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

464 THE LllrES OF THE SAHABAH (Vd-2)
the command to kill him." Rasulullaahm then told him to be seated.
~asulullaah~ then instructed the Sahabah i#!X@% to announce that the army
would be leaving. ~asulullaah&%@ left with the Sahabah i@GbI!% during the
afternoon and travelled the entire day and night until the following afternoon.
Rasulullaah~ then set up camp and again left with the Sahabah iBM% in the
afternoon as he did previously until after the third day of travelling they reached
Qafa Mushallal in the morning.
When ~asulullaah@@ reached Madinah, he sent for Hadhrat Umar %@@% and
said to him, "0 Umar! would you have killed him if I issued the command?" When
Hadhrat Umar -2 replied in the affirmative, ~asulullaahm said, "Had you
killed him on that day, many of the Ansaar would have felt insulted (because the
skirmish had just taken place in which the Ansaar were in a weaker position).
However, if I issue the command today, even they would be prepared to execute
him. (Had you killed him then) People would have said that I attack my own
companions, take them out of their homes (in Jihaad) and then kill them aRer
having them bound."
It was with reference to this incident that Allaah revealed the verses:
They (the ~unaafiqeen) are the ones who said, "Do not spend on those
with ~asulullaah@% (the Muhaajireen) until they disperse (leave
Madinah)." (However, they fail to realise that Allaah can sustain people
without them because) To Allaah belongs the treasures of the heavens
and the earth but the hypocrites do not understand (this). They (the
Munaafiqeen) say, "If we return to Madinah, the honourable ones
among us (the people of Madinah) shall certainly exile the humiliated
ones (the Muhaajireen)." (However, they fail to realise that it is the true
Mu'mineen who are truly honourable because) All honour belongs to
Allaah, His RasoolM and the Mu'mineen but the Munaafiqeen do not
know it. {Surah Munaafiqoon, verses 7,8)(l)
Ibn Is'haaq has also reported the narration with the addition that
Rasulullaah@@ travelled with the Sahabah i#!X@% the entire day until the
evening and throughout the night until the morning. They also travelled the
following day until the sun hurt them. Rasulullaah@@ then set up camp and
(because of exhaustion) they all fell sound asleep as soon as they touched the
ground. Rasulullaah@@ did this so that the Sahabah i#!X@% do not have the
opportunity to discuss what had been said the previous day by Abdullaah bin
(1) Ibn Abi Haatim. Ibn Katheer in his Tafeer(Vo1.4 Pg.372) and Ibn Hajar in his Fatlhul Baari 0101.8.
Pg.458) have commented on the chain of narrators.