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

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THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH (Vol-I) 223
those from his people who had accepted Islaam. At the time Rasulullaah @%$$
was in Khaybar. Hadhrat Tufayl4!%!3@2j eventually reached Madinah with seventy
or eighty families from the Dows tribe. (I)
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Abbaas has also narrated from Hadhrat Tufayl bin
Amr 4%!%4j the story of how he accepted Islaam, how he gave Da'wah to his
father, his wife and his and his arrival in Makkah, just as it was
mentioned in the previous narration. However, the narration of Hadhrat
Abdullaah bin Abbaas @,W adds that Rasulullaah && sent Hadhrat Tufayl
B,w to burn an idol called Dhul mayn. In addition, it also mentions that
Hadhrat Tufayl 9W thereafter left for Yamaamah where he saw a dream and
was then martyred in the Battle of Yamaamah. (2)
Another narration states that when Hadhrat Tufayl ?&UWj arrived in Makkah,
some people from the Quraysh told him about Rasulullaah @$% and requested
him to assess Rasulullaah
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@@. He therefore went to Rasulullaah @@ and
recited some of his poetry to Rasulullaah @@. Rasulullaah rn then recited
Surah Ikhlaas and the Mu'awwadhatayn (Surahs Falaq and Naas) to him. He
accepted Islaam on the spot and then returned to his people. The narration then
goes on to speak about his whip and its light. The narrator mentions further that
Hadhrat Tufayl then invited his parents to Islaam. His father accepted.
Islaam but his mother did not. When he invited his tribesmen, it was only
Hadhrat Abu Hurayra ~ ,W who accepted.
Thereafter, Hadhrat Tufayl4?ii went to Rasulullaah @@ and said, 'Would you
like a fortified stronghold with strong defences?" he was referring to the territory
of the Dows tribe (which he wanted Rasulullaah @ to take hold of after
cursing the Dows tribe). However, when Rasulullaah @@ made du'aa for the
Dows tribe instead, Hadhrat Tufayl 4$3!3&!2j said, "This is not what I wanted."
Rasulullaah k%% said, "There are many of them who are just like you."
Amongst the Dows tribe was a person called Jundub bin Amr bin Humama bin
Auf who used to say during the Period of Ignorance, "I know that the Creation
has a Creator but I do not know who it is." When he heard of Rasulullaah m,
he went to Rasulullaah along with seventy five men of his tribe and they all
accepted Islaam. Hadhrat Abu Hurayra narrates that Jundub placed each
man individually before Rasulullaah @?%.
p part' from the above,) Many narrations have already passed (that are also
relevant to this discussion) such as the narrations mentioning the Da'wah
Hadhrat Ali BCw gave to the Hamdaan tribe8), the Da'wah Hadhrat Khaalid bin
Waleed %@Wj gave to the Banu Haarith bin ~ a'b(~) tribe and the Da'wah Hadhrat
Abu Umaama BaW gave to his tribe(5)
(1) Abu Nu'ayrn in Dalaa'il (Pg.78) as quoted in Al Bidaaya wan Nihaaya (Vol.3 Pg.lOO). Commentary cn
thechainofnarratorsis mentioned in Isaaba (Vo1.2 Pg.225). Ibn Sa'd has also narrated the Hadith.
(2) Istibab (V01.2 Pg.232).
(3) In the chapter entitled "Rasulullaah @?@ dispatches groups to give Da'wah" under the subheading
"Rasulullaah @% dispatches Hadhrat Khaalid bin Waleed to Yemen".
(4) In the chapter entitled "Rasulullaah &% dispatches groups to give Da'wah" under the..subheading
"Rasulullaah @@$ dispatches Hadhrat Khaalid bin Waleed to Yemen".
(5) In the chapter entitled "Rasulullaah @?& dispatches individuals to give Da'wah" under the
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