Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

88 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @Gbm (Vol-3)
In a portion of the night perform the Tahajjud salaah that is an extra
(salaah) for you. Soon your Rabb will accord to you (0 Muhammad
m) the "Maqaam Mahmood" ("The Praised Position1?. {Surah Bani
Jsraaeel, verse 79)
That (Maqaam Mahmood) is the position (of intercession). Allaah will detain
some people (Mu'mineen) in Jahannam for a while because of their sins
without speaking to them. Then when Allaah wills, He will remove them from
Jahannam."'
Hadhrat Yazeed says, "After this, I never repeated my mistake of denying this
belief." ('I .
Imaan (Belief) in Jannah and Jahannam
The Sahabah i43Gw Picture the Scene of Jannah in
a Gathering with Rasulullaah @@ as if they can
Actually see it before their Eyes
Hadhrat Handhala Kaatib Usaydi @1;1"W who was one of Rasulullaah @&Is
scribes narrates, "We were once with Rasulullaah @% when we spoke of Jannah
and Jahannam (with) so much (conviction) that it seemed to appear before our
very eyes. I then went to my wife and children with whom 1 started laughing and
playing. However, when I thought of the state of mind I had been in (with
Rasulullaah m), I left the house. I then met Abu Bakr BGw, to whom I said,
'0 Abu Bakr! I have become a Munaafiq.' 'Why do you say that?' he asked. I
explained, 'When we are with Nabi k%@ and he speaks to us about Jannah and
Jahannam, it seems as if it is before our very eyes. However, when we leave his
presence and become engrossed with our wives, children and occupations, we
forget ' Abu Bakr wW remarked, 'But we do the same.' I then approached
Rasulullaah @& and mentioned this to him. Rasuluilaah k%% said, '0 Handhala!
If you can be with your families as you are when you are with me, the angels will
actually shake hands with you on your beds and on the street. 0 Handhala! There
are times for this and times for that." (2)
Rasulullaah Tells the Sahabah @,G@&>
about the Last Day
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood @3Wj narrates that one night they spent a long
time speaking to Rasulullaah @@. When they went to him early the following
morning, Rasulullaah @& said, "I was shown the Arnbiyaa and their Ummahs
(nations). As the Ambiyaa passed by me, I would see a Nabi with a group of
followers, another with three persons and another with no followers at all." At
this juncture Hadhrat Qataadah recited the verse:
(1) Ibn Abi Haatim, as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal(Vol.2 Pg.54).
(2) Hasan bin Sufyaan and Abu Nu'aym, as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal (Vol. 1 Pg. 100).