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In the new city of Medina relations between all political affiliations were tense.\u00a0 The fabric of society was held together by tribal and political alliances and any change threatened to plunge the area into chaos.\u00a0 The advent of Islam was one such change.\u00a0 Prophet Muhammad and his followers were invited to relocate to \u00a0Yathrib (now known as Medina) with Prophet Muhammad, may God praise him, assuming leadership of the immediate area.\u00a0 The Prophet\u2019s \u00a0diplomatic skills \u00a0and trustworthiness were well known and admired, however some groups, particularly some Jewish groups did not want any change to their tenuous yet profitable alliances.\u00a0 Such was the Median political landscape; into this mix came Abdullah Ibn Salam. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In part 1 we learned that Husain Ibn Salam was a Jewish scholar, well respected and trusted by his community.\u00a0 Because of his study Ibn Salam was convinced that Prophet Muhammad was the prophet predicted in the Torah.\u00a0 When Prophet Muhammad arrived in Medina ibn Salam rushed into his presence and declared his belief in the teachings of Islam and Muhammad\u2019s Prophethood.\u00a0 \u00a0Prophet Muhammad changed Ibn Salam\u2019s name from Husain to Abdullah (the slave of God).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Abdullah Ibn Salam was excited to be in the company of Prophet Muhammad.\u00a0 He spent as much time as possible with him asking questions, talking about both Islam and Judaism and enjoying the company of the man the Torah had predicted so very long ago.\u00a0 Abdullah Ibn Salam wanted very much for his people to accept Islam as their religion and Muhammad as their Prophet however he was afraid of how they would react if he informed them of his conversion.\u00a0 Ibn Salam was known amongst the Jews to be a righteous, well educated man and he discussed his problem with Prophet Muhammad; they agreed upon a plan.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n One day, when he was in the company of the respected Jewish elders of Medina, Prophet Muhammad asked them their thoughts and opinions about the character of Ibn Salam.\u00a0 They replied that, “he is the best of us, the son of the best of us, the most knowledgeable and the son of the most knowledgeable\u201d, Saheeh Al-Bukhari.<\/span> Prophet Muhammad continued to question them and asked what their opinion would be if Ibn Salam came to learn about and accept Islam.\u00a0 The Jews reacted with horror.\u00a0 Never would he do such a thing they cried!\u00a0 At that moment Ibn Salam entered the room and declared his conversion to Islam.\u00a0 The Jews reacted angrily, but Ibn Salam knew that the Jewish revealed books had predicted the coming of Prophet Muhammad.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Although alliances were tenuous all political factions in Medina, at least in the beginning, accepted the leadership of Prophet Muhammad.\u00a0 They even referred matters of\u00a0 religious law to him.\u00a0 On one occasion when a group of Jews requested that Prophet Muhammad pass sentence on\u00a0 an adulterous couple, he immediately asked what the\u00a0 ruling according to the Torah was.\u00a0 They replied, \u2018\u2019We make their wrong action known and flog them\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Ibn Salam knew that the correct punishment was stoning and he insisted that the Torah itself be used to confirm their words.<\/span><\/strong> A copy of the Torah was bought before them thus we discover that an incorrect answer was given to deliberately mislead the Prophet.\u00a0 Abdullah Ibn Salam pointed to the correct passages that were deftly hidden under the hand of the Jewish man holding the parchment.\u00a0 The punishment in the Torah was stoning, ibn Salam read the correct passages and Prophet Muhammad ordered that this rule be upheld.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Abdullah Ibn Salam loved being in the company of Prophet Muhammad.\u00a0 He spent as much time with him as possible and delighted in their talks and companionship.\u00a0 He was devoted to the Quran and was often in the mosque praying, learning and teaching.\u00a0 He was known amongst the Muslims as an effective and dedicated teacher and his study circles were popular and well attended.\u00a0 Abdullah Ibn Salam was also known amongst the Muslims of Medina as a man destined for Paradise.\u00a0 Among the authentic traditions of Prophet Muhammad is a story explaining exactly why Abdullah Ibn Salam was considered to be among the people of Paradise.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Qays bin `Abbad said, \u201cI was in the mosque when a man whose face showed signs of humbleness came to pray.\u00a0 The people said, `This is a man from among the people of Paradise.\u00a0 When he left, I followed him and spoke with him.\u00a0 I said to him, `When you entered the mosque the people said you were from the people of Paradise.\u2019 He said, `All praise is due to God! No one should say what he has no knowledge of.\u00a0 I will tell you why they said that.\u00a0 I had a dream during the time of the Messenger of God and I narrated it to him.\u00a0 I saw that I was in a green garden, \u2018 and he described the garden\u2019s plants and spaciousness, `and there was an iron pole in the middle of the garden affixed in the earth and its tip reached the sky.\u00a0 On its tip, there was a handle, and I was told to ascend the pole.\u00a0 I said, `I cannot.\u2019 Then a helper came and raised my robe from behind and said to me, `Ascend.\u2019 I ascended until I grasped the handle and he said to me, `Hold on to the handle.\u2019 I awoke from that dream with the handle in my hand.\u00a0 I went to the Messenger of God and told him about the dream and he said, \u201cThe garden represents Islam, the pole, it represents the pillar of Islam, and the handle represents the most trustworthy handhold.\u00a0 You shall remain Muslim until you die.\u201d <\/em>Imam Ahmad<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 In the new city of Medina relations between all political affiliations were tense.\u00a0 The fabric of society was held together by tribal and political alliances and… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prophet-mohammad"],"yoast_head":"\n