Sahabah Stories Hazrat Omar (R-A)

Story of Hazrat Omar  Radiallaho anho

None can deny the proverbial valour, courage and strength of Omar(R-A) over whose mention even after the lapse of 1300 years hearts are struck with awe and respect. Islam could not be professed and preached openly before Omar coming into its fold. As soon as he embraced Islam the Muslims started saying Salat in Haram as none could dare haram them with Omar on their side. Notwithstanding all this he could not stand the shock of the Prophet's death. So much so that he stood with sword in his hand utterly confused and bewildered saying:

"I shall cut the head of a person who says, 'The Prophet is dead.' The Prophet has only gone to visit his Lord just as Moosa (alaihis salam) had gone to toor. He will shortly return and cut off the hands and feet of those who were spreading the false news of his death."

On the other hand Usman(R-A) was stunned with grief at the Prophet's death. He could not utter a single word even till the next day and walked about as if bereft of speech. Ali (R-A) too was in terrible grief. He was still and motionless. Only Abu Bakr for all his love of the Prophet (PBUH) as we have seen in the last Post stood firm like a rock against the terrible storm of grief and did not lose his mental composure. He calmly entered the Prophet's house, kissed his forehead and came back to the people. He said :

"Whose worshipped Muhammad  (PBUH) let him know that Muhammad is no more and whose worshipped ALLAH should know that ALLAH is everliving and Eternal. He then recited the following verse of the Quran..."

 "Muhammad is but a messenger, messengers (the like of who) have passed away before him. Will it be that when he dies or is slain Ye will turn back on your heels. He who turneth back doth not hurt ALLAH and ALLAH will reward the thankful." (III : 144)

As Abu Bakr (R-A) was distined to be the Khalifah after the Prophet it is significant that unlike other Sahabah he behaved with the composure and patience that were needed at an occasion like this. Again, it was Abu Bakr (R-A) alone who knew better than anybody else about the regulations regarding the burial, inheritance, e.t.c., of the Prophet(PBUH. When difference of opinion arose among Sahabah whether the burial place of the Prophet be at Mecca or Madinah or jerusalam, It was abu bakr (R-A) who settled the difference by declaring on the authority of the Prophet (PBUH) that the Prophets are buried where they have died. There were several other Hadiths only known to Abu Bakr that helped solve many of the other problems arising out of the death of the Prophet Some of these Hadiths were :

1. "Prophet have no heirs. All that a Prophet bequeathes is Sadaqah."
2. "ALLAH'S curse is on the Amir who does not take proper interest and exercise proper care in the appointement of his deputies."
3. "The state affairs shall remain the custody of Quresh."

Sahabah Story Umair goes to battle

Story of Hazrat Umair Radiallaho Anho

Umair goes to Battle:

Umair (Radhiallaho anho) was a slave of Abillahm (Radhiallaho anho) and of very tender age. Every soul in those days, Irrespective of age, was eager to strive in the path of ALLAH. Umair (Radhiallaho anho requested the Prophet(PBUH) to permit him to fight in the Khaiber. His master also recommended him very strongly. The Prophet (PBUH) permitted him and gave him a sword which Umair(R.A) hung round his neck. Now the sword was too big for his size and he had to drag it with him. He fought in the battle till it ended in victory. As he was minor and a slave he was entitled to any share in the booty. The Prophet (PBUH), however, alloted him a share as a very special case.
Although Umair (R.A) knew that he was not going to get any share from the spoils of war yet he was so eager to fight in the battle. What could be his motive other than the reward of the hereafter as promised by ALLAH and reported by the Prophet (PBUH).

Umair-Bin-Abiwaqae hides himself:

Umair-bin-Abiwaqae (R.A) was a sahabi of tender age who had embraced Islam in its early days. He was a brother of saad-bin-Abiwaqas (R.A) the famous Muslim general, Saad(R.A) narrates:

"At the time when we were preparing to march for Badr I noticed Umair (R.A) trying somehow to hide himself. This surprised me. I said to him, ' what has happened to you ? What makes you hide like this ?' He replied, 'I am afraid the Prophet(PBUH) may not stop me from taking part in the battle on account of my young age, though, I am yearning to go and get martyred in th path of ALLAH."

