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

100 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH m,!%% (Vol-I)
Rasulullaah @i%% Invites Hadhrat Abu Quhaafa
!&g5$ to Islaam
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Hadhrat Asma bint Abi Bakr reports that it was on that day that Muslims
conquered Makkah when Rasulullaah @i& said to Hadhrat Abu Quhaafa
"Accept Islaam and remain in peace."
Hadhrat Asma bint Abi Bakr @33&6 also reports that when Rasulullaah @@ entered
Makkah and was peacefully sitting in the Masjidul Haraam, Hadhrat Abu Bakr
?3@W brought his father Abu Quhaafa to him. When Rasulullaah @% saw him,
he said, "0 Abu Bakr! Why did you not leave the respected man and take me to
him instead?" Hadhrat Abu Bakr %8Z&% replied, "0 Rasulullaah @%%! It is more
fitting that he comes to you rather than you go to him."
Rasuiullaah @?@ made the old man sit in front of him, placed his hand on the
old man's heart and said, "0 Abu Quhaafa! Accept Islaam and remain in peace."
Consequently, he accepted Islaam and recited the testimony of Imaan (the
Kalimah). When Hadhrat Abu Quhaafa ?ZlW was brought to Rasulullaah m,
his hair and beard were as white as the 'Thughaama' plant. Rasulullaah @@
advised him saying, "Change the colour of these hairs but stay away from
black." (2)
The Da'wah Rasulullaah @@% Gave to Individuals
who did not Accept Islaam
Rasulullaah @%$ Invites Abu Jahal to Islaam
Hadhrat Mughiera bin Shu'ba W,- narrates that the first time he came to
know who Rasulullaah @% was when Rasulullaah met him walking with
Abu Jahal in one of the gullies of Makkah. Rasulullaah @@ said to Abu fahal, "0
Abul Hakam! Come to Allaah and His Rasool m. I am inviting you to Allaah."
Abu Jahal replied, "0 Muhammad! Will you not refrain from insulting our gods?
DO you want us to testify that you have conveyed the message? We then testify
that you have conveyed the message. I swear by Allaah that I would have
certainly followed you if I knew that whatever you say is the truth."
Hadhrat Mughiera bin Shu'ba says that when Rasulullaah 6@ had left
them, Abu Jahal said to him, "By Allaah! I know for sure that whatever he says
is the truth. However, there is only one thing that prevents me from accepting.
(Rasulullaah @% belongs to the Bani Qusay family and) When the Bani Qusay
said, 'Keeping the keys to the Kabah is our duty,' we (the other families of the
Quraysh) accepted. Thereafter when they said, 'Giving water to the people
performing Hajj is our duty,' we again accepted. Thereafter when they said,
'Chairing the public meetings is our duty,' we again accepted. Thereafter when
they said, 'Holding the flag during times of war is our duty,' we again accepted.
After that, they fed people and we also fed people until we .were almost on par
and then they say, 'We have a Nabi among us.' By Allaah! This I shall never
(1) Tabraani. Haythami (Vol. 5 Pg. 305) says that the narrators of the Hadith are all reliable.
(2) Ibn Sa'd (Vol. 5 Pg. 451).
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