35. Hoping for Goodness Even for his Enemies

a'ishah, the mother of the believers, with whom allah is pleased, said:

‘i asked the messenger of allah, may allah exalt his mention: "did you face a day harder and more intense than the battle of uhud?” he replied: 'i suffered a lot from your people! the worst i suffered was on the day of al-‘aqabah when i spoke to ali b. abd yaleel b. abd kilaal (in order to support me) but he disappointed me and left me. i left the area while i was quite worried, and walked - when i reached an area called qarn ath-tha'alib, i raised my head to the sky and noticed a cloud that shaded me. jibreel, may allah exalt his mention, called me and said: 'o muhammad! allah, the exalted, has heard what your people have said to you - and has sent the angel in charge of the mountains, so you can command him to do what you please.' the prophet, may allah exalt his mention, said: 'the angel in charge of the mountains called me saying: 'may allah exalt your mention and render you safe from every derogatory thing! o muhammad, i will do whatever you command me to do. if you like i can bring the akhshabain mountains together and crush them all.' the messenger of allah, may allah exalt his mention, said: 'it may be that allah raises from among them a progeny who worship allah alone and associate no partners with him.'  (bukhari #3059)

abdullah b. umar, with whom allah is pleased, said:

'when abdullah b. ubai b. salool died, his son abdullah b. abdullah came to the prophet , may allah exalt his mention, and asked him for his garment, so that they could shroud their father with it. he then asked the prophet, may allah exalt his mention, to pray the jinazah (funeral prayer) on him, and he got up to do so, but umar, with whom allah is pleased, grabbed the outer garment of the prophet, may allah exalt his mention, and said: 'o messenger of allah! will you pray on him, and allah has forbidden you to do so! the messenger of allah, may allah exalt his mention, said: 'allah has given me the choice, for he says:

(ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for them; even if you ask forgiveness for them seventy times, allah will not forgive them; this is because they disbelieve in allah and his messenger, and allah does not guide the transgressing people.)  [9:80]

and i will ask for forgiveness for him more than seventy times.' umar, with whom allah is pleased, then said: 'he is a hypocrite!' the prophet, performed the prayer, and allah revealed:

(and never offer prayer for any one of them who dies and do not stand by his grave; surely they disbelieve in allah and his messenger, and they shall die in transgression.)  [9:84]  (bukhari #2400)