Sahabah (Radhiallahu Anhu)

[1] UMAR (Radhiyallaho anho) ONCE SAID TO THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) :

"O PROPHET OF ALLAH , YOU ARE DEARER TO ME THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD EXCEPT MY OWN SELF ."

THE PROPHET : "NO BODY CAN BE A PERFECT MOMIN UNTIL I AM DEARER TO HIM THAN EVEN HIS OWN SELF."

UMAR: "NOW YOU ARE DEARER TO ME THAN MY OWN SELF."

THE PROPHET : " NOW , O’ UMAR."

THE ULAMA HAVE GIVEN TWO MEANING TO THE CONCLUDING WORDS OF THE PROPHET VIZ:

i. "NOW YOU HAVE THE REAL IMAN."



ii. "WHY IS IT THAT IT IS ONLY NOW THAT I AM DEARER TO YOU THAN YOUR OWN SELF ? THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SO LONG AGO."

SUHAIL TASTARI (Rahmatullah alaih) SAYS:

"NO ONE CAN HAVE THE RELISH OF SUNNAT UNTIL HE TAKES THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) AS HIS MASTER AND CONSIDERS HIMSELF HIS [the Prophet’s] SLAVE."

(2) A PERSON CAME TO THE PRPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) AND ASKED:

"WHEN SHALL BE THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT ? O, PROPHET OF ALLAH ."

THE PROPHET : "WHAT PREPARATIONS HAVE YOU MADE FOR THAT DAY?"

THE PERSON: "O, PROPHET OF ALLAH ! I DO NOT CLAIM MUCH SALAAT, FAST AND SADAQAH TO MY CREDIT, BUT I DO HAVE IN MY HEART THE LOVE OF ALLAH AND THAT OF HIS PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam)."

THE PROPHET : "ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT , YOU WILL SURELY BE WITH HIM WHOM YOU LOVE."

WHAT THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) TOLD THE PERSON IN THIS STORY HAS ALSO BEEN NARRATED BY SEVERAL OTHER SAHABAH, NAMELY ABDULLAH BIN MAS’OOD. ABU MOOSA ASH’ARI, SAFWAN, ABU ZAR, (Radhiyallaho anhum) ETC.

ANAS Radhiyallaho anho SAYS:

"NOTHING DID EVER MAKE SAHABAH MORE HAPPY THAN THESE WORDS OF THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam)."

THEY HAD EVERY REASON TO BE HAPPY WHEN THE LOVE OF THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) HAD GONE DEEP INTO EVERY TISSUE AND FIBER OF THEIR BODY.

3. IN THE BEGINNING , FATIMAH’S (Radhiyallaho anha) HOUSE WAS AT SOME DISTANCE FROM THE PROPHET’S. THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) ONCE SAID TO HER :

" WOULD THAT YOU WERE LIVING NEAR ME."

FATIMAH:

"HARITHAH’S HOUSE IS CLOSE BY. IF YOU ASK HIM TO EXCHANGE HIS HOUSE WITH MINE, HE WILL VERY GLADLY DO IT ."

THE PROPHET :

"HE HAS ALREADY EXCHANGED ONCE ON MY REQUEST . I FEEL SHY TO REQUEST HIM AGAIN. "

BUT HARITHAH Radhiyallaho anho SOMEHOW CAME TO KNOW THAT THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) LIKES FATIMAH (Radhiyallaho anha) TO LIVE NEAR HIM. HE AT ONCE CAME TO THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) AND SAID :

"O, PROPHET OF ALLAH! I HAVE COME TO KNOW THAT YOU WISH FATIMAH TO LIVE NEAR YOU . HERE ARE MY HOUSES AT YOUR DISPOSAL. NO OTHER HOUSE IS CLOSER TO YOURS THAN THESE. FATIMAH CAN HAVE HER HOUSE EXCHANGED WITH ANY OF THESE. O, PROPHET OF ALLAH, WHAT YOU ACCEPT FROM ME IS DEARER TO ME THAN WHAT YOU LEAVE FOR ME."

THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) ACCEPTED THE OFFER , SAYING:

"I KNOW YOU ARE QUITE SINCERE IN WHAT YOU SAY", AND GAVE HIM HIS BLESSINGS.

