Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 2 of 3

mE LIVES OF mE SAHABAH ~):i&~ (Vol-2)
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"These people were safe from us because of the treaty (how could you then kill
him?)." Hadhrat Gharfa ~~ replied,'We did not enter into any treaty with
them that permits them to injure us with regard to Allaah and His Rasool ~."
The rest of the narration is similar to the ones already quoted. (1)
Obeying the Instructions of Rasulullaah ~
Rasulullaah ~IS Instructions are Obeyed during
the Expedition to Nakhla
Hadhrat Urwa bin zubayr ~~ narrates that Rasulullaah ~~ once dispatched
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Jahash ~ on a expedition to a place called Nakhla.
Rasulullaah ~'s instructions were, "Stay there until you are able to bring us
intelligence about the Quraysh." Rasulullaah ~ did not instruct him to engage
the enemy. This occurred during one of the sacred months. Before informing him
where he was to go, Rasulullaah ~ had a letter written for him, and briefed
him saying, "Proceed with your companions and open the letter only after you
have travelled for two days. Read the letter and then proceed whence I have
instructed you in the letter. You should also not force any of your companions to
travel with you."
After travelling for two days, Hadhrat Abdullaah ~~ opened the letter, which
read, "Proceed until you set up camp in Nakhla from where you should gather
any intelligence that comes to you about the Quraysh." After reading the letter,
Hadhrat Abdullaah ~ said to his companions, "I hear and I obey. Whoever
desired martyrdom should proceed with me because I intend fulfilling the
instructions of Rasulullaah ~. Those who do not wish to 'do this may return
because Rasulullaah ~ has forbidden me from forcing any of YOli." They all
marched with him. When they reached a placed called Buhraan, Hadhrat SaId bin
Abi waqqaas ~~ and Hadhrat utba bin Ghazwaan ~~ lost the camel they
had been sharing and had to fall behind to look for it. The rest of the group
forged ahead until they set up camp in Nakhla.
It was then that Amr bin Hadhrami, Hakam bin Kaysaan, uthmaan bin Abdullaah
and Mughiera bin Abdullaah passed by them with merchandise of leather and
raisins that they were bringing back from Taa'if. When this group (of traders) saw
the Sahabah ~).1.,~, it was Hadhrat waaqid bin Abdullaah whom they saw
staring at them. Because Hadhrat Waaqid ~~ happened to have his hair
shaved off, the traders reasoned, "They have come to perform Umrah and we
therefore have nothing to fear from them." It happened to be the last day of Rajab
so the Sahabah ~~ urgently convened, saying to each other, "If we fight
them today, we will be fighting them in a sacred month (during which the Arabs
regarded fighting as forbidden) and if we leave them, they will be entering the
precincts of the Haram by nightfall, because of which they will be protected from
us (because no person can be attacked within the boundaries of the Haram)."
They therefore decided to attack.
(1) Ibn Asaakir.