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

THE LIVES OF THE SRHABAH @,Gw (~01-I) 311
~abeed said, "0 assembly of Quraysh! A person in your COmpahy is usually never
offended (no one-has objected to my poetry before). Since when has this started
amongst you?" Someone in the gathering said, "This person is one of many fools
like him who have forsaken our religion. Think nothing of what he says." Hadhrat
Uthmaan bin Madh'oon 3.EW i'eplied to the man and their dispute became so
intense that the man stood up and slapped Hadhrat Uthmaan bin Madh'oon
%225wj so hard that his eye was blackened.
Watching what had happened from close by, Waleed bin Mughiera said, "Dear
nephew! By Allaah! Your eye would not have received what it did (had you still
been in my protection). You were enjoying a secure protection." Hadhrat
Uthmaan bin Madh'oon @W&j replied by saying, "True! However, dear Abu
Abdish Shams, my good eye is very much in need of what its sister eye
received for the sake of Allaah. I am now in the protection of One Who is
much more honourable and more powerful than you."
Concerning what happened to his eye, Hadhrat Uthmaan bin Madh'oon ~,Gw
used to say a few couplets which mean:
"So what if my eye suffered for the pleasure of my Rabb at the hands of an
irreligious and misguided person?
Ar Rahmaan has alreadygranted His rewards in exchange
And whoever pleases Ar Rahmaan is certainly most fortunate
Without doubt, even though you calf me one who is misguided astray
and a fool, I shall still adhere to the Deen of ~uhammad @@
In this I seek on& the pleasure ofMaah and our Deen is undoubtedly the truth
Even though this displeases those who oppress us and who overstep the limits"
Hadhrat Ali bin Abi Taalib @.Ei.U% composed the following couplets concerning
the blackened eye of Hadhrat Uthmaan bin Madh'oon 3,E@i3:
"In thinking of times of danger
Have you become grieved and weep like a distraught person?
Or do you weep in thinking of foolish people
Who harshly oppress those who invite towards the Deen
These people shall never desist fiom immoral behaviour as long as they remain
healthy
While deception is way with them and they cannot be [rusted
Have you not seen that Allaah has reduced the good in them
And that we are upset about what happened to Uthmaan bin Madh'oon
When they fearless& slapped him over the eye
Persistently taunting and hitting without abate
Although he did not die instantk Nfaah shall certainbpunish them
Measure for measure, they shall be punished without any reductionu( ')
A narration of Ibn Is'haaq states that Waleed invited Hadhrat Uthmaan bin
Madh'oon 3EWj to return to his protection, but Hadhrat Uthmaan bin
(1) Abu Nu'aym in Hima (Vol. l Pg. 103)