaihi wasallam calmly assured him not to be afraid and further asked him to continue the call to prayer as he had been repeating it mockingly with his friends. Abu Madhura started imitating Sayyiduna Bilal’s RadhiAllahu anhu call as he just been doing, when suddenly a change came over him as he reached Ash-hadu anna Muhammadur Rasulullah

The Messenger of Allah SallAllahu alaihi wasallam told him he could go once he finished, but Abu Madhura hesitated. He then said to the Prophet SallAllahu alaihi wasallam, "Abu Madhura will now only go wherever the Messenger of Allah SallAllahu alaihi wasallam goes."

Moments earlier this boy had been ridiculing Islam’s call to prayer, but as his eyes fell upon the Messenger of Allah SallAllahu alaihi wasallam, Allah Ta’ala in His infinite mercy turned the mockery into reality and opened Abu Madhura’s heart to Islam. He later became the keeper of the keys to the Ka’aba and the Muadhdhan of Makkah where he performed the call to prayer for the next sixty years!

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The Messenger of Allah SallAllahu alaihi wasallam and his Sahabah RadhiAllahu anhum, were outside Madinah where they stopped to rest in the early afternoon. The Sahabah RadhiAllahu anhum suggested that the Prophet SallAllahu alaihi wasallam rest in the shade of a tree, as they were in sweltering heat, they then dispersed to rest nearby. Meanwhile an unbeliever happened to be traveling past and noticed the Prophet SallAllahu alaihi wasallam under a tree with his sword hanging by one of the branches. He was excited by this opportunity to kill the Prophet SallAllahu alaihi wasallam. He seized the Prophet’s SallAllahu alaihi wasallam sword and was about to smite him, when suddenly the Prophet SallAllahu alaihi wasallam roused from his sleep. The man said, "Who can save you from me now O Muhammad?"

To this the messenger of Allah SallAllahu alaihi wasallam said, "Allah!" with such devotion and power that terror seized the unbeliever. He started trembling and dropped the sword. The messenger of Allah SallAllahu alaihi wasallam picked up the sword and said, "Now tell me who will save you from me?"

The man started begging for his life, highlighting the Prophet’s SallAllahu alaihi wasallam mercy towards people. Listening to his pleas the Prophet SallAllahu alaihi wasallam immediately forgave him this sworn enemy who was a few minutes ago focused on murdering the Prophet SallAllahu alaihi wasallam. Rasulullah SallAllahu alaihi wasallam said, "Go, for I have forgiven you." The unbeliever was astonished that the Messenger of Allah SallAllahu alaihi wasallam would forgive such an unforgivable action, that the words touched his heart. He said, "O Messenger of Allah SallAllahu alaihi wasallam, you have forgiven me; now please make me a Muslim so that Allah Ta’ala may forgive me too." This man accepted Islam at that moment.

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"We sent you not but as a mercy for all the worlds."

(21:107)