7/24/2008 12:00:00 AMby Chief Editor : Prepared and slightly modified from Companions of the Prophet Vol 1-2 - By AbdulWahid Hamid
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It was the fourth year after the Hijrah. The city of the Prophet was still under
threat from within and without. From within, the influential Jewish tribe, the Banu
anNadir, broke their agreement with the Prophet and made plans to kill him. For
this, they were banished from the city. This was in the month of Safar.
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8/10/2008 12:00:00 AMby Chief Editor : Companions of the Prophet - Abdul Wahid Hamid
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Abdullah was the son of Abbas, an uncle of the noble Prophet . He was born just three
years before the Hijrah. When the Prophet died, Abdullah was thus only thirteen
years old.
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7/24/2008 12:00:00 AMby Chief Editor : Prepared and slightly modified from Companions of the Prophet Vol 1-2 - By AbdulWahid Hamid
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History would have by-passed this man as it had bypassed thousands of Arabs before
him. He, like them, would have had no claim to attention or fame. The greatness
of Islam, however, gave to Abdullah ibn Hudhafah the opportunity to meet two world
potentates of his time--Khusraw Parvez the King of Persia and Heraclius, the Byzantine
emperor.
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Abdullah ibn Jahsh was a cousin of the Prophet and his sister, Zaynab bint Jahsh,
was a wife of the Prophet. He was the first to head a group of Muslims on an expedition
and so was the first to be called "Amir al-Mumineen"-- Commander of the Believers.
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When he was still a youth, not yet past the age of puberty, he used to roam the
mountain trails of Makkah far away from people, tending the flocks of a Quraysh
chieftain, Uqbah ibn Muayt. People called him "Ibn Umm Abd"--the son of the mother
of a slave. His real name was Abdullah and his father's name was Masud.
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Al-Husayn ibn Sailam was a Jewish rabbi in Yathrib who was widely respected and
honoured by the people of the city even by those who were not Jewish. He was known
for his piety and goodness, his upright conduct and his truthfulness.
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7/30/2008 12:00:00 AMby Chief Editor : Prepared and slightly modified from Companions of the Prophet Vol 1-2 - By AbdulWahid Hamid
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At Shaykhan, halfway between Madinah and Uhud, the thousand strong Muslim army led
by the Prophet stopped. The sun had begun to sink beneath the horizon. The Prophet
dismounted from his horse Sakb. He was fully dressed for battle. A turban was wound
about his helmet. He wore a breastplate beneath which was a coat of mail which was
fastened with a leather sword belt. A shield was slung across his back and his sword
hung from his side.
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Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum was a cousin of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, Mother of the Believers,
may God be pleased with her. His father was Qays ibn Said and his mother was Aatikah
bint Abdullah. She was called Umm Maktum (Mother of the Concealed One) because she
gave birth to a blind child.
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7/30/2008 12:00:00 AMby Chief Editor : Prepared and slightly modified from Companions of the Prophet Vol 1-2 - By AbdulWahid Hamid
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He was one of the first eight persons to accept Islam. He was one of the ten persons
(al-asharatu-l mubashshirin) who were assured of entering Paradise. He was one of
the six persons chosen by Umar to form the council of shura to choose the Khalifah
after his death.
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7/30/2008 12:00:00 AMby Chief Editor : Prepared and slightly modified from Companions of the Prophet Vol 1-2 - By AbdulWahid Hamid
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Early in the morning, Abu-d Dardaa awoke and went straight to his idol which he
kept in the best part of his house. He greeted it and made obeisance to it. Then
he anointed it with the best perfume from his large shop and put on it a new raiment
of beautiful silk which a merchant had brought to him the day before from Yemen.
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