Umair's fear proved too true. The Prophet (PBUH) detected him and then stopped him from going with the army. Umair could not bear this and began to cry. When the Prophet(PBUH) was informed of this eagerness and disappointement he permitted him to go. He fought in the battle till he was killed.

Saad (R.A) his brother says:

"The sword of umair (R.A) was too big for his size. I had to put a number o number

Sahabah Stories Sympathy and Self-Sacrifice

Muslims Faith 

Sympathy and Self-Sacrifice : 

The Sahabah, as a class, were an embodiment of righteousness. They attained a standard which is rather difficult to emulate in a corrupt society. we would be fortunate if we really attain even a partial resemblance to their chracter. Some of the qualities are especially their own, and self-sacrifice is one of these. ALLAH has made a mention of this in the Holy Quran in these words.
"They prefer others above themselves though poverty be-come their lot. LIX : 9."

Feeding in the Darkness : 

One came to the prophet (PBUH) and complained of hunger. Just then the prophet (PBUH) had nothing in hand or in his home, to feed him. He asked the Sahabah:

"Would anybody entertain this person tonight on my behalf ?"

One of the Ansar said : 

"O, Prophet of ALLAH, I will do that."

The Ansari took the person to his house and instructed his wife : 

"Look here, this man is a guest of the Prophet (PBUH). We will entertain him as best as we can and won't spare anything in doing so."

The wife replied : "By ALLAH ! I have get no food in the house except a very little something just enough for the children."
The Ansari said : "You lull the children to sleep without feeding them, while I sit with the guest over the meagre meal. When we start eating, you put out the lamp pretending to set it right, so that the guest may not know my not sharing the meal with him."

The scheme worked out nicely, and the whole family including the children stayed hungry to enable the guest to eat to his fill. It was over this incident that ALLAH revealed the verse:

" They prefer others above themselves though poverty become their lot (LIX:9)."

There are quite a lot of similar incidents about the Sahabah.The following is one of these.

Feeding a fasting sahabi : 

One of the Sahabah was keeping fast after fast, as he could not get anything to eat. Thabit (Radhiallaho anho) came to know of this. He told his wife 
"I shall bring a guest tonight. When we sit at the meal, you put out the lamp pretending to set it right, and you are not to eat anything until the guest has taken his fill."

Sahabah Stories Campaign of Hudeybiah

Hudeybiah were Campaign started 

The campaign of Hudeybiyah took place in 6 A.H. When the Prophet (PBUH) with the large number of Sahabah was going to Mecca with the intention of Umrah. The Qureysh came to know of this and decided to prevent his entry into Mecca. As also decided they they invited the neghibouring tribes of Mecca for help and made large scale prepartions for battle. When the Prophet reached Zulhulaifah he sent a man to bring intelligence about Qureysh. When the Prophet (PBUH) reached Asfan the person returned from Mecca with the information that Qureysh were equipped to the teeth to resist the Prophet's entry into Mecca and that the neghibouring tribes also were by their side. At this the Prophet called the eminent Sahabah in counsel to consider the situation. One proposal was to attack the houses of the tribes who had sent their man to help Qureysh (So that they might leave Qureysh to protect their own homes) and the other was to march straight towards Mecca. Abu Bakr (R-A) said :

"O Prophet of ALLAH ! We have come to perform Umrah. We have no intention of fighting with the Qureysh. Let's go ahead. If they stop us we shall fight, otherwise not."

The Prophet (PBUH) agreed to the proposal of Abu Bakr and decided to march ahead towards Mecca. When he reached Hudeybiyah, Budail-bin-Warqa Khusai met him with a group of people. He said :

"The Qureysh under no circumstances will permit your entry into Mecca. They are already drawn up in a battle array"

At this the Prophet (PBUH) replied :

"We have come to perform Umrah only and have no intention to fight. Frequent battles have already inflicted heavy casualties on Qureysh. If, therefore, they agree, I am prepared to talk for a no-war pact with them so that they do not fight with me and I do not f ight with them. If, however, Qureysh do not see their way to accepting this proposal them by Him who holds my life in His hand, I will fight them till at last either Islam prevails or I am slain."

