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Stories Of The Companions ::
قصص الصحابة رضوان الله عليهم
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'Abbaad Ibn Bishr |
‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbaas |
‘Abdullah Ibn 'Amr Ibn Al-'Aas |
'Abdullah ibn Hudhafah as-Sahmi |
'Abdullah ibn Jahsh |
'Abdullah Ibn Mas'uud |
'Abdullah Ibn Rawaahah |
'Abdullah Ibn Sailam |
'Abdallah Ibn 'Umar |
'Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum |
'Abdullah Ibn Az-Zubair |
'Abd Ar- Rahman Ibn Abi Bakr |
'Abd Ar-Rahman Ibn 'Awf |
Abu Ad-Dardaa |
Abu Ayuub Al-Ansaariy |
Abu Dhar Al-Ghifaariy |
Abu Jabir Abdallah bin
Amr bin Hiram |
Abu Hurairah |
Abu-l Aas ibn ar-Rabiah |
Abu Muusaa Al-Ash'ariy |
Abu Sufyaan Ibn Al-Haarith |
Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah |
'Adiyy ibn Hatim |
'Aishah bint Abi Bakr |
Al-'Abbaas Ibn 'Abd Al-Muttalib |
Al-Baraa' Ibn Maalik |
Al-Miqdaad Ibn 'Amr |
'Ammaar Ibn Yaasir |
'Amr Ibn Al -'Aas |
'Amr Ibn Al-Jamuuh |
An-Nuayman ibn Amr |
An-Numan ibn Muqarrin |
Asmaa bint Abu Bakr |
At-Tufail Ibn 'Amr Ad-Dawsiy |
Az-Zubair Ibn Al-'Awaam |
Barakah |
Bilaal Ibn Rabaah |
Fatimah bint Muhammad |
Fayruz ad-Daylami |
Hakim ibn Hazm |
Hamzah Ibn 'Abd Al-Muttalib |
Hudhaifah Ibn Al-Yamaan |
Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl |
Ja'far Ibn Abi Taalib |
Julaybib |
Habib Ibn Zaid |
Khabbab ibn al-Arat |
Khaalid Ibn Al-Waliid |
Khaalid Ibn Sa'iid |
Khubaib Ibn 'Adiy |
Mi'aadh Ibn Jabal |
Muhammad ibn Maslamah |
Mus'ab Ibn 'Umair |
Nuaym ibn Masud |
Rabiah ibn Kab |
Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan |
Rumaysa bint Milhan |
Qais Ibn Sad Ibn Ubaadah |
Sa'd Ibn Abi Waqqaas |
Sa'd Ibn Mitaadh |
Sa'd Ibn 'Ubaadah |
Sa'iid Ibn Aamir |
Sa'iid ibn Zayd |
Saalim Mawlaa Abi Hudhaifah |
Salamah Ibn Al-Akwa' |
Salmaan Al-Faarisiy |
Suhayb ar-Rumi |
Suhayb Ibn Sinaan |
Suhayl Ibn'Amr |
Talhah Ibn - Ubaid Allah |
Thaabit Ibn Qais |
Thumamah ibn Uthal |
'Ubaadah Ibn As-Saamit |
Ubaiy Ibn Ka'b |
Umair Ibn Sa'd |
Umair Ibn Wahb |
'Umraan Ibn Husain |
Umm Salamah |
Uqbah ibn Aamir |
Usaamah Ibn Zaid |
Usaid Ibn Hudair |
'Utbah Ibn Ghazwaan |
'Uthmaan Ibn Madh'uun |
Zayd al-Khayr |
Zayd Ibn Al-Khattaab |
Zayd Ibn Haarithah |
Zayd Ibn Thaabit
Al-Baraa' Ibn Maalik
Allah and Paradise!
He was one of two brothers
who lived for the cause of Allah and who pledged allegiance to the Messenger
of Allah (sollallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and kept their pledge in the course
of time.
The first brother was Anas Ibn Maalik, the servant of the Messenger of Allah
(sollallahu 'alayhi wa sallam). His mother, Umm Sulaim, took him to the
Messenger at the age of ten and said, “O Messenger of Allah, this is Anas,
your lad. He will serve you; invoke Allah for him.” The Messenger (sollallahu
'alayhi wa sallam) kissed him between his eyes and invoked a blessing upon
him that led his long life towards good and blessing. He said, “O Allah, let
him have plenty of money and sons. Bless him and let him enter Paradise.”
So, he lived for 99 years, and Allah bestowed upon him plenty of sons and
grandsons and provided him with a spacious garden that gave fruits twice a
year!
The second of these brothers was Al-Baraa’ Ibn Maalik, who led a great brave
life. His motto was “Allah and Paradise!” Whoever would see him fighting in
the cause of Allah would be totally amazed, for when Al-Baraa’ was fighting
polytheists with his sword, he was not one of those who was looking for
victory - although victory then was the greatest end - but he was looking
for martyrdom. His utmost hope was to be a martyr and to die on the field of
a glorious battle for the sake of the truth and Islam. For this reason, he
missed neither a battle nor an expedition.
One day his brothers went to visit him. He read their faces and said, “I
guess you’re afraid I will die in bed. No, by Allah, He will not deprive me
of martyrdom.” Allah made his thoughts come true, as Al-Baraa’ did not die
in bed, but was martyred in one of the most glorious battles of Islam.
Al-Baraa’s bravery on the Day of Al-Yamaamah revealed the personality of
this hero whom Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab forbade to ever be a leader because his
boldness, courage, and search for death made it a great risk for him to lead
other fighters.
On the Day of Al-Yamaamah, the Islamic armies were preparing to fight under
the leadership of Khaalid. Al-Baraa’ stood licking his lips while the
seconds were passing away as if they were years until the leader gave his
order to advance. His sharp eyes were movinquickly all over the battlefield
as if searching for the most suitable place for the hero to be martyred.
Yes, nothing preoccupied him in the world but this aim. With the edge of his
striking sword, a great harvest of the polytheists who called for darkness
and falsehood were cut down. Then at the end of the battle, the hand of a
polytheist gave him a stroke that made his body fall on the ground while his
soul found its way to the angels among the group of martyrs and the blessed.
Khaalid shouted, “Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)!” So the close ranks
burst forth to their fate, and so did the lover of death, Al-Baraa’ Ibn
Maalik. He started bringing down the followers of Musailamah the Liar with
his sword, and they were falling like autumn leaves because of his extreme
courage.
Musailamah’s army was not weak or small, but was the most dangerous army of
the apostasy. With its numbers, equipment, and the death-defiance of its
fighters, the army posed an extremely serious challenge. They answered the
Muslims’ attack with such an excessively aggressive defense that they were
about to gain the initiative and transform their defense into an attack.
Just then, some sort of anxiety pervaded the Muslim ranks. Their leaders and
orators started giving words of encouragement from their horses, and they
were reminded of Allah’s promise.
Al-Baraa” had a nice loud voice. His leader Khaalid called him saying,
“Speak, Baraa’!” So, Baraa’ shouted with very strong and meaningful words,
“O people of Al-Madinah! Today you have no Madinah, but it’s Allah and
Paradise!” These words demonstrate the spirit of their speaker and reveal
his characters. Yes, it is Allah and Paradise. In this situation, thoughts
had to do with nothing but this. They should not even have thought of Al-Madinah,
the capital of Islam, where they had left their houses, women, and children,
because if they were defeated on that day, there would not be any Madinah to
return to.
Al-Baraa’ s words spread like ... like what? Any simile would be unfair in
comparison with its true effect. Let us say only that Al-Baraa’ ‘s words
spread, and that is it.
It was a short time before the battle returned to its former advantage. The
Muslims were proceeding towards a certain victory and the polytheists were
falling in a shocking defeat, while Al-Baraa’ was walking along with his
brothers carrying the standard of Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) to
its great appointment. The polytheists withdrew and fled, seeking refuge
within a big garden which they entered. The Muslims’ enthusiasm abated; it
seemed that it was now possible to change the battle’s outcome by this trick
that Musailamah’s followers and army had resorted to. Just then Al-Baraa’
ascended a high hill and cried, “0 Muslims, carry me and throw me over to
them in the garden.”
Did I not tell you? He was not looking for victory but martyrdom, and this
plan, he thought, would be the best end of his life and the best way to die.
If he was thrown into the garden, he would open its gate to the Muslims, and
at the same time his body would be torn into pieces by the polytheists’
swords. At the same time, also, the doors of Paradise would be preparing to
receive a new glorious groom.
However, Al-Baraa’ did not wait for his people to carry and throw him. He
climbed the wall by himself, threw himself inside the garden, opened the
gate, and the armies of Islam rushed in. But Al-Baraa’s dream did not come
true: neither did the polytheists swords kill him, nor did he die as he
wished.
Abu Bakr (RA) spoke the truth when he said, “Strive for death and you will
live!” On that day the hero received from the polytheists’ swords over
eighty strikes, over eighty wounds that caused Khaalid Ibn Al-Waliid to
continue supervising his nursing and care for an entire month.
