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

THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH -5 (Vol-I) 517
Hadhrat - Ja'far %@W
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Disables his Horse and
Recites Some Couplets as he Fights
Hadhrat Abbaad bin Abdullaah bin Zubayr @,Wj narrates that his foster father
from the Banu Murrah who participated in the Battle of Mu'ta said, "By Allaah! It
is as if I can still see Ja'far dismounting his red horse and then
hamstringing it. He then fought the enemy until he was martyred. As he fought,
he was reciting the following couplets (which meant):
0 how delightful is Jannah and drawing close to it
With its pure and cool waters
Theirpunishment has drawn close to the Romans
Who are non-believers without any mutual relations
When I meet them on the battlefi'eld, I shall have to strike at them with my
sword:"(l)
During the Battle of Yamaamah
Hadhrat Zaid bin Khattaab BFwj and other
Sahabah Encourage the Muslims to be
Steadfast and to Seek Martyrdom
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Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan ?&W&j who was the son of Hadhrat Zaid bin Khattaab
?%UW narrates that (his father) Hadhrat Zaid bin Khattaab @G= carried the
flag of the Muslims during the Battle of Yamaamah. The Muslims were on the
verge of being defeated'when (their enemy) the Haneefa tribe(2) overwhelmed the
Muslim infantry. Hadhrat Zaid bin Khattaab then said to the Muslims, "Do
not return to the camp for the infantry has been defeated." Shouting at the top of
his voice, he then said, "0 Allaah! I beg Your pardon on behalf of my companions
who have fled and I exonerate myself from the evil that Musaylama and
Muhaklcam bin Tufayl (the commander of Musaylama's army) have casued." He
then firmly grabbed hold of the flag and advanced with it in the midst of the
enemy, where he fought courageously with his sword until he was martyred. May
Allaah shower His mercies on him.
When the flag fell from his hand, it was taken up by Hadhrat Saalim the freed
slave of Hadhrat Abu Hudhayfa !&lam. The Muslims said to him, "We fear that
the enemy would attack us from your side." He replied, "I would be a terrible
bearer of the Qur'aan if the enemy attacks from my side (I shall fight any attacks
they launch form my side)." Hadhrat Zaid bin Khattaab WWj was martyred in
12 A.H. (3)
(1) Ibn is'haaq, AI Bidaaya wan Nihaaya (Vo1.4 Pg.244), Abu Nu'aym in his Hilya (Vol.1 Pg.118) and Abu
Dawood. as quoted in Isaaba (Vol. l Pg.238).
(2) They were the tribe of Musaylama Kadhaab who'Talsely claimed to be a prophet.
(3) Haakim (Vo1.3 Pg.237) and Ibn Sa'd (Vo1.3 Pg.274).