4. A PERSON CAME TO THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) AND SAID :

"O, PROPHET OF ALLAH! YOU ARE DEARER TO ME THAN MY LIFE, MY WEALTH ANF MY FAMILY. WHEN I AM AT MY HOUSE AND HAPPEN TO THINK OF YOU, I BECOME RESTLESS TILL COME AND SEE YOU. O, PROPHET OF ALLAH, DEATH IS SURELY COME TO BOTH OF US . AFTER DEATH , YOU WILL BE IN YOUR EXALTED POSITION AS A PROPHET , WHILE I SHALL BE SOME WHERE ELSE AND PERHAPS I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE YOU , I AM VERY ANXIUOS AND DISTRESSED WHEN I THINK OF THE SEPARATION FROM YOU."

THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) OBSERVED SILENCE OVER THIS AND HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY : THEN JIBRA’EL (Alayhis Salaam) APPEARED AND REVEALED THE FOLLOWING VERSE:

" WHOSE OBEYETH ALLAH AND THE PROPHET, THEY ARE WITH THOSE UNTO WHOM ALLAH HAS SHOWN FAVOUR AMONG THE PROPHETS AND THE SAINTS AND THE MARTYRS AND THE RIGHTEOUS. THE BEST OF COMPANY ARE THEY. SUCH IS THE BOUNTIES OD ALLAH, AND ALLAH, SUFFICETH , AS KNOWER. [ IV: 69 & 70]

THESE INCIDENTS WERE OF FREQUENT OCCURRENCE WITH THE SAHABAH. SUCH FEARS IN THE HEARTS OF THE LOVERS ARE QUITE NATURAL. THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) RECITED THESE VERSES FOR THEIR CONSOLATION.

A PERSON ONCE CAME TO THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) AND SAID:

"O, PROPHET OF ALLAH, MY LOVE FOR YOU IS SUCH THAT WHEN I THINK OF YOU. I CANNOT REST TILL I RUN TO SEE YOU, FOR I AM SURE I WOULD DIE IF I DID NOT SEE YOU. NOW I GROW VERY ANXIOUS WHEN I IMAGINE THAT , EVEN IF I AM ABLE TO ENTER PARADISE, IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SEE YOU, FIR YOU WILL BE IN A POSITION FAR ABOVE MY REACH.’

THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) CONSOLED HIM BY RECITING THE FOREGOING VERSES IN HIS REPLY.

THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) SAW A PERSON FROM THE ANSAR LOOKING VERY MUCH DISTRESSED. HE INQUIRED :

" WHAT MAKES YOU LOOK SO DISTRESSED ? "

THE PERSON : "O, PROPHET OF ALLAH ! I HAVE A WORRY. "

THE PROPHET : " WHAT IS IT ? "

THE PERSON :

"O, PROPHET OF ALLAH ! WE COME TO YOU EVERY MORNING AND EVENING . WE ARE BLESSED WITH YOUR SIGHT AND DELIGHTED TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE , BUT ONE DAY , WE WILL BE DEPRIVED OF YOUR COMPANY FOR YOU WILL BE PLACED ON HEIGHTS INACCESSIBLE TO US ."

THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) OBSERVED SILENCE OVER THIS, BUT WHEN THE FOREGOING VERSES WERE REVEALED HE SENT FOR THAT PERSON AND GAVE HIM THE GLAD TIDINGS CONTAINED THEREIN.

ACCORDING TO ANOTHER HADITH , A NUMBER OF SAHABAH HAD EXPRESSED SIMILAR FEARS UNTIL THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) RECITED THESE VERSES TO THEM, AND THEY WERE SATISFIED.

ACCORDING TO ANOTHER VERSION, THE SAHABAH ONCE ASKED THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) :

" THE PROPHET ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR RANKS WILL SURELY BE IN MUCH HIGHER POSITION THAN THEIR FOLLOWERS. HOW WILL THE FOLLOWERS BE ABLE TO SEE THEM ? "

THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) REPLIED:

"THOSE IN HIGHER POSITIONS WILL COME DOWN TO THE FRIENDS IN LOWER POSITIONS TO SIT WITH THEM AND TALK TO THEM."

5. THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) ONCE SAID :

" SOME OF MY FOLLOWERS COMING AFTER ME WILL LOVE ME VERY MUCH. THEY WILL WISH THAT THEY COULD SEE ME EVEN IF THEY HAD TO SPEND THEIR WEALTH, FOREGO THEIR FAMILIES AND SACRIFICE ALL THEIR POSSESSIONS FOR IT. "

KHALID’S DAUGHTER ABDAH (Radhiyallaho anhuma) SAYS:

"MY FATHER WHILE IN BED WOULD TALK ABOUT AND REMEMBER THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) WITH LOVE AND EAGERNESS FOR HIM. HE WOULD ALSO REMEMBER EACH AND EVERY MUHAJIR AND ANSARI (BY NAME) AND WOULD SAY, "THEY ARE MY ELDERS AND THEY ARE MY YOUNGERS. MY HEART IS EAGER TO MEET THEM. O, ALLAH! CALL ME BACK SOON, SO THAT I MAY BE ABLE TO MEET ALL OF THEM. HE WOULD KEEP ON DOING THIS TILL HE WOULD BE OVERTAKEN BY SLEEP."

6. ABU BAKR (Radhiyallaho anho) ONCE SAID TO THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) :

"I HAVE A GREATER WISH FOR YOUR UNCLE ABU TALIB TO COME INTO ISLAM THAN FOR MY OWN FATHER , AS I KNOW IT WOULD PLEASE YOU MORE. "

‘UMAR Radhiyallaho anho SIMILARLY , ONCE SAID TO ‘ABBAS (THE PROPHET’S UNCLE):

"I WAS MORE PLEASED AT YOUR ISLAM THAT AT THAT OF MY FATHER , FOR THAT GAVE PLEASURE TO THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam)."

7. ONE NIGHT, ‘UMAR Radhiyallaho anho WAS ON HIS SECURITY PATROL WHEN HE SAW A LIGHT AND HEARD A SOUND COMING FROM A HOUSE. HE PEEPED IN TO FIND AN OLD LADY SPINNING WOOL AND SINGING A FEW COUPLETS WITH THE FOLLOWING MEANING:

" MAY ALLAH ACCEPT THE PRAYERS OF THE PIOUS AND THE ELECT."

"SEEKING BLESSING FOR MUHAMMAD (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam)."

"O. ALLAH’S PROPHET YOU WORSHIPPED EACH NIGHT, AND YOU WEPT BEFORE THE DAWNING OF EACH DAY."

" I WISH TO KNOW IF I COULD BE TOGETHER WITH MY BELOVED (PROPHET)."

"FOR DEATH COMES IN DIFFERENT STATES (OF MIND) AND I DO NOT KNOW HOW I SHALL DIE."

‘UMAR Radhiyallaho anho ON HEARING THESE COUPLETS, SAT DOWN WEEPING IN LOVE AND MEMORY OF THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam).

8. THE STORY OF BILAL Radhiyallaho anho IS KNOWN TO ALL. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, HIS WIFE SAT BY HIS SIDE EXCLAIMING IN EXCESSIVE GRIEF:

"O, DEAR! ALAS!"

HE RETORTED : "SUBHANALLAH ! WHAT A LOVELY THING IT IS TO DIE AND BE ABLE TO MEET MUHAMMAD (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) AND HIS SAHABAH."

9. THE STORY OF ZAID Radhiyallaho anho WHILE HE STOOD AT THE GALLOWS ABOUT TO BE EXECUTED, ABU SUFYAN SAID TO HIM :

"HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF MUHAMMAD (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) BE KILLED IN YOUR PLACE AND YOU BE LET OFF TO ENJOY LIFE WITH YOUR FAMILY ."

ZAID Radhiyallaho anho REPLIED :

"BY ALLAH , IT IS UNBEARABLE FOR ME TO SIT HAPPILY WITH MY FAMILY WHILE (EVEN) A THORN IS PRICKING THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) ."

ON THIS , ABU SUFYAN REMARKED :

"THERE IS NO PARALLEL ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TO THE LOVE WHICH THE COMPANIONS OF MUHAMMAD (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) HAVE FOR HIM."

