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

WE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @?!@%3 (Vol-I) 143
Hadhrat Khaalid bin Waleed ~,~~ Returns to
Rasulullaah @B with a Delegation of the Banu
Haarith
(After receiving the letter from Rasqullaah &%@) Hadhrat Khaalid bin Waleed
W,Bw returned to Rasulullaah w.accompanied by a delegation from the Banu
~aarith bin Ka'b tribe. When Rasululfaah w saw them arriving (in Madinah), he
said, "Who are these people who resemble the people of India?" Someone said,
"They are the Banu Haarith bin Ka'b tribe."
When they arrived in the presence of Rasulullaah w, they greeted him and
said, "We testify that you are Allaah's Rasul arid that there is none worthy of
worship but Allaah." Rasulullaah said, "I also testify that there is none .
worthy of worship but Allaah and that I am Allaah's Rasul." Addressing them
further, Rasulullaah asked, "Are you the people who came forward (accepted
Islaam) when you were admonished?" They all remained silent without offering a
reply. Rasulullaah repeated the question a second and third time and still
no one replied. When Rasulullaah @% repeated the question the fourth time,
Hadhrat Yazeed bin Abdil Madaan ~ B m said, "Yes, 0 Rasulullaah w! It was
us who came forward when we were admonished." He repeated the reply four
times.
Thereafter Rasulullaah said, "If Khaalid had not written to me with the news
that you had accepted Islaam without a fight, I would have cast your heads
beneath your feet." Hadhrat Yazeed bin Abdil Madaan WU@j said, "By Allaah!
(When we accepted Islaam) We neither praised you nor Khaalid." "Who then did
you praise?" asked Rasulullaah w. The reply was, "We'praised Allaah Who used
you to guide us, 0 Rasulullaah w!" Rasulullaah @& said, "You are quite
right." Thereafter, Rasulullaah @%@ asked them, "How were you able to defeat
your enemies during the Period of Ignorance?" They said, "We were unable to
defeat our enemies." "Why not!" Rasulullaah exclaimed, "You were certainly
victorious over those whom you fought." They said, "0 Rasulullaah @$%! We
would defeat our enemies because we remained united without breaking into
factions and never oppressed anyone." Rasulullaah @%! said, "You have spoken
the truth." Rasulullaah w then appointed Hadhrat Qais bin Husayn %W&$j as
their leader.
Rasulullaah @@ Calls people towards Fulfilling the
Faraa'idh of Islaam
Rasulullaah invites Hadhrat Jareer B= towards Imaan, Reciting the
Shahaadah and fulfilling the Faraa'idh
Hadhrat Jareer bin Abdillaah %3G@j narrates that Rasulullaah @%@ once sent for
him and (when he arrived) said to him, "0 Jareer! What brings you here?" "I have
come to accept Islaam at your hands, 0 Rasulullaah &%@!" came the reply.
(1) AIBidaaya wan Nihaaya (Vo1.5 Pg.98) as well as lsaaba (Vo1.3 Pg.660)