Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

THE LIVES OF THE SAJMBflH @4%!@&3 (Vol-3) 599
they are and continue guarding against them. In that case, whatever they take
from you will be their sustenance." "0 Rasulullaah m!" the Sahabah @.w
submitted, "We do not like.the idea of fixing a portion for them." Rasulullaah
@$$ then made a gesture with his three fingers to the wolf, telling it to leave
them and it left with a howl. ('1
A man from the Juhaynah tribe narrates that a delegation from the wolves
numbering almost a hundred once arrived at a time when Rasulullaah @?% was
performing salaah and sat down (waiting for him). Rasulullaah then said to
the Sahabah WG@!%, "This is a delegation from the wolves who have come with
the proposition that you fix a share of your flocks for them, in which case the rest
of your flocks will be safe from them." When the Sahabah i43GW raised the issue
of their poverty (that they would be unable,to afford the proposition), Rasulullaah
@@ told them to then send the wolves back. The wolves all left howling. (2)
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A Lion is Submissive to Rasulullaah @&'s Freed
Slave Hadhrat Safeenah ~,G&&j
Rasulullaah @@Is freed slave Hadhrat Safeenah ?3G$is says, "I was once on
board a ship when it shipwrecked. I managed to cling on to one of its planks,
which carried me to a dense forest. A lion lived in the forest and (when it saw me)
it started coming towards me to attack me. I however addressed it saying, "0 Abu
Haarith! I am the freed slave of Rasulullaah m." It immediately lowered its
head as it came closer and continued nudging me with its shoulder until I was
clear of the forest and on a main road. It then purred, a gesture I interpreted as a
word of farewell. That was the last I saw of it. (3)
In another narration, Hadhrat Safeenah 9Bw says, "We were once at sea when
we were shipwrecked. (When we managed to make our way to land) We were lost
and did not know the road when we suddenly beheld a lion that came before us.
As my companions retreated, I went towards it and said, 'I am Safeenah, a
companion of Rasulullaah and we have lost our way.' The lion then walked
ahead of me until we reached the main road. Thereafter, it nudged me as if to
point the road to me, but I sensed that it meant to bid us farewell." (4)
Hadhrat Ibn Munkadir reports that Rasulullaah @&IS freed slave Hadhrat
Safeenah !3Gw was once in Roman territory when he either became separated
from the rest of the army or was taken prisoner. As he was searching for the
army, he was suddenly confronted by a lion. He then addressed the lion saying,
"0 Abu Haarith! I am Rasulullaah w ' s freed slave." He then explained his
situation and the lion came closer, with its tail wagging until it stood beside him. ,
(1) Waaqidi.
(2) Abu Nu'aym. Bayhaqi and Bazzaar have reported similar narrations, as quoted in AlBidaayah wan
Nihaayah (Vo1.6 Pg.146).
(3) Haakim (Vo1.3 Pg.606), reporting from reliable sources as confirmed by Dhahabi. Bukhaari has
reported a similar narration in his Taareekh (Voi.2 Pg.179), as had Abu Nu'aym in his Hilya (Vol.1
Pg.369) and his Dalaa'il (Pg.212). Ibn Mandah has also reported it, as quoted in A/ Bidaayah wan
Nihaayah (Vo1.5 Pg.316) and so has Tabraani, as quoted in Majma'uzZawaalid(Vol.9 Pg.366).
(4) Bazzaar and Tabraani, reporting from reliable sources as confirmed by Haythami (Vo1.9 Pg.367).