Muslim Warrior Tales Vol 1 The First Envoy of Islam Musab ibn Umayr

Mus'ab ibn Umair (Arabic: ) also known as Mus'ab al-Khayr ("the Good") was a sahabi (companion) of Prophet Muhammad SAW. From the Banu 'Abd al-Dar branch of the Quraysh, he embraced Islam in 614 CE and was the first ambassador of Islam. He was martyred as shuhada in the Battle of Uhud in 625 CE. Mus'ab ibn Umair was appointed the first ambassador of Islam and was sent to Yathrib (Medina) to prepare the city for the forthcoming Hijra. A man of Medina named Sa'd ibn Zurarah assisted him. After they had preached Islam, many residents of Medina were converted, including such leading men such as Sa'd ibn Muadh, Usayd ibn Khudayr and Sa'd ibn Ubadah. It was estimated that by the time Prophet Muhammad SAW arrived in September 622, Medina had ten thousand Muslims. These Medinan converts were known as Ansars ("helpers"). Historians and narrators describe Mus'ab ibn 'Umair (son of 'Umair) as the most charming of the Makkans, the most handsome and youthful, the flower of the Quraish! He was born and brought up in wealth, grew up with its luxuries, pampered by his parents, the talk of the ladies of Makkah, the jewel of its clubs and assemblies. The youth heard one day about Prophet Muhammad SAW the Truthful sent by Allah as bearer of glad tidings and a warner to call them to the worship of One God. When Makkah slept and awoke, there were no other talk but the Prophet and his religion and this spoiled boy was one of the most attentive listeners. That was because, although he was young, the outward appearance of wisdom and common sense were among the traits of Mus'ab. He went one night to the house of Al-Arqam Ibn Al-Arqam, yearning and anxious. There, the Prophet was meeting his Companions, reciting the Quran to them and praying with them to Allah the Most Exalted. Mus'ab had hardly taken his seat and contemplated the verses of the Quran recited by the Prophet when his heart became the promised heart that night. The pleasure almost flung him from his seat as he was f