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

282 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @,- (Vol-I)
sitting in the Hateem. They were Abu Jahal bin Hishaam, Shayba Sin Rabee'ah,
Utba bin Rabee'ah, Uqba bin Abi Mu'eet, Umayyah bin Khalaf and another two
persons. Whenever Rasulullaah went into Sajdah (prostration), he
lengthened his Sajdah. Abu Jahal asked the others which of them would
volunteer to go to a certain tribe that had slau@tered some camels and bring
back the entrails of a camel to throw on Rasulullaah @@. The worst of them
who was Uqba bin Abi Mu'eet brought it and threw it on the shoulders of
Rasulullaah @@ while he was in Sajdah.
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood 3iWiWij says that he stood there watching but
was unable to say anything because there was no one there to protect him (if the
mob attacked him). As he was leaving, the daughter of Rasulullaah @@ Hadhrat
Faatima GEIGW5 heard about the incident and came there. After she had removed
the filth from Rasulullaah ms shoulders, she turned to the members of the
Quraysh present there and admonished them. None of them were able to give her
a reply. Rasulullaah @% then lifted his head as he normally lifted it after
completing the Sajdah and when he had finished his salaah, he prayed, "0 Allaah!
You deal with the Quraysh; deal with Utba, Uqba, Abu Jahal and Shayba."
Rasulullaah @@ made this du'aa three times and then left the Masjid.
Wearing his whip as a belt, Abul Bakhtari met Rasulullaah m. Noticing the
disturbed look on Rasulullaah m's face, he asked, "What is the matter?"
Rasulullaah #& said, "Please leave me to myself." Abul Bakhtari insisted, "Allaah
knows that I shall never leave you to yourself until you tell me what had
happened. Have you been hurt?" When Rasulullaah @& realized that Abul
Bakhtari would not leave him alone, he informed him that the entrails of a camel
were throwneon him by the instruction of Abu Jahal. Abul Bakhtari said, "Come to
the Masjid." When Rasulullaah @% and Abul Bakhtari entered the Masjid, Abul
Bakhtari confronted Abu Jahal and asked, "0 Abul Hakam! Is it you who
instructed that the entrails of a camel should be thrown on Muhammad?" When
Abu Jahal admitted that he did, Abul Bakhtari lifted his whip and smote Abu Jahal
on the head. As the people started fighting with each other, Abu Jahal shouted,
"Shame on you people! Muhammad wants us to be at loggerheads while he and
his companions remain safe." ('1
Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmidhi and others have also reported the incident of Abul
Bakhtari in brief. The narration of Bukhari states that after thky had thrown the
entrails on Rasulullaah @@, the Mushrikeen started laughing so much that they
actually fell on top of each other. The narration of Ahmad quotes from Hadhrat
Abdullaah bin Mas'ood %I!%!!&
that he saw all seven of these Mushrikeen
killed during the Battle of Badr. (2)
Hadhrat Hamza ~,Wj is outraged when Abu
Jahal Harasses Rasulullaah'
Hadhrat Ya'qoob bin Utba narrates that Abu Jahal once approached Rasulullaah
( I ) Bazzaar and Tabraani. Haythami (Vo1.6 Pg.18) has commented on the chain of narrators. Abu
Nu'aym has reported a similar narration in DalaaYl(Pg.90).
(2) Al Bidaaya wan Nihaaya (Val.3 Pg.44).