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

THE LIVES OF THE SAMAH (Vol-I) 273
~adhrat Abu Safar ~,G= narrates that whenever Hadhrat Abu Bakr 9.W sent
an army to Shaam, he would make them pledge that they would fight with spears
(if need be) and remain steadfast if they encountered a plague. ('I
The Sahabah @3Gw4 Pledge their Allegiance at the
Hand of Hadhrat Umar %%im
Hssadhrat Anas 3Gw narrates, "I arrived in Madinah after Hadhrat Abu Bakr
SaW had passed away and Hadhrat Umar !33%&!& had assumed the post of
Khalifah. I said to Hadhrat Umar 3,!3&G, 'Raise your hand so that I may pledge at
your hand what I pledged at the hand of your companion i.e. Abu Bakr 3G-3,
that I will always listen and obey instruction to the best of my ability." (2)
Hadhrat Umayr bin Atiyya Laythi SEW narrates that he went to Hadhrat Umar
and said, "0 Ameerul Mu'mineen! Raise your hand - may Allaah always
keep it high - so that I may pledge my allegiance at your hand in the manner
shown by Allaah and His Rasool @&." Hadhrat Umar 4- smiled and raised
his hand saying, "This pledge gives us some rights over you and gives you some
rights over us."
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Ukaym S@ii% says, "With these hands did I pledge to
Hadhrat Umar 3.w that I would always listen to and obey him." (3)
A Delegation from Hamraa pledge allegiance at the
Hand of Hadhrat Uthmaan 53%&2j
Saleem Abu Aamir !i3Gm narrates that a delegation from Hamraa came to
Hadhrat Uthmaan 3Mi?& and pledged that they would not ascribe anything as
partner to Allaah, would establish salaah, pay zakaah, fast during Ramadhaan
and forsake the festivities of the
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fire-worshippers. Hadhrat Uthmaan !&WI% onlfr
accepted their pledge of allegiance after they had agreed to all these clauses. (4)
The Muslims pledge their allegiance to the
Khilaafah of Hadhrat Uthmaan BGij
Hadhrat Miswar bin Makhrama narrates that the group (of six Sahabah
WWj) that Hadhrat Umar $k'JL%% had appointed (to select a Khalifah from
amongst themselves) had gathered and were consulting with each other when
Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan bin Auf 9w said to them, "I do not want to compete
with you to become the Khalifah. However, if you agree, I shall select one of you
on your behalf, The others granted him this privilege, after which the attention of
the people was focussed on him without anyone paying any attention to the
others. Everyone then turned to Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan bin Auf 3Gw and
presented their opinions to him. Eventually when the morning after the (final)
night arrived, the people pledged their allegiance to Hadhrat Uthmaan ?3Iw.
(I) Kanzul Ummaal(Vo1.2 Pg.323).
(2) Ibn Sa'd, Ibn Abi Shayba and Tayaalisi as mentioned in Kanzul Urnrnaal(Vol.l Pg.181).
(3) Ibn Sa'd as mentioned in KanzulUmmaal(Vol.l Pg.81).
(4) Ahmad as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal (Vol. 1 Pg.81).