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

144 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @$b$5 (Vol-I)
Rasulullaah $%! then threw his shawl over Hadhrat Jareer %.lW and turned to
the Sahabah i@Gwj and said, "Give due honour to the noble members of a
community when they come to you." Rasulullaah &!?@ then said, "0 Jareer! I call
you to testify that there is none worthy of worship but Allaah, that I am Allaah's
Rasul, that you believe in Allaah, in the Last Day, the predestination of all good
and evil, that you perform Fardh salaah and that you pay the Fardh zakaah."
Hadhrat Jareer SGw says that he complied with all of this and Rasulullaah I
@$% never failed to smile with him each time he saw him.
Rasulullaah @& Teaches Hadhrat Mu'aadh %,GW
how to Call people towards the Faraa'idh of Islaam
as he Leaves for Yemen
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Abbaas !ZiWw narrates that when Rasulullaah @@ sent
Hadhrat Mu'aadh bin Jabal BGw to Yemen, he said to him, "You will certainly
meet people from the Ahlul Kitaab. When you come to them, invite them to testify
that there is none worthy of worship but Allaah and that Muhammad is
Allaah's Rasul. If they obey you in this, inform them that Allaah has made Fardh
for them the five salaah during each day and night. If they obey you in this,
inform them that Allaah has made Fardh for them zakaah that is taken from the
wealthy amongst them and given to the poor amongst them. If they obey you in
this, abstain from taking the best of their wealth (as zakaah) and beware of the
curses of the oppressed because there is no barrier between it and Allaah." (2)
Rasulullaah @@ Calls Hadhrat Howshab Dhi Dhulaym
BC$% towards Fulfilling the Faraa'idh of Islaam
Hadhrat Howshab Dhi Dhulaym BGw narrates that when Allaah granted
dominance to Rasulullaah @@, he sent a letter with Abd Sharr and a band of
forty horsemen to Rasulullaah @&. When they arrived in Madinah, Abd Sharr
asked, "Which of you is Muhammad?" when someone pointed Rasulullaah @@
out to him, he asked "What have you brought to us? I am willing to follow you if
it is good." Rasulullaah @& said to him, "You should establish salaah, pay
zakaah, safeguard the blood of people, enjoin good and forbid from evil." Abd
Sharr, "This is fine indeed. Stretch out your hands so that I may pledge my
allegiance to you." Rasulullaah @@ then asked him what his name was. When
he replied that it was Abd Sharr (servant of evil), Rasulullaah said, "No, you
are rather Abd Khayr (servant of good)." Rasulullaah @$% then accepted his
pledge of allegiance to Islaam and replied to the letter of Hadhrat Howshab Dhi
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Dhulaym BBw, who then also accepted Imaan. (3)
(1) Bayhaqi as mentioned in A1 Bidaaya wan Nihaaya (Vo1.5 Pg.78). A similar report is narrated from
Hadhrat Jareer 3,= in Tabraani and Abu Nu'aym as mentioned in Kanzul Ummaal (Vol.7 Pg.19).
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(2) Bukhari and others as mentioned in AlBidaaya wan Nihaaya (Vo1.5 Pg.lOO).
(3) Abu Nu'aym as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal (Vo1.5 Pg.325). The narration is also reported by rbn
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Mandah and Ibn Asaakir as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal (Vol. l Pg.84) as well as by rbnus Sakan as [
mentioned in Isaaba (Vol. l Pg.382).
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