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

174 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH '@@$I%>
(Vol-I)
In conformance .with the above verse, Hadhrat Umar %,W divorced two of
his wives whom he had married as a Mushrik. Consequently, Mu'aawiya bin
Abi Sufyaan married one of them while the other was married to Safwaan bin
Umayyah.
The Incident of Hadhrat Abu ~hseer %ISm and the
Two Men who were sent after him
After the incident at Hudaybiyyah, Rasulullaah @&% returned to Madinah where a
Muslim from the Quraysh called Abu Baseer ?BG3Wj came to him. However, the
Quraysh had dispatched two men after him to remind Rasulullaah @% about the
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treaty. Rasulullaah therefore handed him over to the two men. The two men
left'with him and when they stopped to eat some dates at Dhul Hulayfah, Hadhrat
Abu Baseer BLi3%&5 said to one of them, "By Allaah! I see that you have an
extremely fine sword." The man drew the sword from the sheath and said, "By
Allaah! It is fine indeed. I have tried it again and again." Hadhrat Abu Baseer
said,'"Let me have a look at it." When the man handed it over, Hadhrat
Abu Baseer ?&lmj struck him, killing him instantly.
The other person dashed for Madinah and when he came running into the
Masjid, Rasulullaah @$%* commented, "It seems as if something terribly frightful
has occurred to him." When the person reached the Rasulullaah @%%, he
exclaimed, "MY companion has been killed and I will also be killed." ~.ollowin~
closk behind him came Hadhrat Abu Baseer !ZdW%. He said, "0 Rasulullaah
w! Allaah has absolved you of your responsibility when you returned me.
Allaah has now freed me from my captors." Rasulullaah @%% said, "Oh dear! This
man is a true warmonger. If only there was someone who could do something
for him." Hadhrat Abu Baseer ?iWW6 understood from this that Rasulullaah @%%
would return him again. He therefore left Madinah and settled along the coast.
Hadhrat Abu Jandal %IGw J~ins up with Hadhrat
Abu Baseer ~,Eiw and they attack the Caravans of
theQuraysh
Hadhrat Abu Jandal ikl,t3W the son of'suhayl bin Arnr managed to escape from
the Quraysh and joined up with Hadhrat Abu Baseer %3w. Thereafter, every
man who accepted Islaam and left the Quraysh joined up with Hadhrat Abu
Baseer BC3&& until they grew into a large group. The narrator states, "By Allaah!
Every caravan of the Quraysh travelling to Shaam that they heard about, they
attacked, killing the people and taking their goods." The Quraysh eventually
(grew weary and) sent a message to Rasulullaah @@, imploring him in the name
of Allaah and by the family ties they shared that he should call this group to
Madinah. They also added that whoever came to Rasulullaah @?@ (from
Makkah) as a Muslim afterwards would be left in peace (without having to return
to Makkah). Rasulullaah $%& then called them to Madinah. It was then that
Allaah revealed the following verses of the Qur'aan: