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

THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH a,@@!& (Vol-I) 465
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Rebuking Someone Who had not Completed Forty
Days in the Path of Allaah
Hadhrat Zaid bin Abi Habeeb narrates that when a man once came to Hadhrat
Umar BCWj, Hadhrat Umar 9Gw asked, "Where have you been?" "I have been
guarding the ,borders," the man replied. Hadhrat Umar @CWj asked further,
"How many days did you spend on guard?" "Thirty days," was the reply.
Hadhrat Umar %W&$ commented, "Why did you rather not complete forty
days?" ( ' )
Spending Three Periods of Forty Days in
the path of Allaah
The Incident of a Woman and the Decision of
Hadhrat Ibn Jurayj narrates that someone whom he regards to be a truthful
person informed him that as Hadhrat Umar %Gm was patrolling (the streets of
Madinah), he overheard a wom;iij saying:
" The night is long and its ends have become dark
/ am unable to sleep because /have no beloved to fondle
Were it not for fear ofAllaah, which is something without a match
every end of this bed would be shaken furious&"
When Hadhrat Umar B,GW> asked her what the matter was, she replied, "My
husband
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has been away for several months and I have great desire for him."
Hadhrat Umar B,GWj asked, "Have you no evil intentions?" "Allaah forbid!" she
exclaimed. Hadhrat Umar %WWj then said to her, "Control yourself for 1 shall
sent a message to him."
When Hadhrat Umar ?&= had done this, he went to (his-daughter) Hadhrat
Hafsa and asked, "I wish to ask you something that worries me, so do
remove my worries from me. Tell me after how long a period d0es.a woman start
desiring for her husband?" Hadhrat Hafsa J@BISj cast down her gazes out of
modesty. ~adhrat Umar B,C= said, 'Verily Allaah does not shy away from the
truth." She then motioned with her hands to indicate three months, otherwise
four.
Hadhrat Umar B,G@ then wrote (to the governors of all the regions) that no
army was to be kept away (from home) for more than four months. (2)
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Umar SGWj narrates Hadhrat Umar B,CW once left the
house at night. He then happened to overhear a woman recite the following
couplet:
(1) AIBidaaya wan Nihaaya (Vo1.4 Pg.157).
(2) Abdur Razzaaq, as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal(Vo1.8 Pg.308).