Source : Islamweb.net / 22 Jan 2013

The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) preached to the people to trust in Allah. His whole life was a sublime example of the precept. In the loneliness of Makkah, in the midst of persecution and danger, in adversity and tribulations, and in the thick of enemies in the battles of Uhud and Hunayn, complete faith and trust in Allah appears as the dominant feature in his life.

However great the danger that confronted him, he (peace and blessings be upon him) never lost hope and never allowed himself to be unduly agitated. Abu Talib knew the feelings of the Quraysh when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) started his mission.

He (peace and blessings be upon him) also knew the lengths to which the Quraysh could go, and requested the Prophet  (peace and blessings be upon him) to abandon his mission, but the latter calmly replied: "Dear uncle, do not go by my loneliness. Truth will not go unsupported for long. The whole of Arabia and beyond will one day espouse its cause." [Ibn Hishaam]

When the attitude of the Quraysh became more threatening, Abu Talib again begged his nephew to renounce his mission but the Prophet's reply was: "O my uncle, if they placed the sun in my right hand and the moon in my left, to force me to renounce my work, verily I would not desist thereform until Allah made manifest His cause, or I perished in the attempt."

To another well-wisher, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah will not leave me forlorn."

A dejected and oppressed companion was comforted with the words:

"By Allah, the day is near when this faith will reach its pinnacle and none will have to fear anyone except Allah."[Al-Bukhari]

It was the same trust in Allah which emboldened the prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to say his prayers openly in the Haram (sacred Mosque of Makkah) in the teeth of opposition. The Quraysh were once collected there and were conspiring to put an end to his life when he next entered the Haram. His young daughter Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) who happened to overhear their talk rushed weeping to her father and told him of the designs of the Quraysh. He (peace and blessings be upon him) consoled her, did his ablutions and went to the Ka'bah to say prayers. There was only consternation among the Quraysh when they saw him (peace and blessings be upon him)  [Ahmad].

Then leaving his house for Madinah he(peace and blessings be upon him) asked Ali  to sleep on his bed and told him:"Do not worry, no one will be able to do you any harm"

Even though the enemies had surrounded the house, he (peace and blessings be upon him) left the house reciting the Quranic verse (which means): "We have set a barricade before them and a barricade behind them and (thus) have covered them so that they see not" [Quran, 36: 9]

Abu Bakr  (may Allah be pleased with him) was frightened when pursuers came close to the cavern in which he and Prophet Muhammad  hiding during their flight, but the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heartened him: "Grieve not. Allah is with us."

A guard was kept at the Prophet's house in Madinah because of the danger that surrounded him but he had it withdrawn when the Quranic verse was revealed (which means): "Allah will protect you from the people". [Quran, 5: 67]

A man was caught waiting in ambush to assault the Prophet (may Allah be pleased with her)  but he was directed to be released with the words:"Even if this man wanted to kill me, he could not." [Ahmad]

A Jewish woman from Khaybar had put poison in the Prophet's food. He  spat it out after taking a morsel but a companion who had his fill died the next day. The Jewess was brought before the prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he asked her: "Why did you do this?" She said "To kill you," was her defiant reply. She was told, "Allah would not have allowed you to do it." [Muslim]

Again in the battle of Hunayn, when the unexpected assault of the army had swept the Muslim force off its feet and a defeat seemed imminent, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) did not yield ground. With trust in Allah he (peace and blessings be upon him) showed such courage that the Muslim army rallied behind him to win a signal victory.