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The honorable companion Qays ibn Saad [AAT]
They spent all their lives without scanting. They are the best creatures, Allah chose them for the company of his Prophet [PPBUH], the chosen one, sayyduna Mohammad, the Arabian, the Quraishi, Taha, the honest one, may Allah gives him His prayers, peace, and blessings for him and for his pure kind family and his auspicious enlightened companions, and gives them lots of peace to the day judgment. Today we approach to them by talking about one of the servants of the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH] who carried the flag of Ansar in many battles and conquests: he carried the flag of Ansar in the day of the conquest of Mecca and he was a prince on Egypt in the caliphate of sayydi Ali ibn Abi-Talib [AAH]. He is the honorable companion Qays ibn Saad ibn Ebadah ibn Daylam from Ansar [AAH], and he is a great figure of Ansar [AAT]. Those whom Allah said about [And those who before them, held the home and the Faith, love those who fled to them, and find not in their breasts any desire for that which is given them, but prefer to themselves, even though poverty was their own lot, and whoso is saved from the niggardliness of his own self, such are they who are successful] al-Hashr 59:9. This honorable Companion was raised in one of the houses of generosity and liberality of the Ansar, which is the house of Saad ibn Ebadah. Qays' father Saad [AAT] had a strong love for the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH] and was always asking for his blessings. Saad was openhanded generous man, who pays the debts of people not related to him, carries the exhausted, and feeds people at the time of starvation. Qays inherited that from his father [AAT]. Ibn Shiba narrated from Ibn Seirin that the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH] used to distribute the people of Suffa [poor people who have no homes and spent all their time worshiping in the Masjid], in the evening, among some of his companions. So a man would take one or two - until he said ten - of them to offer them dinner, but Saad would always take eighty of them to feed them.
An-Nesa'i narrated from Mahran ibn Abi-Sheib from Qays ibn Saad that his father gave him to the Prophet [PPBUH] to serve him - they said that he served him for ten years. They said that his father, after he embraced Islam, took Qays by the hand and introduced him to the Messenger and said: This is your servant, O, Messenger of Allah. The Messenger saw the signs of excellence and righteousness in Qays, so got him closer to himself and Qays kept that position for always. Anas, the companion of the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH] said "Qays ibn Saad was to the Prophet like the police chief to the prince". Before Islam, when Qays used to deal with people with his natural intelligence, they could tolerate a gleam of his mind. There was no one from Medina or from around it, unless he Reckoned very much for his cunning. But when he embraced Islam, Islam taught him to deal with people with his sincerity not with his cunning. He was a pious son to Islam, and so he set aside his cunning, and he never used his deadly maneuvers. Later when he was to face a hard situation, he would miss his restricted cunning and say his famous words "If it was not for Islam, I would have made cunning that can not be tolerated by Arabs". That was because he was extremely intelligent, resourceful, and sharp-witted.
Among his
qualities, there was nothing better than his intelligence except his
generosity. Generosity was not accidental quality for him, as he
came from a deep-rooted family in generosity and liberality. The
family of Qays, according to the habits of the wealthy and
That is how his life was filled with generosity and altruism. We will take just a glance of it: one of it is when he gave up his right to the inheritance of his father and preferred his baby brother to himself. At-Tabary narrated from Abdel-Malik from Atta' that Saad ibn Ebadah divided his money between his sons then died without knowing that his wife was pregnant. So when she delivered her son, sayydi Abo-Bakr and sayydi Omar sent to Qays ibn Saad about that - i.e. that demanded the share of the boy from his father's inheritance - Qays said "A thing that was distributed by Saad, I will not undo it. But you are my witnesses now that my share is his".
About him
feeding the food and spending money for the sake of Allah, ibn Saied
an-Nass narrated in his books "the Biography" and "the Proprietors
of the Sunan" about his graceful doing [AAH]
in the day of company of Khabt. They say that the Messenger of Allah
[PPBUH]
sent Abo-Obaida in a company that included Mohajirin [Muslims of
Mecca] and Ansar [Muslims of Medina]. They were 300 men, and he sent
them to sea shore to a precinct of Johaina. They got starving. Qays
ibn Saad said: who buys from dates with slaughtered camel, he would
give me the camel her, and I give him the dates in Medina. Sayydi
Omar ibn al-Khattab said to him - out of fear for him as he has no
money, and the money was his father's - "Why is this youth who has
no money, takes debt in someone else's money". Qays found a man from Johaina and said to him "sell me your camel, and I will give you a
load of the dates of Medina". The man from Johaina said: I do not
know you, who are you? Qays said "I am the son of Saad ibn Ebadah
ibn Daylam". The man from Johaina said: I know your relation very
well. So they talked and Qays bought five camels from him, each for
a load of dates, and the man stipulated that the date should be from
the dates of the
[This the flag that we carried lightly with the Prophet and Gabriel was our support] [Whoever has the Ansar as the keeper of his secrets would not be harmed if he has no one else] Imam Ali made him ruler of Egypt [AAT]. Moawya always had his eyes on Egypt as the most precious pearl of his expected crown. So as soon as Qays got this emirate, he got made and feared that Qays would stood between him and Egypt for ever, even if he was victorious over Imam Ali. So he used all his cunning methods that wil stop for nothing. He kept denouncing Qays for Imam Ali [AAT], until Imam Ali called him from Egypt. Qays found a chance to legally use his intelligence, as he knew that Moawya it trying to make him hate Imam Ali, so he thought that the best answer to this cunning is by being more loyal to Imam Ali and the truth he represents. That was the core of the certain the belief of Qays ibn Saad ibn Ebadah, That why he did not think for a moment that Imam Ali made him step down from ruling Egypt, as what is ruling? and what is an emirate to him? as all positions for Qays were just tools to serve his belief and religion, and if his ruling for Egypt was a means to serve what is right, then so is his standing by Imam Ali on the land of the battle, and it is no less in importance and brilliance.
