The Devotion of Life — Page 93
93 permitted him to stay. He fought with great courage and also achieved ‘ Shahadat’. (Asad al-Ghaba, Ch. Zikr Umair bin Abi Waqas) This was a great and wonderful company of saintly people. Even the disabled did not want to be left behind and would accompany their healthy brothers stumbling and limping. Hadrat Umro bin al-Jamuh ra was lame and was not allowed to participate in the Battle of Badr because Allah had permitted the disabled to stay at home. His fervent desire for ‘ Shahadat’ compelled him to go to Uhad. He insisted time and again to go to the battlefield. Therefore, the Holy Prophet (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) noting his sincerity, permitted him to join the others on the battlefield. The Companions described that when the caravan was moving towards Uhad, Umro bin al-Jamuh ra kept on supplicating with great humility, ‘O Lord! Permit me to achieve my ‘Shahadat. ’ Do not let me return home an unsuccessful loser. ’ He achieved ‘ Shahadat’ in the same battle and attained everlasting life in Paradise. (Asad al-Ghaba; Chapter Zikr Umro bin al-Jamuh) The Promised Messiah as , on describing that pious Community, states: “The benefit of the company of the Holy Prophet (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and his training, brought such a revolution in their lives that the Holy Prophet (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) himself testified to that change, as if the Companions had exchanged their human nature for the manifestation of the Divine. ” (Malfoozat; Vol. 5, pp. 545)