Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

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It is Allaah Who restrained their hands from (fighting) you and your
hands from (fighting) them right in Makkah (at Hudayb~yyah) after
granting you dominance over them. Allaah is always Watchful over
what you do. {Surah Fatah, verse 24)(l)
A Man Loses his Sight by the Curse of
Hadhrat Ali gg@&j
Hadhrat Zaadhaan narrates that when Hadhrat Ali W3&4 once narrated a
Hadith, someone accused him of lying. "May 1 curse you if it is you who are
lying?" Hadhrat Ali %Ww asked the man. "Go ahead and curse," the man
challenged. Themanhadnoteven left the gathering when his eyesight was lost.(2)
Hadhrat Arnmaar ~,G%j narrates that when Hadhrat Ali ~S%?.j once narrated a
Hadith, someone accused him of lying. The man had hardly stood up from the
gathering and he was already blind (because of the curse of Hadhrat Ali
B$J&j), (3)
Hadhrat Zaadhaan narrates that when someone once narrated a Hadith to
Hadhrat Ali ~,GWj, Hadhrat Ali 8,L3wj said, "I think that you are lying to me."
When the man insisted that he was not, Hadhrat Ali SGw asked, "May 1 curse
you if you are lying?" "Go ahead and curse," the man challenged. Hadhrat Ali
?3W&!%then cursed the man and he had scarcely left the gathering when he
became blind. (4)
A Woman becomes Blind by the Curse of Hadhrat
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Umar !&Gw narrates that Marwaan once sent some
people to Hadhrat Sa'eed bin Zaid 9,Ew to discussa claim that a woman named
Arwa bint Uwais had made against him. Hadhrat Sa'eed $B3Wj exclaimed, "These
people think that I have wronged her when I have heard Rasulullaah @% say,
'The one who usurps even a hand's span of land, will have a hand's span of all
seven earths placed as a yoke around his neck on the Day of Qiyaamah."' Hadhrat
Sa'eed S,Ew then prayed, "0 Allaah! If she is lying, let her not die until she
turns blind and make her well her grave."
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Umar wiWj says, "By Allaah! She turned blind before her
death and one day as she very cautiously left her house, she fell into her well and
it became her grave." (5)
Hadhrat Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin Amr bin Hazam narrates that a woman
named Arwa once sought judgement from Marwaan bin Hakam against Hadhrat
(1) Ahmad, reporting from reliable sources as confirmed by Haythami (Vo1.6 Pg.145). Nasa'ee has
reported a similar narration, as quoted in the Takeerof Ibn Katheer (Vo1.4 Pg.192).
(2) Tabraani. Haythami (Vo1.9 Pg.116) has commented on the chain of narrators.
(3) Abu Nu'aym in his Dalaa'il (Pg.211).
(4) Ibn Abi Dunya, as quoted in Al Bidasyah wan Nihaayah (Vo1.8 Pg.5).
(5) Abu Nu'aym in his Hilya (Vo1.l Pg.96).