A NOTE:

WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THOSE WHO CLAIM TO LOVE THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) ? THE ULAMA HAVE GIVEN VARIOUS ANSWERS TO THIS QUESTION. QAADHI IYAADH WRITES:

" A LOVER PREFERES HIS BELOVED ABOVE ALL OTHER THINGS AND PERSONS. IF THIS IS NOT THE CASE, THE LOVE IS NOT SINCERE. IT IS , THEREFORE , ESSENTIAL FOR THOSE WHO CLAIM TO LOVE THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) THAT THEY FOLLOW HIM IN HIS WORDS AND DEEDS, CARY OUT HIS COMMANDMENTS, GIVE UP EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS DISLIKED AND ASOPT HIS CODE OF HIS LIFE (SUNNAT) IN EASE AND IN ADVERSITY. ALLAH HAS SAID IN HIS HOLY BOOK:

SAY (O, PROPHET): IF YOU LOVE ALLAH, FOLLOE ME; ALLAH WILL LOVE YOU AND FORGIVE YOUR SINS. ALLAH IS FORGIVING , MERCIFUL." [ III: 31].

THE EPILOGUE

THE STORIES ARE MEANT TO SERVE AS SPECIMENS. IN FACT A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF SAHABAH’S LIVES CAN NOT BE COVERED EVEN IN BIOG VOLUMES. IT IS NOW QUITE A FEW MONTHS SINCE I STARTED WRITING THIS SMALL BOOK. MY ENGAGEMENTS IN MADRASAH AND OTHER MATTERS NEEDING IMMEDIATE ATTENTION HAVE ALREADY DELAYED THIS WORK. I THEREFORE , PROPOSE TO FININSH THE BOOK AT THIS STAGE, SO THAT PEOPLE MAY AT LEAST BENEFIT FROM THESE PAGES. I HAVE TO WRITE AN IMPORTANT WARNING BEFORE I CLOSE. JUST AS WE ARE TODAY LACKING IN OUR OTHER DUTIES WE OWE TO ISLAM, SO ARE WE VERY SERIOUSLY NEGLECTFUL PEOPLE GO TO THE ESTEEM OF THE SAHABAH. SOME NEGLIGENT PEOPLE GO TO THE EXTENT OF EVEN MAKING ASVERSE REMARKS AGAINST THEM. WE MUST REMEMBER THAT THE SAHABAH ARE THOSE PEOPLE WHO LAID THE FOUNDATION OF ISLAM. THEY ARE THE PIONEERS IN TABLIGH. WE CAN NEVER BE TOO GRATEFUL TO THEM. MAY ALLAH SHOWER HIS CHOICEST BLESSINGS ON THEIR SOULS FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN ACQUIRING ISLAM FROM THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) AND HANDLING IT DOWN TO THEIR SUCCESSORS. I AM REPRODUCING BELOW THE TRANSLATION OF A CHAPTER FROM " SHIFA" BY QAADHI IYAADH:

" IF WE CLAIM TO REVERSE AND HONOUR THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) , WE MUST ALSO RESPECT HIS SAHABAH. AS MUSLIMS, IT IS INCUMBENT ON US TO APPRECIATE WHAT WE OWE TO THEM, TO FOLLOW THEM AND TO ASK FOR GIVENESS OF ALLAH FOR THEM. NO DOUBT THEY HAD THEIR DIFFERENCES, BUT WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO COMMENT ON THEM . WE MUST BEWARE OF THE STORIES FORGED BY SHIAHS, INNOVATORS OR BIASED HISTORIANS, WHOSE MISCHIEVOUS MOTIVE IS TO SLANDER SOME OF THE SAHABAH AND SLIGHT THE OTHERS. WE MUST NEVER DOUBT THE SINCERITY AND HONEST OF SAHABAH. WHEN WE COME ACROSS ANY EVENT IN HISTORY WHICH APPEARS LIKELY TO LOWER THEIR STATUS IN OUR EYES, WE MUST EXPLAIN IT AS FAR AS WE CAN IN THEIR FAVOUR AND ATTRIBUTE IT TO SINCERE MOTIVES, FOR THEY REALLY DESERVED THIS LINE OF ACTION. WE SHOULD ALWAYS SPEAK OF THEIR VIRTUES AND MUST HOLD OUR TONGUE IN UTTERING ANYTHING LIKELY TO SLIGHT THEM . THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) HIMSELF HAS SAID , " OBSERVE SILENCE IN RESPECT OF MY SAHABAH ( WHEN THEY ARE MENTIONED WITH DISRESPECT ). "

