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

406 W E LIVES OF THE SAHABAH
(Vol-I)
Chapter Six
The Chapter Concerning Jihaad
(Striving in the Path of Allaah)
in the path of Allaah and how they went out to give Da'wah towards Allaah and
towards His Rasool @# regardless of whether their circumstances were
favourable or unfavourable, or whether they had a choice or not. The chapter
also makes clear how they prepared for this during times of difficulty and ease,
Rasulullaah Encourages Striving in
the path of Allaah and Spending One's
Wealth for this Cause
Rasulullaah leaves for the Battle of Badr after
Consulting with the Sahabah i4!5@w
Hadhrat Abu Ayyoob Ansaari $H@@& narrates that they were all in Madinah when
Rasulullaah @?@ said, "I have been informed that the trade caravan of Abu
Sufyaan is arriving (from Shaam with plenty of wealth). Do you want to march to
the caravan so that Allaah should perhaps give y/ou plenty of booty?" When the
Sahabah iBlW% agreed, Rasulullaah @@ marched out of Madinah with them.
After marching a day or two, Rasulullaah @.%%said to the Sahabah i@WW, "The
Quraysh have received intelligence about us (and have prepared an army to fight
US), SO what do you say (about fighting them)?" The Sahabah i43EW said, "By
Allaah! We do not have the strength to fight them because we intended taking on
only the caravan." Rasulullaah @%&! repeated, 'What do you say about fighting
them?" When the Sahabah i@@&!& gave the same response, Hadhrat Miqdaad bin
Aswad !&WM stood up and said, "In that case, 0 Rasulullaah (if we have to
fight them), we shall not say to you what the people of Moosa @&$ said to him
when they said:
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' . .. You and your Rabb both go ahead and fight. We shall remain sitting
here."' {Surah Maa'idah, verse 24)
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