The usury of the days of ignorance is abolished, and the first of our usury I abolish is that of my own uncle, ‘Abbas b. ‘Abdul Muttalib, for all it is abolished.

Fear Allah concerning women. Verily, you have taken them under God’s security and have made their persons lawful unto you by God’s Word. It is incumbent upon them that they must not bring into your houses anyone whom you dislike; but if they do that then you have authority to chastise them, yet not severely. You are responsible for providing them with their food and clothing in a fitting manner.

I have left among you a thing, by which, if you hold to it, you will never go astray. What is that? It is the Book of Allah!

“And you would be asked by Allah about me so what would you say?”

The companions replied, with one voice, “We testify that you have conveyed the message and fulfilled your mission.”

The Prophet (r) then raised his forefinger towards the sky and said thrice, “O Allah, be witness.” (80)

The text of the other sermon, delivered by the Prophet (r), on the second day of Tashriq, is as follows:

O people, do you know in which city you are, what month and what day is this?” asked the Prophet (r) from his audience.

They replied, “This is the sacred month, the day has a great sanctity and the city is the holy city.”

Resuming his address the Prophet (r) said, “Your lives and your property and your honor shall remain scared to the Day of Resurrection like this day, this month and this city. Behold! Take it from me so that you may live. Beware! Do no wrong. Beware! Do no wrong. Beware! do no wrong! It is not lawful for you to take anything from the property of a Muslim save by his consent. Every claim for blood-vengeance and bloodwit that was due since the days of ignorance is now abolished to the Day of Judgment. And the first claim of blood-vengeance that I remit is that of Ibn Rabi’a b. al- Harith b. ‘Abdul Muttalib who was suckled among Ibn Laith and killed by Hudhayl. The usury of the pagan past is abolished is that of ‘Abbas b. ‘Abdul Muttalib.

“Time has completed the cycle to reach the same point when God created the heavens and the earth.’

Thereafter he recited the Qur'anic verse:

“Lo! The number of months with Allah is twelve months by Allah’s ordinance in the day that He created the heavens and the earth. Four of them are sacred: that is the right religion. So wrong not yourselves in them.’ [Qur'an 9:36]

“Behold! Do not become infidels after me, beheading one another. The devil has despaired of ever being worshipped of ever being worshipped by those who pray, but he will create dissensions among you. Fear Allah concerning women. You have claims on your womenfolk and they on you. They are saddled with the obligation not to bring in anyone whom you dislike, but if you suspect, instruct and withdraw from them, and chastise them but lightly. You are obliged to provide them with food and clothing in a befitting manner for you have got them under God’s security, and have a right to their person by God’s word.”

Behold! Whoever holds anything in trust should return it to the person who had trusted him with it.

The Prophet (r) then asked, “Have I delivered the message? Thereafter he said, “Let him who is present convey it to him who is absent, for many a one to whom a message is conveyed can better enshrine it in his memory. (Ahmad, on the authority of Abu Hurra ar-Raqashi)

Eternal Rest

After the religion brought by the Prophet (r) had been made perfect and complete, Allah sent down the revelation: “This day I have perfected your religion, completed my favors upon you, and declared Islam as your Religion” [Soorah Al-Maaidah:3]

The Prophet of Allah (r) had delivered the message truthfully. He had spared no pains. He had not let any hardship or sacrifice shake him. He had brought up the people who could be trusted to live up to the spiritual heritage of the Prophets of Allah (u), who could shoulder the heavy responsibility of carrying the banner of Faith and Truth and to guard the message of Allah against every interpolation and mutation. Allah had even affirmed that they were capable of the obligation laid on them in the Qur'anic verse that says,

“Ye are the best community that hath been raised-up for mankind, ye enjoin right conduct and forbid indecency; and ye believe in Allah.” [Soorah Aali-'Imraan 110]

The Qur’an contains Allah’s pure and holy truth, the source of inspiration and conviction to these people, which enjoyed the assurance of Allah from being eclipsed or from undergoing any corruption in its text.

“Verily We reveal the Reminder, and verily We are its Guardian.” [Soorah Al-Hijr 9]

On the other hand, Allah’s help and victory came to invigorate the Prophet (r) who saw the people entering the religion of Allah in large numbers. Delegations from Arab tribes followed one after another in rapid succession to pledge their allegiance to him. The lightning speed or the geometric growth, with which Islam gained converts, promised its victory over all religions of the world.

Allah, in Soorah an-Nasr, makes an allusion to the rapid success of Islam:

“When Allah’s succor and the triumph cometh And You seest mankind entering the religion of Allah in troops. Then hymn the praises of Your Lord, and seek forgiveness of Him. Lo! He is ever ready to show mercy.” [Soorah An-Nasr 1-3]

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