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

THE LlVES OF THE SAHABAH '&,Eb@3 (Vol-1) '437
and they were still busy consulting when a letter arrived from Hadhrat Sa'd
4=, who had been employed to collect zakaah of the people of Najd. When
Hadhrat Umar %.EW asked those with him to suggest who should command
the army, Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan bin Auf ~,Gm said, "You have just found
him." "Who is he?" asked Hadhrat ~rnar @,Ew. Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan %@#%
replied, "He is the clawed and valiant lion Sa'd bin Maalik %lGWj." The other
members of the consultative assembly agreed. (I)
Hadhrat Uthmaan BG= Encourages People
Towards Jihaad
Hadhrat Abu Saalih who was the freed slave of Hadhrat Uthmaan narrates
that he heard Hadhrat Uthmaan 3,GWj saying from the pulpit, "0 people! I had
kept secret from you a Hadith that I had heard from Rasulullaah~ fearing that
you would disperse from around me (and proceed in Jihaad). I then decided to
mention it to you so that each person may decide to do as he pleases. I have
heard Rasulullaah@% say, 'A single day spent guarding the borders (of the
Muslim state) for the pleasure of Allaah is better than a thousand other days
spent at other places'." (2)
Hadhrat Mus'ab bin Thaabit bin Abdullaah bin zubayr BG= narrates that
Hadhrat Uthmaan BGW mentioned the following in a sermon from the pulpit: "I
intent narrating to you a Hadith that I had heard from Rasulullaah~. All that
prevented me from narrating it to you previously was to keep you behind with me
(here in Madinah to tend to the affairs of the capital city). I heard
~asulullaah~ say, 'A single day spent guarding the borders (of the Muslim
state) for the pleasure of Allaah is better than a thousand other days spent in
salaah coupled with days spent fasting'."'(3)
Hadhrat Ali %G@i5 Encourages People Towards
Jihaad
Hadhrat Zaid bin Wahab narrates that Hadhrat Ali S,w once stood up to
address the people. He said, "All praises belong to Allaah Who when He crushes
something, none can mend it and when He wants something to remain intact,
none can smash it. If Allaah wills, no two persons would have a quarrel and the
Ummah would never dispute any of His laws. Similarly, if He wills, no underling
would reject the virtue of his superiors. Fate has drawn us and the others to this
place. Allaah sees and hears us and if He wills, He could hasten our punishment.
Allaah controls change and has the power to expose the oppressor and make it
known where the truth lies. Nevertheless, Allaah has made this world a place of
actions and has made the Aakhirah a place to live forever.
(1) Ibn Jareer Tabari (Vol. l Pg.65).
(2) Ahrnad (vol. 1 Pg.65).
(3) Ahrnad (vol. I Pg.6 1 ).