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THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH
Book Title The Lives Of The Sahabah
Book AuthorMuhammad Yusuf Kandhelvi
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The Lives of the Sahabah – Maulana Muhammad Yusuf Kandhelvi (R.A.) (1917 – 1965) Translated By: Mufti Afzal Hoosen Elias 

THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH

without a doubt, the lifestyle and history of Rasulullaah and his companions are among the most powerful sources providing the strength of Imaan and love for the Deen.

The Ummah and the call towards Deen have always been drawing sparks of Imaan from these sources and it is by this that the embers of their hearts have been kept burning.

However, these embers are being quickly extinguished in the gale-force winds of worldly love. Once they are extinguished, this Umma will lose its might, its identity, and its influence over others.

 It will then become a mere corpse which life will carry along on its shoulders. The biographies of the Sahabah contain the history of men who accepted the invitation of Islaam when it was presented to them.

Their hearts testified to its truth and all they said when they were called towards Allaah and His Rasool was, “Our Rabb, we have certainly heard the caller (Rasulullaah ) calling to Imaan (saying), ‘Believe in your Rabb!’ so we believed

They placed their hands in the hands of Rasurullaah and it became easy for them to sacrifice their lives, their wealth, and their families.

They then began to find pleasure in the difficulties and hardships that afflicted them in the course of calling others towards Allah.

In this manner, conviction permeated their hearts and gained mastery over their bodies and their minds.

They displayed the wonderful belief in the unseen, undying love for Allaah and Rasulullaah, compassion for the Mu’mineen, and sternness towards the Kuffaar. They preferred the Aakhirah to this world, credit (the rewards of the Aakhirah) to cash (the rewards of this world), the unseen to the seen, and guidance to ignorance.

They were eager to invite people towards Islaam, thus removing the creation from their slavery to the creation and taking them towards the servitude of Allaah gd alone. They removed people from the injustice of other religions, transporting them to the justice of Islaam.

They displayed no concern for the attractions and vanities of this world and aspired to meet Allaah, and enter Jannah. They also exhibited outstanding courage and farsightedness in spreading the gift of Islaam and delivering it to the world without any cost.

For this purpose, they spread themselves throughout the far corners of the world, sparing no efforts to reach far as they could. In doing this, they forgot their personal pleasures, forsook their luxuries, left their homes, and selflessly spent their lives and wealth. They continued in this manner until the foundations of Deen were established, hearts turned to Allaah and the blessed and pleasant winds of Imaan blew strongly.

An empire of Towheed, Iwan, Ibaadah, and Taqwa was established. Jannah found a ready attraction in people, guidance spread throughout the world and people entered the fold of Islaam in droves. The books of history are full of their stories and the chronicles of Islaam record their accounts.

This has always remained a source of revival and rejuvenation in the lives of Muslims. It is because of these accounts that the concern of callers to Islaam and reformers has intensified.

These narratives have always assisted in reviving the courage of Muslims and in rekindling the embers of Imaan in their hearts and their allegiance to the Deen. However, there came a time when the Muslims grew unmindful of this history and forgot all about it. Muslim writers, lecturers, and preachers then turned to narratives depicting latter-day ascetics and saints.

Books and compendiums overflowed with stories about them and their miracles. People became obsessed with these narratives and they occupied pride of place in lectures, academic lessons, and books.

 As far as we know, the first person in our times who grew conscious of the status of the narratives and lives of the Sahabah in the fields of Da’wah and reforming the religious consciouSness of people was the famous preacher and great reformer Hadhrat Sheikh Muhammad Ilyaas Kandhelwi (passed away in 1363 A.Hl1944 A.D).

He recognized the value of this treasure of reformation that lay buried between the pages of books and realized the value of its effect on the hearts of people. He busily engaged himself in studying these accounts, teaching them, narrating them, and discussing them.

I have personally seen him display tremendous interest in the biographies of Rasulullaah ? and the Sahabah by discussing them with his students and friends. These used to be recited to him every night and he would listen to them with great attention and insatiability.

He desired that they be relived, circulated, and discussed. His nephew the great Muhaddith Hadhrat Sheikh Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhelwi (author of ‘I4wjazul MasaaJik iJaa Mu’aata Imaam MaaJik7 has written a book in Urdu about the stories of the Sahabah (titled “Hikaayaatus Sahabah.

Hadhrat Sheikh Muhammad Ilyaas was overjoyed with this book and instructed those engaged in Da’wah and traveling, in the path of Allaah to study and teach this book.

Consequently, this book became one of the most important prescribed books for preachers and others and enjoyed wide acceptance. Hadhrat Sheikh Muhammad Yusuf succeeded his esteemed father (Hadhrat Sheikh Muhammad Ilyaas) in assuming leadership of those engaged in the effort of Da’wah. He also followed his father’s footsteps in his deep interest in the biographies of Rasulullaah and the Sahabah.

It was he who used to read these narratives to his father. Even after his father passed away, he continued studying biographies of Rasulullaah, books of Islaamic history, and the Sahabah despite his demanding commitments to the effort of Da’wah.

I do not know of anyone with a wider scope of knowledge about the Sahabah the finer details of their lives. I do not know of anyone who could quote so many of their narratives, could cite them more eloquently, and string them together as beautifully as pearls of a necklace.

These reports and stories inspired his discourses and caused magical effects on the hearts of large groups of people who then found it easy to give great sacrifices in the Allaah path. They were thus motivated to persevere the greatest of hardships and difficulties in the Allaah path. During the period of his leadership, the effort of Da’wah spread throughout the Arabian peninsula and even to places such as America, Europe, Japan, and the islands of the Indian Ocean.

The necessity was then felt to produce a book for those taking up the effort of Da’wah and traveling to foreign countries could study and read to each other. This was needed to provide nourishment for their hearts and minds, to motivate their spirituality, and to encourage them to emulate Rasulullaah and the Sahabah in spending their lives and wealth for the sake of Islaam.

It was needed to encourage them to travel and migrate for Deen, to assist others to do the same, and to teach them the virtues of good deeds and noble character. A book was needed of such reports which when read, would cause the reader to fade into the background just as rivers lose themselves in the ocean and just as even a tall man would seem tiny in front of a towering mountain.

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