THERE ARE MANY VIRTUES AND PRIVILEGES OF THE SAHABAH GIVEN IN THE QUR’AN AND HADITH. ALLAH SAYS IN HIS HOLY BOOK:

" MUHAMMAD IS THE PROPHET OF ALLAH . AND THOSE WITH HIM ARE HARD AGAINST THE DISBELIEVERS AND MERCIFUL AMONG THEMSELVES. THOU [ O, MUHAMMAD] SEE-EST THEM BOWING AND FALLING PROSTRATE [IN SALAAT], SEEKING BOUNTY FROM ALLAH AND [HIS] ACCEPTANCE. ON THEIR FACES THERE ARE MARKS, BEING THE TRACES OF THEIR PROSTRATION. SUCH IS THEIR LIKENESS IN THE TORAH AND THEIR LIKENESS IN GOSPEL: LIKE AS SOWN CORN THAT SENDETH FORTH ITS SHOOT AND STRENGTHENTH IT AND RISETH FIRM UPON IT STALK, DELIGHTING THE SOWERS- THAT HE MAY ENRAGE THE DISBELIEVERS WITH [ THE SIGHT OF ] THEM. ALLAH HAS PROMISED , UNTO SUCH OF THEM AS BELIVE AND DO GOOD WORKS, HIS FORGIVENESS AND IMMENSE REWARD. [ XLVIII 29]. "

(2) ALLAH WAS WELL-PLEASED WITH THE BELIEVERS WHEN THEY SWORE ALLEGIANCE UNTO THEE BENEATH THE TREE , AND HE KNEW WHAT WAS IN THEIR HEARTS , AND HE SENT DOWN PEACE AND REASSURANCE ON THEM AND REWARDED THEM WITH A NEAR VICTORY , AND MUCH BOOTY THAT THEY WILL CAPTURE . ALLAH IS EVER MIGHTY , WISE . [ XLVIII: 18: 19]"

(3) OF THE BELIEVERS ARE MEN WHO ARE TRUE TO WHAT THEY COVENANTED WITH ALLAH . SOME OF THEM HAVE PAID THEIR VOW BY DEATH (IN BATTLE) , AND SOME OF THEM ARE STILL WAITING TO RECEIVE THEIR MARTYRDOM : AND THEY HAVE NOT ALTERED IN THE LEAST . [ XXXIII: 23]."

(4) AND THE FIRST TO LEAD THE WAY (IN ACCEPTING ISLAM) AMONG THE MUHAJIRIN AND THE ANSAR , AND THOSE WHO FOLLOWED THEM IN SINCERITY , ALLAH IS WELL PLEASED WITH THEM AND THEY ARE WELL PLEASED WITH HIM; AND HE HATH MADE READY FOR THEM GARDEN UNDERNEATH WHICH RIVERS FLOW, WHEREIN THEY WILL ABIDE FOR EVER . THAT IS THE SUPREME TRIUMPH. [ IX: 100]."

IN THE ABOVE VERSES OF THE QUR’AN ALLAH HAS PRAISED SAHABAH AND EXPRESSED HIS PLEASURE WITH THEM. SIMILARLY THE BOOKS OF HADITH ARE FULL OF THEIR VIRTUES E.G.:

1. FOLLOW ABU BAKR AND UMAR WHEN I AM NO MORE WITH YOU ."

2. MY SAHABAH ARE LIKE (GUIDING) ATARS. WHOMSOEVER YOU FOLLOW, YOU WILL BE GUIDED (ON THE RIGHT PATH):"

3. "THE LIKENESS OF MY SAHABAH (AMONGST MANKIND) IS AS THE LIKENESS OF SALT IN FOOD. THERE IS NO RELISH IN THE FOOD WITHOUT THE SALT."