All of this, however, was
not what he wished. But it did not make Al-Baraa’ hopeless. He waited for
another battle. The Messenger of Allah r had prophesied that his
supplication to Allah would be answered. He only had to keep invoking Allah
to grant him martyrdom, and he did not have to be in a hurry, for every
matter there is a decree.
After Al-Baraa’ was healed of the wounds of Al-Yamaamah , he rushed with the
armies of Islam that went to escort the powers of darkness to their final
resting place. Two evanescent empires existed:
The Romans (Byzantines) and the Persians occupied with their unjust armies
the countries of Allah and enslaved His servants. Al-Baraa’ started fighting
with his sword, and in the place of each strike was built a great wall in
the building of the new world that rapidly grew under the standard of Islam
like the rising sun.
In one of the Iraqi wars, the Persians in their fight resorted to every
means of barbarity. They used hooks fixed on the ends of chains heated in
fire and threw them from their castles so that they would hit any of the
Muslims who could not avoid them. Al-Baraa’ and his great brother Anas Ibn
Maalik were assigned together with some of the Muslims to deal with one of
these castles. But one of these hooks suddenly fell and caught Anas, and he
could not touch the chain to save himself as it was flaming hot.
When Al-Baraa’ saw the scene, he hurried towards his brother while the
burning chain was taking him up the castle wall. Al-Baraa’ grasped the chain
with his hands and started bravely dealing with it till he broke it. Anas
was saved, but when Al-Baraa’ and those who were with him took a look at his
hands, they did not find them in their place. All the flesh on them was
gone; only their burned bones remained. And the hero spent another period of
time in a slow treatment till he was healed.
Is it not time for the lover of death to reach his end? Yes, it is. Here
comes the Battle of Tustur where the Muslims met the Persian armies. This
was such a feast for Al-Baraa’.
The people of Al-Ahwaaz and of Persia gathered in a large army to fight the
Muslims. The Commander of the Faithful Umar Ibn Al Khattaab wrote to Sa’d
Ibn Abi Waqaaa in Kufa and to Abu Muusaa Al-Ash’ariy in Basra to each send
an army to meet Al-Ahwaaz. He told Abu Muusaa in his message, “Make Suhail
Ibn Adiy their leader and send Al-Baraa’ Ibn Maalik with him.”
Thus, those coming from Kufa met those coming from Basra to face Al-Ahwaaz
and the Persian armies in a fierce battle. The two great brothers Anas Ibn
Maalik and Al-Baraa’Ibn Maalik were among the believing soldiers.
The war started with dueling, and Al-Baraa’ alone killed a hundred swordsmen
of the Persians. Then the armies joined in battle, and the killed fell from
both sides in large numbers. During the fight some of the Companions came
near Al-Baraa’ and said, “Remember the Messenger’s words about you, Baraa’:
‘Perhaps there is a person with uncombed, dusty hair that people will not
look at, but if he swears by Allah, He will fulfill his prayer. Among them
is Al-Baraa Ibn Maalik.’ O Baraa’, swear by Allah, entreat Him to defeat
them and render us victorious.”
Hence, Al-Baraa’ raised his arms towards the sky and supplicated, “O Allah,
render them defeated and us victorious, and let me catch Your Prophet
today.” He took a long look at his brother Anas, who was fighting near him,
as if saying goodbye. Then the fighting intensified and the Muslims fought
as nobody in the world had done, and they were clearly victorious.
Among the martyrs of the battle was Al-Baraa’, with a happy smile on his
face and his right hand grasping a handful of dust soaked with his pure
blood. His sword was lying beside him. It was strong, without notches,
undamaged.
Finally, the traveler arrived at his home. Together with his brother
martyrs, he ended the journey of a great noble age. And it will be cried out
to them, “This is the Paradise which you have inherited for what you did.”
