Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

THE LIVES OF THE SMABAH @D@&& (Vol-3) 5 1
Hadhrat Umar ?&3=, "why do we have to submit?" Hadhrat Abu Bakr ~G,?3
said to him, "0 person! He is certainly the Rasool of Allaah. He cannot disobey
Allaah and Allaah is his Helper." Hadhrat Umar k- asked, "Did Rasulullaah
, t2$@ not tell us that we shall arrive at the Kabah and perform Tawaaf around it?"
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Hadhrat Abu Bakr WWG replied, "He did indeed, but did he tell you that it
would be this year?" "No," said Hadhrat Umar ?3S32i%. "Then you shall certainly
arrive there and perform Tawaaf around it," Hadhrat Abu Bakr ?&3- assured
him. After narrating this incident, Hadhrat Umar $B!3&G says that he later carried
out numerous good
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deeds to make amends for this behaviour.
The Happiness of Rasulullaah @%! when
Revelation About Forgiveness and Victory Arrived
as they were Returning from Hudaybiyyah
Hadhrat Anas narrates that as Rasulullaah @% was returning from
Hudaybiyyah, Allaah !evealed the verse:
So that Allaah may forgive you (0 RasufufIaah w) for your past
shortcomings and those that may occur in the future. {Surah Fatah, verse 2 )
Rasulullaah then said, "Such a verse was revealed to me tonight that I love
more than everything on earth." When Rasulullaah @% recited the verse to the
Sahabah i%Ww, they said, "Congratulations to you, .O Nabi of Allaah m.
Allaah has made it clear how He will be treating you, but what about us?" It was
then that the following verse was revealed:
So that Allaah may admit the Mu'mineen men and women into-~annaat
beneath which rivers flow. They will live there forever and He shall
(&so) pardbn them for their sins. This is the great success in Allaah's
sight. {Surah Fatah, verse 5)(')
Hadhrat Anas WZ&3 reports that after Rasulullaah had been prevented
from performing Umrah, he was returning from Hudaybiyyah when the following
verse was revealed:
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Indeed, We have granted you (0 ~asuluffaah w) a clear victory(2).
{Surah Fatah, verse 1)
When Rasulullaah @@ and the Sahabah slaughtered their sacrificial
animals at Hudaybiyyah, they were filled with grief and sorrow. Rasulullaah &%$
(1) Ahmad. Bukhaari and Muslim have reported a similar narration, as quoted in Tafseerof Ibn
Katheer (Vo1.4 Pg. 183).
(2) Allaah granted the victory through the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah because afte; this treaty large
numbers of people accepted Islaam and it led to the conquest of Makkah.