In enlightened Medina on the year 59H, the generous cunning man, that Islam tamed his cunning, died. The man who used to say "If it was not that I heard the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH] saying: (Cunning and decieving are in hell), I would have been the most cunning man of this nation" Yes, he died leaving the perfumed scent of an honest man hanging on to all what Islam had with him of pact, covenant, and charter. Those companions has spent their lives serving Allah and His Messenger [PPBUH]'s religion, so would they be stingy with money or worldly life? No, by Allah they did not. Imam Fakhreddin said about that: [They spent their lives without stinging and they got the kindness and it was necessity] 68/4 [Monotheism derived the boat of their advancing until they reached their dwelling destiny with Islam] 68/5 [They were not mention except with their good deeds and the angels of good tiding say "peace"] 68/8 May Allah lay his prayers and peace upon Mawlana and Sayyduna Mohammad and his family and companions.
Edited by Al-Ga'fari Translated by Sameh
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An-Nesa'i
narrated from Qays ibn Saad that he said: The Messenger of Allah [
generous
Arabs at that time, used to have a caller who stands on a high place
and calls people for food by day, and a lit fire by night to invite traveling strangers to the food. People used to say then "Whoso
loves meat and fat should come to the place of Daylam ibn Haritha".
Daylam ibn Haritha is the second grand father of Qays. In this
deep-rooted house Qays suckled the generosity and tolerance.
Abo-Bakr and Omar [AAT]
once talked about the generosity of Qays and said "If we left that
young man to his generosity, he would finish his father's money".
Saad ibn Ebadah knew what they said about his son Qays, so he
shouted "who execuse me from ibn Abi-Qouhafa and ibn al-Khattab,
they turning my son stingy on me"! Qays
family of Daylam, and Qays said "Yes". The man
asked for witnesses, and Qays introduced him to some from the
Mohajirin and some from the Ansar. Qays said "Take whoever you like
as a witness". Among those who witnessed this, was sayydi Omar ibn
al-Khattab. Omar said "I swear to Allah, I cannot witness this. As
the money is his father's not his". The man from Johaina said: I
swear to Allah that Saad would not let down his son for a load of
dates, and I see a good face and a noble act. Qays took the camels
and slaughtered it in three place, every day one. On the forth day
Abo-Obaida stopped him and said "Do you want to waste your debt
while you do not have money". Qays said "I insist on you not to
slaughter any more. Do you want to waste your debt". Qays said "O,
Abo-Obaida, do you think that Saad ibn Ebadah who settles the debts
of the people, carries the exhausted, and feeds people at the time
of starvation, would not settle my balance for a load of dates for
people of Jihad for the sake of Allah". Sayydi Abo-Obaida almost
accepted, but sayydi Omar ibn al-Khattab kept telling him to stop
him, until Abo-Obaida stopped him from slaughtering and two camels
were left. Qays took them back to Medina as rides, the Muslims took
turns on their backs. When Saad knew waht happen to the Muslims of
starvation, he said "If Qays is as I know him, he would slaughter
for the people. When Qays came back, Saad asked him: what did you do
during the starvation of the people? Qays said: I slaughtered for
them. Saad said: You were right, then What? Qays said: then I
slaughtered. Saad said: You were right, then What? Qays said: then I
slaughtered. Saad said: You were right, then What? Qays said: then I
was prevented. Saad said: Who prevented you? Qays said: My prince,
Abo-Obaidah. Saad said: Why? Qays said: He clamed that I do not have
money and the money is yours, and I told him "my father pays the
debts of people not related to him, carries the exhausted, and feeds
people at the time of starvation". Saad said: I give you four walls
of palm trees, each one of them would give you at least fifty loads
of dates. the man from Johaina came with Qays and his loads and was
fed and given cloth. the Prophet [
