The mosque is a lifeline
for Islam and Muslims
If the migrants had no
houses of their own, there were many other houses in Madinah which if shared
were able to offer a temporary relief. If truth be told, the migrants needed
homes, rather than just houses. The Holy Muhammad Mustafa (Sallallaahu alayhi
wasallam) sought to offer them the former. The latter, he knew, would come in a
due course. The migrants might have hastened immediately to acquire houses for
themselves. But such would have been at the expense of acquiring homes, because
they were in a foreign country in Madinah, having been forced to abandon their
homes, properties, family roots and quite a number of closest family members in
Makkah. Thus, providing homes, and not houses, was a priority for the migrants.
That exactly was the thing which The Holy Muhammad Mustafa (Sallallaahu alayhi
wasallam had in mind and the natives of Madinah (the helpers or Ansars) were
excited about offering as a solution till the migrants got the houses and homes
of their own. Hence, the helpers offered their houses to be shared with their
brethren from Makkah. The helpers offered the migrants a genuine home which,
although transitory in nature, went a long way towards the realization of the
Prophet’s and Islam’s mission in Madinah.
But there was nothing that
could offset the absence of a mosque, the house of Allah, in Madinah. There was
no existing structure, or an institution, that could offer any relief in case
the establishment of a mosque was delayed. Even in the world of ideas,
conceptually, a substitute for the mosque phenomenon did not exist. The matter
thus could not be deferred, or taken lightly, as every forthcoming initiative
utterly depended on it. Glorifying and worshipping Allah at a collective level
could not have been deferred any longer. Perceiving and constructing a house of
Allah, i.e., a mosque, for the purpose, was an obligation long overdue. The
people were kept longing and craving for so long. Once in Madinah, they hardly
could wait to bring their elongated unjustifiable misery to an end. Such is the
importance of the mosque in the implementation of Islam as a comprehensive way
of life. Such is the importance of the mosque, furthermore, in the development
of the Islamic community, culture and civilization. The mosque is a lifeline
for Islam and Muslims. On it, their survival depends.
Strengthening fraternity
among the migrants (muhajirs) and helpers (Ansars, or the natives of Madinah)
was at all times one of the major goals of the Prophet’s plans and actions. His
general planning and building pursuits were no exception. By planning and building
his mosque, prior to anything else The Holy Muhammad Mustafa (Sallallaahu
alayhi wasallam wanted very much to help everyone in Madinah in terms of their
quick and smooth adaptation and acclimatization to what was transpiring around
them. Thus, he wanted to help the migrants and ease their pain with reference
to the new natural environment and climate in Madinah which they suddenly found
themselves in and which apparently did not suit them well, as well as with
reference to their distressing economic and psychological conditions that
resulted from the migration. Also The Holy Muhammad Mustafa (Sallallaahu alayhi
wasallam wanted very much to assist the helpers (Ansars), or the natives of
Madinah, to come to terms as quickly and as painlessly as possible with a new
socio-political landscape that was forming in their homeland, and with a new
code of life which most of them had freshly embraced.
While building the mosque
The Holy Muhammad Mustafa (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) postponed for a time
building houses for the migrants. The houses were built after the completion of
the mosque. During that period – approximately six or seven months – the
migrants stayed together and shared almost everything with the helpers. They
were thus of great mutual help to each other. They in a brotherly fashion
helped each other overcome their respective problems and issues, one side
treating the difficulties of the other as their own. The helpers not only had
no objection to the prospects of being of service to their brethren from
Makkah, but also felt quite honored about it. Indeed, the longer they stayed
together, the stronger and warmer the relationship between them could have been
fostered. The Holy Muhammad Mustafa (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam himself stayed
in the house of a helper Abu Ayub al-Ansari till the mosque and with it his
first houses were completed.
All the migrants, except The
Holy Muhammad Mustafa (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam were distributed amongst the
helpers by drawing lots.
Indeed, a relationship of
true brotherhood between the migrants and the helpers was a precondition for
the Madinah society to succeed and for the mosque phenomenon to become fully
operational in it. While the mosque was
in the process of building, its custodians and users, at the same time, were
subjected to a series of spiritual and social upgrading and refinements deeply
rooted in mutual care, love and respect. Their collective building of the
Prophet’s mosque, while all staying together in the shared houses of the
helpers (Ansars), signified both an important segment of the process of a total
transformation to which the helpers and migrants had been subjected, and a
ground where the foremost results of such a process were becoming more and more
apparent. So, when the mosque became ready, the people were ready too, but not
just to use the mosque, but also to maximize its enormous potentials and to
exploit them to the fullest for the good of the community. Indeed, both the
Prophet’s mosque and the people were ready for each other. Their respective
capacities corresponded to each other.
If I said
anything correct, then it is from Allah (Subhanahu WA Ta’aala),
And if I erred,
then that is from me and Shaitan.
May Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’aala (GOD) make us from the
Companions of His Book and unite us with His righteous slaves in the highest
gardens of Paradise. Amen.
May Allah Subhanahu wata`aalaa grant us what is best in this
world and the next!
Action speaks louder then words my friend’s practice Islam
the way of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) did.
May Allah Subhanahu
WA Ta’aala (GOD) help us to do that which He loves and which pleases Him?
May Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’aala (GOD) make our efforts
sincere and keep us all on the straight path...........
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