Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH &!%@%& (Vol-3) 57
in the chapter discussing the unseen assistance from Allaah with regard to the
blessings in food. The narration states that (when called for the boulder)
Rasulullaah rn said, "Let me be the first to strike it." Rasulullaah then
recited "Bismillaah" and struck the boulder, causing a third of it to be crushed.
He then exclaimed, "Allaahu Akbar! The palaces of Rome, by the Rabb of the
Kabah!" Rasulullaah @% then struck the boulder a secopd time and another
portion was crushed. This time, he cried out, "Allaahu Akbar! The palaces of
Persia, by the Rabb of the Kabah!" It was then that the Munaafiqeen jibed, "We
are busy digging a trench to save our lives and he is promising us the palaces of
Rome and Persia?!" ('1
Hadhrat Khaalid %$Gm Drinks Poison and the
Statement of a Christian about the Sahabah &3Gw
Also coming shortly in the chapter discussing the unseen assistance from Allaah
is the incident of poison having no effect on Hadhrat Khaalid bin Waleed
'- and his statement that no soul can die until its time is up:" Also to appear
are the words of (the Christian) Arnr who said, "0 assembly of Arabs! I swear by
Allaah that you will always have sovereignty over any region you want as long as
there is a single member of this generation (of Sahabah i!BW) with you."
Addressing the people of Heera, he also said, "To this day, I have never seen
anything as viable as this."
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Statements of the Sahabah MBw Attesting that
Large Numbers Does not Bring Assistance
Soon to appear in the chapter discussing the sources of assistance is the
statement of Hadhrat Thaabit bin Aqram who said, "0 Abu Hurayrah! Do
you perhaps see a large concentration of forces?" "0 yes," replied Hadhrat Abu
Hurayrah !B13W. Hadhrat Thaabit %lW& then said, "You did not witness the
Battle of Badr with us for (then you would have seen that) it was not large
numbers that assisted us."
There it will also be narrated that when someone remarked, "The Romans are so
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many while the Muslims so few!" Hadhrat Khaalid bin Waleed responded
by saying, "The Romans are so few while the Muslims so many! Armies are
increased only by Allaah's assistance and reduced only by Allaah withdrawing
His assistance, and not by their numbers. By Allaah! I wish that (my horse)
Ashqar was well and that the enemy was doubled in number."
Also to appear there is the letter Hadhrat Abu Bakr !BMM wrote to Hadhrat Arnr
bin Al Aas W3W in which he said, 'You letter has just reached me detailing the
massive build-up of Roman forces. Verily it was neither with large numbers nor
with large armies that Allaah assisted us during the time of His Nabi w. When
we were with Rasulullaah @%!, we sometimes fought battles with only two
horses and at times we even had to take turns riding our camels. When we
(1) Tabraani. Haythami (Vo1.6 Pg.132) has commented on the chain of narrators.