Twenty-fourth of Thul Hijja marks the day of Mubahala
The twenty-Fourth of Thul Hija marks the anniversary of Mubahala, where the Christians of Najran acknowledged the rightfulness of the Islamic religion, represented through the pure household of the holy prophet, peace be upon them.
The twenty-Fourth of Thul Hija marks the anniversary of Mubahala, where the Christians of Najran acknowledged the rightfulness of the Islamic religion, represented through the pure household of the holy prophet, peace be upon them.
The twenty-fourth of Thul Hija marks the anniversary of the Mubahala between the great prophet and his household, peace and blessings be upon them, on one side and the Christians of Najran on the other. The Christians of Najran acknowledged the rightfulness of the holy five infallibles, peace and blessing be upon them.
Few years after Islam dominated the entire Arabian Peninsula, the holy prophet, peace be upon him & his progeny, sent a letter to the Christians of Najran demanding them to bear Islam and to worship the one God, Allah the Almighty, or to pay tribute (Jizya) and remain as Christians if they want.
Two days later, the Christians consultants of Najran decided to send seventy people from their elders to investigate into what the prophet had said in Medinah.
They came to the Prophet (s) to prove they were right, but the Apostle proved them wrong through evidences and verses from the Holy Quran, but they did not believe in any of it, for that they agreed to do Mubahala (which is a form of distinguishing the righteous from the wrong).
Angel Gabriel, peace be upon him, landed in that place and read the sixty-first verse of Surah Al-Imran, which states, “Then whoever disputes with you concerning him say: Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves – then we pray and invoke (sincerely) the Curse of Allah upon those who lie.”
Then came the promised day, the twenty-fourth of Thul Hija, Christian leaders approached the Prophet and said, “With whom will you perform Mubahala?”
The Messenger of Allah (s) was accompanied by the best figures of this earth and the best of creation of Allah the Almighty. He pointed to his pure household, peace be upon them, and said: “I am commanded by Allah the Almighty to bring them into this Mubahala.”
When the Christians of Najran looked at the faces of the progeny of the holy prophet, peace be upon them, their facial expressions changed.
The Christians addressed amongst each other that the household of the Prophet of Allah that if they raised their hands to pray to Allah, there would be no remains of them on this earth, therefore they had to go to the infallibles and ask for forgiveness.
In this situation, some of the Christians reverted to the religion of Islam and the rest refused, but agreed to give tribute (Jizya) to the Muslims.
This great day is considered as one of the grand holidays for the Muslims.
