Date:   7/17/2009 1:05:52 PM ( 15 y ago)
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PATIENCE

Mourning over the deceased was the national tradition of the Arab people. But the company of the Glorious Prophet of Islam (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) had made the Sahaba very patient in the highest degree of agony.

When Sayyiduna Abu Talha (radi Allahu anhu) set out of his house one morning, his son was seriously ill who died later. His wife requested the neighbours not to reveal the death of his son on his coming back home. When he returned home in the evening, he enquired about his ailing son. She said: He is more comfortable than ever before. She served him food, which he ate happily. Then she decorated herself in best of her ornaments and came to him and they enjoyed each other. Next morning she said to him metaphorically: If anybody gives a thing to someone else on loan and demands it back later, has the former any right to hold the thing back. He said: No. She said: Then, have patience with regard to your son.


When the Beloved Habeeb (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) returned from the Battle of Uhud, the lady companions called on him inquiring about the well-being of their relatives. Sayyidah Hamnah bint Jahsh (radi Allahu anhu) was among them. The Glorious Prophet of Islam (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said to her: Hamnah! Have patience for your brother Abdullah Bin Jahsh (radi Allahu anhu). She recited "Inna Lillah" and prayer for her brothers salvation. The Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said: Have patience for your uncle Hamza Bin Abdul Mut'talib (radi Allahu anhu). She again recited "Inna Lillah" and prayed for her uncles salvation and finally kept quiet.


When Sayyiduna Waquid (radi Allahu anhu) the son of Sayyiduna Abdullah Bin Omar (radi Allahu anhuma) passed away, he called some Bedouins to perform the funeral rituals. He arranged a race competition for the Bedouins. Sayyiduna Nafe (radi Allahu anhu) said to him: You have just come back after burying your son and you are holding this competition. He said: Nafe (radi Allahu anhu)! The Will of Allah Ta'ala has manifested in the form of my son's death. We have to somehow reduce the after effects of the tragedy.


When Sayyiduna Abdullah Bin Zubair (radi Allahu anhu) faced Hajjaj in a battlefield, his mother Sayyidah Asma (radi Allahu anha) was sick. He called on her and inquired about her condition saying: It is comfortable to die, she said. Perhaps you are longing for my death. But I shall not die unless either you achieve martyrdom and I display my patience over your death or you conquer the enemy to give comfort to my eyes. When he achieved martyrdom, Hajjaj hanged his body by the gallows. Sayyidah Asma (radi Allahu anha) visited her son peacefully and addressing Hajjaj said: Has the time not come for this rider to dismount his horse?


Sayyiduna Abdullah Bin Abbas (radi Allahu anhuma) was travelling when he heard the death of his brother Sayyiduna Qaasim Bin Abbas (radi Allahu anhuma). He recited "Inna Lillah", then keeping aside performed two Rakaah, rode his camel and recited the verse: Seek help in patience and prayer; and truly it is hard save for the humble-minded. (2:45)


When the pagans were about to kill Sayyiduna Khubaib (radi Allahu anhu), he performed two Rakaah and said: You would think that I am afraid of death, otherwise I would have lengthened my prayers. Then he recited these couplets: When I die as a Muslim, I should not bother which side my body will fall. This death is in the way of Allah Ta'ala and if He ordains, He can bestow His favours on my amputated limbs.


BRAVERY AND COURAGE

Bravery and courage are displayed sometimes while expressing one's faith, sometimes while fighting the enemy in the battlefield and sometimes while facing the cruel and tyrant ruler. The Sahaba demonstrated their courage on all occasions.

Sayyiduna Abu Dhar Ghifari (radi Allahu anhu) is a very senior Companion of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam). He embraced Islam after coming to Makkatul Mukarrama.
The Glorious Prophet of Islam (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) directed him: Go back to your native place and inform your people about my advent.
He said emotionally: By Him Who holds my life, I will proclaim the Word of Oneness of Allah Ta'ala in front of the pagans of Mecca.
He was away from his people having no supporter in Makkatul Mukarrama, but he entered the Makkatul Mukarrama Mosque and proclaimed loudly: I stand witness that there is no diety but Allah Ta'ala and I stand witness that Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is His True Messenger. Hearing these words, the pagans attacked him and beat him up severely. Next day, he again came to the Mosque and proclaimed the Oneness of Allah Ta'ala in a louder voice. The pagans again beat him severely.


