The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 371
VIII - Blow of a Misfortune, Law of Inheritance, Prohibition of Alcohol, Treachery of the Disbelievers and Two Tragic Incidents 371 forelocks and set him free, saying, “My mother has vowed to release a slave from the Muḍar tribe, and therefore, I set you free. ” In other words, from among these seventy Companions, only two survived. One was this very ‘Amr bin Umayyah Ḍamrī ra and the second was Ka‘b bin Zaid ra , who the disbelievers had left in the belief that he was already dead. 1 ‘Āmir bin Fuhairah, the freed slave of Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr ra , and a pioneer devotee of Islām, was also among the Companions who were martyred in the incident of Bi‘r-e-Ma‘ūnah. 2 He was slain by a person named Jabbār bin Salamah. 3 Afterwards, Jabbār became a Muslim and states that the reason for his having accepted Islām was because when he martyred ‘Āmir bin Fuhairah ra , he uncontrollably called out, ِ فُزْت ُ وَاللّٰه , i. e. , “By God, I have attained my objective. ” Jabbār states: “Upon hearing these words, I was astonished that I have just murdered this person and he says that he has attained his objective. What a peculiar thing indeed. As such, when I later inquired as to the reason for this, I was informed that the Muslim people considered the sacrifice of their lives in the way of God as being the greatest success a person can attain. This left such a lasting impression upon my disposition that ultimately, this very influence pulled me towards Islām. ” 4 The Holy Prophet sa and his Companions received news of the incidents of Rajī‘ and Bi‘r-e-Ma‘ūnah at more or less the same time 5 The Holy Prophet sa was deeply grieved by these incidents, to the extent that narrations relate that the Holy Prophet sa was never so deeply grieved by anything before or after these events. 6 Undoubtedly, for approximately eighty Companions 7 to be 1 As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 602, Ḥadīthu Bi’ri Ma‘ūnah Fī Ṣafarin Sanata Arba‘in, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) 2 Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Maghāzī, Bābu Ghazwatir-Rajī‘. . . . . , Ḥadīth No. 4093 3 Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 2, p. 503, Bi‘ru Ma‘ūnah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 4 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 603, Ḥadīthu Bi’ri Ma‘ūnah Fī Ṣafarin Sanata Arba‘in, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Usdul-Ghābah Fī Ma‘rifatiṣ-Ṣaḥābah, By ‘Izzuddīn Ibnul-Athīr Abul-Ḥasan ‘Alī bin Muḥammad, Volume 1, p. 361, Jabbār bin Salmā, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon (2003) 5 Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 2, p. 505, Bi‘ru Ma‘ūnah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 6 Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Jizyati Wal-Muwāda‘ah, Bābu Du‘ā’il-Imāmi ‘Alā Man Nakatha ‘Ahdan, Ḥadīth No. 3170 7 Ten from the incident of Rajī‘ and seventy from the incident of Bi‘r-e-Ma‘ūnah