Series Episode: Incident of elephant army:

 Incident of elephant army 

A brief summary of the second event is that when Abraha Sabah Habshi (who was the governor of Yemen on behalf of the Najashi emperor Habash) saw that the Arabs were performing Hajj at the Kaabah and that people from different countries were coming there for the same purpose, he built a great church in Sana'a. And called for the Hajj of the Arabs to be brought back to it. But when the people of Banu Kinanah came to know about this news, they secretly entered the church one night and smeared the front of it with faeces and made it very dirty. Abraha was enraged at this incident and marched towards Makkah with a large army of sixty thousand armed soldiers to destroy the Kaabah in revenge. He himself mounted on a mighty elephant. The soldiers had a total of nine or thirteen elephants. 

Abraha marched from Yaman to a place called Mugammas and prepared his army there and proceeded to enter Makkah. Then when he reached Wadi Muhassar, the place between Muzdalefa and Mina, his elephant sat down on the ground. It was not possible to raise him in any order to proceed towards the Ka'bah. But if you tried to lift it to go to the north, south or east face, it would immediately get up and start running. At such a time Allah sent a flock of small birds. The birds flocked and started throwing small pieces of stone at the soldiers. Each bird carried three pieces of stone or pebbles in one beak and two in each leg. The pebbles were the size of chickpeas. But the part where the pebbles hit would burst and the blood would flow through it and he would die. 

Not everyone was injured by this stone. But all were greatly alarmed by this miracle, and when they started running recklessly to escape in fear of their lives, many were trampled underfoot and perished. Crushed by stones and trampled underfoot, the heroes fell to their death. Meanwhile, Allah Ta'ala sent such a calamity on Abraha that his fingers became unjointed and he became like a baby bird before reaching the place called Sana'a. Then his chest burst open and his heart came out and he fell to his death. 

On hearing the news of Abraha's first expedition towards Mecca, the people of Mecca fled in fear of their lives and scattered in various directions and took refuge behind the mountain or on the top of the mountain. Then when they came to know that Abraha and his army were completely destroyed, they returned to their homes with a sigh of relief. Most scholars are of the opinion that this incident took place in the month of Muharram just 50 or 55 days before the birth of the Prophet (ﷺ). In view of this, it can be assumed that the event took place in the latter part of February or the first part of March in 571 AD. This incident of the elephant army was a clear sign of Allah's decision and help for the future Prophet (ﷺ) and the Ka'bah Sharif. Another reason behind this was that the Prophet (ﷺ) saw in his time that Baitul Muqaddas was the Qiblah of the Muslims and its inhabitants were also Muslims. But despite this, the rule of the enemies of Allah, the polytheists, was established on it. The clear evidence of this is the invasion of Bukhtunassar (587 BC) and the establishment of Roman rule (70 AD). On the other hand, the authority of Christians over the Kaaba' was not established. Although they were Muslims at that time and the inhabitants of the Kaaba were polytheists. 

Moreover, this event took place at a time when the news about it spread very quickly throughout most of the civilized world at the time (Roman Empire, Persian Empire, etc.). Because there was a deep harmony between the Abyssinians and the Romans. The Persians, on the other hand, were equally focused on the Romans and eventually the Persians occupied Yemen very quickly. 

At the time in question, the two states of Rome and Persia represented a significant part of the world at that time, and since the event of the elephant army was well known to all of these two states, it can be said that the entire world's attention was focused on the miracle of the Kaaba. After witnessing with their own eyes the clear signs given by Allah regarding the high honor and noble status of Baitullah, it was firmly established in their minds that Allah Ta'ala adopted this miraculous measure to preserve and sanctify this house and keep its noble status intact. did Therefore, if any of the inhabitants here in the future claim prophethood, it will be lawful and desirable in the context of that event, and it will be the basis of divine sovereignty over the worldly administration, which was revealed to the believers from the unseen source. 

Abdul Muttalib had a total of ten children. Their names were respectively: Harith, Zubair, Abu Taleb, Abdullah, Hamzah, Abu Lahab, Ghaidaq, Muqwabvim, Jarrar, and 'Abbas. Some say he had 11 children, one named Kusam. Someone else said there were 13 children. The names of the other two are 'Abdul Qaba'h and 'Hazal'. But those who spoke about the ten people said that the other name of 'Mukbabvim' was 'Abdul Qaba'h and the other name of 'Gaidakbir' was 'Hazl'. According to them Abdul Muttalib had no son named Kusam. Abdul Muttalib had 6 daughters. Their names are respectively: Umm al-Hakim (also known as Bayzah), Barrah, Atiqah, Safiyyah, Arwa and Umayyah.