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The Companions and Their Followers Love of the Prophet
The narrations of the Companions and their followers (Tabien and Tabi Tabien) and esteemed learned persons regarding their love for the Prophet and their longing for him
Abu Hurayrah tells us that the Messenger of Allah told his Companions, "Those in my nation whose love will be the strongest are those who come after me. Amongst them there are some who would trade their family and wealth to have seen me."
Omar said to the Prophet "I love you more than myself."
Amr, Al As's son said, "There is no one more beloved to me than the Messenger of Allah .”
Abda, the daughter of Khalid, Ma'dan's son spoke of her father saying, "Khalid never went to bed without yearning for the Messenger of Allah and his Emigrant (Muhajirun) and Helper (Ansar) Companions, and he would name each one of them. He would say, 'They are my root and branch, my heart yearns for them, I have yearned for them for a long time, O my Lord, hasten my return to You!'"
Isaac's son tells us that during the encounter of Uhud the father, brother and husband of one of the Ansari women were killed as they fought alongside the Messenger of Allah . However, despite her loss, her only concern was for the safety of the Prophet . The lady asked anxiously for news of the Prophet , whereupon she was told, 'Praise be to Allah, he is as well as you would wish," She asked, "Show him to me so that I may see him." When she caught sight of him, she exclaimed, "Now that I know you are safe, any affliction has become as nothing."
The Caliph Omar went out one night to see that all was well in the community and happened to see a lighted lamp in the house of an elderly lady who was carding some wool. As she worked away she said, "The praise of the good be upon Muhammad, may the blessed bless him! I stand in tears before dawn. If only I knew when death gives us different forms whether the Abode will join me to my beloved." Upon hearing these heart-felt words Omar sat down and tears fell from his eyes.
As death approached Bilal, his wife called out, "O sorrow." Bilal responded, "O what joy, I will meet those I love, Muhammad and his party!"
When the Meccans took Zayd, Ad-Dathina's son out of the Sacred Precincts to martyr him, Abu Sufyan, Harb's son, said to him, "I ask you by Allah, don't you wish that Muhammad was with us now so that he would be in your place and that it would be his head that will be severed, and you were with your family?" Zayd replied, "By Allah, I would not wish that Muhammad would be in a place where even a thorn would prick him if that was the
The narrations of the Companions and their followers (Tabien and Tabi Tabien) and esteemed learned persons regarding their love for the Prophet and their longing for him
Abu Hurayrah tells us that the Messenger of Allah told his Companions, "Those in my nation whose love will be the strongest are those who come after me. Amongst them there are some who would trade their family and wealth to have seen me."
Omar said to the Prophet "I love you more than myself."
Amr, Al As's son said, "There is no one more beloved to me than the Messenger of Allah .”
Abda, the daughter of Khalid, Ma'dan's son spoke of her father saying, "Khalid never went to bed without yearning for the Messenger of Allah and his Emigrant (Muhajirun) and Helper (Ansar) Companions, and he would name each one of them. He would say, 'They are my root and branch, my heart yearns for them, I have yearned for them for a long time, O my Lord, hasten my return to You!'"
Isaac's son tells us that during the encounter of Uhud the father, brother and husband of one of the Ansari women were killed as they fought alongside the Messenger of Allah . However, despite her loss, her only concern was for the safety of the Prophet . The lady asked anxiously for news of the Prophet , whereupon she was told, 'Praise be to Allah, he is as well as you would wish," She asked, "Show him to me so that I may see him." When she caught sight of him, she exclaimed, "Now that I know you are safe, any affliction has become as nothing."
The Caliph Omar went out one night to see that all was well in the community and happened to see a lighted lamp in the house of an elderly lady who was carding some wool. As she worked away she said, "The praise of the good be upon Muhammad, may the blessed bless him! I stand in tears before dawn. If only I knew when death gives us different forms whether the Abode will join me to my beloved." Upon hearing these heart-felt words Omar sat down and tears fell from his eyes.
As death approached Bilal, his wife called out, "O sorrow." Bilal responded, "O what joy, I will meet those I love, Muhammad and his party!"
When the Meccans took Zayd, Ad-Dathina's son out of the Sacred Precincts to martyr him, Abu Sufyan, Harb's son, said to him, "I ask you by Allah, don't you wish that Muhammad was with us now so that he would be in your place and that it would be his head that will be severed, and you were with your family?" Zayd replied, "By Allah, I would not wish that Muhammad would be in a place where even a thorn would prick him if that was the