Sayyiduna Abdullah Bin Masood (radi Allahu anhu) was the sixth person in the order of people embracing Islam. Prior to his conversion, no Muslim could dare to recite the verses of the Holy Quraan openly in Makkatul Mukarrama.
When he embraced Islam, the Sahaba gathered and said: The Quraish have not so far heard the Holy Quraan. Who among us can dare to recite the Quraan openly?
Sayyiduna Abdullah Bin Masood (radi Allahu anhu) said: I will recite.
The Sahaba said: We are concerned about your life. We want a person who has the backing of a tribe, which could fight for him in case the pagans attack him.
He said: Let me go. Allah Ta'ala will defend.

He got up and came to the Mosque at noon. The Quraish were having their assembly in the Mosque. He went straight to the Maqaam-e-Ibraheem and recited loudly: In the Name of Allah, The Most Benevolent, the Merciful. The Beneficent has made known the Quraan. The pagans heard him and when they made out that he recited the verse of the Holy Quraan, they attacked him and starting beating him severely.
When he returned, the Sahaba saw the wound marks on his face and said: We feared this.
He said: The enemies of Allah Ta'ala were never so weak as they appeared today. If you agree, I would go to the Mosque tomorrow and recite to them openly the verses of the Holy Quraan.


When Sayyiduna Omar (radi Allahu anhu) embraced Islam, he first went to his maternal uncle's house and knocked his door.
When the door was opened, Sayyiduna Omar (radi Allahu anhu) said: Do you know that I have become a Sabi? Then he went to a distinguished Quraish and informed him of his conversion.
A man said to him: If you want to make your conversion public, you have got a better chance. Go to the Musjid-e-Haram when the Quraish assemble near the Black Stone. There is a man who is famous for disclosing secrets to the public. Whisper your secret in his eras and he will soon publicize it throughout the length and breadth of Mecca.

Sayyiduna Omar (radi Allahu anhu) acted according to the advice of that man. He whispered his secret into the ears of that infamous man. He shouted: Omar, the son of Khattab has become a Sabi. The pagans attacked Sayyiduna Omar (radi Allahu anhu) and started beating him. Finally, when his maternal uncle gestured through his sleeve that he has taken Sayyiduna Omar (radi Allahu anhu) in his refuge, the pagans calmed down.


The lady companions of the Beloved Habeeb (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) displayed more courage in the battles. During the Battle of Hunain, the pagans attacked Muslims very forcefully. Sayyidah Umm-e-Sulaim (radi Allahu anha) held a dagger in her hand. Sayyiduna Abu Talha (radi Allahu anhu) saw her and asked about the dagger. She said: I am waiting for a pagan to come closer to me so that I could kill him with this.


During the Battle of Trench, the Glorious Prophet of Islam (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) had kept his wives safe in a castle. A Jew came over there with the intention to harm them. Sayyidah Safiyah (radi Allahu anha) saw him and said to Sayyiduna Hasan (radi Allahu anhu): Possibly he may go back to his colleague and inform them about our whereabouts. Better go and kill him. He said: You know that I have no such experience. Sayyidah Safiyah (radi Allahu anha) came out herself and hurt the Jew with a pole of the tent and killed him instantaneously.


The entire Arabia shivered under the tyranny of Hajjaj. But when he crucified Sayyiduna Abdullah Bin Zubair (radi Allahu anhu) and sent for his mother Sayyidah Asma (radi Allahu anha), she refused to attend his court. He sent his messenger second time saying: Tell her if she does not turn up this time, I will drag her by her hair. She refused again and said: Send those men who drag me by my hair. Hajjaj himself came over there and said: Have you seen what I have done to the enemy of God? She said: Yes I saw. You have ruined his world and he has ruined your Hereafter. I came to know that you call him the son of the lady of two belts. By Allah Ta'ala, I am the lady of two belts. With one belt I had tied the food of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (radi Allahu anhu) on the eve of Hijrah and the other belt is common to every woman which she cannot give up. The Glorious Prophet of Islam (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) had said, Thaqif will give birth to a liar and a plunderer. We have seen Musailmah, the liar and I am sure you are the plunderer about whom the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) has informed us. Hajjaj stood up and could not utter a single word.


 

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