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....Hazrat
Muhammad, who escaped the oppression of the polytheists in Mecca,
and who was welcomed by the people of Medina with great excitement,
began performing the daily ritual prayers in the mosque along
with his companions. And he educated his companions to be good
Muslims in all respects.
....However, for Hazrat Muhammad,
the final Prophet, all these were not enough. He was a prophet
sent not merely for the people of Mecca or Medina, but for all
of humanity, without discrimination on the basis of ethnicity,
color, or language.
....It would not be appropriate for
Hazrat Muhammad, who was sent to all of humanity, to give them
the good tidings of divine mercy and to warn them against divine
punishment, to seclude himself in o his mosque and give guidance
only to the Muslims of Medina. He was the last Prophet, and no
other prophet was to be sent after him.
....It was essential for the mission
of Hazrat Muhammad, the final Prophet, to leave Medina, to call
people to Islam, beginning from the neighboring tribes, and as
far as any of the people he could reach.
....This was so because Allah Almighty
declared:
...."O Messenger! Make known that
which hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord, for if thou
do it not, thou wilt not have conveyed His message." (Maeda,
67)
....Of course Hazrat Muhammad had
a comfortable life in Medina after the event of the Hegira (migration).
However, he also had the duty to care about the Muslims outside
Medina, since they also belonged to his community.
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