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

138 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAJ3 m!%&!%3 (Vol-I)
animal5 body), the meat of pigs, (the meat 00 those animals that were
sacrificed with (the slaughterer taking) the name of another besides
Allaah, those (animals) that were strangled to death (that suffocated to
death or drowned), those that were beaten to death (died through
injures), those that fell to their deaths, those kllled by collision (either
by impact or after being gored by another anipal) and those eaten by
wild beasts; except that which you slaughter '(Therefore, if an animal
suffers any of the above injuries but dies only after being proper&
slaughtered the animals meat will be Halaaf). (Also forbidden for you
are) What (that animal which) has been slaughtered at the altars (in the
name of gods besides iflaah) and distribution by arrows('). {Surah
Maa'idah, verse 3)
Hadhrat Abu Umaamah B,Cw says that as he invited them towards Islaam, they
kept rejecting. He then said to them, "Shame on you! At least give me some water
for I am extremely thirsty." They responded by saying, "No! We shall not give you
any water but would rather leave you to die thirsty." He then tied his turban
around his head and lay down on the scorching sand. He narrates, "When I fell
asleep, I saw a person come to me with a crystal glass so beautiful as no one
had ever seen. In the glass was a drink that no one has ever tasted a drink as
delicious. He gave the glass to me and I drank from it. I woke up as soon as I
had finished drinking and I swear by Allaah that after that I had never been
thirsty nor even known what thirst is." ('1
A shorter veision of this narration reported by Abu Ya'la states at the end that
someone from Hadhrat ~ b Umaamah u 4-'s tribe said to the others, "One of
your leaders has come to you and you could not even honour him!" The people
then brought some milk for him to drink, but he said, "I have no need for it
now." He then (narrated the dream to them and) showed them his (full)
stomach. Every one of them then accepted Islaarn. A narration of Bayhaqi in
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Dalaa'il states that Hadhrat Abu Umaamah @,- was sent to his tribe who
were the Baahila tribe. (3)
Rasulullaah Sends a Person to the Banu Sa'd
tribe
Hadhrat Ahnaf bin Qais narrates that he was once performing Tawaaf
around the Kabah when a man from the Banu Layth tribe grabbed hold of his
hand saying, "Shall I not give you glad tidings?" When Hadhrat Ahnaf bin Qais
!E@&j asked to be informed, the person said, "Do you not remember the time
when Rasulullaah @% sent me to invite your tribe to Islaam? whe'n I presented
Islaam to them and invited them to accept, you said to me, "You are inviting us
(1) The Mushrikeen Arabs used to predict future events using special arrows and also used such
arrows in a form ofgambling.
(2) Tabraani as well as Ibn Asaakir as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal (Vol.7 Pg.94). Haythami (Vo1.9
Pg.387) has commented on the Hadith.
(3) lsaaba (Vo1.2 Pg.182). The Hadith is reported by Tabraani and Haakim (Vo1.3 Pg.641).