Destined to Torture

When they reached a place called Bil Halfah, Abu Basheer asked the messenger to show his sword. While he was drawing the sword, Abu Basheer killed him. The slave who accompanied him was frightened and fled to medina and appeared before Mohaamed. Mohammed enquired about what happened to him. He replied that Mohammed’s follower has killed his master. Abu basher also came to the scene drawing the sword. He told Mohammed, O Prophet of God you have fulfilled your obligation. “You already sent me back to Mecca in terms of the treaty. I am not prepared to suffer the torture of Qurashi or to abandon the true religion. Are you decided to listen myself.”

Abu Basheer went to a place called Easi which was situated on the trade route of Mecca to Syria. There was provision in the treaty that both parties should not interfere with the journey through this trade route. The Muslims at Mecca came to know that Abu Basheer had reached Easi knowing which around 70 Muslims at Mecca escaped to this place and they created obstruction to the Meccans under the leadership of Abu Basheer on the trade route. They attacked the caravan of Qureshi. The Meccans came to realize that there adamancy to prevent the Muslims of Mecca to Medina became a cause for the sole obstruction on the trade route. They also found that people did not go to Medina but escaped from Mecca and attacked the Meccans on the trade route. The Meccans could not do anything as the case did not come in the purvey of the treaty. They sent a message to Mohammed and represented that they have no objection for the Muslims leaving Mecca for Medina and requested the Muslims obstructing the trade route be removed. Thus ultimately the Qureshi were forced to withdraw their demand to send back the Muslims leaving Mecca and taking refuge in Medina. Thereupon Mohammed invited all the followers in Mecca to Medina and gave them refuge in medina. The obstruction to Meccans on the trade route also disappeared.  A treaty that apparently seemed to be detrimental to the Muslims became a blessing to them and proved the foresightedness of Mohammed.