Ihsan and Du'a

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalaamu alaykum

I pray that you are well.

When the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) entered Makkah into the city of the pagans of Makkah and the Quraysh, those who killed indiscriminately, those who maimed the Muslims, those who ridiculed at God and His Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace), those who broke covenants with him time and time again, those who sent assassins to kill him, his head was so low out of humbleness, so low that his head was almost touching the neck of his camel. He said to these people, "Go today, you are free."

Before that he went to Ta'if and the people of Ta'if treated him so cruelly. They ridiculed him with venomous poisonous words and children and fools of Ta'if formed lines from the left and right of him and cast stones at him and he bled profusely. Yet he in his magnanimous splendid heart, he prayed for them and not against them. He did not say, O Allah curse them, but he said O Allah may you bring from within them who will affirm your Oneness. A few years later, all of Ta'if became Muslims.

A few decades later his du'a was fulfilled in so many ways. Muhammad ibn Qasim al Thaqafi (may Allah have mercy on him), a young man of 16 1/2 years old led the Muslims and conquered Indian subcontinent. And from there Islam spread to South East Asia, including Indonesia (having the largest population of Muslims in the world) and Malaysia where my father (may Allah bless his soul) came from. Muhammad ibn Qasim Al Thaqafi was from Ta'if. This is the result of the du'a of Ihsan of our beloved Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace).

Indeed, du'a is a means of triumph. Ihsan is the inner beauty that we must aspire to have. We should strive to be leaders in Ihsan since we have a perfect example, the Rasullullah sallallahu alayhi wassallam.

May Allah put in our hearts Ihsan and increase our love for His beloved. Ameen.