Tears in the Court of al-Najāshī

When Jaʿfar ibn Abī Ṭālib was summoned to meet al-Najāshī — and ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ made a fitnah, and went and said to al-Najāshī: ask him what they say about ʿĪsā — al-Najāshī called Jaʿfar ibn Abī Ṭālib, and he told him: what do you say about Jesus? Jaʿfar ibn Abī Ṭālib read these ayat from Sūrat Maryam. And it is said in the story that tears were flowing from the eyes of al-Najāshī and the eyes of the priests, because of the beautiful words in the description of the story of ʿĪsā ibn Maryam in Sūrat Maryam — something that is unsurpassed in the New Testament. If you read, you will not find any description similar to the description, and the beautiful story, of ʿĪsā ibn Maryam mentioned in Sūrat Maryam.

And al-Najāshī became Muslim, and he accepted Islam. And when he died, because nobody prayed janāzah over him, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) prayed janāzah over him in Madīnah.

With Sayyidunā ʿĪsā (peace be upon him), his environment was very, very difficult. And Sayyidunā ʿĪsā (peace be upon him) went through extremely severe situations in the short time that he spent in daʿwah. And he was accused — and the problem is that he was accused of things that are very, very difficult for a human being to accept. They accused his mother, and they accused him; and you know the accusations that the Jews raised against Sayyidunā ʿĪsā (peace be upon him). All of this was a test for the ṣabr, the patience, of Sayyidunā ʿĪsā (peace be upon him). And from all of these anbiyāʾ, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) learned from their lives — in ṣabr, and in forbearance, and in their qualities.

Ṣallā Allāhu ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ʿalā ālihi wa ṣaḥbihi wa sallama taslīman kathīrā.