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

494 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @,g6&&2(Vol-I)
The Eye of Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan %#3W$j is Injured
During the Battle at Taa'if
Hadhrat Sa'eed bin Ubayd Thaqafi 9,Gb>> reports, "During the battle at Taa'if, 1
spotted Abu Sufyaan bin Harb 3GiW sitting and eating on the wall of Abu Ya'la. I
shot an arrow at him, which struck his eye. He then went to Rasulullaah @%$
and said, 'This eye of mine has been injured in the path of Allaah." Rasulullaah
@@ said to him, 'If you wish, I could pray to Allaah to return the eye to you. If
you wish otherwise, you could have Jannah (in return for your injury).' Abu
Sufyaan 9,GWj replied, 'Let it be Jannah instead."'
The Wounds Sustained to the Eyes of Hadhrat
Qataadah bin Nu'maan %,E@% and Hadhrat
Rifaa'ah bin Raafi %,ECtuQ2 During the Battle of Badr
Hadhrat Qataadah bin Nu'maan B GW narrates that when his eye was injured
during the Battle of Badr, his eyeball hung on his cheek and the Sahabah M,Wj
wanted to cut it off. The rest of the Hadith will be quoted in the chapter
concerning the manner in which the Sahabah @Ew received assistance. (2)
Hadhrat Rifaa'ah bin Raafi 3GWj says, "The Mushrikeen amassed around
Umayyah bin Khalaf during the Battle of Badr as we approached him. When I
noticed that a portion of his armour was broken below his armpit, I struck the
area with my sword. I was also struck by an arrow during the Battle of Badr
because of which my eye was rupt~ired. Rasulullaah @@ applied some of his
saliva to the eye and prayed for me. I then experienced absolutely no pain." (3)
The Incident of Hadhrat Raafi bin Khadeej 9,EW
and two other Sahabah @!Sb3 from the Banu
Abdul Ash'hal Tribe
The incident reported by Hadhrat Yahya bin Abdul Hameed has already passed(4)
in which he narrates from his grandfather that an arrow struck Hadhrat Raafi bin
Khadeej 3Gw in the chest during either the Battle of Uhud or the Battle of
~una~n(~). He then went to Rasulullaah @& and asked him to remove the
arrow. In the same chapter entitled "Enduring Injuries and Illness when Inviting
People Towards Allaah", another narration from Hadhrat Abu Saa'ib t(6) states
that a man from the Banu Abdul Ash'hal tribe reported, "My brother and I
participated in the Battle of Uhud and we both returned wounded. When
(1) Ibn Asaakir, as quoted in Kam/ Ummaa/ (Vol.5 Pg.307). Zubayr bin Bakkaar has also reported a
similar narration, as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal (Vo1.2 Pg. 178).
(2) Baghawi and Abu Ya'la.
(3) Bazzaar and Tabraani. Haythami (Vo1.6 Pg.82) has commented on the chain of narrators.
(4) In the chapter entitled "Enduring Injuries and Illness when Inviting People Towards Allaah", under
the subheading "The Story of Hadhrat Raafi bin Khadeej t".
(5) One of narrators Arnr bin Marzooq is unsure which battle it was.
(6) Appearing under the subheading "The Incident of Two Men from the Banu Abdul Ash'hal Tribe
During the Battle of Uhud".