Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 324
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa sa 6 sa га. Hadrat Jabir bin Samurah" relates that the people of Kūfā complained against Ḥadrat Sa'd bin Abi Waqqās to Hadrat 'Umar. Ḥadrat 'Umar dismissed Hadrat Sa'd and appointed Hadrat ‘Ammar as governor of Kūfā. Their complaint was that he could not even lead the Prayer properly. Thus, Hadrat 'Umar sent for Hadrat Sa'd to Medina and said to him: "O Abū Isḥāq! They think that you cannot lead the Prayer properly. . Hadrat Sa'd replied: 'O Leader of the Believers! I conducted the Prayer services as did the Holy Prophet", without any change (i. e. , no decrease or increase). For instance, in the Isha' Prayer I made the first two rak‘at long and the last two rak'at short. ' Hadrat ‘Umar said: 'This is what I thought about you. ' Then, he sent some men with Hadrat Sa'd to Küfā to inquire about him. They made an inquiry about the complaints in each mosque in. Kūfā. All praised Ḥaḍrat Sa'd; but amongst the gathering in the mosque of. Bani 'Abs, a man whose name was Usamah bin Qatadah stood up and said: 'Now that we have been placed under the oath, I am compelled to tell that. Hadrat Sa'd did not lead the expeditions, did not distribute the spoils equitably and did not judge justly. ' On this Hadrat Sa'd said: 'I shall make three supplications concerning him: O my Allāh! If this servant of Thine is a liar and has stood up to show off, then do Thou prolong his life and lengthen his adversity and afflict him with trials. ,' God Almighty did the same. Thereafter when the man was very old whenever someone asked about his condition he would say: 'I am an old man, afflicted with different trials, and people laugh at me. I am certainly overtaken by the imprecation of Sa'd. ' Hadrat Jabir bin Samurah" who is a narrator of the incident relates: 'I saw this unfortunate man when due to old age his eyebrows fell over his eyes and he roamed the streets teasing the girls and they teased him. '" ra (Sahih Bukhari, Kitab as-Salat, Bāb wajūb qiratal īmām) sa. Once, the Holy Prophet" was offering Prayer in the Ka'bah and a few chiefs of the Quraish were also sitting there. Abū Jahl asked if there was anyone courageous enough to bring the womb of a camel and place it on top of the Holy Prophet" while he is prostrating. 'Aqba bin Abi Mu'iṭ got up and brought a womb of a camel which was full of blood and filth 324