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

THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH -
(Vol-I) 95
truth, I would know it."'
Hadhrat Adi bin Haatim %%iW continues the story and says, "So I came to
~~sulullaah @%%. When I arrived, the people started shouting, 'Adi bin Haatim!
~ dbin i Haatim!' When I came before Rasulullaah &&%, he said to me, '0 Adi bin
~aatim! Accept Islaam and stay in peace.' He repeated this three times. I said to
him, 'But I already follow a Deen." He replied, 'I know more about your Deen than
you do."'
~adhrat Adi bin Haatim says further, "! said, 'You know more about my
Deen than I do?' He replied, 'Yes. Are you not.from the Rakoosiyya sect and have
taken a quarter of your people's booty. I said, 'True.' He then continued, 'This is
not permissible for you according to your religion.' I admitted, 'Yes, it certainly is
not permissible.' After hearing this, I was humbled before him."
~asulullaah @%% then added, "Listen. I am also well aware of the thing that
prevents you from accepting Islaam. You say that only simple people who have
no influence follow him; people whom the Arabs have cast out. Do you know the
place Heera?" Hadhrat Adi !&!%I!%
replied, "Though I have never seen the place. I
have certainly heard about it." Rasulullaah m then said, "I swear by the Being
who controls my life! Allaah shall bring this (propagation of Islaam) to such
completion (and the land will be so safe) that a veiled woman shall leave from
Heera all alone and perform Tawaaf of the Kabah without the need of having
someone accompany her. Without doubt, the treasures of Kisra bin Hurmuz shall
also be conquered." In astonishment, Hadhrat Adi !&3W said, "The treasures of
Kisra bin Hurmuz?" 'Yes," replied Rasulullaah W, "The treasures of Kisra bin
Hurmuz. In addition to this, wealth will be so freely spent that there will be none
to take it."
After narrating the story, Hadhrat Adi W3W6 said, "There is the woman from
Heera performing Tawaaf without anyone to accompany her and I was among
those who conquered the treasures of Kisra. I swear by the Being in whose
control is my life, the third prophesy shall also come true because Rasulullaah
said it.'' (1)
narrates that he and some others were at a place
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Hadhrat Adi bin Haatim
called Aqrab when a group of horsemen sent by Rasulullaah @?@ arrived there.
They captured some people along with Hadhrat Adi t's aunt. When they were
brought before Rasulullaah and lined up before him, his aunt said, "0
Rasulullaah @?@! My breadwinner has gone missing, my children are no more
and I am just an old woman who cannot be of any service. Be kind to me and
Allaah will be kind to you." ''Who is your breadwinner?" Rasulullaah asked.
"Adi bin Haatim" was the reply. Rasulullaah said, "The one who escaped
from Allaah and'~is Rasool m."
Rasulullaah @%% showed kindness to her (by letting her go) and as she-left, a
man who had been with Rasulullaah k%% (whom they believe was Hadhrat Ali
(1) Ahmad as quoted in Al Bidaaya wan Nihaaya (Vol. 5 Pg. 66). Baghawi has also narrated the report
as mentioned in lsaaba (Vol. 2 Pg. 468).