Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

498 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH p- (Vol-3)
Hurayrah the Qur'aan. All praise belongs to Allaah Who has blessed Abu Hurayrah
with Muhammad @!@. All praise belongs to Allaah Who has fed me leavened
bread and given me fine garments to wear. All praise belongs to Allaah Who has
given me the hand of Ghazwaan's daughter in marriage after I had been her
servant to earn food to fill my belly and now I am able to annoy her just as she
used to annoy me. Destruction will come to the Arabs because of the evil that
has already arrived. Destruction will come to them because they will be led by
mere
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children who will rule according to their passion and will kill in anger.
Glad tidings to you, 0 non-Arabs! I swear by the Being Who controls my life that
even if Deen is suspended on the Pleiades constellzition, a group from you will
certainly reach it." ('I
Hadhrat Abu Habeebah narrates that he entered the house of Hadhrat Uthmaan
during the period when he was besieged in it. It was then he heard
Hadhrat Abu Hurayrah ?&82W6 seek permission to address Hadhrat Uthmaan
ik83@%. When permission was granted, Hadhrat Abu Hurayrah #,W stood up,
duly praised Allaah and then said, "I have heard Rasulullaah say, 'You will
surely encounter plenty of tribulation and disputes after me.' '0 Rasulullaah
m!' someone asked, 'What do you advise us to do?' Rasulullaah replied,
'Attach yourselves with the Ameer and those with him."' Saying this, Hadhrat Abu
Hurayrah B,- pointed towards Hadhrat Uthmaan %%~j.(~)
A Lecture of Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Salaam @*GW
Hadhrat Muhammad bin Yusuf bin Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Salaam reports that he
once sought permission to see Hajjaaj bin Yusuf and when permission was
granted, he entered and greeted with Salaam. Hajjaaj instructed two men sitting
close to his chair to make way and when they did, Hadhrat Muhammad bin Yusuf
sat down. Hajjaaj then said to him, "May Allaah grant abundant good to your
father. Do you know the narration that your father reported to Abdul Malik bin
Marwaan, which he heard from your grandfather Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Salaam
4?BG4&!3j?" "May Allaah have mercy on you," Hadhrat Muhammad bin Yusuf
remarked, "there are so many narrations. Which one is it?" Hajjaaj replied, "The
narration of the Egyptians
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when they blockaded the house of Hadhrat Uthmaan
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Hadhrat Muhammad bin Yusuf then said, "I know that narration. When Hadhrat
Uthmaan ?3&@!%5 was besieged in his house, Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Salaam
?%@&!% arrived and entered the house. The people gave him way until he came to
Hadhrat Uthmaan and said, 'Peace be on you, 0 Ameerul Mu'mineen!'
'Peace be on you too,' Hadhrat Uthmaan 3W&!G replied, 'What brings you here, 0
Abdullaah bin Salaam?' Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Salaam ~,lSG replied, 'I have
come to remain by your side (and to fight these people) until I am either
martyred or until Allaah grants you victory because I estimate that these people
will definitely come out to fight you. If they ever succeed in martyring you, it will
(1) Abu Nu'aym in his Hilya (Vol.1 Pg.383).
(2) Haakim (Vo1.4 Pg.433), reporting from reliable sources as confirmed by Dhahabi.