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

224 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH a,@@&3 (Vol-I)
The Sahabah '@Fw Dispatch Individuals
and Groups to Give Da'wah
Hadhrat Hishaam bin A1 Aas $3!3&3j and others are
sent to Heraklius
Hadhrat Hishaam bin A1 Aas Umawi W%W narrates that (during the Khilaafah of
Hadhrat Abu Bakr SWj) he and another person wqe sent with the invitation to
Islaam to Heraclius the Emperor of Rome. He says that when they arrived at
Ghowtha meaning Damascus, they went to see Jabala bin Ayham Ghassaani who
happened to be lying on his bed at the time. He sent a messenger to speak to
them. When the messenger came, the Sahabah iiZ3W4 said, "By Allaah! We shall
never speak to a messenger for we have been sent to see the king. If he grants
permission, we shall speak to him but not to a messenger." When the messenger
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returned to the king with the news, he permitted them to enter and to speak.
Hadhrat Hishaam bin A1 Aas spoke to him and invited him to accept
Islaam.
The king was wearing black clothing. When Hadhrat Hishaam bin A1 Aas l;irSw
asked him why he was dressed in that manner, he replied, "I have vowed never to
remove this clothing until I expel you from Shaam." The Sahabah B,W said to
him, "By Allaah! We shall soon be taking from you this place where you sit and
we shall also be taking the kingdom of your high emperor (Heraclius), Inshaa
Allaah! Our Rasul Muhammad @@ has informed us of this." The king said, 'You
are not those people. They will be people who fast during the day and stand in
worship during the night." The narration continues further and will Inshaa Allaah
be quoted in the chapter dealing with the help received from the unseen.
Hadhrat Moosa bin Uqba narrates that Hadhrat Hishaam bin A1 Aas ?BSWj,
Hadhrat Nu'aym bin Abdillaah %WBkj and another person whom the narrator did
name were sent to the Emperor of Rome during the Khilaafah of Hadhrat Abu
Bakr $B3W+j. Hadhrat Hishaam ?&83W$ says, ''We came to Jabala bin Ayham who
was in Damascus and noticed that he was wearing black and that everything
around him was black. He said,"You may speak, 0 Hishaam."' Hadhrat Hishaam
S!3&5 then spoke to him and invited him towards Allaah. The Hadith proceeds
in detail as will be quoted ahead. (2)
The Sahabah '@GW send Letters to Invite
Towards Allaah and Islaam
Hadhrat Ziyaad bin Haarith Sudaa'ee %$%W Sends
a Letter to his People
Hadhrat Ziyaad bin Haarith Sudaa'ee 4Sl!3@j narrates that he met Rasulullaah
subheading "Rasulullaah @@ dispatches Hadhrat Abu Umaamah ?&@@23 to his people the
Baahilah tribe".
(1) Bayhaqi as quoted in The Tafseerof Ibn Katheer (Vo1.2 Pg.251).
(2) Abu Nu'aym in Dalaa'il (Pg.9).