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

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@?I&! told him to pledge that he would separate himself from Shirk. Another
narration states that Rasulullaah @@ told Hadhrat Jareer Saw to pledge that
he would wish well. for every Mu'min and separate himself from the
Mushrikeen. ('I
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Sahabah 'WWj Pledge their Allegiance to the
Hijrah during the Battle of Khandaq
Hadhrat Haarith bin Ziyaad Saa'idi !B,l%G narrates that he approached
Rasulullaah k%% during the Battle of Khandaq while people were busy pledging
their allegiance to Hijrah at his hands. Thinking that everyone (residents and
non-residents of Madinah) was being called to take this pledge Hadhrat Haarith
?BlZ&& asked, "Will you accept this man's pledge to undertake the Hijrah?" 'Who
is he?" asked Rasulullaah @$@. Hadhrat Haarith ?&MA& replied, "He is my cousin
~owt bin Yazeed (or Yazeed bin Howt according to anothkr narration)."
Rasulullaah said, 'The pledge to undertake Hijrah cannot be taken from you
(Ansaar). People make Hijrah to you while you need not make Hijrah towards
them. I swear by the Being in Whose control is my life! The person who loves
the Ansaar until he meets Allaah, Allaah shall love him when He meets him.
The person who hates the Ansaar until he meets Allaah, Allaah shall hate him
when He meets him." (2)
Abu Usayd Saa'idi !&iWj narrates that when the trench was being dug (for the
Battle of Khandaq), people came to Rasulullaah @% to pledge that they would
undertake the Hijrah. When Rasulullaah @@ completed, he said, "0 assembly of
Ansaar! The pledge to undertake Hijrah cannot be taken from you, for people
make Hijrah towards you. The person who loves the Ansaar until he meets
Allaah, Allaah shall love him when He meets him. The person who hates the
Ansaar until he meets Allaah, Allaah shall hate him when He meets him." (3)
Pledging Allegiance to Assist Others
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Seventy Sahabah l3243Wj from the Ansaar Pledge
their Assistance in the Valley of Aqaba
Hadhrat Jaabir narrates that during the ten years that Rasulullaah @@
lived in Makkah (after announcing his Nabuwaat), he would visit people at the
places where they stayed during the seasons of Hajj. This was at the market
places of Ukaaz and Majinna. He would ask the people, "Who will give me
asylum? Who will assist me so that I could propagate the message of my Rabb?
Whoever does this shall receive Jannah." However, he found none to grant him
asylum and assistance. However, (instead of assisting him) matters reached such
a low ebb that when a person from Yemen or from the Mudhar tribe left (for
(1) Bayhaqi (Vo1.9 Pg.13)
(2) Ahmad, Bukhari in his Taareekh, Ibn Abi Khaythama, Abu Awaana, Baghawi, Abu 'Nu'aym and
Tabraani as quoted in Kanz~l UmmaalWo1.7 Pg.134). Abu Dawood has also narrated it as reported
in Isaaba (Vol.1 Pg.279). Haythami (Vol.10 Pg.38) has commented on the chain of narrators.
(3) Tabraani. Haythami (Vol. 10 Pg.38) has commented on the chain of narrators.