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

108 THE WVES OF THE SAHABAH m,- (Vol-I)
Iyaas remained silent and Rasulullaah @%$ left them. The group later left for
Madinah.
This occurred during the period when the Aws and Khazraj tribes were fighting a
prolonged battle called "Bu'aath. It was not long thereafter that Iyaas passed
away. Hadhrat Mahmood bin Labeed narrates fuqther'that the people who were
with Iyaas at the time of his death informed him that they heard Iyaas reciting
the words "Laa Ilaaha Illalaah", "Allaahu ~lcbae and "Subhaanallaah" until he
died. There is no doubt about the fact that he died as a Muslim. He had accepted
Islaam as soon as he received the invitation directly from Rasulullaah @@.
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Rasulullaah invites his close relatives to Islaam together with various
tribes of the Quraysh upon the revelation of a verse
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin ~bbaas 4- narrates that Rasulullaah @% climbed the
hill of Marwah when the following verse of the Qur'aan was revealed:
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(0 Rasulullaah @?%!First) warn your closest relatives (about the
punishment due to those who reject Imaan). {Surah Shu'araa, verse 2 14)
From the top of the hill, Rasulullaah @?% called out, "0 the family of Fahr! to this
call, the Quraysh arrived. Abu Lahab bin Abdul Muttalib said, "The Fahr tribe are
present before you, so say your piece?" Rasulullaah @% called, "0 the family of
Ghaalib!" So the Banu Mahaarib and Banu Haarith tribes, who were the
descendants of Fahr returned. Then Rasulullaah && called, "0 the family of
Luway bin Ghaalib!" So the Banu Taymul Adram tribe, who were the descendants
of Ghaalib returned. Thereafter, Rasulullaah @?% called, "0 the family of Ka'b bin
Luway!" So the Banu Aamir tribe, who were the descendants of Luway returned.
Then Rasulullaah @&% called, "0 the family of Murrah bin Ka'b!" So the Banu Adi
bin K$b, the Banu Sahm and the Banu Jumah bin Arnr bin Husays tribes, who
were all the descendants of Ka'b bin Luway returned.
Then Rasulullaah @%% called, "0 the family of Kilaab bin Murrah!" So the Banu
Makhzoom bin Yaqzah and Banu Taym tribes, who were the descendants of
Murrah returned. Then Rasulullaah #%% called, "0 the family of Qusay!" So the
Banu Zuhrah tribe, who were the descendants of Qusay returned. Then
Rasulullaah @% called, "0 the family of Abd Manaafl" So the Banu Abdud Daar,
the Banu Asad bin Abdil Uzza and Banu Abd tribes, who were the descendants of
Qusay returned.
Abu Lahab then said, "The Abd Manaaf tribe are present before you, so say your
piece?" Rasulullaah &@ then spoke, "Allaah has commanded me to warn my
closest relatives and you are the closest to me from among the Quraysh. I can do
(1) Kanzul Ummaal (Vol. 7 Pg. 11). Ahmad and Tabraani have also narrated the Hadith with reliable
narrators as mentioned by Haythami (Vol. 6 Pg. 36). Many scholars have narrated it from an
authentic narration of Ibn Is'haaq in his Maghaazi as mentioned in lsaaba (Vol. 1 Pg, 91).