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

486 THE LWES OF THE SAHABAH ~JJu~ (Vol-2)
and made him sit near his feet on the same platform. A man from Kufa then
arrived and facing Hadhrat Mughiera ®.~, he started swearing. "Who is he
swearing at, 0 Mughiera?" asked Hadhrat Sa'eed ~~. Hadhrat Mughiera
~ replied, "He is swearing Ali bin Abi Taalib." "0 Mughiera bin Shu'baI 0
Mughiera bin Shu'ba! 0 Mughiera bin Shu'ba!" Hadhrat Sa'eed ®.~~ repeated,
"Am I not hearing a companion of Rasulullaah ~ being sworn at in your
presence without you repulsing it or even doing anything to change the
situation?! I testity to what my ears heard Rasulullaah ~ say and what my
heart memorised from him. I shall never report from him anything false that he
will question me about when I meet him. I have heard him say, 'Abu Bakr shall be
in Jannah, Umar shall be in }annah, Uthmaan shall be in Jannah, Ali shall be in
Jannah, Talha shall be in Jannah, Zubayr shall be in Jannah, Abdur Rahmaan (bin
Auf) shall be in Jannah and Sa'd bin Maalik shall be in Jannah.' The ninth person
to accept Islaam shall also be in Jannah and if I wished to, I would also take his
name."
The people in the Masjid then started to make a noise asked him in the name of
Allaah to tell them who the ninth person to accept Islaam was. Hadhrat Sa'eed
~ said, "You have asked me in the name of Allaah and Allaah is Great (l can
therefore not refuse). I was the ninth person to accept Islaam and Rasulullaah
~ was the tenth (of the ten Muslims we were at the time)." Hadhrat Sa'eed
~ then took an oath as he said, "When a man's face get dusty as he stands
by Rasulullaah ~ (in a battle), this deed of his is better than every deed that
any ofyou could do ifhe were given the lifespan of Nooh ~@.,,(l)
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Dhaalim Maazini narrates, 'When Mu'aawiya ~~ left
Kufa, he appointed Mughiera bin Shu'ba ®,~ as its governor. Mughiera
~ then appointed orators to revile Hadhrat Ali~. I was sitting next to
Sa'eed bin Zaid ®~ when he became extremely angry at this. He then stood
up and taking me by the hand said, 'Look at that man who oppresses himself. He
is ordering the reviling of someone who is a dweller of Jannah. I am prepared to
testify that nine people shall definitely enter Jannah (amongst them is Hadhrat Ali
®U.~) and I would not be sinful for testifying to the tenth one as well
(myself) .,,(2)
Weeping Over the Deaths of Elders
Hadhrat Suhayb ~~~ Weeps upon the Death of
Hadhrat Umar ~).1~ and the Statement of
Hadhrat Hafsah ~~ on this Occasion
Hadhrat Ibn Seereen reports that when a drink was brought to Hadhrat Umar
~ after he has been stabbed, the drink carne out from his wounds (as he
(1) Abu Nu'aym in his Hi/ya (yoU Pg.95).
(2) Abu Nu'aym in his Hi/ya (yoU Pg.96). Ahm