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

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They then looked for Hadhrat Uthmaan bin Affaap ?2&34&$ and Hadhrat Abdur
Rahmaan bin Auf who hew them and eventually found them sitting with
a group of Muhaajireen and Ansaar. They said, "0 Uthmaan! 0 Abdur Rahmaan!
Your Nabi wrote a letter to us and we have arrived in response to the letter.
Hohever, when we came to him and greeted him, he did not reply to our greeting
and although we searched all day for an opportunity to speak to him, we have
been unable to do so. What is your opinion? Do you think that we ihould
return?"
Hadhrat Ali bin Abi Taalib %,E@!G3 was also in the gathering, so the two of them
asked him, "What do you think of these people, 0 Abul Hasan?" Addressing
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drag along. They also wore gold rings. When they approached Rasulullaah @&%
and greeted him, he did not reply to their greeting. The entire day they sought
an opportunity to speak to Rasulullaah @% but he refused to speak to them
as long as they wore those clothes and gold rings.
Hadhrat Uthmaan $W&!G3 and Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan bin Auf Hadhrat
Ali !B3W$ said, "I think that they should remove these clothes and these rings
and wear their traveling clothes. Thereafter they should return to Rasulullaah
@@. When they did this ancl again greeted Rasulullaah @@, he replied to their
greeting and said, "I swear by the Being Who has sent me with the truth that
Iblees was certainly with you when you came to me the first time." Rasulullaah
='then asked about them and they asked him questions. During the course of
their questioning, they asked, 'What have you to say about Isa W? We are
Christians and will be returning to our people. If you are a Nabi, we would be
pleased to hear what you have to say about him."
Rasulullaah @%% said to them, "I have nothing much to say about him today.
Stay a while longer until I am able to inform you what my Rabb has to say about
By the following morning, the following verses of the Qur'aan had
been revealed:
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Verily the likeness of Isa i$$& (who was created without a &the;.) with
Allaah is as thk likeness of Aadam %&$ (who was created with neither
a Eather nor a mothel?. He (Alaah) created him (Aadam#$.I&)
from clay
then said to him, "Be!" and he became (a living man). This is the truth
from your Rabb so do not be of those who doubt. Whoever disputes
with you (0 ~uhammadw) concerning this (concerning the incident
of rsa after the knowledge (revelation) has come to you, then say
to them, "Come! We shall call your sons and our sons, your wives and
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