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

92 THE LNES OF THE SAHABAH ~,!X%j (VOI-I)
can been none to guide the person whom Allaah has caused to go astray. I
testijl that there is none worthy of worship besides the One Allaah Who has
no partner. I testify that Muhammad is the servant of Allaah and His Rasul."
Hadhrat Dimaad ?%Uii!G says that he had never heard such words from anyone
before. He then requested Rasulullaah @?@ to repeat the words, which
Rasulullaah 6&% repeated twice thereafter. Hadhrat Dimaad W%!% continues
the story by saying, "I asked, 'To what are you calling people?"' Rasulullaah
replied, "I call people to believe in One Allaah Who has no partner. I absolve
myself from worshipping idols and I testify that I am the Rasul of Allaah. 'What
shall I receive if I also do the same?" asked Hadhrat Dimaad %Wj. Rasulullaah
said, "You shall receive Jannah. Hadhrat Dimaad !BlZ%j exclaimed, "I testify
that there is none worthy of worship besides the one Allaah Who has no partner.
I remove the idols from my neck and express that I have absolved myself from
them. I also testify that youare certainly the servant and Rasul ofAllaah."
Hadhrat Dimaad !.@Z@!G says further, "I started living with Rasulullaah @% until
I had learnt many Surahs of the Qur'aan. Thereafter I returned to my people.
Abdullaah bin Abdir Rahmaan Adawi says that Rasulullaah @f%% once dispatched
an army under the command of Hadhrat Ali !3GW. The army got some camels
from a certain place and were taking them along as they went. When Hadhrat Ali
+?BS&!2i found out that the camels were taken from the people of Hadhrat Dimaad
%,-, he commanded that the camels be returned.
Rasulullaah Invites Hadhrat Husayn W,&@ij to
Islaam, who was the Father of Hadhrat Irnraan bin
Husayn g#&#j'
The ~uraysh highly respected Hadhrat Husayn !&@W6. One day some members
of the Quraysh approached Hadhrat Husayn SW@!& and said to him, "Go to this
person (Rasulullaah @%%) and speak to him on our behalf because he insults our
gods." Consequently, these members of the Quraysh proceeded with Hadhrat
Husayn %l%W until they reached the door of Rasulullaah @@'s house. When
Hadhrat Husayn ?&WM sat near the door, Rasulullaah @?& said to the many
people who had already gathered there, "Make way for the respected elder."
Amongst those present was the son of Hadhrat Husayn !E@&% whose name was
Imraan ?&%I%.
Hadhrat Husayn !&!SM said, 'What is happening here? The news
has reached me that you insult our gods whereas your father was a devout and
excellent man."
Rasulullaah @% replied, "0 Husayn! My father and your father are both in
~ahannam('). 0 Husayn! Tell me how many gods you worship?" Hadhrat Husayn
(I) Although this narration states that Rasulullaah @#s father is in jahannam, other narrations
make it clear that both his parents are in Jannah because both of them totally abstained from
Shirk and followed the religion of Hadhrat lbraheem m. According to the research of Haafidh
Suyuti as mentioned in his articles, both the parents of Rasulullaah were brought back to life
and they both accepted Imaan. The narration mentioned above recounts an incident which took
place some time before this. 1