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

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then said to him, "These teachings from Allaah are indeed very fine. I make you a
witness that I have accepted Imaan and that I accept you as a true Nabi. May I
now stay with you if you decide that this is appropriate." He replied, "As you can
see, the people regard this Deen which I have brought as something very evil.
here fore, you should return home and when you hear that I have reached the
place of my Hijrah, then you may come to me."(')
Rasulullaah invited Hadhrat Khaalid bin
Sa'eed bin A1 Aas %%i= to Islaam
Hadhrat Khaalid bin Sa'eed bin A1 Aas SiK?Ei was one of the first people to
accept Islaam. He was of the first of his brothers to accept Islaam. His path to
~slaam started with a dream that he saw. In his dream he saw himself standing
on the edge of a blazing fire. He mentioned that the fire was so large that only
Allaah knows its vastness. In this dream, he saw his father pushing him into the
fire while Rasulullaah @%! was holding him by the waist so that he should not
fall in. This scene frightened him so much that he woke up with the shock. When
he awakened, he said to himself, "This is definitely a true dream."
Thereafter, he met Hadhrat Abu Bakr BWj and related the dream to him.
Hadhrat Abu Bakr % ? & said to him, "Good is in store for you. He (Rasulullaah
@%) is the Nabi of Allaah so do follow him. (The interpretation of your dream is)
You will follow him and enter into Islaam with him. Thereafter this Islaam will
save you from entering the fire of the Jahannam where your father is at the
moment."
Hadhrat Khaalid bin Sa'eed ~,!3W& then met Rasulullaah @$% in the Ajyaad
district and said to him, "0 Muhammad -@I%!
To what do you call me?" He
replied, "I call you to the One Allaah who has no partner and to believe that
Muhammad is His servant and Rasul. I call you to renounce your worship of
stones that cannot hear, cannot cause harm, they cannot be of benefit to you for
they do not even know those who worship them from those who do not worship
them!" Hadhrat Khaalid bin Sa'eed said, "I testify that there is none
worthy of worship besides Allaah and I testify that you are the Rasul of Allaah."
Rasulullaah @%% was extremely happy when Hadhrat Khaalid bin Sa'eed !W@-%
accepted Islaam.
Hadhrat Khaalid bin Sa'eed !&3&!2j then stayed away from his home. When his
father discovered that he had accepted Islaam, he sent someone to look for him.
When the person brought him before his father, his father rebuked him a very
harshly and started beating him with the whip he had in his hand. He beat
Hadhrat Khaalid W3W so severely that the whip broke as it struck his head.
His father then said, "By Allaah! I shall not give you anything to eat!" To this
Hadhrat Khaalid bin Sa'eed ?&%2& said, "If you do not give me anything to eat,
then Allaah shall definitely provide for me and I will pass my life." He then left
(1) Ahmad (Vol. 4 Pg. 11 1) as well as Muslim, Tabraani, Abu Nu'aym (as mentioned in Isaabah), Ibn
Abdil Birr in isti'aab (Vol. 2 Pg. 500) and Abu Nu'aym in Dalaa'ilun Nabuwwah (PE. 86).