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

462 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @@$& (Vol-1)
3.- that Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Harr Anasi ~,Cm had started farming on his
land in Shaam. Hadhrat Umar %,w therefore took the land away from him and
gave it to someone else saying, "You have taken the disgrace and humiliation
from the necks of these prominent people and placed it on your neck." (')
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Arnr bin A1 Aas ~G$32
Rebukes a man who Neglected Jihaad
Hadhrat Yahya bin Abi Amr shaybaani narrates that a group of people from
Yemen once passed by Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Amr bin Al Aas ~,-. They asked
him, "What is your comment about a person who accepts Islaam in a most
beautiful fashion, then undertakes Hijrah in a most perfect manner and also
wages Jihaad most superbly. However, he then returns to his parents in Yemen to
serve them and to care for them." Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Amr bin A1 Aas S=
asked them, "What is your comment on such as person?" They replied, "In our
opinion, he has turned back on his heels."
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Amr bin Al Aas %,%I%
corrected them saying, "In fact, this
person shall be in Jannah. Let me tell you of someone who has turned back on
his heels. He is a man who accepts Islaam in a most beautiful fashion, then
undertakes Hijrah in a most perfect manner and also wages Jihaad most
superbly. However, he then goes to the land of a non-Muslim farmer in Shaam
and takes over the land together with the Jizya that was being paid and the
monthly quota of produce which is given to the Muslim state. Thereafter, he
develops the land and forsakes Jihaad. This man is one who has turned back
on his heels." (21
Moving Urgently in the Path of Allaah to
Uproot Strife
The Expedition of Muraysee
Hadhrat Jaabir bin Abdullaah %i@j narrates that they (the Sahabah '&!S&kj)
were once on an expedition when someone from the Muhaajireen punched
another Sahabi from the Ansaar on the back. When the Ansaari called the other
Ansaar for help, the Muhaajir called for the other Muhaajireen to help him as
well. When ~ asulullaah~ heard this, he exclaimed, "What are these calls of the
Period of Ignorance?" When the Sahabah ~~2 informed Rasulullaah@@ that
a Muhaajir had punched an Ansaari, Rasulullaah@% said, "Forget these talks for
they are foul-smelling."
When Abdullaah bin Ubay (the leader of the Munaafiqeen) heard about this, he
commented, "Are they (the Muhaajireen) doing this? By Allaah! If we return to
Madinah, the honourable ones among us (the people of Madinah) shall certainly
exile the humiliated ones (the Muhaajireen)." When the news of this statement
reached ~asulullaahrn, Hadhrat Umar BGw stood up and said, "0
(I) Ibn Aa'idh in his Maghaazi, as quoted in lsaaba (vo1.3 Pg.88).
(2) Abu Nu'aym in Hilya (vol 1 Pg.291).