Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

THE LlVES OF THE SAHABAH Bg!&% (Vol-3) 49
none who can cure besides You. There is also no cure like Your cure.
Grant a cure ttat does not leave out any illness." ('I
The Incident of Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Rawaaha
Hadhrat lkramah reports that Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Rawaaha %3GW& was once
lying beside his wife when he got up and went to have intercourse with one of his
slave women in another part of the house. His wife was alarmed when she did
not see him lying where he had been so she immediately got up and left the
room. When she saw him on the slave woman, she returned to her room, took a
knife and went back. Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Rawaaha 4%G4%6 had just finished
and had stood up when he met her carrying the knife. '"What is the matter?" he
asked. "What is the matter indeed!" she replied, "Had I found you where I had
seen you just now, I would have plunged this knife between your shoulders!"
"And just where did you see me?" he asked. "1 saw you upon the slave," she
replied. "It could not have been me that you saw," he said. He then continued,
"Rasulullaah @%% has prohibited anydne from reciting the Qufaan when one
is impure (as I should be if I had had intercourse, yet I can recite for you)." "Then
recite," she challenged. He then recited the following (couplets which mean):
'RasululJaah@?% came to us reciting the Book
That shines forth like the rising dawn
He brought guidance after darkness and our hearts are convinced that
whatever he says must happen
,.
While he spends the night separated fiom his bed (engzged in [baadab)
the Mushrikeen lie heavily on their beds"
(Thinking that these are verses of the Qur'aan) His wife said, "I >believe in the
Book of Allaah and reject what the eyes have seen." When Hadhrat Abdullaah bin
Rawaaha "'8 "'F "
SI;;* went early to Rasulullaah @% the next morning and informed
him about what had transpired, Rasulullaah smiled so broadly that his
molars became visible. ('1
The Incident of Hadhrat Umar aE&+j' and
Rasulullaah at Hudaybiyyah
Hadhrat Habeeb bin Abu Thaabit narrates that when he went to pose some
questions to Hadhrat Abu Waa'il 5WG, the Sahabi related to them that when
they were fighting at Siffeen, someone asked, "Have you not seen those who are
called towards the Bo,ok of Allaah (to settle their disputes)?" "Yes, we have,"
replied Hadhrat Ali bin Abi Taalib Ww. It was then that Hadhrat Sahl bin
Hunayf Ww said, "You have only yourselves to blame! I have seen us at
Hudaybiyyah when Nabi k%% entered into a peace treaty with the Mushrikeen.
Had we deemed fighting to be the solution, we would have fought (but it was in
(1) Ahmad, as quoted in TaQeerof Ibn Katheer (Vo1.2 Pg.494).
(2) Daar Qutni (Pg.44,45). The author of Ta'leequl Mughni (Pg.45) has commented on the chain of
narrators.