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

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!&.%%%6 with an army. Hadhrat Ibn Rawaaha 4!k%%%let the others proceed ahead
and said to them, "I shall remain behind to perform the Jumu'ah salaah with
Rasulullaah~. I shall then catch up with you." Rasulullaah~ caught sight of
him after performing the salaah and asked, "What prevented you from leaving
with your companions in the morning?" Hadhrat Ibn Rawaaha !&I%%
replied, "I
wanted to perform the Jumu'ah salaah with you and catch them up later."
~asulullaah@!$!$ said, "Even if you spent everything on earth you would be
unable to gain (the rewards of) their morning.'' ('I
~asulullaah~ Rebukes one of the Sahabah
B,- who Delayed Marching in the Path of
Allaah
Hadhrat Mu'aadh bin Anas ~ ,W narrates that Rasulullaah@% once
commanded some Sahabah i&Y!3Wj to march on a military expedition. One of
them said to his wife, "I shall stay behind to perform salaah with
Rasulullaahm. Thereafter, I can make salaam with him and bid him farewell.
He would then make a du'aa for me that would reach the Day of Qiyaamah (and
benefit me then)." After Rasulullaah@%?@ had completed the salaah, the man
came forward to greet him. ~asulullaah@% asked, "Do you know how far ahead
your companions have gone?" "Yes," replied the Sahabi S13&%, "They are ahead
of me by half a day." Rasulullaah@@ said, "I swear by the Being Who controls
my life! They have excelled you in virtue by a measure that is greater than the
distance between the east and the west." (2)
~asulullaah@i!@ Commands a Battalion to Leave
by Night
Hadhrat Abu Hurayra SWW6 narrates that Rasulullaah~ once commanded a
battalion to leave. They asked, "0 ~asulullaah@%! Should we leave tonight or
wait until the morning?" Rasulullaah@@# said, "Would you not like to spend the
night in a garden from amongst the magnificent gardens of Jannah?" (3)
Hadhrat Umar BGWj Censures Hadhrat Mu'aadh
bin Jabal !HG553 for Delaying his Departure
Hadhrat Abu Zur'ah bin Amr bin Jareer narrates that Hadhrat Umar !BW once
dispatched an army that included Hadhrat Mu'aadh bin Jabal @,w. After the
army had left, Hadhrat Umar ~,Wj saw Hadhrat Mu'aadh 3B3Wj and asked,
"What has kept you back?" Hadhrat Mu'aadh !&W&i replied, "I wanted to leave
after performing the Jumu'ah salaah." Hadhrat Umar %lMBj scolded him by
saying, "Have you not heard Rasulullaahm say, 'A single morning or evening in
(I) Tirmidhi with commentary on the chain of narrators, as quoted in A1 Bidaaya wan Nihaaya (Vo1.4
Pg.242).
(2) Ahmad. Haythami (Vo1.5 Pg.284) has commented on the chain of narrators.
(3) Bayhaqi (Vo1.9 Pg.158). Tabraani has also reported the narration and Haythami (Vo1.5 Pg.276) has
commented on the chain of narrators.