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

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THE LIES OF THE SAWABAH '~&@@j
(VOI-1) 203
but he meet me with a smiling face. He asked, 'IS it Nudhayr?' 'It is I,' I replied. He
said, 'This opportunity is better than the one (which you lost) during the Battle of
~unayn?' I jumped up and drew closer to him. He said, 'The time has come for
you to think about your religion.' When 1 told him that I had been thinking about
this, he said, "0 Allaah! Increase his steadfastness."'
"By the Being Who sent Rasulullaah @% with the truth! (The effect of this du'aa
was that) My heart became a rock of steadfastness in Deen and in assisting the
cause of the true Deen. I had just returned to my tent when a man from the Banu
Duwal came to me and said, '0 Abu Haarith! Rasulullaah has ordered that a
hundred camels be given to you. Would you please give me some because I have
debts.' 1 decided not to take the camels thinking to myself that it was being given
to me only to win me over and I would not want to be bribed to accept Islaam.
However, I then thought to myself that I had not wanted it nor asked for it. So
I accepted the camels and gave ten to the man from the Banu Duwal tribe." ('I
The Banu Thaqeef tribe of Taa'if Accept Islaam
Rasulullaah @@ Leaves the Thaqeef Tribe and
Hadhrat Urwa bin Mas'ood ~ , GAccepts W Islaam
Ibn Is'haaq narrates that when Rasulullaah @i% left the Thaqeef tribe, Hadhrat
Urwa bin Mas'ood ~ B w (who belonged to the Thaqeef) followed him and
caught up with him just before he reached Madinah. He accepted lslaam and
requested permission to take the message of Islaam to his people. Rasulullaah
@% said to him; "They would kill you." (Rasulullaah &'@ said this because) He
knew from his experience with them that they were extremely proud and
obstinate. However, Hadhrat Urwa bin Mas'ood %%&!.2j said to Rasulullaah w,
"I am more beloved to them than their virgins." The fact was that he was greatly
loved and obeyed by the Thaqeef.
Hadhrat Urwa bin Mas'ood %GW Invites his
people to Islaam and is Martyred
Hadhrat Urwa bin Mas'ood %Bw then left to invite his people to Islaam
expecting that they would not oppose him because of his high status among
them. However, when he invited them to Islaam standing on the balcony of his
house and made his Deen clear to them, they fired arrows at him from every
angle. He was martyred when one of the arrows struck him. He was asked, 'What
have you to say about your blood?" He replied, "Allaah has blessed me with great
honour and brought to me the rank of martyrdom. I have also attained the rank
of those martyrs who were killed while fighting with Rasulullaah before
leaving this world. Bury me with them." He was therefore buried with those
Sahabah @Gw. The Sahabah @GW believed that it was concerning him that
Rasulullaah said, "His example amongst his people is like that of the
(1) Waaqidi as mentioned in lsaaba (Vo1.3 Pg.558).