Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

THE LIVES OF THE SMBAH @@@%3 (Vol-3) 547
People then questioned him in turns (with the same response) until Hadhrat Sa'd
(bin Abi Waqqaas) $%&j heard about the incident. Hadhrat Sa'd %GWj then
came to our camp and asked, '0 Abu Mufazzir! What did you say to them? By
Allaah! They are all fleeing.' Hadhrat Abu Mufazzir WGWj however gave him the
same reply he had given us.' Hadhrat Sa'd %Gw then announced that an attack
be launched and the soldiers stood in battle formation as our catapults flung
rocks at the enemy. However, neither could anyone be seen in the town, nor did
anyone emerge. Only one man came out, seeking amnesty. When we granted him
amnesty, he said, 'There is no one left here. What is keeping you back?' Some
men then scaled the walls (to unlock the gates) and when we entered as victors,
we found nothing and no one. All we could do was to capture some people who
were still leaving the town.
When we asked them and the man (who asked for amnesty) what it was that
made them flee, they explained that when the emperor sent his emissary to
request for a treaty, your reply was: 'There shall never be any treaty between us
until we eat the honey of Afreezeen with the citron of Kootha.' To this, the king
exclaimed, 'Oh dear! The angels are speaking on their tongues. It is a reply of the
angels spoken on the tongues of Arabs. By Allaah! Even if it were not so, these
are words (that Allaah) placed on the tongue of that man to deter us (from
fighting them). You should all retreat to the city of Quswa."
Angels Descend to Listen to the Sahabah E!WW
Reciting the Qur'aan
Hadhrat Abu Sa'eed Khudri 9,Ew reports that one night when Hadhrat Usayd
bin Hudhayr SG5w was reciting Qur'aan in his silo, his horse started to skip
about. When he again started to recite, it started skipping about again. (He again
stopped and) When he started reciting for a third time, it again did the same.
Hadhrat Usayd S,GW says, "Because I feared that the horse would trample (my
son) Yayha, I got up to see to her, but was surprised to find something like a
cloud above my head, with what resembled many lanterns inside it. It then flew
up into the sky until I was unable to see it."
He went to Rasulullaah @@$ early next morning and reported the matter saying,
"0 Rasulullaah @$! I wasrecitingtheQur'aanlatelastnight in my silo when my horse
started to skip about." "Recite, 0 lbn Hudhayr," Rasulullaah @g instructed.
When Hadhrat Usayd 9~~ started reciting, the horse started to skip about (and
he stopped). "Recite, 0 Ibn Hudhayr," Rasulullaah @$ repeated. When Hadhrat
Usayd W5W$ started reciting, the horse started to skip about again. Again
Rasulullaah said, "Recite, 0 Ibn Hudhayr." Because his son Yahya was again
close to the horse and he feared it would trample him, Hadhrat Usayd ~ ~ & 3
stopped reciting and again he saw the cloud with what resembled many lanterns
inside it. Again it flew up into the sky until he was unable to see it. To this,
Rasulullaah @@ remarked, 'Those were angels who were listening to you. Had
(1) Ibn Jareer (Vo1.3 Pg. 118).