وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍۢ مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّآ أَخَذْنَآ أَهْلَهَا بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ
Wa maaa arsalnaa fee qaryatim min Nabiyyin illaaa akhaznaaa ahlahaa bil baasaaa'i waddarraaa'i la'allahum yaddarra'oon
And We sent to no city a prophet [who was denied] except that We seized its people with poverty and hardship that they might humble themselves [to Allah].
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Lessons from past peoples
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And We did not send a prophet to any city but that when they denied him We seized We punished its people with misery abject poverty and hardship illness so that they might be humble so that they might be self-effaced and so believe.
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When the Prophet (ﷺ) passed by Al-Hijr, he said, "Do not enter the dwelling places of those people who
were unjust to themselves unless you enter in a weeping state lest the same calamity as of theirs
should befall you." Then he covered his head and made his speed fast till he crossed the valley.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) reached Khaibar in the early morning and the people of Khaibar came out with their
spades, and when they saw the Prophet (ﷺ) they said, "Muhammad and his army!" and returned hurriedly
to take refuge in the fort. The Prophet (ﷺ) raised his hands and said, "Allah is Greater! Khaibar is ruined !
If we approach a nation, then miserable is the morning of those who are warned."
The people were in the grip of famine during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and (once) as the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was delivering the sermon standing on the pulpit on Friday, a bedouin stood up and said: Messenger of Allah, the animals died and the children suffered starvation. The rest of the hadith is the same (and the words are) that he (the Holy Prophet) said: O Allah, send down rain in our suburbs but not on us. He (the narrator) said: To whichever directions he pointed with his hands, the clouds broke up and I saw Medina like the opening of a (courtyard) and the stream of Qanat flowed for one month, and none came from any part (of Arabia) but with the news of heavy rainfall.
Messenger of Allah! we have land called Abyan, which is the land where we have our fields and grow our crops, but it is very unhealthy. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Leave it, for destruction comes from being near disease.
"When the Prophet (ﷺ) overtook a people he would stay at the outskirts of their city for three nights."
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