Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @,E&> (Vol-3) 73
passes him by would never have come to him in the first place."
The Couplets Hadhrat Umar !&%W would Recite
on the pulpit Concerning predestination
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood W'= reports that very often when delivering a
sermon on the pulpit, Hadhrat Umar wS would recite the following couplets
(which mean):
'Go easy on yourself because the destinies of a// matters are in Nlaah's hand
Those that He has thwarted can never come to you just as those that He has
commanded can never be thwarted1(')
Imaan (Belief) in the Signs of Qiyaamah
The Words of Rasulullaah When Allaah
Revealed the verse "When the trumpet is blown"
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Abbaas W%s narrates that when the verse:
When the trumpet is blown (to signal the arriva/ of Q~yaamah). .. {Surah
Muddathir, verse 8)
was revealed, Rasulullaah k%%% said, "How can I live in luxury when the blower of
the horn already has the horn in his mouth and is waiting with his forehead
bowed for the command to blow." The Sahabah @,w then asked, "What du'aa
should we make?" Rasulullaah @# then told them to recite:
"Allaah is Sufficient for us and He is the Best of Guardians. In Allaah do
we trust." (2)
Another narration states that when the Sahabah ~,G= heard this from
Rasulullaah @?@, they were troubled and asked, "0 Rasulullaah @%! What
should we do." Rasulullaah @% then told them to recite:
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"Allaah is Sufficient for us and He is the Best of Guardians." (3)
The Fear of Hadhrat Sauda Yamaaniyyah @EW
for the Appearance of Daaaal
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The narration has already passed in the chapter discussing the relationships of
in which Hadhrat Hafsah said to Hadhrat Sauda Yamaaniyyah
@%@!2j,"The one-eyed (Dajjaal) has appeared!" "Really!?"
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Hadhrat Sauda G&&&j
(1) Bayhaqi in his kmaa was Sifaat (Pg.243).
(2) Ibn Abi Shaybah, Tabraani and Ibn Mardway, as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal(Vo1.7 Pg.270).
(3) Baawardi, as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal (Vo1.7 Pg.270).
(4) Under the heading "Relationships between Men, Women and Children" and the subheading "The
Relationship Between Hadhrat Aa'isha WW6 and Hadhrat Hafsah with Hadhrat Sauda
Yamaaniyyah WSW ".