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

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Khabbaab WG=. Hadhrat Umar 3,G@% replied, "He is Bilaal WGM." Hadhrat
Khabbaab !&Gm said, "He is really not more deserving than me because there
were people amongst the Mushrikeen whom Allaah used to protect him while
there was none to protect me. I had seen myself on a day when they captured
me, lit a fire and then put me to rdast in it. A man then placed his foot on my
chest and there was only my back to extinguish the fire." Hadhrat Khabbaab
%W,@!& then exposed his back which seemed to be affected by leprosy. ('1
The Torture that Hadhrat Khabbaab !&Gw
Suffered
Imaam Sha'bi narrates that when Hadhrat Umar !&Gw asked Hadhrat Khabbaab
@Wj about the tortures he suffered at the hands of the Mushrikeen, he said, "0
Arneerul Mu'mineen! Take a look at my back." Hadhrat Umar %WW says, "I have
never before seen anything like it." Hadhrat Khabbaab ~ ,GM then related, "They
made'a fire for me and (after throwing me in) there was nothing but the fat on my
back to extinguish it." (2)
Hadhrat Abu Layla Kindi narrates that when Hadhrat Khabbaab %Wi!& came to
Hadhrat Umar @Uw, Hadhrat Umar @l%Wj told the people to allow him to
-come to the front and said, "Besides Amqaar bin Yaasir, there is none on the
surface of this earth who deserves to occupy this place more than you." It was on
that occasion that Hadhrat Khabbaab WX% showed Hadhrat Umar %SWj the
scars on his back that were made by the torture that Mushrikeen put him
through. (3)
Hadhrat Khabbaab ~ !&W says, "I was a blacksmith and Aas bin Waa'il owed me
some money. When I approached him to settle the debt, he said, 'By Allaah! I
shall never pay you until you reject Muhammad!' I responded by saying, 'Never! I
swear by Allaah th4 I shall never reject Muhammad @?@ even after you die and
are resurrected!' He said, "Then come to me after I have died and am resurrected.
There I shall have plenty of wealth and children and I shall then pay you."' It was
then that Allaah ,cvealed the following verses of the Qur'aan:
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Have you seen him who rejects Our Aayaat and says, "I shall certainly
be granted (abundant) wealth 'and children (in the Aakhirah just as /
have them in this worfd).'' Has he peeked into the unseen or has he
made a pact with Ar Rahmaan (because of which he seems convinced of
this)? Never! We shall shortly record what he says and continue to
intensify the punishment for him (in the Aakhirah). (On the Day of
(I) Ibn Sa'd in his Tabagaat(Vo1.3 Pg.117) as quoted in Kanzul Ummaat(vol.7 Pg.31).
(2) Abu Nu'aym in Hi&a Wol. 1 Pg.144)
(3) Abu Nu'aym, Ibn Sa'd and Ibn Abi Shaybah as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal(vo1.7 Pg.71).