Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

THE LIVJFS OF THE SAHABAH @,g&>
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Umar !&%!&j saying, "I know which is the harshest verse in Allaah's Book."
(Because referring to a verse of the Qur'aan as being harsh is disrespectful)
Hadhrat Umar W= got down and struck the man with his lash saying, "Have
you studied the verse so deeply that you know all about it?" The man then went
away. The following morning Hadhrat Umar said to the man, "Which
verse were you referring to yesterday?" The man said that it was the verse:
Whoever commits an evil act will meet (receive) its punishment ...
(Surah Nisaa, verse 123)
He then said, "(This means that) Since every one of us commits sins, we
punished for it." Hadhrat Umar !&WMj said; "When this verse was reveal
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neither did we enjoy food nor drink until Allaah relieved us by revealing the
verse:
Whoever commits a (minor) sin or wrongs himself (by committing a
major sin) and then seeks Allaah's forgiveness, he will surely find that
Allaah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful. {Surah Nisaa, verse 1
The Conviction of Hadhrat Amr bin Samurah
%gwj and Hadhrat Imraan bin Husayn 3,Wj
Hadhrat Tha'laba ww narrates that Hadhrat Amr bin Samurah bin Habeeb bin
Abdush Shams SGWj once came to Rasulullaah @& and said, "0 Rasulullaah
@$%! I have stolen a camel from a certain tribe, so please do cleanse me." When
Rasulullaah sent a message to the people of the tribe, they confirmed that
one of their camels were missing. Rasulullaah @@ then gave instructions for his
hand to be amputated, upon which he said (to his hand), "All praise belongs to
Allaah Who has cleansed me of you who wanted to admit my entire body into
Jahannarn." (2)
Hadhrat Hasan narrates that some fri'ends went to visit Hadhrat Imraan bin
Husayn S,Gm when he was suffering from a disease. One of them said, "We are
extremely distressed by what we see of your ailing body." "Do not be distressed
by what you see," he said, "What you see is because of my sins and those that
Allaah has forgiven (without punishing me) are even more." He then recited the
verse:
The misfortunes that afflict you (in this world) are a result of the (evi/)
actions you earn, and (because ofyour many sins, you deserve to suffer
(1) Ibn Raahway, as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal (Vol. 1 Pg.239).
(2) Ibn Maajah, as quoted in the Tafieerof Ibn Katheer (Vol.2 Pg.56).