How and with degree of success was muhammed(s.a.w)able to establish a
stable community in medinah 632ce.
Praise be to Allaah.
Undoubtedly the society that was established by the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) in Madeenah was an example of a
stable and secure society. That was manifestly apparent from the
moment the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) first
set foot in Madeenah and stated to form the Islamic state. The
security and stability of this society were due to a number of reasons
and factors, including the following:
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) built the
mosque in Madeenah as soon as he arrived there, which helped to
establish a focal point to which people could turn when calamities
struck, and a place where the Muslims could gather to meet one another
and find out about one another, so they could find out who was sick
and go to visit them, attend the funerals of those who died, help
their poor and arrange marriages for those who were single.
These are some of the ahaadeeth concerning that:
It was narrated from Anasibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him)
that when the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) came to Madeenah, he ordered that the mosque should be
built, and he said, "O Banu Najjaar, name me a price for this garden
of yours." They said, "No by Allaah, we will not seek its price except
from Allaah."
(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 2622; Muslim, 524)
It was narrated that al-Bara' ibn 'Aazib said: "[The verse] 'and do
not aim at that which is bad to spend from it' [al-Baqarah 2:267 –
interpretation of the meaning] was revealed concerning us Ansaar. We
used to own date palm trees. A man would bring (the harvest) from his
date palms, whether it was a little or a lot. A manwould bring one or
two bunches of dates and hang them in the mosque.Ahl al-Suffah – or
according to a report narrated by Ibn Maajah, the poor among the
Muhaajireen – had no food, so if one of them got hungry he would come
and strike the bunch with his stick, and ripe and unripe dates would
fall, and he would eat them. But there were some uncharitable
peoplewho would bring a bunch of dates that contained rotten or
dried-up dates, or a bunch that was damaged, and hang it up. Then
Allaah revealed the words (interpretation of the meaning):
"O you who believe! Spend of the good things which you have (legally)
earned, and of that which We have produced from the earth for you, and
do not aim at that which is bad to spend from it, (though) you would
not accept it save if you close your eyes and tolerate therein"
[al-Baqarah 2:267]
He said: if any one of you were to be given something like they gave,
he would not accept it unless he did so with his eyes closed or out of
shyness. He said, after that one of us would bring the best dates that
he had.
Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2987; Ibn Maajah, 1822. Classed as saheeh by
al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi, 2389.
Secondly:
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) established
brotherhood between theMuhaajireen (the Emigrants who had come from
Makkah) and the Ansaar (helpers, the Muslims in Madeenah). This action
strengthened the bonds between the members of the Madeenan society in
a manner previously unheard of. The Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) established bonds of brotherhood between non-Arabs
and Arabs, between free men and former slaves, between people of
Quraysh and members of other tribes. So the society became one entity,
after which it was not surprising that anAnsaari would ask a Muhaajir
to take half of his wealth, or an Ansaari would offer to divorce one
of his wives so that a Muhaajir could marry her, or a Muhaajir would
inherit from an Ansaari, because of the strength ofthe bonds between
them. Then inheritance betweenthem was abrogated by the verse on
inheritance, but the Ansaar were encouraged to bequeath something to
them. This was an exemplary society.
There follow some of the ahaadeeth concerning that:
1 – It was narrated that 'Abd al-Rahmaan ibn 'Awf (may Allaah be
pleased with him) said: When we came to Madeenah, the Messenger of
Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) established bonds
of brotherhood between meand Sa'd ibn al-Rabee'. Sa'd ibn al-Rabee'
said: "I am the wealthiest of the Ansaar, so I will give you half my
wealth, and see which of my wives you would prefer, I will divorce her
for you, and when she becomes permissible you can marryher." 'Abd
al-Rahmaan said to him, "I do not need that. Is there a marketplace
where people trade?" :->
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