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Stories Of The Companions ::
قصص الصحابة رضوان الله عليهم
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'Abbaad Ibn Bishr |
‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbaas |
‘Abdullah Ibn 'Amr Ibn Al-'Aas |
'Abdullah ibn Hudhafah as-Sahmi |
'Abdullah ibn Jahsh |
'Abdullah Ibn Mas'uud |
'Abdullah Ibn Rawaahah |
'Abdullah Ibn Sailam |
'Abdallah Ibn 'Umar |
'Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum |
'Abdullah Ibn Az-Zubair |
'Abd Ar- Rahman Ibn Abi Bakr |
'Abd Ar-Rahman Ibn 'Awf |
Abu Ad-Dardaa |
Abu Ayuub Al-Ansaariy |
Abu Dhar Al-Ghifaariy |
Abu Jabir Abdallah bin
Amr bin Hiram |
Abu Hurairah |
Abu-l Aas ibn ar-Rabiah |
Abu Muusaa Al-Ash'ariy |
Abu Sufyaan Ibn Al-Haarith |
Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah |
'Adiyy ibn Hatim |
'Aishah bint Abi Bakr |
Al-'Abbaas Ibn 'Abd Al-Muttalib |
Al-Baraa' Ibn Maalik |
Al-Miqdaad Ibn 'Amr |
'Ammaar Ibn Yaasir |
'Amr Ibn Al -'Aas |
'Amr Ibn Al-Jamuuh |
An-Nuayman ibn Amr |
An-Numan ibn Muqarrin |
Asmaa bint Abu Bakr |
At-Tufail Ibn 'Amr Ad-Dawsiy |
Az-Zubair Ibn Al-'Awaam |
Barakah |
Bilaal Ibn Rabaah |
Fatimah bint Muhammad |
Fayruz ad-Daylami |
Hakim ibn Hazm |
Hamzah Ibn 'Abd Al-Muttalib |
Hudhaifah Ibn Al-Yamaan |
Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl |
Ja'far Ibn Abi Taalib |
Julaybib |
Habib Ibn Zaid |
Khabbab ibn al-Arat |
Khaalid Ibn Al-Waliid |
Khaalid Ibn Sa'iid |
Khubaib Ibn 'Adiy |
Mi'aadh Ibn Jabal |
Muhammad ibn Maslamah |
Mus'ab Ibn 'Umair |
Nuaym ibn Masud |
Rabiah ibn Kab |
Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan |
Rumaysa bint Milhan |
Qais Ibn Sad Ibn Ubaadah |
Sa'd Ibn Abi Waqqaas |
Sa'd Ibn Mitaadh |
Sa'd Ibn 'Ubaadah |
Sa'iid Ibn Aamir |
Sa'iid ibn Zayd |
Saalim Mawlaa Abi Hudhaifah |
Salamah Ibn Al-Akwa' |
Salmaan Al-Faarisiy |
Suhayb ar-Rumi |
Suhayb Ibn Sinaan |
Suhayl Ibn'Amr |
Talhah Ibn - Ubaid Allah |
Thaabit Ibn Qais |
Thumamah ibn Uthal |
'Ubaadah Ibn As-Saamit |
Ubaiy Ibn Ka'b |
Umair Ibn Sa'd |
Umair Ibn Wahb |
'Umraan Ibn Husain |
Umm Salamah |
Uqbah ibn Aamir |
Usaamah Ibn Zaid |
Usaid Ibn Hudair |
'Utbah Ibn Ghazwaan |
'Uthmaan Ibn Madh'uun |
Zayd al-Khayr |
Zayd Ibn Al-Khattaab |
Zayd Ibn Haarithah |
Zayd Ibn Thaabit |
Muhammad The Messenger Of Allah ::
محمّد رسول الله صلى الله عليه
وسلّم --
Biography by a Muslim, Muhammad Hamidullah |
Biography by a non-Muslim, K. Rao |
The Prophet (s.a.w.) as a blessing to mankind |
Description Of The Prophet (s.a.w.) |
Finality of Prophethood |
Last Sermon Of The Prophets (s.a.w.) |
What other scholars say about the Prophet (s.a.w.) and
additional sayings |
The Rightly Guided Caliphs ::
الخلفاء الراشدون رضوان عليهم |
The First Caliph, Abu Bakr (632-634 A.C.)
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The Second Caliph, Umar (634-644 A.C.) |
The Third Caliph, Uthman (644-656 A.C.) |
The Fourth Caliph, Ali (656-661 A.C.)
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Muslim Profiles --
Imam Abu Hanifa |
Imam Ibn Hanbal |
Imam Malik |
Imam Al Shafi’i |
Al Ayoubi |
Al Battani |
Al Biruni |
Al Buzjani |
Al Farghani |
Al Kindi |
Al Idrisi |
Al Khayyam |
Al Khawarizmi |
Al Tusi |
Al Zahrawi |
Dan Fodio |
Ibn Al-Baitar |
Ibn Al Nafis |
Ibn Batuta |
Ibn Haiyan |
Ibn Khaldun |
Ibn Rushd |
Ibn Qurra |
Ibn Sina |
Ibn Ziyad |
Ibn Zuhr |
Sheikh Abdulfattah Abu-Abdullah Adelabu (Ph. D. Damas)
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