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

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204 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH '&,-5 (Vol-1)
person of Surah yaaseen(l1."
The Thaqeef Tribe Sends Abd Yaaleel bin Arnr with
a Delegation to Rasulullaah m, who is Informed
of their Arrivbl
It was only a few months after killing Hadhrat Urwa bin Mas'ood BGw that the
Thaqeef tribe consulted with each other and decided that they did not have the
strength to fight all the Arabs
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around them who had already pledged allegiance
to Rasulullaah @%@ and accepted Islaam. They decided to send one of their
people to Rasulullaah w. The person they sent was Abd Yaaleel bin Amr
together with two persons from 'their allies and a third person'from the Banu
Maalik tribe. When they came close to Madinah and camped at a spring, they met
Hadhrat Mughiera bin Shu'ba who was taking his turn to graze the riding
animals of the Sahabah 'i4iWW. After meeting them, he rushed to Rasulullaah
@& to give him that glad tidings of their arrival.
He first met Hadhrat Abu Bakr ~,lXG and informed him that some riders from
the Thaqeef had arrived and were prepared to pledge their allegiance and accept
Islaam if Rasulullaah @% accepted a few of their conditions and if a letter is
written40 their people. Hadhrat Abu Bakr said to Hadhrat Mughiera
WW6, "I ask you on oath not to go to Rasulullaah @& before me so that I may
be the first to inform him." Hadhrat Mughiera 3iEGW6 allowed this. Hadhrat Abu
Bakr ?3&m then went to Rasulullaah @& and be informed him about their
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arrival. In the meanwhile, Hadhrat Mughiera ?ZWl!G went back to the delegation
and brought them together with the grazing animals. Although Hadhrat Mughiera
%WWkj taught the delegation how to greet Rasulullaah m, they still greeted
him like people greeted during the Period of Ignorance.
When the delegation arrived at the Masjid, a tent was pitched for them. The
person who conducted negotiations between them and Rasulullaah @%! was
Hadhrat Khaalid bin Sa'eed bin A1 as'-. Whenever he brought food to
them, they would not touch it until he had eaten from it himself. It was also he
who wrote the letter to their people. Amongst the conditions that they made with
Rasulullaah @%! was that he leaves their idol (Laat) alone for three years.
However, Rasulullaah @% and refused to allow this and they continued
reducing the number of years until they requested for a single month starting
from the day they arrived in Madinah. They requested for this period so that
foolish people amongst them could graduallybewonover. Rasulullaah @% refused
to allow them this period and decided to send Hadhrat Mughiera bin Shu'ba
S!X@&j andHadhratAbuSufyaan bin Harb @,w with them to destroy their idol.
Another condition was that they should not be required to perform salaah and
that they should not have to break their idols with their own hands. Rasulullaah
@% said to them, "As for the breaking of your idols with your own hands, we
(1) A person known as Habeeb Najjaar who was also killed by his people when he exhorted them to
accept the message of the Arnbiyaa. His story is mentioned in Surah Yaaseen.