The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 365
VIII - Blow of a Misfortune, Law of Inheritance, Prohibition of Alcohol, Treachery of the Disbelievers and Two Tragic Incidents 365 playing here and there; and he placed him on his thigh. When the mother saw that Khubaib ra was holding a razor in his hand and her child was sitting on his thigh, she began to tremble and her face turned pale in fear. When Khubaib ra saw her, he understood that she was fearful and said, “Do you think that I will kill this child? Do not think this. God-Willing, I shall never commit such an act. ” Upon hearing these words, the faded countenance of the mother lit up. This lady was so deeply influenced by the high moral character of Khubaib ra that afterwards, she would always say, “I have never seen a prisoner as good as Khubaib. ” She would also say, “On one occasion, I saw a bunch of grapes in the hand of Khubaib ra and he was picking grapes one by one and eating them, although there was no sign of grapes in Makkah during those days and Khubaib ra was shackled in strong iron chains. ” She says, “I believe that these were heavenly provisions which would come to Khubaib. ” 1 However, before the heartfelt enmity of the Quraish, emotions of mercy and justice were out of the question. As such, it had not been many days when the people of the Banū Al-Ḥārith and other chieftains of the Quraish took Khubaib ra to an open field in order to execute him and celebrate his death. When Khubaib ra perceived the fragrance of martyrdom, he implored the Quraish to allow him an opportunity to offer two Rak‘āt of Ṣalāt before his death. The Quraish, who perhaps desired to make the Islāmic worship a part of this spectacle, granted him permission. Khubaib ra offerred two Rak‘āt of Ṣalāt with great attention and concentration. After completing his Ṣalāt , he said to the Quraish, “I desired to prolong my Ṣalāt even more, but then I thought that you may assume that I am prolonging my Ṣalāt with the intention of deferring death. ” Then, reciting the following couplets, Khubaib ra leaned forward: ْ مَصْرَعِی ِ لِلّٰه َ كَان ٍّ شِق ِّ اَی ٰ عَلی مُسْلِمًا ُ اُقْتَل َ حِیْن ْ اُبَالِی ْ اِن وَمَا ِ مُمَزَّع ٍ شَلْو ِ اَوْصَال ٰ عَلی ْ یُبَارِك أ ا َ یَش ْ وَاِن ِ الْاِلٰه ِ ذَات ْ فِی َ وَذَالِك “When I am being martyred in the cause of Islām as a Muslim, I care not as to which flank I fall upon after being martyred, all of this is for the sake of God; And if my God so wills, He shall bless my every severed limb. ” The last words of these couplets were perhaps still echoing from the tongue of Khubaib ra when ‘Uqbah bin Ḥārith stepped forward and this lover of 1 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Jihād Was-Siyar, Bābu Hal Yasta’sirur-Rajulu. . . . . , Ḥadīth No. 3045 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Maghāzī, Bābu Ghazwatir-Rajī‘. . . . . , Ḥadīth No. 4086