Anger

 

The House on the Hill

 

It was fifth year of the prophet hood of the Messenger of Allah. 

Year 615 AD 

The pressure, torture and trouble of Quraishi polytheists on Muslims increased day by day. Muslims had faced a circumstance in which they could not worship comfortably. 

A safe place was needed to worship and to learn Islam and the teaching of the Faith. The Messenger of God himself searched for that place and found it. It was the house of Arkam bin Abil Arkam bin Asad. Al arqam was from banu maqzoom (had rivalry with banu haashim tribe) tribe which is the tribe of abu jahl., one of the first Muslims (7th or 8th). House is located in a narrow street in the east of the hill ‘’Safa’’. That house was suitable for entering and going out secretly and for controlling the street. 

Mus`ab had heard a lot of gossip about the new Prophet, Muhammad (peace be upon him) when he sat with the Makkan elders during their meetings. While they laughed and mocked the message of the Messenger of Allah, this young man secretly paid a lot of attention. 

One day, he decided to go and see the Prophet and his followers for himself. He joined the other companions at the home of Al-Arqam Ibn Al-Arqam (may Allah be pleased be with him). He heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) reciting the Qur’an to them and Musab’s heart filled with joy. 

 

Sir William Muir says that Umar's conversion to Islam took place at the close of the sixth year of the Prophet's mission. He adds the following footnote: 

It (Umar's conversion) occurred in Dhul Hijjah the last month of the year. The believers are said now to have amounted in all to 40 men and ten women; or by other accounts, to 45 men and eleven women. (The Life of Mohammed, 1877, p. 95) 

As already noted, the Muslims at this time (the last days of the year 6) still gathered in the house of Arqam bin Abi al-Arqam to say their congregational prayers. They were beginning to assemble when one of them, looking out the window, saw Umar approaching toward the house with a drawn sword. In a state of considerable alarm, he told the other members of the congregation what he saw. Presumably, they too were alarmed. 

But Hamza, who was also present in the house of Arqam, reassured them, and said that if Umar was coming with good intentions, then it was all right; but if not, then he (Hamza) would run him (Umar) through with his (Umar's) own sword. But it so happened that Umar had come with the intention of accepting Islam, and he did. 

• Al-Arqam is eighth on the list of "people who became Muslims at the invitation of Abu Bakr 

• Dar al-Arqam was a house, far from the eyes of the Meccans, where the Prophet (saw) used to meet his companions, new converts and those seeking information about Islam 

Ammar (ra) narrated: 
"I met Suhayb in front of the door of Dar al-Arqam and the Prophet (saw) was there. We entered and he presented Islam to us, so we embraced Islam." (Dhahabi, Siyar A'lam an-Nubalaa, Vol. 3, p. 350) 

 

Ammar also narrated he was the ninth Muslim: 
"I saw Allah's Messenger (saw) and there was none with him but five slaves, two women and Abu Bakr (i.e. those were the only converts to Islam then)." (Bukhari 3660, 3857)