Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

504 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH Mgw (Vol-3)
Chapter Seventeen
The Chapter Concerning The Advices of
the Sahabah @,E#&3
home or on journey. It also highlights how they turned their attention away
from the material things of this world and its pleasures to focus on the
bounties of the Aakhirah. They so vehemently cautioned people to beware of
disobeying Allaah that tears flowed and hearts became overawed. It appeared
as if the Aakhirah and the conditions on the Plain of Resurrection were plain
before their eyes. This chapter illustrates how they led the Ummah of
Muhammad @% by the hand through their advices and turned their attention
towards the Creator of the heavens and the earth, thereby severing the arteries
Rasulullaah w 's Advices
Rasulullaah @i%@s profound Advice to Hadhrat Abu
Dharr Ghifaari !i%PWj
Hadhrat Abu Dharr W3Mj reports that he once asked Rasulullaah @# what the
scriptures revealed toHadhrat Ibraheem @&@ contained. Rasulullaah &?&! replied,
'"They were full of expressions such as '0 conquering, troubled and deceived king!
I have not sent you to gather the things of this world and to heap piles upon
another. I have sent you to prevent the plea of the oppressed from reaching Me
because I never reject such a plea even though it may come from a Kaafir.' "As
long as a thinking man does not lose his senses, he should distribute his time in
a few activities. He should devote some time in secret conversation with his
Rabb, some time engaging in introspection, some time contemplating over the
creations of his Rabb CIWF and some time expressly for his needs of food
and drink. The thinking man must not undertake a journey unless it be for one of
three reasons; to earn provisions for the Aakhirah, to set right an affair
pertaining to his livelihood or to gain some pleasure that is not forbidden. It is
also necessary for the thinking man to have a deep insight into his times and to
be prepared for its conditions. He must also guard his tongue. Whoever judges
his words by his actions will have few words to speak unless it concerns matters