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

THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH '@,-2 (Vol-I) 9 1
astray. I testify that there is none worthy of worship besides the One Allaah Who
has no partner."
~adhrat Dimaad %,Wj said, "By Allaah! 1 have heard of the words of
fortune-tellers, the words of magicians and the words of poets. However, I have
never heard such words before. Give me your hand so that I may pledge
allegiance to you on Islaam." Rasulullaah @@ then accepted his pledge of
allegiance and said to him, "Is 'this pledge on behalf of your people as well?"
~adhrat Dimaad BC= replied,"lt is for my people as well."
~t once occurred that some Muslim soldiers were passing the the tribe of Hadhrat
~imaad
leader pf the soldiers asked them, "Did any of you take
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something: frdrn 'thise people?:-One soldier replied, "Yes, I have their water jug
with me." ~o~th$::the leader replied, "Then return it to them because these are
the pedfple of ~adh~?;?pq$d B,W>."
According t'o anothkr-$$rat.ion, Hadhrat Dimaad said to Rasulullaah
. m, "Repeat tho$e word>.:t$ me because they reach the depths of the ocean of
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eloquence."
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Abdur Rahmaan Adawi reports that Hadhrat Dimaad BCw said, "I went to
Makkah to perform Umrah and was sitting in a gathering together with Abu
Jahal, Utba bin Rabee'ah and Umayyah bin Khalaf. Abu Jahal said, "This man has
disunited us. He makes us look foolish and claims that those of us who have
passed away were misguided. He also insults our gods." Umayyah said, "There is
no doubt that this man is certainly mad."
Hadhrat Dimaad BWj