The Boy and the King-- the Movie

Assalamu alaikum

This is a movie made following an authentic Hadeeth of the Prophet (SAW). It's about a boy and a king... no, really. They were called "The people of the Ditch".




Here's the Hadeeth of Rasoolullah (SAW):

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Among the people before you, there was a king and he had a sorcerer. When the sorcerer become old, he said to the king, "I have now become an old man; get me a boy so that I may teach him sorcery". So the king sent him a boy to teach him sorcery. Whenever the boy proceeded to the sorcerer he sat with a monk who was on the way and he listened to his talks and used to admire them. So when he went to the sorcerer he passed by the monk and sat there with him and on visiting the sorcerer the latter thrashed him, so the boy complained about that to the monk. The monk said to him, "Whenever you are afraid of the sorcerer say to him 'My people kept me busy'. And whenever you are afraid of your people, say to them; 'The sorcerer kept me busy'" So the boy carried on like that (for a period].


(Then one day) there came [on the main road] a huge creature (animal), and the people were unable to pass by. The boy said, "Today I will know whether the sorcerer is better or the monk is better." So he took a stone and said, "0 Allah! If the deeds and actions of the monk are more liked by You better than those of the sorcerer then kill this creature so that the people can, cross [the road)." Then he hit (it) with the stone and it was killed, and the people passed [the road). The boy come to the monk and informed him about it. The monk said to him, "0 my son! Today you are better than I, you have achieved what I see! And you will be put to trial. And in case you are put to trial, do not inform (them) about me." The boy used to treat the people suffering from born-blindness, leprosy and other diseases. A blind courtier of the king heard about the boy. He came and brought a number of gifts for the boy and said, "All these gifts are for you on condition that you cure me." The boy said, "I do not cure anybody; it is Allah (alone) who cures people. So if you believe in Allah and invoke Allah, He will cure you." He then believed in Allah and Allah cured him.


Later the courtier come to the king and sat at the place where he used to sit before. The king asked him, "Who has given you bock your sight?" The courtier said, "My Lord, Allah!" The king said, "Do you have another Lord besides me?" The courtier said, "My Lord and your Lord is Allah, one." The king got hold of him and kept on tormenting him until he informed him about the boy. So the boy was brought. The king said to the boy, "0 boy! Has your (knowledge of) sorcery reached to the extent that you can cure born-blinds, lepers and do such and such?" . The boy replied, "I do not cure anybody. It is only Allah who cures." Then the king got hold of him and kept on tormenting him till he informed him about the monk. And the monk was brought and it was said to him, "Give up your religion" The monk refused to turn apostate. Then the king ordered a saw and it was put in the middle of his (the monk's) scalp and was sawn, till he fell, cut in two pieces. Then that courtier was brought and it was said to him, "Give up your religion!!" The courtier refused to turn apostate. So the saw was put in the middle of his scalp and was sawn, till he fell cut in two pieces. Then the boy was brought, and it was said to him, "Give up your religion!" The boy refused to turn apostate. So the King ordered some of his courtiers to take the boy to such and such a mountain, saying, "Then ascend up the mountain with him till you reach its top. Then see if he turns apostate, otherwise throw him down from its top." They took him, ascended up the mountain, and the boy said, "0 Allah! Save me from them by anything You wish!" So the mountain shook and all of them fell down and the boy came walking to the king. The king asked him, "What did your companions do?" The boy said, 'Allah saved me from them."


The King then ordered some of of his courtiers to take the boy on board a boat into the middle of the sea, saying, "Then if he turns apostate (all's well and come back), otherwise toss him into the sea." So they took him and he said, "0 Allah! Save me from them by anything You wish." So the boat capsized and all the courtiers were drowned. The boy then came walking to the king.The King said, "What did your companions do?" The boy replied, 'Allah saved me from them." And he further said to the king, "You cannot kill me till you do what I command." The King said, "What is that (command)?" The boy said, "Gather all the people in an upland place, and fasten me aver the trunk of a tree. Then take an arrow from my quiver and fix it in the bow and say: 'In the Name of Allah, the Lord of the boy' and shoot (at me). If you do that, you will kill me." So the king gathered the people in an upland place and fastened the boy over a tree-trunk, took on arrow from his quiver, fixed it in the bow and said, "'In the Name of Allah, the Lord of the boy", and shot the arrow. The arrow hit over the temple of the boy, and the boy put his hand over the temple at the point where the arrow hit and then died. The people proclaimed, "We have believed in the Lord of the boy! We have believed in the Lord of the boy! We have believed in the Lord of the boy!" The king came and it was said to him, "That is the thing which you were afraid of, by Allah! The thing which you were afraid of has befallen you; the people have believed [in Allah]!"


So he ordered for deep ditches to be dug at the entrances of the roads and it was done. Then fire was kindled in those ditches, and the king ordered that whoever did not turn apostate be cast into the ditches, and it was done. Then there came a woman with her babe. She nearly retreated back from the ditch (i.e. turned apostate) but the babe (spoke and) said, "0 mother! Be patient, you are on the Truth!" (So she threw herself in the ditch of the fire along with her child, to be with the martyrs in Al-Jannah). [Saheeh Muslim]

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Allah also mentions the People of the Ditch in the following verses in the Quran:

4. Cursed were the People Of the Ditch.
5. Fire supplied [abundantly] with fuel.
6. When they sat by it [the fire].
7. And they witnessed what they were doing against the Believers [i.e.burning them].
8. They had nothing against them except that they believed in Allah, the Almighty, Worthy of all praise!
9. The One to Whom belongs the dominion of the Heavens and the earth. And Allah is Witness over everything.
10. Verily those who put to trial the believing men and the believing women [by torturing them and burning them] and then do not turn in Repentance (to Allah) will have the torment of Hell and they will have the Punishment of the Burning Fire.

(Surah Burooj, 85: 4 - 10)

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Salaam