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

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THE L~VES OF WE SAHABAH pol-11 271
from me whether it is used up or still existing." When Rasulullaah @@ heard
this, he recognised who she was. He then smiled and called her. Hadhrat Hind
grabbed hold of Rasulullaah W s hand and pleaded her case. When
Rasulullaah @%$ asked her if she was indeed Hind, she said, "May Allaah forgive
what has happened in the past."
Rasulullaah @& then turned away from her (towards the other women present)
and (continuing with the formal pledge of allegiance), he said, "And will not
commit adultery." Hadhrat Hind @K@& said, "Does a respectable woman ever
commit adultery?" Rasulullaah replied, "By Allaah! A respectable woman
never commits adultery." Continuing further, Rasulullaah @@ said, "And will not
kill their children." Hadhrat Hind G@@Q& again interrupted by saying, "It was you
who killed them during the Battle of Badr. However, you and they know more."
Rasulullaah @$% completed the Bay'ah by reciting the rest of the verse, '"rhat
they will not kill their children, that they will not come forth with slander which
they fabricate before their hands and legs and that they will not disobey you (0
Rasulullaah @@)
in any good."
The narrator says that here Rasulullaah @%! forbade the women from wailing
when someone died because during the Period of Ignorance, (when wailing)
women used to tear their clothes, scratch their'faces, pull their hair and pray for
(their own) destruction and death. (')
Hadhrat Usayd bin Abi Usayd Barraad narrates from one of the women who
pledged allegiance to Rasulullaah @%% that amongst the things that Rasulullaah
@& required them to pledge was that they would not disobey him in any good,
would not scratch their faces, would not dishevel their hair, would not tear their
collars and would not pray for destruction. (2)
The Bay'ah of Children who Had Not Yet
Come of Age
Hadhrat Hasan, Husayn, Abdullaah bin Abbaas
and Abdullaah bin Ja'far &3@$&!23 Pledge Their
Allegiance
Hadhrat Muhammad bin Ali bin Husayn N2G&l&j narrates that Rasulullaah @$%
accepted the pledge of allegiance from Hadhrat Hasan, Husayn, Abdullaah bin
Abbaas and Abdullaah bin Ja'far i@'%@% while they were all still youngsters who
had not yet grown beards or come of age. Rasulullaah did not accept the
pledge of allegiance from any other children besides those of his family. (3)
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Zubayr ~ G and W
Abdullaah bin Ja'far !&EW pledge their allegiance
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Zubayr !&W%6 and Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Ja'far B,W
(1) The Takeerof Ibn Katheer (Vo1.4 Pg.353).
(2) Ibn Abi Haatim as quoted in the Tafserof lbn Katheer (Vo1.4 Pg.355).
(3) Tabraani. Haythami (Vo1.6 Pg.40) has commented on the chain of narrators?