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'They are people with high status prestige' (qasida 15:48) This is the motto of this section, which is for talking about the companions and beloved ones to our prophet Mohammad [PPBUH]. You can find all special expressions in the Glossary. We need your comments to develop this site for you.
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The Great companion Abo-Ayyoub al-Ansary [AAH]
Sayyduna and our beloved the Chosen One, the Infallible, who id a role model to be followed. O, Allah, give the prayers, peace, and blessing to sayyduna Muhammad, his family, and companions all.. the Messenger of Allah said (May Allah have mercy on you Abo-Ayyoub, May Allah have mercy on you Abo-Ayyoub, May Allah have mercy on you Abo-Ayyoub) [AAT] all. That is why, as soon as he saw the Muslim army move towards Constantinople, he rode his horse carrying his sword and went looking for a great martyrdom for which he always longed… in that battle he was wounded. The commander of the army, who was Yazid ibn Mowawya, went to visit him while his breath was racing with his yearning to meet Allah… the commander asked him: what do you need , o, Abo-Ayyoub? … can you imagine what the need of Abo-Ayyoub?...
The Messenger of Allah [PPBUH]
was entering Medina at the end of his successful Hijra, and
beginning his blessed days in the house of Hijra. For this house of
Hijra, Allah has saved what He has not saved for any place else in
the people's world… the Messenger walked among the people gathering
for him filled with love, eagerness, and yearning… he was riding his
camel, a female camel, around which people gathered taking by its
bridle and everyone trying to host the Messenger of Allah… the
procession reached the houses of Bany
In this place the mosque, that will guide the whole world with the words of Allah and His light, will be built. By its side rooms will be built of mud and stones. These rooms did not have of the worldly provisions except what was absolutely necessary. These rooms will be inhabited by the teacher and messenger who came to blow life in its dead soul. He came to give its honor and peace to those who said "our Lord is Allah" then they kept straight, to those who believed and did mix their faith with wrong doing, to those who stayed sincere with their religion to Allah, to those who were rectifying on earth and not corrupting. Yes the Messenger [PPBUH] left the choice completely for fate which is guiding him. He directed his heart to Allah and supplicated to him with his tongue (O, Allah, choose for me)… In front of the house of Bany Malik an-Naggar, the camel kneeled down then it rose up and walked around the place then it lied down again the first place and rested there and became stable the Messenger dismounted it to enter the house have all the goodness and blessings around him. Do you know, who was that lucky man in front of whose house the camel lied down? And the Messenger became his guest? And all the people of Medina stood there envying him for the great gift he had? He is the main character of our talk today, Abo-Ayyoub al-Ansary Khalid ibn Zayd, the grandson of Malik ibn an-Naggar.
This was not the first meeting of Abo-Ayyoub with the Messenger of
Allah [PPBUH].
Before, when he went with the Medina delegation to pledge allegiance
for the Messenger of Allah in Mecca, that blessed covenant known as
the Second Aqaba Covenant, he was one of the seventy believers who
gripped the right hand of the Messenger devoting themselves to the
covenant and support. Now when the Messenger of Allah is honoring
Medina and making it the: capitol of Allah's religion, it was the
grace of Allah to Abo-Ayyoub that made his house become the first
house that the great Muhajir and honorable Messenger inhabits. The
Messenger chose to stay at the first floor. But as soon as
Abo-Ayyoub ascended to his room on the second floor, he shivered and
could not bear the idea of him sleeping or standing on a level
higher than the Prophet, so he kept urging the Prophet and asking
him to move to the higher floor, until the Prophet accepted. And
that was were he stayed until the mosque was built, and a room was
built beside it for the Prophet [PPBUH].