4. "BEWARE (OF OPENING YOUR TONGUE) IN SLIGHTING MY SAHABAH. DO NOT MAKE THEM THE TARGET OF YOUR CALUMMNY. WHO LOVES THEM LOVES THEM FOR HIS LOVE FOR ME, AND WHO SPITES THEM SPITES THEM FOR HIS SPITE FOR ME. WHO ANNOYS THEM, ANNOYS ME, AND WHO ANNOYS ME ANNOYS ALLAH. ALLAH WILL VERY SOON SEIZE THE PERSON WHO ANNOYS HIM."

5. "DO NOT REVILE MY SAHABAH , IF ANY OF YOU (PERSONS COMING AFTER SAHABAH) HAS SPENT GOLD (IN SADAQAH) EQUAL IN WEIGHT TO MOUNT UHUD, HE CANNOT GET A REWARD EQUAL TO WHAT MY SAHABAH GET WHILE SPENDING ONE OR HALF MUDD OF GRAIN ONLY."

[ A MUDD EQUALS 1 ¾ LBS]

 " ON THE PERSON WHO REVILES MY SAHABAH RESTS THE SURSE OF ALLAH AND OF ANGELS AND OF MEN COMBINED. NEITHER HIS FARDH NO HIS NAFL IS ACCEPTED BY ALLAH."

 "AFTER THE PROPHETS, ALLAH HAS PREFERRED MY SAHABAH ABOVE ALL HIS CREATION. HE HAS AGAIN PREFERRED FOUR OF MY SAHABAH OVER THE REST OF THEM. THEY ARE ABU BAKR, UMAR , ‘ USMAN AND ALI (Radhiyallaho anhum)."

 "O , PEOPLE ! I AM PLEASED WITH ABU BAKR , YOU SHOULD REALIZE HIS RANK. I AM ALSO PLEASED WITH ‘UMAR , ALI, ‘USMAN, TALHAH, ZUBAIR, SA’S, SA’EED, ABDUR RAHMAN BIN AUF AND ABU UBAIDAH (Radhiyallaho anhum) YOU SHOULD REALIZE THEIR RANK , O, PEOPLE ! ALLAH HAS ANNOUNCED THE FORGIVENESS OF ALL THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN UHUD AND WHO SWORE ALLEGIANCE AT HUDEYBIAH. O, PEOPLE ! YOU SHOULD HAVE REGARD FOR ME WHILE DEALING WITH MY SAHABAH, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE MY KINDRED BY MARRIAGE, BEWARE DOING WRONG TO THEM, LEST THEY COMPLAIN AGAINST YOU ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT AND YOU MAY NOT BE PARDONED."

 " HAVE REGARD FOR ME IN DEALING WITH MY SAHABAH AND MY KINDRED IN MARRIAGE. THE PERSON WHO HAS REGARD FOR ME SHALL BE IN THE PROTECTION OF ALLAH ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT. ALLAH IS FREE OF ANY OBLIGATION TO HIM WHO HAS NO REGARD FOR ME. HE MAY SEIZE HIM ANY TIME."

 " ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT. I SHALL BE THE GUARDIAN OF THOSE WHO HAVE REGARD FOR ME IN THEIR DEALING WITH MY SAHABAH."

 " THE PERSON WHO HAS REGARD FOR ME IN HIS DEALING WITH MY SAHABAH, SHALL BE ABLE TO REACH ME, WHEN I SHALL BE AT KAUTHAR; WHILE THE PERSON WHO HAS NO REGARD FOR ME IN HIS DEALING WITH THEM SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO APPROACH ME. HE MAY HAVE A LOOK AT ME FROM A DISTANCE."

AYUB SAKHTIANI (Rahmatullah alaih) SAYS:

"WHOSE LOVES ABU BAKR (Radhiyallaho anho), HE ESTABLISHED HIS FAITH. WHOSE LOVES ‘UMAR (Radhiyallaho anho), HE RECEIVES GUIDANCE ON THE RIGHT PATH. WHOSE LOVES USMAN Radhiyallaho anho , HE IS ILLUMINED WITH THE LIGHT OF ALLAH. WHOSE LOVES ALI (Radhiyallaho anho) , HE HOLDS FAST TO THE CABLE OF ALLAH. WHOSE HONOURS SAHABAH, CAN NEVER BE A MUNAFIQ. WHOSE REVILES THEM, HE IS SURELY AN INNOVATOR OR MUNAFIQ OR ANTI SUNNAT. NO GOOD ACTION OF SUCH PERSON, I AM AFRAID WILL BE ACCEPTED BY ALLAH UNTIL BE CLEANS HIS HEART OF THEIR SPITE , AND BEGINS TO LOVE ALL OF THEM."

