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

THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @,-5 (Vol-I) 219
And whoever dares to do this can never attain success"
Hadhrat Amr bin Murrah 4-j said to the man, "May Allaah make life bitter for
the one who is lying from the two of us. May Allaah make him dumb and blind as
well." A narrator says, "By Allaah! Before the man died, he lost all this teeth, he
became blind, went insane and has unable to taste any food."
Hadhrat Amr bin Murrah !BG@% Comes to
Rasulullaah @?@ with Those from his Tribe who
5' 9IW v
Accepted Islaam and Rasulullaah &&& has a Letter
Written for them
Hadhrat Amr bin Murrah S,Wi left his locality with those of his people who
accepted Islaam and came to Rasulullaah w. Rasulullaah @@ greeted them
and welcomed them. He also had the following letter written to their people:
In the name of Allaah The Most Kind The Most Merciful
This is a letter from the Mighty Allaah, expressed on the tongue of His
Rasool who has come with the absolute truth and a Book that speaks
the truth.
It is entrusted with Amr bin Murrah and addressed to the Juhayna bin
Zaid tribe.
You may have for yourselves the low-lying lands and plains as well as
the hills and backs of the valleys. You may also tend its crops and drink
its water. All this is 'on condition that you pay one-fifth of booty,
perform five salaahs, give two goats (as zakaah) for every flock of sheep
or goats when they are together (and they number between 120 and
200) and one goat for every flock that is separate (and number between
40 and 119). There shall be no zakaah on animals used for ploughing
fields and for drawing water. Allaah and all the Muslims present are
witness to this settlement between us.
Hadhrat Qais bin Shammaas ~,Wj wrote this letter. ('I
- Hadhrat Urwa bin Zubayr narrates
Hadhrat Urwa bin Mas'ood ~,GW gives
Da'wah to the Thaqeef Tribe
Hadhrat Urwa bin Mas'ood ~ ~ Accepts ~ & Islaam, %
Gives Da'wah to his People and they Kill him
that when the Muslims started
performing Hajj during the ninth year after Hijrah, Hadhrat Urwa bin Mas'ood
?&W&j came to Rasulullaah @$% as a Muslim. When he requested permission to
go back to his people to preach Islaam, Rasulullaah @@ said, "I fear that they
(1) Rooyaani and Ibn Asaakir as mentioned in Kanzul Ummaal (Vo1.7 Pg.64). Abu Nu'aym has also
reported it in length as quoted in A1 Bidaaya wan Nihaaya (Vo1.2 Pg.351). Tabraani has also
narrated it as mentioned in Majma (Vo1.8 Pg.244).