Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

462 ' THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH '@,g!@= (Vol-3)
be removed from Jahannam after being burnt there." (')
Hadhrat Sa'eed bin Musayyib narrates that when Hadhrat Umar W,l3@!23 left Mina
(after his stay in Makkah), he sat his camel down at Abtah, where he made a
mound with the loose sand. Thereafter, he cast a portion of his garment over the
mound and then leaned against it. He then raised his hands and made du'aa
saying, "0 Allaah! I am growing old, my strength is dwindling and my subjects
have all dispersed far and wide. Do call me to you while I am not guilty of
sinning nor have I been negligent in any duty."
When Hadhrat Umar BmW reached Madinah, he addressed the people saying,
"0 people! The Faraa'idh have been ordained for you, the Sunan have been
shown to you and you have been left on a clear path." He then hit his right
hand on the left and added, "Unless you sway people to the right and left and
lead them astray. Beware that you never destroy yourselves because of the verse
of Rajm and never let anyone say that we do not find two penalties in Allaah's
Book (we find only the one for lashing a fornicator and not the one for stoning
an adulterer). I saw Rasulullaah having people stoned and we have also
done so after him. Had it not been for people remarking that Umar adds new
things to Allaah's book, I would have written in (a footnote of) the Qur'aan the
verse that we used to recite (while the words of the verse were abrogated, the law
still remained). It reads that if a married man or a, married woman commits
adultery, both must be stoned."
Hadhrat Sa'eed says, "The month of Dhul Hijjah had hardly passed by when
Hadhrat Umar W4iW was stabbed (and then passed away)." (2)
Hadhrat Ma'daan bin Abu Talha Ya'muri reports that it was on a Friday that
Hadhrat Umar %5s once stood on the pulpit and praised Allaah. He then
spoke of Rasulullaah @%$ and Hadhrat Abu Bakr before saying, "I have
seen a dream that I feel means nothing other than the approach of my death. I
saw that a red rooster twice pecked at me. When I related the dream to Asmaa
bint Umais lRWM, she informed me that a non-Arab will kill me. Although
people now want me to appoint a successor, you must remember that Allaah will
never destroy ~ i ; Deen nor the role of vicegerency (on earth) for which He sent
his Nabi @%.
If anything happens to me suddenly, the consultative assembly (to decide which
of them will be the Khalifah) shall comprise of six men with whom Rasulullaah
@%% was pleased when he left this world. They are Uthmaan ~,C@!23, Ali ?&ISw,
Zubayr %,-, Talha Wm, Abdur Rahmaan bin Auf s,E@+ and Sa'd bin Abi
Waqqaas ~,Wj. You people must listen to and obey whichever of them you
pledge allegiance to. I know well that some people will criticise this matter and
these are the very ones against whom I personally fought for the sake of Islaam.
(In doing so) They will be joining the ranks of the enemies of Allaah and the
misguided Kuffaar (because they will be assisting the cause of these Kuffaar).
I am leaving behind nothing more important in my estimation than the matter of
(1) Ahrnad, Abu Ya'la and Abu Ubayd.
(2) Maalik, Ibn Sa'd, Musaddad and Haakirn, as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal(Vol.3 Pg.90).