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86 everything at once and decided that, ‘For us, our Allah is everything’. If we transform ourselves like that, there is no heavenly blessing that is better than that. ” (Alhakam; vol. 7, pp. 24; From Tafseer Sarah al- Ana’am, pp. 138) A Glance at the Jama’at of the Companions They were the same group of people that included sincere people like Hadrat Abu Bakr Siddiq ra who was forever ready to surpass everyone in making sacrifices. Whenever there was an appeal from the Holy Prophet (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that there was a need for money, he would bring everything that was at home and present it to his Master. Among them were also devotees like Hadrat Sa’ad bin Abi Waqqas ra. When he fell ill during the ‘Farewell Hajj’ and thought that his time had come, he started worrying that he had some assets left which should be spent in the way of Allah, but the Holy Prophet (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) made him understand that he should leave some for his heirs and devote some for the faith. (Bukhari Kitab al-Marzaa, Qaul al Mareez ala Wajeeh) Among them also was a devotee like Abdullah bin Masood ra. One day when he recited the Holy Quran at the Ka’aba, the hard-hearted unbelievers of Mecca encircled him from all sides and beat him up. But he had such zeal for calling people to Allah that he went to the Kasbah the next day ready to invite people to Allah.