Sahaba - The Blessed

the greatest ones of the Muhâjirîn.
The second group, called Ansâr-i-kirâm, were those Muslims
living in the blessed city of Medina or in its vicinity. They were
honoured with the title Ansâr (Helpers) on account of the help
they offered to our master, the Messenger of Allah ‘sall-Allâhu
’alaihi wa sallam’. Khâlid ibn Zayd abâ Ayyûb al-Ansârî ‘radiy-
Allâhu ’anh’ was one of the greatest Ansâr. It is stated in a hadîthi-sherîf
conveyed by Imâm-i-Tirmuzî: “On the Rising Day each of
my Ashâb will rise from his grave and, leading the Believers of
the country where he passed away and showering haloes and
lights on them, he will take them to the square of Arasât.”
Accordingly, all the Believers in Istanbul will come to the place of
judgement behind Hadrat Khâlid ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ and under
his light.
The third group were the people who embraced Islam in
Mekka or elsewhere upon the conquest of the blessed city or
afterwards; they are Sahâbîs, although they are neither Muhâjirs
nor Ansâr. Mu’âwiya and ’Amr ibn al-Âs ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anhumâ’
are two of the greatest ones in this group.
Imâm-i-Wâqidî states: Of all the Sahâbîs who passed away in
Kûfa (today’s Najaf), Abdullah ibn Awfâ was the last one. The last
one to pass away in Damascus was Abdullah bin Yasr. The last one
of those who passed away in Medîna-i-munawwara was Sahl bin
Sa’d; he was ninety-five years old when he passed away. Enes bin
Mâlik was the last one to pass away in Basra. Abu-t-tufayl Âmir,
who was the last one of those who passed away in Mekka-imukarrama,
was at the same time the last of them all; he passed
away in the hundredth year of the Hijrat (Hegira).
All the Ashâb-i-kirâm ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhum ajma’în’,
with the exception of a few close relatives of Rasûlullah ‘sall-
Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’, were younger than the Messenger of
Allah. Although the number of Rasûlullah’s ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi
wa sallam’ Ashâb is not exactly known, he went to Mekka with
ten thousand people and to the Holy War of Tabuk with a
seventy-thousand-strong army, while ninety-thousand people
accompanied him in his Farewell Hajj. More than one hundred
and twenty-four thousand Sahâbîs were still alive at the time of his
passing away.
There are numerous books rendering correct accounts about
the virtues and values of the Ashâb-i-kirâm ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ
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