Since Quraish
After the passing away of the Messenger, he did not miss any battle that was imposed on the Muslims, no matter how it was far or hard… his motto, that he was always saying day and night and in secret and in public, was the saying of Allah, Almighty [Go forth, light-armed and heavy-armed] al-Tawba 9:41. Only once he did not go with the Muslim army because he was not convinced with the young prince of the army appointed by the caliph. Whoever, he regretted that for long time saying: what do I care who is appointed over me? And he did not miss any other fight afterwards, he was satisfied to live as a soldier in the Muslim army, fighting under its flag, defending its sacredness. When there happened the conflict between Sd. Ali and Sd. Moaweya, he stood by Sd. Ali without hesitation, because he was the Imam who had the allegiance of the Muslims. When Imam Ali martyred and the caliphate went to Mowawya, Abo-Ayyoub stood there with his ascetic, steadfast, and pious self and did not want from the whole world except a place in the land of war among the Mujahidin for the sake of Allah. That is why, as soon as he saw the Muslim army move towards Constantinople, he rode his horse carrying his sword and went looking for a great martyrdom for which he always longed… in that battle he was wounded. The commander of the army, who was Yazid ibn Mowawya, went to visit him while his breath was racing with his yearning to meet Allah… the commander asked him: what do you need , o, Abo-Ayyoub? … can you imagine what the need of Abo-Ayyoub?... No… his need, at the time when his soul is going back to its Lord, was something that beyond thinking and imagination of any human being; he asked Yazid to carry his body on his horse after he dies and take it to the deepest possible distance in the land of the enemy, and there he buries him, then he maches with his army along that way so that he can hear the sound of the hoofs of the Muslim's horses above his grave then he would know that achieved what hoped for of victory. Do you think that this is poetry? No… nor it was imagination, it was real and true that has been witnessed by the world one day and the world stood there gazing with its eyes and ears and could not believe what it was seeing and hearing. The will of Abo-Ayyoub was fulfilled and in the heart of Constantinople, which is Istanbul today, the body of a great man was buried. And even before Islam came to these parts, the Roman people of Constantinople used to look at Abo-Ayyoub in his grave as a saint. You will wonder when you know that all historians registered these facts and said: the Romans used to pay care for his grave, visit it, and ask for rain with it when they are dried out.
He believed in victory and he saw with his insight these lands taking its place among the Muslim lands and under the lights and glow of Islam. So he wanted his burial be there in the capitol of these countries, where the last and final battle would be, and where he can follow, from under his grave, the crawling of the Muslim armies, hear the flutter of its flags, the whinny of its horses, their foot steps, and their swords' clatter. Today he is resting in his grave there not listening to the sounds of war, which is over now and matters are settled long ago, rather he listens to the sound of Azan from the high minarets: Allahu-Akbar Allahu-Akbar. His joyful soul would answer from his glory and honor: that is what Allah promised us and His Messenger. And truthful Allah and His Messenger are. No doubt, talking about them is relief, so seek to know and be blessed by them. O, Allah, by the Beloved Lover Chosen Infallible One, make all our talk be always in the love of the companions and the honorable Aal-al-Bait and our sheikhs and masters. O, Allah, make us always desire their love and the love of our brothers and sisters, by Mawlana sheikh, Amen, Amen, Amen.
Written by az-Zahraa Yasin Translated by Ahmed
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Salim
ibn Uof, who objected its way and said: O Messenger of Allah, o,
Beloved of Allah, stay with us, as we have the numbers, the
armament, and the power. The Messenger answers them, while they
gripped the bridle of the camel (Release it, it is commanded).
The procession reached the houses of Bany Bayada, Bany Saeda, Bany
al-Harith ibn al-Khazrag, then Adeyy ibn an-Naggar. Each people of
these tribes intercepted the way the trying dearly to have the
pleasure of having the Prophet [
started
flaming up with rage against Islam, raiding the home of Hijra in
Medina, stirring up the tribes against it, and gathering the armies
to extinguish the light of Allah, since that start, Abo-Ayyoub made
fighting for the sake of Allah as his proficiency. So, he fought in
Badr, Uhud, al-Khandaq, and all the sites and battles. The hero was
there selling himself and his money to Allah, the Lord of all
worlds.
In
spite of the battles that filled
the life of Abo-Ayyoub and did not give him a chance to put down his
sword and rest, his life was calm and damp like the dawn breeze. As
he heard the Messenger of Allah [