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

508 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @!%%> (Vol-I)
Hadhrat Aasim W3&G9 also said the following:
I am Abu Sulayman with arrow made by (the expert arrow-maker) Muq'ad
And with a bow that is like a kindled fire
I feel no fear when a warrior comes storming on a speedy camel
And my shield is made from the hide of a bull with little hair
(To top it all) 1 am a firm believer in eveything reveaJed to ~uhammad @%$
He is also reported to have said.
ram Abu Sulaymaan and warriors like me are excellent archers
I am also from a tribe that is a most honourable one
Hadhrat Aasim 3G- then fought the Mushrikeen until he and his two
companions were martyred. After killing Hadhrat Aasim 4$&%NG, the Hudhayl
intended to severe his head to sell it to Sulaafa bint Sa'd bin Shuhayd. When her
son was killed in the Battle of Uhud, she made a vow that if she ever got the head
of Hadhrat Aasim BCw, she would drink wine from his skull. However, a
swarm of wasps protected his body. When the Mushrikeen were prevented from
getting to it, they said, "Leave him until the evening when the wasps would have
left. We can then have him." Allaah then sent heavy rains flowing down the
valley, which carried his body away.
Hadhrat Aasim ~,E&G had made a promise to Allaah that because the
Mushrikeen were impure, none of them should ever touch him and he would not
touch any of them either. When the news of the wasps protecting the body of
Hadhrat Aasim SiUm reached Hadhrat Umar BW, he said, "Allaah protects
the Mu'min servant. Aasim 33WJG vowed that no Mushrik should touch him and
that he would not touch any Mushrik during his lifetime, so Allaah prevented it
from happening after his death just as Allaah prevented it during his lifetime."
The Story of Hadhrat Zaid bin Dathana !&$Ew and
his Statement About his Love for Rasulullaah @&!
(The other three Sahabah i".s= in the group) Hadhrat Khubayb &GW~, Hadhrat
Zaid bin Dathana BUWj and Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Taariq 4%%5$&j chose the
easier option and chose to remain alive. They therefore surrendered and were
taken prisoner. The Mushrikeen took them to Makkah to sell them. When they
reached a place called Zahraan, Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Taariq @132G4 slipped his
hands from the bonds and grabbed a sword. The Mushrikeen stepped away from
him started throwing rocks at him until they eventually martyred him. His grave
is in Zahraan.
This left Hadhrat Khubayb Bw and Hadhrat Zaid bin Dathana !&I-. they
were taken to Makkah and exchanged for two prisoners from the Hudhayl who
had been in Makkah. While Hujayr bin Abi Ihaab Tameemi bought Hadhrat
Khubayb ?23Uw, Safwaan bin Umayyah bought Hadhrat Zaid bin Dathana
BGWj to execute him for the death of his father. Safwaan sent ,Hadhrat Zaid bin
Dathana @GWj outside the Haram to Tan'eem with his slave Nistaas so that he
could be executed there.