Abu Jahl’s Oath to Break the Prophet’s Neck During Prayers

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Abu Jahl's Oath to Break the Prophet's Neck During Prayers

Our Prophet (PBUH): “If he attempts to do so,³⁹⁵ surely, twelve angels will descend, heads in the sky, feet on the ground, and seize him from the open!”³⁹⁶ Our Prophet (PBUH) was performing prayer when Abu Jahl received the news and hurriedly came.⁴⁰¹ “O Muhammad!⁴⁰² Did I not forbid you from this?⁴⁰⁵ Tefsîr, 30/254. Tefsîr, 30/254. Hâzin, 4/394. Tefsîr, 4/529.

1. Abu Jahl³⁸⁹, one day, among a group of violent Quraysh: “I swear by Allah, if I see Muhammad performing prayer near the Ka’ba, I will surely break his neck!”³⁹⁴ Taberî, Tefsîr, 14/72.
2. 388. Ibn Ishak, Ibn Hisham, 2/51-52, Taberî, Tefsîr, 14/70-72, Abu Nuaym, Delâil, 1/268, Beyhakî, Delâil, 2/316-318, Kurtubî, 10/62, Ibn Seyyid, 1/113, Zehebî, Târîh, s. 224-225, Ibn Kesîr, Bidâye, 3/105-106. Ahmed b. Hanbel, 1/368, Buhârî, Sahîh, 6/81, Tirmizî, Sünen, 5/444, Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/126, Taberî, Ebussuud, 9/179. Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/126 Ahmed b. Hanbel, 1/368, Buhârî, Sahîh, 6/81, Tirmizî, Sünen, 5/444, Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/126, Taberî, Ahmed b. Hanbel, 1/368, Buhârî, Sahîh, 6/81, Ibn Kesîr, Tefsîr, 4/529, Hâzin, 4/394 Ahmed b. Hanbel, 1/248, 368, Buhârî, Sahîh, 6/81, Tirmizî, Sünen, 5/444, Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/125, Taberî, Tefsîr, 30/254, Kurtubî, 20/124, Hâzin, 4/394, Ibn Kesîr, Tefsîr, 4/529, Ebussuud, 9/179. Ahmed b. Hanbel, 1/248, 368, Buhârî, Sahîh, 6/81, 89, Tirmizî, Sünen, 5/444, Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/126, Taberî, Tefsîr, 30/257, Ibn Kesîr, Tefsîr, 4/529,. Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/126, Aynî, 19/308, Ibn Hacer, Fethu’l-bârî, 8/557. Ahmed b. Hanbel, 1/368, Tirmizî, Sünen, 5/444, Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/126. Ahmed b. Hanbel, 1/248, 368, Buhârî, Sahîh, 6/81, 89, Tirmizî, Sünen, 5/444, Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/126, Taberî, Tefsîr, 30/257, Ibn Kesîr, Tefsîr, 4/529, Aynî, 19/308, Hâzin, 4/194. Tirmizî, Sünen, 5/444, Beyhakî, Delâil, 2/192, Zehebî, Târîh, s. 151-152, Ibn Kesîr, Tefsîr, 4/529, Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/126. Tirmizî, Sünen, 5/444, Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/1266, Ibn Kesîr, Tefsîr, 4/529, Hâzin, 4/394. Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/126, Taberî, Tefsîr, 30/256, Beyhakî, Delâil, 2/192, Zehebî, Târîh, s. 154, Ibn Kesîr, Ahmed b. Hanbel, 1/368, Tirmizî, Sünen, 5/444, Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/126, Beyhakî, Delâil, 2/192, Zehebî, Târîh, s. 154, Ibn Kesîr, Tefsîr, 4/529, Hâzin, 4/394. Tirmizî, Sünen, 5/444, Taberî, Tefsîr 30/256, Ibn Kesîr, Tefsîr, 4/529, Hâzin, 4/394. Ahmed b. Hanbel, 1/368, Tirmizî, Sünen, 5/444, Belâzurî, Ensâb, 1/126, Taberî, Tefsîr, 30/256, Beyhakî, Delâil, 2/192, Zehebî, Târîh, s. 154, Ibn Kesîr, Tefsîr, 4/529, Hâzin, 44/394.

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