{"id":12295,"date":"2018-07-19T15:34:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T13:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=12295"},"modified":"2021-09-20T15:46:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T13:46:30","slug":"second-journey-to-syria-and-the-encounter-with-nastoora-the-monk-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=12295","title":{"rendered":"Second Journey to Syria and the Encounter with Nastoora, the Monk \u2013 Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"itemIntroText\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?attachment_id=11707\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11707\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11707\" src=\"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Rasulullah-sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Rasulullah-sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam.jpg 258w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Rasulullah-sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam-190x127.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a>When Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) reached Busraa, he sat in the shade of a tree. A monk by the name of Nastoora lived in that area. On seeing Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) beneath this tree, he approached him and said, \u201cFrom Hazrat \u2018Isa bin Maryam (\u2018alaihis salaam) until this moment, no prophet besides you has sat beneath this tree.\u201d He then remarked to Maysarah, \u201cHe (Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam)) has this redness in his eyes.\u201d Maysarah replied, \u201cThis redness never leaves his eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The monk said:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-family: 'traditional arabic'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;\">\u0647\u0648 \u0647\u0648 \u0648\u0647\u0648 \u0646\u0628\u064a \u0648\u0647\u0648 \u0622\u062e\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0646\u0628\u064a\u0627\u0621<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cYes, surely this is the same Prophet. This is the final Messenger of Allah Ta\u2018ala.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"itemFullText\">\n<p>Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) thereafter engaged in trade. During this time, a person started arguing with Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam). While arguing, the man said to Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), \u201cSwear an oath by the idols of Laat and \u2018Uzza.\u201d Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) replied, \u201cI have never taken an oath by Laat and \u2018Uzza. In fact, even if I incidentally pass by these idols, I do so while turning away from them and staying far from them.\u201d Hearing this, the man replied, \u201cUndoubtedly, you are right.\u201d In other words, you are truthful and trustworthy. The man then commented, \u201cBy Allah! This is the man whose description and qualities our \u2018Ulama find recorded in their manuscripts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maysarah says, \u201cDuring the afternoon, when the heat would be intense, I would notice two angels shading Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>(Extracted from Seeratul Mustafa 1\/99-100)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) reached Busraa, he sat in the shade of a tree. A monk by the name of Nastoora lived in that area. On seeing Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) beneath this tree, he approached him and said, \u201cFrom Hazrat \u2018Isa bin Maryam (\u2018alaihis salaam) until this moment, no prophet besides you has &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[677,796,62],"tags":[704,421],"class_list":["post-12295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-birth-and-early-life","category-islamic-history","category-seerah","tag-nastoora","tag-seerah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12296,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12295\/revisions\/12296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}