Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH &%$&!&> (Vol-3) 355
such a good mood today that your happiness can clearly be seen on your face." "I
certainly am," Rasulullaah @?@ confirmed, " a messenger from my Rabb 3,&35F
c?me to me today saying, Whoever of your Ummah sends salutations to you
once, Allaah will record the reward of ten good deeds to his account, will remove
ten sins from his record, will elevate his stages by ten and will shower as much
mercies on him in response."'(')
Hadhrat Ka'b bin Ujrah k= narrates that Rasulullaah @& once instructed
them to present themselves at the pulpit. When they did so and Rasulullaah @%
ascended the first step, he said, "Aameen." When he then ascended the second
step, he again said, "Aameen" and then again said "Aameen" when he ascended
the third step. After Rasulullaah @%% had descended from the pulpit, the
Sahabah @= asked, "0 Rasulullaah @%%! We have heard you say something
today that we have never before heard you say." Rasulullaah @& explained,
"Jibra'eel@u came to me and said, 'Far removed from Allaah's mercy is the
person who finds the month of Ramadhaan without being forgiven!' To this I
said 'Aameen'. When I then ascended the second step, he said, 'Far removed from
Allaah's mercy is the person before whom your name is mentioned and he fails
to sends salutations to you!' To this I also said 'Aameen'. When I then ascended
the third step, he said, 'Far removed from Allaah's mercy is the person whose
both parents or one parent gets old in his presence and they do not enter him
, , into Jannah (by his service to them)!' To this I said 'Aameen'." (2)
Rasulullaah States that the Most Miserly
Person is one Who does not sends salutations to
Him when his Name is Mentioned
Hadhrat Abu Dharr B,W&% narrates that when he went out one day to Rasulullaah
m, Rasulullaah @@ was saying, "Should I not inform you of the most miserly
person?" "~le'ase'do, 0 Rasulullaah m!" the Sahabah @C5wj asked.
Rasulullaah @% said, "The one in whose presence my name is mentioned and
he still does not sends salutations to me. This definitely fiakes him the most
miserly of all people." (3)
Rasulullaah @?@ Teaches the Sahabah ~~Cw$$.25 how
to send salutations to Him
Hadhrat Abu Mas'ood W'Wj narrates that Rasulullaah @%@ once came to sit
with them as they sat with Hadhrat Sa'd bin Ubaadah WLZI.32. It was then that
Hadhrat Basheer bin Sa'd who was the father of Hadhrat Nu'maan bin Basheer
4= asked, "0 Rasulullaah @@! Allaah has instructed us to send salutations
(1) Ahmad and Nasa'ee, as quoted in Targheeb wat Tarheeb (Vo1.3 Pg.157). Abdur Razzaaq has
reported a similar narration, as quoted in Kanzuf Umrnaal (Vol.1 Pg.216). There are many
variations of this Hadith narrated by many people.
(2) Haakim. !bn Hibbaan, Bazzaar, Ibn Khuzaymah and Tabraani have all reported similar narrations
from various Sahabah &%&%, as qu,oted in Targheeb wat Tarheeb (Vo1.3 Pg.166). Haythami
(Vol.10 Pg.166) has commented on some of the chains of narrators.
(3) Ibn Abu Aasim in his Kitaabus Salaah, as quoted in Targheeb wal Tarheeb (Vo1.3 Pg.170).