QuizTime (160) who was the first Muslim on the face of the earth to enter Makkah reciting the Labbayk Allahumma labbayk...?

 

QuizTime (160) who was the first Muslim on the face of the earth to enter Makkah reciting the Labbayk Allahumma labbayk...?

 

Ans: Thumamah Ibn Uthal Al-Hanafi (r.a)

 

     In the sixth year after the Hijrah, the Prophet (pbuh) decided to expand the scope of his mission. He sent eight letters to rulers in the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding areas inviting them to Islam. One of these rulers was Thumamah Ibn Uthal.

    Thumamah met and killed a group of the Prophet's (pbuh) Companions. The Prophet (pbuh) thereupon declared him a wanted man who could lawfully be killed on sight.

     Groups of Muslims were patrolling the districts of Al-Madeenah and outlying areas on the lookout for any strangers or anyone intent on causing trouble. One of these groups came upon Thumamah and apprehended him, but they did not know who he was. They took him to Al-Madeenah and tied him to one of the columns in the mosque. They waited for the Prophet [pbuh) himself to question him and decide what should be done.

When the Prophet (Pbuh) was about to enter the mosque, he (pbuh)  saw Thumamah and asked his Companions: "Do you know whom you have taken?"

"No, Messenger of Allah," they replied.

"This is Thumamah Ibn Uthal Al-Hanafi," he (pbuh) said. "You have done well in capturing him." The Prophet (pbuh) then returned home to his (pbuh)  family and said: "Get what food you can and send it to Thumamah Ibn Uthal." He (pbuh)  then ordered his she-camel to be milked for him. All this was done before he met Thumamah or spoke to him.

The Prophet (pbuh) then approached Thumamah hoping to encourage him to become a Muslim. "What do you have to say for yourself?" he (pbuh)  asked.

"If you want to kill in reprisal," Thumamah replied, "you can have someone of noble blood to kill. If, out of your bounty, you want to forgive, I shall be grateful. If you want money in compensation, I shall give you whatever amount you ask."

The Prophet (pbuh) then left him for two days, but still personally sent him food and drink and milk from his she-camel. The Prophet (pbuh) went back to him and asked: "What do you have to say for yourself?" Thumamah repeated what he had said the day before.

The Prophet (pbuh) then left and came back to him the following day. "What do you have to say for yourself?" he asked again and Thumamah repeated what he had said once more. Then the Prophet (pbuh) turned to his Companions and said: "Set him free."

Thumamah left the mosque of the Prophet (pbuh) and rode until he came to a palm grove on the outskirts of Al-Madeenah near Al-Baqee' (a place of luxuriant vegetation which later became a cemetery for many of the Prophet's (pbuh) Companions). He watered his camel and washed himself well. Then he turned back and made his way to the Prophet's (Pbuh)  mosque. There, he stood before a congregation of Muslims and said: "I bear witness that there is no one worthy of worship but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger."

Thumamah (r.a) left to fulfill his intention. When he reached the valley of Makkah he began shouting in a loud, resonant voice: "Labbayk Allahumma labbayk. Labbayka la shareeka laka labbayk. Innal hamda wa-n ni'mata laka wa-l mulk La shareeka lak.”
(Here I am at Your command O Lord, Here I am. Here I am. No partners have You. Here I am. Praise, bounty and Dominion belong to You. No partner have You.)"

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