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

THE LlVES OF THE SAHABAH wG&3 (Vol-I) 347
Rasulullaah @@ then called for the two orphans to buy the land so that a Masjid
could be built on it. They said, "(Instead of selling the land) We would rather give
it to you as a gift, 0 Rasulullaah w!" Rasulullaah k@$ refused to accept it from
them as a gift until they he was able to buy it from them. Rasulullaah @%%then
had the site fixed for a Masjid. dulullaah @@ himself carried the unbaked
bricks for the Masjid with the Sahabah B,Wj. As he carried the bricks he sang:
"Lifting these bricks is not like lifting the dates and grapes of Khaybar
0 our Rabb! This is more virtuous and purer"
Another couplet Rasulullaah would recite was:
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0 Allaah! The true rewards are those of the ~akhirah
So do shower Your mercy on the Ansaar and Muhaajirah (Muhaajireen)
The narrator says that Rasulullaah @% also recited the poem of a Muslim whose
name he was not told. Ibn Shihaab says, "Besides these couplets, no
Hadith has reached us in which, Rasulullaah @% has recited a complete
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Hadhrat Anas bin Maalik says, "I was one of the children running as the
people said, 'Muhammad &$?& has arrived!' I ran on but could not see anything.
When the people again called, 'Muhammad @@ has arrived!' I ran again but
could still not see anything. Rasulullaah @@ and his companion Hadhrat Abu
Bakr BG5w eventually arrived and sat down in an uninhabited area of Madinah.
They then sent a Bedouin to announce to the Ansaar that they had arrived.
Consequently, approximately five hundred of the Ansaar came out to welcome
them.*When the Ansaar came, they said, 'Come along. You are both safe and will
be obeyed.' Rasulullaah @$@ and his companion walked amongst us and the
people of Madinah all came out to welcome them. In fact, even the young girls
stood above the houses vying with each other to look as they asked, 'Which of
them is Rasulullaah @$@? Which of them is Rasulullaah w?' We had never
seen a sight like this."'
Hadhrat Anas WSw also said, "I have seen Rasulullaah @@ the day he arrived
in Madinah and the day he passed away and have never seen any days like
them."(2)
Hadhrat Aa'isha narrates that when Rasulullaah @% arrived in Madinah, the
women and children sang:
"The full moon has risen ab~ve us from the Valley of Wadaa
(1) Bukjlari as quoted in AIBidaaya wan Nihaaya (Vo1.3 Pg.186).
(2) Ahmad and Bayhaqi as quoted in AlBidaaya wan Nihaaya (Vo1.3 Pg. 197).