Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

246 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @&%5 (Vol-3)
Yet another narration states that Rasulullaah @@ added, ''Teach them and say to
them, 'Welcome! Welcome! Come closer!'''(')
Whenever the young students came to Hadhrat Abu Sa'eed Khudri -, he
would say, "Welcome to the people about whom Rasulullaah @@ gave us
emphatic instructions! Rasulullaah @@ gave us instructions to accommodate
them in our gatherings and to make them understand the Ahadeeth because you
people are our successors and are the ones who will narrate Ahadeeth after us."
Amongst the things Hadhrat Abu Sa'eed Khudri WZWkk used to say to the new
students was,, "If there is anything you do not understand, do ask me to explain it
to you because I prefer you leaving here after understanding rather than leaving
without understanding." (2)
Hadhrat Abu Hurayrah S I Welcomes ~ ~ Students ~
Hadhrat Ismaa'eel reports that so many of them once went to visit Hadhrat Hasan
-
that they filled his house. Pulling his legs together, he said, "So many of us once
went to visit Hadhrat Abu Hurayrah that we filled his house. Pulling his
legs together, he said, 'So many of us once went to visit Rasulullaah that we
filled his house. Rasulullaah @@ was lying down on his side, but when he saw
us, he pulled, his legs together and said, 'After my demise, people of various
nationalities shall soon come to you in search of knowledge. You should
welcome them, greet them and teach them.' By Allaah! We have also met such
people (after the Sahabah i4BW%) who heither welcomed us, greeted us nor
taught us anything. All they did when we went to them was to act harshly with
us," (3)
Hadhrat Abu Dardaa @~~~ Smiles when
~arrat'in~ Ahadeeth
Hadhrat Ummu Dardaa EBW23 says, "Whenever Hadhrat Abu Dardaa -
narrated
Ahadeeth tlo people, he would always smile. 1 once said to him, 'I fear that people
would regard you to be a fool.' He explained, 'Rasulullaah @%$ also smiled
whenever he narrated ~hadeeth.'"(~)
Gatherings of Knowledge and Being in the
Company of Ulema
-
Rasulullaah @$&! Encourages the Gatherings of
Knowledge and the Sahabah iBE= Sit in Graups
Around him
Hadhrat Al3dullaah bin Abbaas narrates that Rasulullaah @&% was once
(I) Ibn Asaakir, as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal (Vo1.5 Pg.243).
(2) Ibn Najjaar, as quoted in KBnzul Ummaal(Vo1.5 Pg.243).
(3) Ibn Maaja h (Pg.37).
(4) Ahmad and Tabraani in his Kabeer. Haythami (Vol. l Pg. 131) has commented on the chain of
narrators.