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

218 TWE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @%= (Vol-1)
Murrah %W&6 then recited to Rasulullaah some couplets he had composed
when he heard of Rasulullaah m. These are translated as follows:
'7 testify that AIIaah is True and without doubt
/ am the first to forsake the gods of stone
/ have folded up my trousers to migrate
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Over dificult roads and inhospitable lands / travel to you (0 RasululIaah @%%D
TO be in the company ofhim who is the best ofpeople in personality and lineage
Who is the messenger of the King of mankind and of everything above the
heavens"
Rasulullaah
congratulated him on these couplets
Rasulullaah @%% Sends Hadhrat Amr bin Murrah
!&iiWj to Give .Dalwah to his People and Advises Him
Hadhrat Arnr bin Murrah &!@@& then said to Rasulullaah @@, "May my parents
be sacrificed for you! Do send me to my people. Perhaps Allaah shall bestow His
grace on them through me as He has bestowed His grace on me through you."
When Rasulullaah @@ sent him, he first advised him saying, "Always adopt
gentleness and honest speech. Never be ill-tempered, proud or jealous."
Hadhrat Amr bin Murrah ?i%!3%% then went to his people and said, "0 Rifaa'ah or
I should rather say 0 gathering of the Juhayna tribe! I am the messenger of the
Rasul of Allaah. I invite you to accept Islaam and command you to protect life, to
foster good family ties, to worship Allaah Alone, to forsake idols, to perform Hajj
to the Kabah and to fast during Ramadhaan, which is one of the twelve months
of the year. Whoever accepts this shall have Jannah and whoever disobeys shall
have the fire of Jahannam. 0 gathering of the Juhayna! Allaah has made you the
best of the Arab tribes and even during the Period of Ignorance you detested the
evil practices of that other Arab tribes liked. They used to join two sisters in one
marriage, wage wars during the sacred months and succeed their fathers as
husbands of their mothers. Accept the call of the Nabi that Allaah has sent from
the lineage of Luway bin Ka'b and you will attain the honour of this world and
great distinction in the Aakhirah."
Only one person came to him saying, "0 Amr bin Murrah! May Allaah make your
life bitter! Do you command us to forsake our gods and to create divisions within
ourselves. Do you command us to oppose the religion of our forefathers who
were all of extremely high character and to adopt the religion towards which the
person of the Quraysh from the people of Tihaamah is calling? We have neither
love for him nor any respect. The wretch then proceeded to say the following
couplets, which mean:
'Tbn Murrah has come with a statement
A statement that cannot be from one who wshes reformation
I am sure that the words and actions of /hn Murrah
Shallprove to be a lump in the throat even though some time may elapse
He makes fools of our noble predecessors