Gardens of the Righteous — Page 253
RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 253 inquiry was made in every mosque and they all praised him; but in the mosque of Bani ‘Abs a man stood up whose name was Usamah ibn Qatadah and who was known as Abu Sa'ad, who said: Now that we have been asked, I must say that Sa'ad did not accompany an expedition, did not distribute the spoils equitably and did not judge justly. On this Sa'ad said: I shall make three supplications concerning him: Allah, if this servant of Thine has lied seeking to show off and gain notoriety, then do Thou prolong his days and lengthen his period of adversity and afflict him with trials. Thereafter when the man was asked about his condition he would say: I am an old man, afflicted with trials, overtaken by the imprecation of Sa'ad. The narrator adds:. I saw this man when his eyebrows fell over his eyes in his old age and he roamed the streets teasing the girls (Bokhari and Muslim). 1511. Urwah ibn Zubair relates that Arwah bint Aus laid a complaint before Marwan ibn Hakam, governor of Medina, alleging that Sa'id ibn Zaid ibn Amr ibn Nufail had taken possession of part of her land. Sa'id replied:. Could I take her land after I had heard the pronouncement of the Holy. Prophet? Marwan asked him: What did you hear from the Holy Prophet? He answered: I heard the Holy Prophet say: He who takes a hand's breadth of land unjustly shall wear round his neck a garland composed of seven earths. . Marwan said: I shall not ask you for any proof after this. Sa'id responded with: Allah, if she is lying do Thou take away her sight and cause her to perish in her land. Urwah relates that she became blind before she died and was killed by falling into a pit while she was walking in her land concerning which she had raised a dispute and fell into a well and died, and that well became her grave. 1512. Jabir ibn Abdullah relates: My father called me the evening before. Uhad and said: I believe I shall be among the first from among the companions of the Holy Prophet to be killed and after the Holy Prophet you are the one most dear to me. Discharge my debt and treat your sisters well. . Next morning he was among the first to be killed and I buried him along with another in the same grave. Thereafter I was not happy that I should leave him with another in the grave, so I dug up his body after six months and he was in the same condition in which he was on the day I buried him, except for his ear. . Then I buried him in a separate grave (Bokhari). 1513. Anas relates that two of the companions of the Holy Prophet (Usaid ibn Huzair and Abbad ibn Bishr) left the Holy Prophet late one dark night and perceived as if there were two lights in front of them; and when they separated each of them had one light in front of him till he arrived home (Bokhari). 1514. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet sent a scouting party of twelve under the command of ‘Asim ibn Thabit Ansari. They left, and when they arrived at Hudat which is between Usfan and Mecca, a sub-tribe of. Huzail, called Banu Lehyan, was alerted about them, and they set out in pursuit of them with about a hundred archers following them in their