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

THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH m.gW3 (Vol-I) 239
whom He wills from the slavery of man to take them to the slavery of Allaah,
to remove them from the narrowness of this world towards its vastness and from
the op~ression of other religions towards the justice of Islaam. Giving us His
Deen, Allaah has sent us to call His creation towards it. Whoever accepts it, we
shall acknowledge it and leave him alone. As for those who refuse, we shall fight
them forever until we reach Allaah's promised place."
They asked, "What is AHaah's promised place?" He replied, "It is Jannah, which
shall be the lot of people who die fighting those who reject (Islaam). Victory shall
be the lot of those who survive." Rustam asked, "I have heard what you have to
say. Will you allow us grace so that you and us may look into the matter?"
"Certainly," Hadhrat Rib'ee 4= responded, "How much time do you require?
One,day? Two days?" "No," said Rustam, "We need time to write to our
consultative assembly and our leaders." Hadhrat Rib'ee %Ww said, "Rasulullaah
@%% has not set such a precedent that allows enemies more than three days
respite at the time of battle. Look into the matter for your benefit and for the
benefit of your people and then choose one of the three options before the expiry
of the (three day) term." Rustam asked, "Are you the leader of your people?" "No,"
replied Hadhrat Rib'ee 5&$3&!2j, "but all Muslims are like a single body. The lowest
of them may grant amnesty (to an enemy) which is binding on the highest of
them."
Rustam gathered the leaders of his people and asked, "Have you ever heard
words more powerful yet as gentle as those of that man?" They said, "Allaah
forbid that you should have taken a liking to anything that he said and forsake
your religion for that dog! Did you not see his clothing?" Rustam said to them,
"Shame on you! Do not look at clothing but rather look at the prudence, the
speech and the personality. The Arabs care little for clothing and food but are
covetous about their lineage."
Hadhrat Hudhayfa bin Mihsin %Gwj and Hadhrat
Mughiera bin Shu'ba %G@23 present the Da'wah to
Rustam on the Second and Third Days
The next day, the Persians asked for another person and Hadhrat Sa'd w 5
sent Hadhrat Hudhayfa bin Mihsin B,!i5QG who addressed them in the manner
that Hadhrat Rib'ee 4!Ej did. On the third day, Hadhrat Mughiera bin Shu'ba
?iB%& was sent and he spoke to them in a very pleasant manner and in great
detail. In their discussion, Rustam said to Hadhrat Mughiera %GW, "Your
coming to our land is like a fly that saw some honey and announced, 'Whoever
takes me to the honey shall receive two Dirhams.' However, when the fly fell into
the honey, it started drowning and could find no escape despite all its efforts. It
then announced, 'Whoever removes me from the honey shall receive four
Dirhams.' Your example is also like a weak fox that entered a vineyard through a
.hole in the wall. Seeing that it was so weak and frail, the owner of the vineyard
took pity on it and left it alone. However, when the fox became fat, it started