Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 1 of 3

THE L.lVES OF THE SAHABAH m,w5 (Vol-I) 107
giving? Could He not have told you what He would do with us if we refused to
accept what you say? The news has reached us that you have learnt everything
you say from a man in Yamama whose name is Rahmaan. By Allaah! We shall
never believe in Rahmaan! 0 Muhammad! We have placed everything before you
without leaving anything unsaiq. By Allaah! We shall never leave you alone and
will keep seeking vengeance b r what he and you had done to us. Eventually, it
will be us who will finish you off or you who will finish us off."
Thereafter one of them said, "We worship the angels who are the daughters of
Allaah." Another said, ''We shall never believe you until you bring Allaah and the
angels all before us." When they had said this, Rasulullaah @%$ stood up and left
them. His cousin by the name of Abdullaah bin Abi Umayyah bin Mughiera bin
Abdillaah bin'umar bin Makhzoom (who was the son of Rasulullaah m's
paternal aunt Aatika) also' stood up with him and said, "0 Muhammad! Your
people presented to you what they had to say but you refused to accept any of
their proposals. Thereafter they asked you for some things they required by
which they could recognise your high status in the sight of Allaah, but you
refused to do even this. Eventually they asked you to hasten the punishment
about which you had been warning them. I swear by Allaah and that I shall never
believe in you until I see you set up a staircase leading to the heavens, climb it
and return with an open scripture together with four angels who would testify
that you are as you claim you are. By Allaah! I think that I would not even believe
you after you do this." He then'turned away from Rasulullaah @@, leaving
Rasulullaah to return to his family in a state of sadness and dejection
because not only was his desire for them to accept Islaam left unfulfilled, but
because he noticed that they were drifting further from him.
Rasulullaah @8@ invites Abil Haysim and some
youths from the Banu Abdil Ash'hal to Islaam
i ah mood bin Labeed from the Banu Abdil Ash'hal tribe narrate%that Abul
'Haysim Anas bin Raafi and some youths from the Banu Abdil k'h?t?al tribe arrived
in Makkah to conclude a treaty with the Quraysh on behalf of their tribe the
Khazraj. Among theseyouthswas Iyaas bin Mu'aadh. When Rasulullaah @% heard
about their arrival, he approached them and said, "Do you desire something
better than that which has brought you?" They replied, "What is it?" he said, "I am
the Rasul of Allaah. Allaah has sent me to his servants to call them to worship
Him without ascribing any partners to Him. Allaah has also revealed a book to
me. Rasulullaah %%@ then spoke to them about the beauty of Islaam and recited
a part of the Qur'aan to them. To this, Iyaas bin Mu'aadh who was still a young
lad said to the people, "By Allaah! This is certainly better than that which has
brought you here."
Abul Haysim Anas bin Raafi threw a handful of pebbles into the face of Iyaas and
said, "Ignore this. I swear by my life that we have come for some other purpose."
Ill Ibn Iareer. Ibn Kalhcer in his T.lav(VoI 3 Pg. 62) and NBidaaya Wan Nihasy&Vol. 3 Pg. 5!3.