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

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could propagate the message of his Mighty Rabb, promising them Jannah in
return. However, he could find none to assist him. Eventually, he used to even
find out about the place where each individual tribe stayed.
When he finally reached the Banu Aamir bin Sa'sa'ah tribe, they ill-treated him
like no other tribe did. When he left them, they aagtually threw stones at him.
When Rasulullaah @% met the Banu Muhaarib tribe, he spoke to one of them
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who was an elder aged 120 years. Rasulullaah @ invited him to Islaam and
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requested that they offer him asylum so that he may propagate the message of I
Allaah. However, the old man said, "0 person! Your people know your condition
better. By Allaah! Whoever takes you back to their locality will have returned with
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the worst thing a person performing Hajj could return with this season. Stay
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away from us."
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All this while, Abu Lahab had been listening to the conversation. He approached
the old man of the Banu Muhaarib and said, "If all'the people this season had
been like you, he (Rasulullaah m) would Have forsaken the religion he
practises. He is an irreligious liar." The old man said, "By Allaah! You know him
better for he is your brother's son and your own flesh." Addressing Abu Lahab
further, the old man said, "0 Abu Utba! Is he perhaps not insane? We have with
us a man from the tribe who will know how to cure him." Abu ~ahab gave no
reply. However, whenever Abu Lahab saw Rasulullaah standing with a
tribe (calling them to Islaarn) he would shout out, "He is irreligious! He is a
lim!" ( 1
RaSulullaah @f@! Invites the Banu Abs Tribe to
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Hadhrat Waabisa narrates from his grandfather that their tribe was
stationed close to the first Jamara in Mina near the Masjid Khayf when
Rasulullaah m came to them riding. Mounted behind him on the same animal
was Hadhrat Zaid bin Haaritha S!&!%. He says, "Rasulullaah @%# invited us to
accept Islaam but by Allaah, we failed to accept his invitation and thus
committed a grave crime."
He continues, "We had alreadihear~l about the message of Rasulullaah @%# that
Hajj season and when he came to us and gave us the message, we did not accept
it. With us was Maysara bin Masrooq Absi who said, 'I swear by Allaah that it will
be an excellent idea to believe this man and to take him with us to our locality
and keep him with us. I swear by Allaah that the words of this man shall soon be
dominant and reach the entire world.' The people said to him, 'Forget this talk.
Why do you present to us something that we do not have the strength to
handle?"'
After hearing what Maysara had to say, Rasulullaah @@ grew hopeful tpat he
would accept Imaan, so he spoke to him further. Maysara said to Rasutullaah
w, "What you are speaking is most excellent and extremely enlightening.
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(1) Abu Nu'aym in DalaaYlun Nabuwwah (Pg. 10 1).