Budail returned to Qureysh and conveyed to them what the Prophet had told him. But they do not agree with the peace proposal of the Prophet (PBUH). Parleys between the two sides however continued and at one time Urwah-bin-Masood Thaqfi was sent by Qureysh as a plenipotentiary. Urwah had not then accepted Islam. The Prophet (PBUH) talked to him in the same strain as he had done to Budail. Urwah said:

"O Muhammad (PBUH) ! If you want to stay all the Arabs you cannot possibly do so as none before you has ever succeeded in putting an end to all the Arabs. On the coutrary if the Arabs get the upper hand then take from me that these persons round you will disappear in no time leaving you all alone for i don't find any people of high birth among them. In fact they all come from a low stock drawn from all corners."

 Abu Bakr standing close by was infuriated at this outburst and resentfully told Urwah:
"Go and faun upon your goddess Lat! we can by no means flee away and leave the Prophet (PBUH) by himself."
 Urwah :     "Who is he ?"
The Prophet (PBUH) :     "He is Abu Bakr."
Urwah :     "Abu Bakr I am indebted to you for a good turn you have done to me in the past, but for this I would have replied to your abuse."

Urwah then resumed his deliberations with the Prophrt (PBUH) Urwah occasionally touched the beared oof the Prophet (according to the Arab custom) as he talked. Sahabah could not tolerate this. Accordingly, Urwah's own nephew Mughairah-bin-Shaabah (R-A) who was standing near by struck Urwah's hand with the handle of his sword and said:
"Keep your hand away"

Urwah :     "Who is he ?"
The Prophet (PBUH) :     "He is Mughirah."
Urwah : "O, you aggressor ! How dare you maltreat your uncle who is still suffering for your aggression."

(Before Islam Mughirah, Radhiallaho anho, had killed a few persons. Urwah paid the blood money on his behalf. He was referring to this incident.) During his long discourse with the Prophet(PBUH) Urwah had been quietly observing the behaviour of Sahabah towards their master so when he returned to Qureysh he said to them:

Sahabah Story OverPayement of ZAKAAT

Sahabah over paying Zakat 

OverPayement of Zakat : 

Ubai-bin-Kaab (Radhiallaho anho) says:

"The Prophet(PBUH) once deputd me to collect Zakat dues from a locality. I went to a person there, and asked about the details of his possessions. A baby camel one year old was due from him in Zakat. When he heared of it, he exclaimed,'Of what use is a baby camel one year old ? You can neither milk it, nor ride it. Here is a fine grown-up she-camel. You had better take this instead.' I replied,'My commission does not permit me to take more than what is actually due from you. I, therefore, cannot accept what you offer. The Prophet(PBUH) is visiting this locality, and tonighy he will be campng at a place not very far from here. You had better ga and place your offer before him. If he does not object. I would gladly accept your offer, otherwise you shall have to give me exactly what is due from you.' Thereupon I took the she-camel to the Prophet (PBUH) and besought him thus: 'O,Prophet of ALLAH ! Your deputy came to receive Zakat from me. By ALLAH ! before this time I have never had the honour of paying anything to the Prophet (PBUH) or his deputy. I therefore placed everything that i possessed before him. He decided that a baby  camel one year old was due from me. Now, O Prophet of ALLAH ! This baby camel is of no use. It can neither yield milk nor carry load, I, therefore refused him to accept a fine grown-up she-camel in-stead, Which he refused to accept without your permission, I have now come to you with the she-camel. The Prophet (PBUH) observed,'No doubt only that much is due from you which he has worked out, but if you are willing to give more than that of your own accord, it would be accepted.' I then presented the she-camel to the Prophet (PBUH) which he accordingly accepted and sought ALLAH'S blessings for the donor."

Look, with what magnanimity of heart the Sahabah parted with their best things for the sake of ALLAH. On the other hand, we too claim to be the true followers of Islam and ardent devotees of the Prophet(PBUH) but leaving apart the bestowing of alms in general to the poor and the needy, we are most reluctant to pay the actual abligatory dues. Zakaat as a pillar of Islam, is not even known to our upper classes. Of the middle only the religiously conscious strata keep up a form of paying  Zakaat, in as much that even the expenditure incurred on their own relative and acquaintances, and all other charitable donations squeezed out of them by the force of