Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH (Vol-3) 593
away ..." The narration continues further and will be related later on. (I)
Signs of Life in their Martyrs
The Incident of the Martyrs of the Battle of Uhud
Hadhrat Abu Nadhrah reports that Hadhrat Jaabir bin Abdullaah said,
"The night before the Battle of Uhud was fought, my father called for me and
said, 'I feel that I will certainly be amongst the very first companions of
Rasulullaah to be killed. By Allaah! Of all the people I am leaving behind,
there is none after Rasulullaah @$% whom I love more than you. However, I have
several debts, so do settle them for me. I would also like to advise you to treat
your sisters well.'
The next morning, my father was the first to be martyred and I buried him with
another person in the same grave. However, it did not appeal to me later on to
leave him in a grave with someone else. I therefore exhumed his body six
months later and found to my surprise that everything apart from his ears
were exactly as they were on the day 1 laid him to rest." (2)
Another narration states that Hadhrat Jaabir ?3XGw said, -"After six months had
passed, I could not allow myself to rest until I buried my father in a grave of his
own. I therefore exhumed the body from the grave and found to my surprise that
apart from a tiny portion of his earlobe, the ground had not eaten any part of his
body." (3)
Yet another narration states that Hadhrat Jaabir added, "I noticed
nothing different about him apart from a few strands of hair from his beard
that had been touching the ground." (4)
Hadhrat Abu Zubayr reports that Hadhrat Jaabir ?%- said, "When Mu'aawiya
WGWj intended digging a canal, we were told to move the bodies of our martyrs
who had been martyred at Uhud. Although this was forty years afterwards (after
their deaths), theirbodieswerestillsupple and their limbs could still be bent."(5)
Another narration states that Hadhrat Jaabir ~ ,w said, "When their bodies
were exhumed after forty years, they were still fresh and their limbs were still pliable."(6)
Some scholars from the Ansaar say, "When Hadhrat Mu'aawiya =W was
digging the canal that passed by the martyrs of Uhud, it happened to burst its
banks. We hurried there and exhumed the bodies of Amr (bin Jamooh 3,!3@Gj)
and Abdullaah 3,=. They both wore two sheets of cloth that covered their
faces, while their feet were covered with some plants. As we removed the bodies
from the graves, they were so supple and pliable that it appeared as if they had
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been buried only yesterday." (7)
(1) Bayhaqi, as quoted in AIBidaayah wan Nihaayah (Vo1.6 Pg.154 & 259). Abu Nu'aym has reported a
similar narration in his Dalaa'il (Pg.224).
(2) Haakim (Vo1.3 Pg.203).
(3) Ibn Sa'd (Vo1.3 Pg.563).
(4) Ibn Sa'd, as quoted in Al Bidaayah wan Nihaayah (Vo1.4 Pg.43).
(5) Ibn Sa'd (Vo1.3 Pg.563).
(6) Abu Nu'aym in his Dalaa'il (Pg.207), as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal(Vol.5 Pg.274).
(7) Ibn Is'haaq in his Maghaazi, as quoted in Fat'hul Baari (Vo1.3 Pg.142).