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

THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH ma!%.&> (Vol-I) 429
all those who follow them in good faith
Peace be on you all
Before you all, I praise Allaah besides Whom there is none worthy of
worship.
All praises belong to Allaah Who has fulfilled His promise, assisted His
servant, granted honour to His friends, disgraced His enemies and
defeated the coalition of forces by Himself. The very Allaah besides
Whom there is no deity has declared:
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 He has chosen for them
and will certainly replace their fear with peace (on condition that) they
worship Me and do not ascribe any as partner to Myself. Those who are
ungrateful after this are sinful indeed. ('1
This is a promis'e from Allaah which cannot be left unfulfilled and
statement that cannot be doubted. Allaah has made Jihaad obligatory
on the Mu'mineen. He declares:
Warfare Uihaad for the pleasure ofA1laah against the enemies of
Islaam) has been made obligatory for you (when necessav) though you
may dislike it (because of the hardship involvedl. It may be that you
dislike something that is good for you and you may like something that
' is bad for you. Allaah knows (what is good for you) and you do not
know. (2)
You should therefore idopt those avenues by which the promises of
Allaah to you will be fulfilled and continue obeying Him in everything
He has made obligatory on you even though the effort may seem
tremendous, the hardship may be intense, the journey may be distant
and you may suffer loss to your wealth or health. All of this fades into
insignificance before the great rewards of klaah. So fight in the way of
Allaah, may Allaah have mercy on you.
(I) Surah Noor, verse 55.
(2) Surah Baqara, verse 2 16.