Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

170 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @,@&%(Vol-3)
@% said to Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan 4=, "0 Abu Sufyaan! Accept Islaam and live
in peace." After Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan %EWj accepted Islaam, he proceeded with
Hadhrat Abbaas ?BG4W to his camp. The next morning when the Sahabah
@,w rushed to perform wudhu, Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan WWj asked, "What is
the matter with the people, 0 Abul Fadhl? Have they received an order?" "No,"
replied Hadhrat Abbaas W-, "they are preparing for salaah." Hadhrat Abu
Sufyaan then performed wudhu on the instructions of Hadhrat Abbaas
!?%@&j,
who then took him to Rasulullaah @%. Rasulullaah @@ started the
salaah and when he called out the Takbeer, the Sahabah @,W followed suit.
They all then made Ruku when Rasulullaah @&! made Ruku and got up again
when Rasulullaah &%! got up. To this, Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan b?&ZW6 remarked,
"To this day have I never seen such discipline from a nation who have been
gathered together from such varying backgrounds! Neither are the nobles of
Persia nor the long-established Romans as well disciplined as this!" Addressing
Hadhrat Abbaas 3,G&W5, he said further, "0 Abul Fadhl! Your nephew has
certainly founded a great kingdom." "It is not a kingdom," Hadhrat Abbaas
4%3&!&j replied, "This is Nubuwwah."
Another narration from Hadhrat Maymoona 12&X23 quoted in the chapter
discussing the Conquest of Makkah states that when Rasulullaah @I% got up to
perform wudhu, the Muslims would compete to get the wudhu water and rub it
on their faces. To this, Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan 4- remarked, "0 Abul Fadhl!
Your nephew has certainly founded a great kingdom." "It is not a kingdom,"
Hadhrat Abbaas replied, "This is Nubuwwah and it is this that the people
are so zealous about." (2)
A narration from Hadhrat Urwa 4W34Z56 states that when Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan
W,w awoke the morning after he had spent the night with Hadhrat Abbaas
B,w, he saw the Sahabah i4Em (eagerly) preparing for salaah and scattering
about to purify themselves. Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan !ii@l@j became alarmed at this
sight and asked Hadhrat Abbaas W,- what the matter was. Hadhrat Abbaas
4W@&5 replied, "They have heard the Adhaan and are now scattering about to
prepare for salaah." When salaah commenced and Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan wWi4
saw the Sahabah M,Wj bow and prostrate when Rasulullaah @% did so, he
remarked, "0 Abbaas! Do they do everything he instructs them to do."
"certainly," Hadhrat Abbaas WWj replied, "they would obey Rasulullaah &%
even if he were to command them to forsake their food and drink." (3)
The Sahabah i@UW Perform Salaah behind
Hadhrat Abu Bakr ~ ~ upon Wthe j Instruction of
Rasulullaah @%?%
In the chapter discussing the enthusiasm Rasulullaah @@ had for salaah, a
narration from Hadhrat Aa'isha @&W4 has already passed stating that (when he
(1) Ibn Abi Shaybah, as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal(Vol.5 Pg.300).
(2) Tabraani. Haythami (Vo1.6 Pg.164) has commented on the chain of narrators.
(3) A1 Bidaayah wan Nihaayah (Vo1.4 Pg.291).