The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume I — Page 176
Seal of the Prophets - Volume I 176 the Quraish. Abū Ḥudhaifah ra was martyred in the Battle of Yamāmah, which was fought against Musailimah Kadhdhāb during the caliphate of Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr ra. There was Sa‘īd bin Zaid ra of the Banū ‘Adiyy who was the brother-in- law of Ḥaḍrat ‘ Umar ra. He was the son of Zaid bin ‘Amr bin Nufail ra , who had abandoned polytheism, even in the era of the Jāhiliyyah. Sa‘īd ra is also among the ‘Asharah Mubashsharah. He died in the time of Amīr Mu‘āwiyah. There was ‘ Uthmān bin Maẓ‘ūn ra who was from the Banū Jamḥ. He was a man of extremely ascetic disposition. He had abandoned drinking even in the era of the Jāhiliyyah and wished to become a recluse after accepting Islām, but the Holy Prophet sa did not permit this saying, “Religious reclusion is not permitted in Islām. ” Then, Arqam bin Abī Arqam ra , whose home was situated at the foot of Mount Ṣafā and the Holy Prophet sa later made that house his religious headquarters. Arqam ra was from the Banū Makhzūm. Then came ‘ Abdullāh bin Jaḥsh ra and ‘ Ubaidullāh bin Jaḥsh ra. Both of them were the paternal cousins of the Holy Prophet sa but did not belong to the Quraish. Zainab bint Jaḥsh ra , who later came into the matrimonial tie of the Holy Prophet sa was their sister. ‘Ubaidullāh bin Jaḥsh ra was among those who had abandoned idol worship even in the era of the Jāhiliyyah. At the advent of Islām he became Muslim, but when he migrated to Abyssinia, abandoned Islām for some reason and became a Christian. His widow, Ummi Ḥabībah, who was the daughter of a renowned chieftain of the Quraish, Abū Sufyān, later came into matrimony with the Holy Prophet sa. 1 In addition to these people was ‘ Abdullāh bin Mas‘ūd ra who was not from the Quraish, but belonged to the Hudhail tribe. ‘Abdullāh ra was a very poor man and would pasture the goats of ‘ Uqbah bin Abī Mu‘īṭ, a chieftain of the Quraish. After he accepted Islām he came into the service of the Holy Prophet sa , and his blessed company ultimately transformed him into a very learned scholar. The foundation of Ḥanafī Jurisprudence is primarily based on his narrations and religious interpretations. Then was Bilāl bin Rabāḥ ra , the Abyssinian slave of Umaiyyah bin Khalaf. After he migrated, the duty of calling Adhān 2 in Madīnah was entrusted to him. However, after the demise of the Holy Prophet sa he stopped calling the Adhān but in the Caliphate of Ḥaḍrat ‘ Umar ra , when Syria was conquered, upon the persistence of Ḥaḍrat ‘Umar ra , he called the Adhān. This reminded everyone of the Holy Prophet’s time and Ḥaḍrat ‘Umar ra and 1 Usdul-Ghābah, Volume 6, p. 63, Ḥabībah ra bint Abū Sufyān, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut (2003) 2 Call to Prayer (Publishers)