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

548 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @,%&!%> (Vol-I)
Hadhrat Arnr bin Ma'dikarib B,Gw attacked the Mushrikeen all by himself and
fought with his sword until the other Muslims could join him. When the Muslims
saw that the Mushrikeen had surrounded Hadhrat Amr BWj who was still
wielding his sword, they drove the Mushrikeen away from him.
Tabraani narrated from Muhammad bin Sallaam Jumhi s,%= that Hadhrat
"mar >., ,.,. , Skw wrote to Hadhrat Sa'd BGWj saying, "I shall reinforce yo'u with two
thousand men. They are Hadhrat Amr bin Ma'dikarib !&GW5 and Hadhrat
Tulayha bin Khuwaylid @,ISm."
Hadhrat Abu Saalih bin Wajeeh %GGj says, "The Battle of Nahaawind took place
during the year 21 A.H. and the Muslims were defeated when Hadhrat Nu'maan
bin Muqarrin 3GW3 was martyred. Hadhrat Amr bin Ma'dikarib S G ? then
resumed the fight on that day until he had transformed the defeat into victory.
However, an injury incapacitated him and he passed away in the village of
Rowdha."
The Bravery of Hadhrat Abdullaah bin
Zubayr !&,G$5%>
His Fight Against Hajjaaj and Subsequent
Martyrdom
Hadhrat Urwa bin Zubayr aG$&j reports that after Hadhrat Mu'aawiya ~,L%!&
passed away, it became very difficult for Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Zubayr BGWj to
be subservient to Hadhrat Mu'aawiya BG&B3'~ son Yazeed. When Hadhrat
Abdullaah bin Zubayr %G%j once insulted Yazeed in public, Yazeed vowed that
if Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Zubayr B,GW was not brought before him wearing a
yoke around his neck, he would send an army to get him. The people said to
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Zubayr wWj, "Should we not make for you a yoke out
of silver which you could wear under your clothing so that his vow could be
fulfilled? It is best that you make peace with him." Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Zubayr
SWj exclaimed, "May Allaah never fulfil his vow!" He then recited the following
couplet (which meant):
"I shall never soften to his demands that oppose the truth until rock is softened
for the molars to chew"
He then declared, "By Allaah! The strike of a sword in honour is better than the
lash of a whip in disgrace." Thereafter, he started calling for support and
proclaimed his opposition to Yazeed bin Mu'aawiya. Yazeed then dispatched an
army from Shaam under the command of Muslim bin Uqba Murri with explicit
instructions to fight the people of Madinah and to then march to Makkah. When
Muslim entered Madinah, the Sahabah '&=j who were left there were already
gone. Muslim humiliated the people of Madinah and went on a killing spree. He
then left Madinah and was on the way (to Makkah) when he died. However, he
had already appointed Husayn bin Numayr Kindi as his successor and said to
(1) Dowlaabi, as quoted in fsaaba (Vo1.3 Pg. 18).