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

THE LIVES OF THE SAhXBAH @!&j' (Vol-1) 339
Chapter Four
The Chapter Concerning Hijrah
(Migration)
intention of never returning until their deaths. This chapter also higilights the
fact that doing this was more beloved to them than the world and all its
pleasures and that they gave preference to the Deen above mundane pleasures
and were not concerned when these pleasures were lost. The chapter also
emphasises how the Sahabah i@- travelled from place to place to protect
the Deen from evil, as if they were specially created for the Aakhirah and were
The Hijrah of Rasulullaah
Hadhrat Abu Bakr 9,Gwj'
and
The Leaders of the araysh Conspire Against
Rasulullaah
Hadhrat Urwa @Wj narrates that after the Hajj season, Rasulullaah @%@ was in.
Makkah during the remaining days of Dhul ~ijjah, Muharram and Safar. The
Mushrikeen then gathered to conspire against him, thinking that he would soon
be leaving Makkah since they knew that Allaah had created a place of safety and
protection for him in Madinah. They had also found out that the Ansaar had
accepted Islaam and that the Muhaajireen were going to them. The Mushrikeen
therefore planned to capture Rasulullaah @$% and then either assassinate him,
imprison him(')., exile him or keep him tied up. Allaah informed Rasulullaah k!%!
about their plot and revealed the following verse:
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9 J, I JJ
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(0 Muhammad @I@! Remember the time) When the Kuffaar schemed
against you to imprison you, kill you or exile you (drive you out of
(1) The narrator Arnr bin Khaalid is unsure whether the term is "imprison him" or "drag him on the
ground (the first seems more correct).