The Prophetic Prophecy regarding

the arrival of Hakam and his curse upon him

          The Umayyad men were so immoral and disgusting that some of them had shown the audacity to personally harm the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) in his life and did not show any hesitance from these indecent activities, which is an evidence to their infidelity and faithlessness.

          One of them is Hakam bin Aas who was cursed by the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) and received the title of Tareed e Rasool ullah or the one expelled by the Messenger of Allah.

          The author of the book ‘Al Istee’aab’ writes about Hakam: One day, the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) was sitting along with his companions  when he said:

          ‘A cursed person will arrive before you right now’.

          Abdullah, son of Amr bin Aas – the famous conspirer of the Arab and the friend and advisor of Mu’awiyah bin Abi Sufiyan, said: I was present in that gathering and when I heard these words from the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.), I became tensed because my father Amr had put on his dress and had the intention of coming near the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.); I told myself: God forbid if my father arrives now. Suddenly, I saw that Hakam bin Abul Aas arrived.

          Hakam bin Abul Aas is the same person who was expelled by the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) from Medina and the Muslims called him ‘Tareed e Rasool ullah’ or ‘expelled by the Messenger of Allah’. Marwan is his son and Bani Marwan, who attained the caliphate after Yazid and Marwan, and ruled over Syria from 65 Hijri to 132 Hijri, were the successors of this person himself.[1]

          Some of the authors have introduced him in a better manner by unveiling many of his indecent acts and the incidents of his exile from Medina and his shiverings:

          ‘He (Hakam bin Aas) accepted Islam apparentky fearing the Muslim power during the conquest of Mecca but was always in search of ways to harm the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) and used to trouble him in different forms. It has arrived in the books of history that at times, he used to secretly position himself, with spying intentions, at the places where the confidential meetings were held and collected the information about the strategies of the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) and his notable companions regarding the infidels and the hypocrites, then he used to either inform the enemies or disclose it between the common people, which was against the benefit of Islam.

          At times, he used to stand behind the residential quarters of the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.), whose doors opened inside the mosque, and secretly hear all the private conversations that took place between the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) and his family, and then speak about it in a humiliating and mocking tone in the meetings of the hypocrites.

          At times, he used to walk behind the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) with a group of hypocrites and imitated the Prophet’s walking style and shook his head and hand to make a mockery of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) and entertain the hypocrites.

          The Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) was well aware of the behaviour and mannerism of Hakam bin Abil Aas, but he ignored him with the intention of guiding him to change his ways and abandon his indecent activities. But he took the forgiveness of the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) for granted and kept increasing his intrepidity on a daily basis and continued his indecent activities with more audaciousness. At last, the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) decided to alter his attitude with respect to his behaviour and confront his action with a reaction.

          One day, the leader of Islam was passing by a path. Hakam bin Abil Aas began to walk behind him and shook his head and hand like before, he began with his mockery and the hypocrites laughed along with him. Suddenly, the Holy Prophet turned back and confronted him face to face and said in a stern tone:

کَذٰلِکَ فَلْتَکُنْ یٰا حَکَمْ۔

 O Hakam! Be the way you are now!

Hakam bin Abil Aas was taken by surprise and suffered the Prophet’s reaction incidentally and impromptly. Confronting the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) and hearing his words struck such a blow on him that his body suffered from constant jerks and the humiliating and mocking movements performed by him willingly and intentionally became an illness for him and began to occur involuntarily.

          He was punished for spying and committing illegal and unethical activities and was forced to reside in Ta’if after being exiled from Medina[2].[3]