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

THE LIIVES OF THE SAHABAH @,w3 (Vol-I) 289
Rasulullaah w, their kinship with Rasulullaah @%$ moved them and they said
to their Christian slave Addaas, "Take a stalk of this grape vine, put it.in a plate
and take it to that man. Tell him that he should eat it." Addaas did as he was told.
He took the grapes, placed it in front of Rasulullaah @@ and told him to eat.
When Rasulullaah @@ put hisf hand in the plate, he recited - "In the name of
Allaah". Addaas looked into Rasulullaah W's face and said, "By Allaah! The
people of this area do not say such words." Rasulullaah asked, "From the
people of which area do you belong 0 Addaas? What is your religion?" Addaas
replied, "I am a Christian from the people of Nineveh." Rasulullaah @%% commented,
"You are from the town of the pious man Yunus bin Matta @#&." "HOW do you
know about Yunus bin Matta @%?" asked Addaas. "He is my brother. He was a
Nabi and I am a Nabi." Addaas then bowed in front of Rasulullaah @& and
kissed his head, hands and feet. One of Rabee'ah's sons said to the other, "He has
caused problems for you with your slave."
When ~ddaas returned to them, they said to him, "Shame on you, 0 Addaas!
What overcame you that you kissed the head, hands and feet of that man?"
Addaas replied, "0 my master! There is no person on this earth better than that
man. He told me things that only a Nabi could know." They said to him, "Shame
on you, 0 Addaas! Let him never shift you from your religion because your
religion is better than his." ('1
Another narration states that Addaas said to Rasulullaah w, "I testify that you
are the servant and messenger of Allaah." (2)
Hadhrat Aa'isha f&WWS narrates that (her father) Hadhrat Abu Bakr ?B!3M once
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said, "If only you had seen Rasulullaah and myself as we climbed up to the
cave (of Thowr en-route to Madinah)! The feet of Rasulullaah @$%% were dripping
with blood while mine had become (numb) like a stone." Hadhrat Aa'isha
said, "Rasulullaah @%$ was never used to walking barefoot." (3)
The Hardship Rasulullaah Bore During the
Battle of Uhud
Hadhrat Anas ?iW%Ei narrates that the canine teeth of Rasulullaah @% were
broken during the Battle of Uhud and he was severely injured on the head.
Wiping the blood from his face, he said, "How can a nation be successful when
they have injured his head and broken his teeth when he calls them to Allaah?!" It
was on this occasion that Allaah revealed the verse:
You have no choice in the matter (ofpunishing the Mushrikeen. On&
AJJaah decides if and when people ought to be punished). (If AJJaah
(1) A/ Bidaaya wan Nihaaya (Vo1.3 Pg. 135)
(2) Sulaymaan Taymi in his biography of Rasulullaah @@, as mentioned in Isaaba (Vo1.2 Pg.466).
(3) Ibn Mardway as reported in Kanzu/ Ummaal(Vo1.8 Pe.329).