The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) – Volume III — Page 134
Seal of the Prophets - Volume III 134 another. 1 Every single person 2 from among these 1400 to 1500 people (who were the entire lot of the Muslims at the time), sold themselves once again in loyalty at the hand of their beloved master. 3 When the Bai‘at was taking place, the Holy Prophet sa placed his left hand upon his right and said, “This is the hand of ‘Uthmān, 4 for if he were here, he would not have been left behind in this holy covenant. But at this time, he is engaged in the work of Allāh and His Messenger. ” 5 As such, this radiant scene came to its conclusion. In Islāmic history, this Bai‘at is known as the Bai‘at-e-Riḍwān, i. e. , that Bai‘at wherein the Muslims acquired the reward of God’s complete pleasure. The Holy Qur’ān has also especially mentioned this Bai‘at. It states: َ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَاَنزَل فِي َ اهللُ عَنِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اِذْ يُبَايِعُونَكَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ فَعَلِمَ مَا ى ِ لَّقَدْ رَض قَرِيبًا السَّكِينَةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاَثَابَهُمْ فَتْحًا “O Messenger, Allāh the Exalted was well-pleased with the Muslims when they were taking Bai‘at under the tree. For through this Bai‘at the sincerity that was hidden in their hearts, was brought to the discernible knowledge of God. So God 1 This Bai‘at did not take place all at once, rather, it took place in three portions one after the other * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, p. 130, Dhikrul-Aḥdāthillati Kānat Fī Sanati Sittim-Minal-Hijrah/Dhikrul-Khabari ‘An ‘Umratin-Nabiyyi sa Allati Ṣaddahul-Mushrikūna Fīhā ‘Anil-Bait, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) 2 Excluding perhaps one individual named Jadd bin Qais, about whom there is a narration that he was a hypocrite and during the Bai‘at, he hid behind his camel * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 686, Amrul- Ḥudaibiyyati Fī Ākhiri Sanati Sittin/Man Takhallafa ‘Anil-Bai‘at, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Usdul-Ghābah Fī Ma‘rifatiṣ-Ṣaḥābah, By ‘Izzuddīn Ibnul-Athīr Abul-Ḥasan ‘Alī bin Muḥammad, Volume 1, pp. 373-374, Jadd-ubnu Qaisin, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon (2003) 3 * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, p. 130, Dhikrul-Aḥdāthillati Kānat Fī Sanati Sittim-Minal-Hijrah/Dhikrul-Khabari ‘An ‘Umratin-Nabiyyi sa Allati Ṣaddahul-Mushrikūna Fīhā ‘Anil-Bait, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 686, Amrul- Ḥudaibiyyati Fī Ākhiri Sanati Sittin/Man Takhallafa ‘Anil-Bai‘at, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 299, Ghazwatu Rasūlillāhi sa Al- Ḥudaibiyyata, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 4 Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Faḍā’ili Aṣḥābin-Nabiyyi sa , Bābu Manāqibi ‘Uthmān-abna ‘Affāna. . . , Ḥadīth No. 3698 5 Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 298, Ghazwatu Rasūlillāhi sa Al- Ḥudaibiyyata, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)