Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

THE LIVES OF THE SAhYBAH @,@@@> (Vol-3) 499
be good for you but terrible for them.' To this Hadhrat Uthmaan U,Ew said, 'I
ask you by the rights I have over you that you must goout to them (and explain to
them the error of their ways).' (Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Salaam USm complied
and) When the rebels saw him approach them, they gathered around, hoping to
hear some news that would please them.
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Salaam ?3B&j then stood before them to deliver a
lecture. After duly praising Allaah, he said, 'Verily Allaah had sent Muhammad
@@ as a giver of glad tidings and a Warner. He gave the glad tidings of Jannah to
those who obeyed him and warned those who disobeyed him about the fire of
Jahannam. Allaah then made those who followed Rasulullaah 6% prevail over
the adherents to every other faith even though the Mushrikeen detested this.
From all the other chosen places of residence, Allaah chose Madinah as the
residence of Rasulullaah @@ and made it the place of Hijrah and the place of
Imaan. By Allaah! Angels have been surrounding Madinah ever since
Rasulullaah @% entered it and remain doing so to this day. Al1aah:s sword has
also remained sheathed against you (because of which Muslims have not been
fighting each other) and remains so until this day.'
'Allaah had sent Muhammad @@ with the truth and whoever takes guidance
(from him) has been guided by the guidance of Allaah and whoever strays has
done so after matters have been made plain to him and proven beyond doubt. It
is a fact that whenever a Nabi &@W has been martyred in the past, seventy
thousand warriors had lost their lives, each one being killed in retribution for
the killing of the Nabi @&&. Similarly, whenever a Khalifah has been martyred,
thirty five thousand warriors had lost their lives, each one being killed in
retribution for the killing of the Khalifah. You people should therefore never be
rushed into assassinating this elderly man because I swear by Allaah that the
person who kills him will appear before Allaah on the Day of Qiyaamah with an
amputated and paralysed hand. Remember well that this elderly man has as
many rights over you as a father has over his son.'
The rebels however stood up and .shouted, 'The Jew is lying! The Jew is lying!'
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Salaam 3,@%4 retorted by saying, 'I swear by Allaah that
it is you who are the liars and the ones at fault. I am not a Jew but one of the
Muslims. Allaah, Rasulullaah @@ and all the Mu'mineen know this fact well. It is
with reference to me that Allaah revealed the verse:
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(0 RasuJuJJaah s@) Say (to the Mushrikeen), 'Allaah is sufficient as
witness between us (to attest that I am truly His messenger), and so are
those who possess the knowledge of the Book (such as Hadhrat
Abdullaah bin Salaam g,GG.&>).' {Surah Ra'd, verse 43)
Allaah has also revealed another verse, which is:
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