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

146 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @,-2 (Vol-I)
They replied, "Your messengers have commanded us to testify that there is none
worthy of worship but the One Allaah Who has no partners and that you are
Allaah's servant and Rasul. Furthermore, they instructed us to establish the
obligatory salaah, to pay the obligatory zakaah, to fast during the month of
Ramadhaan and to perform Hajj to the Kabah shoutd we have the ability to do
so."
Rasulullaah @@ asked, "And what are the attribhtes that you have adopted
during the Period of Ignorance?" They replied, "Expressing gratitude when
enjoying good fortune, exercising patience when experiencing difficulty, speaking
the truth during occasions of confrontation, being happy with the decrees of fate
and not expressing pleasure when an enemy is afflicted by calamity." (Addressing
the Sahabah W,-,) Rasulullaah @?% exclaimed, "Intellectuals and
well-cultured people! Their manners are close to those of the Ambiyaa because
they are so excellent."
Rasulullaah then smiled with them and said, "I shall advise you with
another five attributes so that Allaah may complete your excellent attributes.
Never store that which you cannot
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eat, never build that which you cannot live in,
never compete to achieve that which j~ou shall have to leave behind tomorrow,
fear that Allaah to Whom you shall have to go bnd before Whom you shall be
gathered and concern yourselves with that towards which you are heading and
where you shall live forever." \
Hadhrat Suwayd bin Haarith narrates that he was one of seven person
who met Rasulullaah @% as a delegation. When they arrived in his presence and
spoke to him, he was impressed by their mannerisms and appearance.
Rasulullaah @& asked them, "What are you?" They replied, "Mu'mineen."
Rasulullaah @%$ said, "Every statement hada reality (to substantiate it). what is
the reality of your Imaan?" They replied, "Fifteen attributes (prove the existence of
our Imaan). Five are those that your messengers have commanded us to believe
in, five are those that your messengers have commanded us to carry out and five
are those that we have adopted from the Period of Ignorance and are still
practising until now unless you dislike them (in which case we are prepared to
forsake them). .." The rest of the Hadith is similar to the one mentioned above
except that in place of "predestination of all good and evil", he mentioned,
"resurrection after death" and instead of "not expressing pleasure when an enemy
is afflicted by calamity", he said, "steadfastness when enemies rejoice at our
misfortunes."
A Hadith has already passed earlier in which an unnamed person from the
Baladawiyyah tribe narrates the following conversation between his grandfather
and Rasulullaah %%%: I asked, "To what are you calling people?" "I am calling
(1) Haakim as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal (Vol. 1 Pg.69). Abu Sa'eed Nayshapoori has also reported the
narration in Sharful Mustafa from Hadhrat Alaama bin Haarith ?&l3&%. Askari and Kashaati have
also reported the narration but from Hadhrat &wayd bin Haarith ?&.WW. This is the more famous
narration as mentioned in Isaaba (Vo1.2 Pg.98). Abu Nu'aym has also reported the narration in
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Hi&a (Vo1.9 Pg 279).
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