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

314 THE LIVES OF THE SAHilBAH @,g$&&(Vol-I)
Laat and Uzza were deities apart from Allaah. In fact, the torture was so harsh
that if a dung beetle was passing and they asked, 'Is this dung beetle your deity
apart from Allaah?' he would say, 'Yes.' They were forced to say this to save their
' lives because the torture was too much to bear."
The Condition of Rasulullaah @& and the Sahabah
@aW13 after Migrating to Madinah
Hadhrat Ubay bin Ka'b %%w says that once Rasulullaah and the Sahabah
i45.- arrived in Madinah and were hosted by the Ansaar, the Arabs started
fighting them from a united platform. They were then forced to carry their
weapons day and night. They would say to each other, "Will the time ever come
when we can spend the. night in peace without having to fear anything besides
Allaah?" It was on this occasion that Allaah revealed the following ver9 of the
Qur'aan:
Allaah has promised those of you who have Imaan and who do good
actions that He will definitely make them successors (of the rulers) on
earth just as He had made those before them successors. And He will
certainly grant (great) strength to the Deen that Ye has chosen for them
and will certainly replace their fear with peace (on condition that) they
worship Me and do not ascribe any as partngr to Myself. Those who are
ungrateful after this are sinful indeed. {Surah Noor, verse 55)(2)
Another narration quotes.from Hadhrat Ubay bin Ka'b $BGw that the above
verse of the Qur'aan was revealed when the Arabs started fighting the Muslims
from a united platform once Rasulullaah @& and the Sahabah @,- migrated
to Madinah and were accommodated by the Ansaar. (3)
The Difficulties that Rasulullaah @& and the
Sahabah '@,GW Suffered during the Dhaatur Riqaa
Expedition
Hadhrat Abu Moosa Ash'ari ~~ narrates that during one of expeditions they
fought with Rasulullaah @@!, (transport was so scarce that) six people had to
take turns riding a camel. He says further that (because of walking barefoot on
rocky land) their feet were cut and not only were his feet cut, his nails actually
(1) Ibn Is'haaq as quoted in Al Bidaaya wan Nihaaya (Vo1.3 Pg.59).
(2) Ibn Mundhir, Tabraani, Haakim, Ibn Mardway, Bayhaqi and Sa'eed bin Mansoor as quoted in
Kanzul Ummaal (Vol. 1 Pg.259).
(3) Tabraani. Haythami (Vo1.7 Pg.83) has commented on the chain of narrators.