SAHL BIN ABDULLAH (Rahmatullah alaih) SAYS:

"HE , WHO DOES NOT HONOUR SAHABAH, HAS ACTUALLY NOT BELIEVED IN THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam)."

MAY ALLHA SAVE ME, MY FRIENDS, MY PATRONS, MY ACQUAINTANCE, MY SHAIKHS, MY FRIENDS, MY PUPILS AND ALL MUSLIMS FROM HIS WRATH AND FROM HIS BELOVED PROPHET’S (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) DISPLEASURE , AND MAY HE FILL OUR HEARTS WITH THE LOVE FOR THE SAHABAH (Radhiyallaho anhum).

SAHABAH’S LOVE FOR THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam)AND OTHER ANECDOTES.

SOMEBODY ASKED ALI (Radhiyallaho anho) :

"HOW MUCH WAS THE SAHABAH’S LOVE FOR THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam)."

HE REPLIED:

"BY ALLAH! TO US THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) WAS DEARER THAN OUR RICHES , OUR CHILDREN AND OUR MOTHERS, AND WAS MORE CHERISHABLE THAN A DRINK OF COLD WATER AT THE TIME OF SEVEREST THIRST."

THERE IS NO EXAGGERATION IN ALI’S (radhiyallaho anho) STATEMENT. AS A MATTER OF FACT , THE SAHABAH REACHED THIS STATE BECAUSE OF THE PERFECTION OF THEIR IMAN. IT COULD NOT BE OTHERWISE , IN THE FACE OF WHAT ALLAH HAS ENJOINED VIZ:

"SAY ! IF YOUR FATHERS AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR BRETHREN AND YOUR WIVES AND YOUR TRIBE AND THE WEALTH YOU HAVE ACQUIRED AND THE MERCHANDISE , FOR WHICH YOU FEAR THAT THERE WILL BE NO SALE , AND THE DWELLINGS YOU DESIRE ARE DEARER TO YOU THAN ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER AND STRIVING IN HIS WAY, THEN WAIT TILL ALLAH BRINGETH HIS COMMAND TO PASS. ALLAH GUIDETH NOT THE WRONG-DOING FOLK." [IX : 24].

THIS VERSE SOUNDS A NOTE OF WARNING AGAINST ANYTHING ELSE BECOMING MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN THE LOVE OF ALLAH AND THAT OF THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam). ANAS (Radhiyallaho anho) AND ABU HURAIRAH (Radhiyallaho anho) REPORT THAT THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) ONCE SAID:

" NONE OF YOU CAN BE A MO’MIN UNTIL HIS LOVE FOR ME IS MORE THAN HIS LOVE FOR HIS PARENTS. CHILDREN AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD."

ULAMA SAY THAT THE LOVE MENTIONED IN THIS HADITH AND OTHERS OF ITS KIND IS THE VOLUNTARY LOVE AND NOT INSTINCTIVE LOVE. IF, HOWEVER , IT IS TAKEN TO MEAN THE NATURAL AND INSTINCTIVE LOVE , THEN THE WORD MO;MIN WILL DENOTE THE IMAN IF THE HIGEST DEGREE, FOR INSTANCE THAT OF SAHABAH.

ANAS (Radhiyallaho anho) SAYS THAT HE HEARD FROM THE PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) . " THERE ARE THREE THINGS WHICH WHEN FOUND IN A PERSON ENABLE HIM TO TASTE THE SWEETNESS OF REAL IMAN. THESE ARE :

1. WHEN ALLAH AND HIS PROPHET (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) ARE DEARER TO HIM THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS WORLD.

2. WHEN HIS LOVE FOR ANYONE IS SOLELY FOR THE PLEASURE OF ALLAH, AND

3. WHEN TURNING TO ‘KUFR’ IS AS ABHORRENT TO HIM AS BEING FLUNG INTO THE FIRE ."