The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) – Volume III — Page 10
Seal of the Prophets - Volume III 10 played a great role in combating the mischief of Musailamah. 1 Ghazwah of ‘Ukāshah bin Miḥsan ra - 6 A. H. In this year during the month of Rabī‘ul-Awwal, the Holy Prophet sa sent one of his companions who was a Muhājir, 2 ‘ Ukāshah 3 bin Miḥsan ra , as the leader of 40 Muslims to combat the tribe of the Banī Asad. At the time, this tribe had set up camp near a water spring named Ghamr, which was located at a few days journey from Madīnah to Makkah. The party of ‘Ukāshah ra travelled quickly and neared Ghamr so as to prohibit them from their mischief. It was discovered that upon hearing news of the arrival of the Muslims, the tribespeople had dispersed here and there. Consequently, ‘Ukāshah ra and his companions returned to Madīnah and no combat took place. 4 70,000 People from the Ummah of the Holy Prophet sa shall enter Heaven without Account ‘ Ukāshah ra was from among the best of the companions and was an ally of the people of Makkah. He was martyred in the Battle of Murtaddīn 5 in the reign of Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr ra. 6 This was the same great man about whom it was mentioned in a Ḥadīth that on one occasion, the Holy Prophet sa in one of his gatherings mentioned that, “From my Ummah 70,000 people shall enter heaven without a reckoning. ” In other words, they would have attained such a spiritual status and divine grace, and mercy would be in such fervour for them that a formal reckoning would not be considered necessary for them. The Holy Prophet sa also said that, “On the day of resurrection their faces would glow as the full moon 1 * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 5, p. 356, Tasmiyatu Man Nazalal- Yamāmata Min Aṣḥābi Rasūlillāhi sa /Thumamat-ubnu Uthālin. . . , Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * Al-Iṣābatu Fī Tamīziṣ-Ṣaḥābah, By Aḥmad bin ‘Alī bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 1, p. 526, Thumāmat-ubnu Uthālin, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon (2005) * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 3, pp. 102-103, Sariyyatul-Qurṭā’i Wa Ḥadīthu Thumāmata, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 2 A Muslim of Makkah who immigrated to Madīnah. The plural is Muhājirīn. (Publishers) 3 This name is also pronounced Ukkāshah, i. e. , with the doubling of the letter ‘K’ 4 Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 292, Sariyyatu Ukāshat-abni Miḥṣanin Al-Asadiyyi Ilal-Ghamri, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 5 Literally means ‘apostates’ (Publishers) 6 Usdul-Ghābah Fī Ma‘rifatiṣ-Ṣaḥābah, By ‘Izzuddīn Ibnul-Athīr Abul-Ḥasan ‘Alī bin Muḥammad, Volume 3, p. 564, ‘Ukāshat-ubnu Miḥṣanin, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon (2003)