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

THE LlVES OF THE SAHABAH '@?@&3 (Vol-I) 32 1
Hadhrat Faatima @@$$j and Hadhrat Ali g,@$$j
Suffer Extreme Hunger
Hadhrat Faatima @BWj narrates that when Rasulullaah once came to visit
her, he asked, "Where are my two sons?" He was referring to (his grandsons)
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Hadhrat Hasan and Hadhrat Husayn ?iW%M. Hadhrat Faatima
"This morning there was nothing to even taste in our house so Ali told me that he
would take them out with him because they would only cry with me and I will
have nothing to give them. He then went to a certain Jewish man (to find some
work)."
Rasulullaah @& left to meet Hadhrat Ali 3.W and found the two boys playing
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in a pond with some dates in front of them. Rasulullaah said, "0 Ali! Should
you not take my boys home before the heat gets intense?" Hadhrat Ali %%?@&;
replied, "We had nothing to eat this morning. Why don't you sit awhile until I
gather some dates for Faatima." Rasulullaah @%$ sat down until Hadhrat Ali
3,Gw had gathered some dates, placed them in a bag and left. Rasulullaah k$@
carried one of the boys and Hadhrat Ali ?&w the other until they brought them
home. (I)
Hadhrat Ataa narrates that he was told that Hadhrat Ali ?E4w said, "Many days
passed by when neither us nor Rasulullaah had anything (to eat). I left
home one day and found a lost Dinar lying orl the road. For a moment, I thought
to myself whether I should pick it up or not. Because of the hardship we were
suffering, I ventured to pick it up and took it to a shop where I bought some
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flour. Taking the flour to Faatima told her to make dough and bake
some bread. As she made the dough, (she could not even stand up straight and in
her bent over position) her forelock kept hitting against the dish because of the
extreme hardship (and weakness) she was suffering. After she had made the
bread, I went to Rasulullaah k%& and informed him about what had happened.
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Rasulullaah &%% said, 'Eat the bread(2) because it is a provision that Allaah has
provided for you (from unseen sources)."' (3)
Hadhrat Muhammad bin Ka'b Qurazi narrates that Hadhrat Ali 3.Wj said, "I
have seen the time when I was with Rasullillaah @@ and had a stone tied to my
stomach because of hunger whereas the zakaah I now pay equals forty thousand
Dinaars." Another narration states that he said, "...whereas the zakaah I pay
nowadays is forty thousand Dinaars." (4)
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Rasulullaah @& encourages Hadhrat Ummu
Sulaym @LZWto Endure her Hunger with Patience
Hadhrat Ummu Sulaym W- narrates that ~asulullaah once said to her,
(I) Tabraani as quoted in Targheeb wat Tarheeb (Vo1.5 Pg.171) with a reliable chain of narrators as
confirmed by Haythami (Vol.10 Pg.316).
(2) This incident took place before the prohibition of using lost items. Nevertheless, the situation was
extreme, in which case, a person is permitted to use such means to save one's life.
(3) Hanaad and Adani as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal (Vo1.7 Pg.328). Abu Dawood (Vol.1 Pg.240) has
also narrated the Hadith from Hadhrat Sahl bin Sa'd BW.
(4) Ahmad. Haythami (Vo1.9 Pg. 123) has commented on the chain of narrators.
replied,