Trials & Difficulties Faced for the Propagation of Islam (Hazrat Musleh Mau’d’s (ra) Narration)

Hazrat Musleh-e-Maud (ra) states:

“When we ponder over the incidents in the life of the Holy Prophet (sa), this claim that the Holy Prophet (sa) had an extraordinary amount of love and sympathy for mankind becomes a manifest reality, and at each step we can see proofs of this. For years on end the Holy Prophet (sa) endured such horrific persecution for the sake of the One God that is difficult to describe. One day, whilst the Holy Prophet was in the Ka‘bah, the disbelievers tied a belt around the neck of the Holy Prophet (sa) and fastened it so tightly that his eyes became red and began to bulge. When Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) heard this, he came running and upon seeing the treatment of the Holy Prophet (sa), tears began to flow from Hazrat Abu Bakr’s (ra) eyes. Pushing the disbelievers away, he said, ‘Fear Allah! Will you persecute someone just because he says that Allah is his Lord?’”

(Tafsir-e-Kabir, Vol. 7, pp. 63-64)