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

7 8 THE LlVES OF THE SAHABAH &?%@&& (Vol-I)
prostrated in Sajdah when he recited the Sajdah verse (verse 3718). However,
Utba remained sitting with his hand behind him for support. when Rasulullaah
&%$ completed reciting the Surah, Utba stood up and (was so astounded by the
words of the Qur'aan) that he did not know what to tell the others.
Seeing him arrive, the others commented, "Utba is returning with a face quite
different from the one he left you with." Utba said, "0 gathering of Quraysh! I
spoke to him as you instructed but when I had finished, he spoke to me with
words that I swear by Allaah, my ears have never heard before. I did not know
what to say to him. 0 gathering of the Quraysh! Obey me this once even if you
disobey me forever afterwards. Leave this man alone to himself because I swear
by Allaah that he will never forsake what he is doing. Allow him to do as he
pleases with the Arabs because if he is dominant over them, his honour would be
yours and if they dominate him, your objective would be reached without your
intervention." TO this the others said, "0 Abul Waleed! You have forsaken your
religion." (I-)
Rasulullaah m 's Resolve to Fight for the Duty
that Allaah Sent him with
Hadhrat Miswar bin Makhrama and Hadhrat Marwaan ?%X323 have
reported a lengthy narration concerning the incident leading to the Treaty of
khdaybiyyah, which will be mentioned later in this chapter. Part of the narration
states.that while Rasulullaah @& and the Sahabah 133.- were stationed in the
valley of Hudaybiyyah, Budayl bin Waraqa Khuzaa'ee arrived there along with a
group of people from his tribe the Khuzaa'ah. This tribe were from the Tihaamah
region and were the friendliest tribe of the region towards the Muslims. He told
Rasulullaah that they had just passed by the tribes of Aamir bin Luway and
Ka'b bin Luway, who were camped at some of the springs of Hudaybiyyah. They
informed Rasulullaah that these tribes were ready to engage in battle with
the Muslims and prevent them from coming to the Kabah. In fact they were so
intent on fighting the Muslims that they had arrived with (all their"resources and
even) those camels that were close to giving birth and those that had just given
birth.
Rasulullaah said, "I have not come to,fight anyone, but wish only to perform
Umrah. (It is surprising that the Quraysh want to fight because) Fighting has
already weakened them and caused them much harm. If they want, we are
prepared to enter into a treaty with them for a period. During this period, they
should not interfere with my efforts on the people. If I dominate over the people
(if they accept Islaam), the Quraysh have the choice of entering into the Deen
which the others have entered into. On the other hand, if people get the upper
hand over me, the Quraysh will have no worries. However, if the Quraysh refuse
(to accept Islaam and insist on fighting), then I swear by the Being in Whose
control my life lies, I shall fight them for the sake of this Deen until either my
(1) Ibn Is'haaq as mentioned in A1 Bidaayah wan Nihaayah (Vo1.3 Pg.63). Bayhaqi has also quoted the
Hadith brieflv from Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Urnar !BSiG.