Moamen Al Yassin
Habib Najjar, Habib al-Najjar, or the believer of the Yassin family is a righteous man who used to live in a village in the Levant, which was said to be Antioch, and he was mentioned without naming him in the Qur’an:
And a man came running from the farthest part of the city. He said, "O my people, follow the messengers."
Habib Al-Najjar in the Qur’an
In the holy verses of the Qur’an, nestled among timeless proverbs, lies the intriguing account of Habib al-Najjar, a man who lived in a village characterized by skepticism and disbelief. The divine narrative unfolds when God presents an example of a city visited by messengers carrying a profound message of truth and enlightenment.
In this city, two messengers were initially sent, their mission clear: to guide people toward the path of righteousness and spiritual awakening. However, in the face of doubt and denial, these apostles were fortified with a third, the strengthening of the power of divine will in the face of human stubbornness. This did not deter them, so they said: “We have sent you,” hoping to bridge the abyss of disbelief that was covering the hearts of the city’s residents.
But the people of the city, with doubt clouding their minds, responded: “You are only human beings like us. Nothing divine has been revealed to you, and your words are nothing but lies.” The messengers were not deterred from their disbelief, so they affirmed firmly: “Our Lord knew that we were truthful, and our message was clear.”
A confrontation loomed as the messengers faced increasing hostility. The townsfolk, in anger and disbelief, threatened: "Resist your teachings, or we will certainly stone you. Beware, a painful torment awaits you if you persist." Despite the ominous threat, the apostles stood firm, their steadfast faith unwavering. They replied: “Your fate is in your hands, but we will not falter. We are guided by a higher purpose.”
The stubbornness of the people reached such an extent that they expelled the messengers with contempt, saying: “Your fate is yours, and we have no need of your message.” Their hearts, hardened by arrogance and unbelief, remained impervious to the profound wisdom offered to them.
The story of Habib al-Najjar and the townspeople is a poignant reminder of the struggles that messengers faced throughout history. In the face of adversity, these emissaries of divine wisdom stood firm, and their steadfast conviction lit the way for those who wished to respond to the call of truth.
The story of Moamen Al Yassin
God told in the verses of Surat Yaseen that he sent two messengers to the people of the village calling them to worship God Almighty alone and to leave the worship of idols that do not harm or benefit, so the people of the village initiated them with denial, so God strengthened them with a third messenger, and when the people of the village said what they said of denial, Their messengers said to them, “We are God’s messengers to you, and if we were a lie to him, he would have exacted revenge on us, but he will honor us and give us victory over you, and you will know for whom the end of the house will be. We will stone you with stones and you will be severely punished by us, so their messengers said to them, “Your flying with you will be returned to you, and you did not meet us with these words, and you threatened us and threatened us, except for the sake of We reminded you and commanded you to unite God and sincerely worship Him.
And God assigned those messengers someone to defend them, so a man came to them from the furthest part of the city seeking to support them from his people. He devoted himself to worshiping idols for seventy years, inviting them so that they might have mercy on him and remove his harm. When he saw the messengers, they called him to worship God, so he said: Is there a sign? They said: Yes, our Lord has power over what He wills, and this does not benefit anything or harm, so he believed and prayed to their Lord, so God revealed what was in him as if he had no problem with him, then he turned to earning, and when evening came, he gave alms to his earnings, then fed his family half and gave alms to half.
When his people were about to kill the messengers, he came to them and preached to them the best of what the sermon could be, and reminded them of God’s right of worship and glorification, so they killed him, so his soul did not go out except to heaven, so he entered it: And in him was God’s saying to him: {It was said, enter heaven}, and when he witnessed it, he said: {I wish my people knew * of what He has forgiven me My Lord, and make me among the honored.” Imam Al-Qurtubi said: It appears from the verse that when he was killed, he was told to enter Paradise, and Qatada bin Da’ama said: God brought him into Paradise while he is alive and provided for. ۚ Rather, they are alive with their Lord they are provided}.
The hadeeth of the Siddiqun is three
There was a hadith with the wording of the Siddiqun, three Habib al-Najjar, a believer of the family of Yassin, who said, “O my people, follow the messengers,” and Ezekiel, a believer of the family of Pharaoh, who said, “Do you kill a man because he says my Lord is God and Ali bin Abi Talib, and he is the best of them?”