Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

THE LIVES OF THE SAhXBAH @&$&= (Vol-3) 649
some perseverance to complete a deed after commencing it"
Rasulullaah @@& commended him saying, "You have spoken well. May Allaah
never allow your teeth to fall out." A narrator by the name of Ya'la says, "I saw
Hadhrat Naabigha ~ G when W he was over a hundred years of age, yet :lone of
his teeth had fallen out.
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Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Jaraad reports that Hadhrat Naabigha Ja'di wW said,
''When I recited to Rasulullaah the couplet 'While our honour and status. ..'
Rasulullaah @@ became angry and asked, "And where do these greater heights
lead to, 0 Abu Layla?' 'To Jannah,' I replied. To this, Rasulullaah t%@ remarked,
'That's alright, Inshaa AlIaah. Recite to me another of your couplets.' I then
recited to him ''There is no good in tolerance.. . "(the two couplets quoted above).
Rasulullaah @$% then commended me saying, 'You have spoken well. May Allaah
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never allow your teeth to fall out."'
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Jaraad says, "I saw that Hadhrat Naabigha Ww's teeth
(even as an old man) were as white as hailstones and not one of them had even
broken or become crooked." (2) Another narration adds, "Throughout his life, he
always had the best set of teeth. Whenever a tooth fell out, it was replaced by
another and he lived to very old age." (3)
Eradicating The Effect Of Trauma
The Incident of Hadhrat Ummu Is'haaq @GW
in this Regard
Hadhrat Ummu Is'haaq @G= relates, "I was migrating to Rasulullaah in
Madinah with my brother when he said, 'Sit here, 0 Ummu Is'haaq because I
have forgotten my money in Makkah.' I said, 'I fear that the wretch (my husband)
will harm you.' He confidently replied, 'Inshaa Allaah, he will never be able to.' I
stayed there for a few days when a man passed by who recognised me but whose
name I do not know. '0 Ummu Is'haaqti he said, 'What keeps you here?' 'I am
waiting for my brother,' I replied. You have no brother after this day,' he said,
'Your husband has killed him.'
I made myself strong and finally arrived in Madinah. I went to Rasulullaah @%
at a time when he was busy making wudhu and stood before him. '0 Rasulullaah
m!'
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I said, 'My brother Is'haaq has been murdered.' I noticed that Rasulullaah
@% bent down (towards the water) while making widhu. Rasulullaah @& then
took a handful of water and sprinkled it on my face."
A narrator named Bashaar reports that his grandmother said, "(By the blessing of
this water) Whenever Hadhrat Ummu Is'haaq was struck by a calamity,
(1) Abu Nu'aym in his Dalaa'il (Pg.164). Bayhaqi and Bazzaar have reported a similar narration with
slight changes in the wording of the first couplet, as quoted in A1 Bidaayah wan Nihaayah (Vo1.6
Pg.168).
(2) Hasan bin Sufyaan, Abu Nu'aym in his Taareekh Isfahaan, Shiraazi in his Alqaab. The incident is
also narrated in Khattaabi's Ghareebul Hadith, in Marhabi's Kitaabul Ilm, Daar Qutni's A1 Mu'talaf
wal Mukhtalaf, Ibn Sakan's Sahabah and in other works.
(3) lsaabah (Vol.3 Pg.539).