‘Utaibah bin Abi Lahab once came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and most defiantly and brazenly shouted at him, “I disbelieve in, “By the star when it goes down” [53:1] and in “Then he (Gabriel) approached and came closer.” [53:8] In other words: “I do not believe in any of the verses from the Qur’an.” He then became violent and started to deal highhandedly with Muhammad (peace be upon him), tore his shirt and spat at the face but it missed the face of the Prophet (peace be upon him). Thereupon, the Prophet (peace be upon him) invoked Allah’s wrath on ‘Utaibah and supplicated: “O Allah! Set one of Your dogs on him.” Allah responded positively to Muhammad’s supplication, and it happened in the following manner:
Once ‘Utaibah with some of his companions from Quraysh set out for Syria and took accommodation in Az-Zarqa’. There a lion approached the group to the great fear of ‘Utaibah, who at once recalled Muhammad’s words in supplication, and said: “Woe to my brother! This lion will surely devour me just as Muhammad supplicated. He has really killed me in Syria while he is in Makkah." The lion rushed like lightning, snatched ‘Utaibah from amongst his people and crushed his head.
This teaches us that we should never ever abusively behave with eminent slaves of Allah. Be it a scholar, an Ameer, your parents or anyone pious. Because if they curse us, none can save us from Allah's wrath on us. If anyone had committed this type of sin, she/he should immediately try to get the one's forgiveness whom she/he have sinned. Allah will only forgive this sinner if the sinned forgives this sinner.
Once ‘Utaibah with some of his companions from Quraysh set out for Syria and took accommodation in Az-Zarqa’. There a lion approached the group to the great fear of ‘Utaibah, who at once recalled Muhammad’s words in supplication, and said: “Woe to my brother! This lion will surely devour me just as Muhammad supplicated. He has really killed me in Syria while he is in Makkah." The lion rushed like lightning, snatched ‘Utaibah from amongst his people and crushed his head.
This teaches us that we should never ever abusively behave with eminent slaves of Allah. Be it a scholar, an Ameer, your parents or anyone pious. Because if they curse us, none can save us from Allah's wrath on us. If anyone had committed this type of sin, she/he should immediately try to get the one's forgiveness whom she/he have sinned. Allah will only forgive this sinner if the sinned forgives this sinner.
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