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

THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @Gb%> (VOL-I) 137
Hadhrat Mus'ab bin Umayr !&lEi;,&>.
hereafter, the Banu Najjaar tribe pressurised Hadhrat Mus'ab bin Umayr
@,CW1s host Hadhrat As'ad bin Zuraarah %,EM and Hadhrat Mus'ab bin Umayr
SEW was forced to stay with Hadhrat Sa'd bin Mu'aadh ~ ,EW. There he
continued his Da'wah and Allaph guided people at his hands until there was
scarcely a home of the Ansaar that did not have Muslims in it. Even the leaders of
the Ansaar accepted Islaam, inchding Hadhrat Amr bin Jamooh !&lGWj. The idols
of the Ansaar were even broken. The Muslims became dominant in Madinah and
their affairs ran smoothly. Hadhrat Mus'ab bin Umayr %3W later returned to
~asulullaah with the title of "A1 Muqri" ("The Mentor"). ('I
Another narration states that the Ansaar sent Hadhrat Mu'aadh bin Afraa !&l,Ewj
and Hadhrat Raafi bin Maalik !&l.E@!G to Rasulullaah @& to send someone to
them who would call people towards the Book of Allaah because this would
cause people to accept more readily. Rasulullaah b?@% therefore sent Hadhrat
Mus'ab bin Umayr BUM. The rest of the narration is similar to the one above.(2)
Rasulullaah @@ Dispatches Hadhrat Abu
Umaamah B,GW to his People the Baahilah tribe
Hadhrat Abu Umaamah %Gwj narrates that Rasulullaah @$% sent him to
invite his people to Allaah and to present the injunctions of Islaam to them.
When he arrived, his people had already watered their camels, milked them and
drunk the milk. When they saw him, they exclaimed, "Welcome 0 Suday bin
~jlaan(~)! We heard that you have defected to that man." He replied, "I have rather
believed in Allaah and His Rasool and Rasulullaah k%% has sent me to
present Islaam and its injunctions to you." As they spoke, a platter of food was
brought and placed before them. As they gathered around the platter to eat, they
said, "Come and join us, 0 Suday!" He responded by saying, "Shame on you! I
have just come to you from someone who forbids this sort of food save for those
animals that you slaughter." They asked, "What has he to say?" Hadhrat Abu
Umaamah BGw
regard:
told them that the following verse had been revealed in this
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Forbidden for you (foryou to eat) is ~ a~ta(~), blood'(that flows lrom an
(I) Tabraani and Abu Nu'aym in Dalaa'il (Pg.108). Haythami (Vo1.6 Pg.42) has commented on the
Hadith.
(2) Abu Nu'aym in Hilya (Vol.1 Pg. 107) narrating from Zuhri "@jY,Y&j
(3) This was his real name. Abu Umaamah was his pet name.
(4) Although commonly translated as "carrion", the Arabic word "Mayta" refers to the meat of animals
that die without being slaughtered in the name of Allaah as well as the meat of a limb that is
removed from a living animal. The only lawful things that can be eaten without slaughtering are
fish and locusts.