...The Prophet (peace be upon him) said 0 Husayn! (father of famous sahaabi Imraan bin Husayn) Tell me how many gods you worship? Husayn replied, I have seven gods on earth and one in the sky. Prophet (peace be upon him) further asked him,Which god do you call for when you are in difficulty? Husayn replied, I then call the one in the sky. Prophet (peace be upon him) said, Who do you call when your wealth gets destroyed? He replied, The one in the sky. Prophet (peace be upon him) said, It is strange that only this one God comes to your assistance yet you associate the others as partners to him! Do you have permission from the gods in the sky to associate.the others as His partners? Or are you afraid of these other gods thinking that they will harm you if you do not associate them as partners? Husayn replied, Neither of these two statements are correct. Husayn says, It then occurred to me that I had never spoken to such a great personality before this. Prophet (peace be upon him) said further, 0 Husayn! Become a Muslim and you will live in peace. Husayn responded by saying, What about my people and my family? (What would they say if I accept Islam?) What am I to do now? Prophet (peace be upon him) advised him to recite the following duaa: 0 Allah! I seek your guidance towards that which is more correct and increase me in knowledge that will benefit me. Husayn recited this duaa and became a Muslim before he stood up from the gathering. At that instant, his son Imraan immediately stood up and began kissing the head, hands and feet of his father. Prophet (peace be upon him) began weeping when he saw this and said, I am weeping because I was touched by what Imraan has done. He did not stand for his father nor pay any attention to him when he entered as a Kaafir. However, he fulfilled the right of his father once his father entered the fold of Islam. When Husayn stood up to leave, Prophet (peace be upon him) said to the others, Stand up and take him home.As soon as Husayn emerged from the doorway, the people of the Quraysh (who had been waiting there for him) saw him and said, He has forsaken his religion. They then left him and dispersed. - From a lengthy narration in Al-Seerat al-Nabawiyyah by Sallabi 1/139; al Isaba fi tamyiz al Sahaba 2/87; Ithbat Sifat Al-Uluw by Ibn Qudamah, no. 5 and Ibn Khuzymah in his saheeh.
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