Umar
01-28-2006, 02:04 PM
Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?(13: Sura e Rehman)
All praises and thanks be to Allah, Lord of everything that exists.The most Gracious, the Most Merciful.Master of the Day of
Judgment You (alone) we worship, and You (alone) we ask for help.Guide us to the Straight Way The Way of of those on whom You have bestowed
Your Grace, not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger, nor those who went astray. Ameen
Assalam alaikum,
His name was Abu Ubaida ibn al-Jarrah and he was the ninth person to accept Islam. Participating in all of the battles led by Prophet Muhammad, during the first two caliphates he was the commander of an army in Syria and Iraq.
An incidet occurred at the battle of Uhud which explains the title of this e-mail. Abu Bakr said, "The Prophet was injured in the battle of Uhud. A couple of links from his own helmet had pierced through his forehead, which was bleeding. I ran towards him, and then suddenly, what I should see but a friend running towards him from the east. He raced him before me and I saw that it was the self-sacrificing Abu `Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah.
He requested that I should give him the honor of removing the links from the helmet. With great care and at the same time with great force he lost a tooth in the process. Then without bothering about the pain he must be suffering, again he held on to the other link with his teeth and exerted force. As the other link came out, he lost another tooth as well. Thus two of his teeth were sacrificed, but his beloved Prophet was found relieved and comfortable.
It seemed as if he looked even more handsome and graceful than before with the loss of his two from teeth, because it was done for the love of the Prophet. All the other companions used to look at him with envious eyes. There the only criterion for judging the worth of a person was the extent to which he was willing to sacrifice himself for the Prophet."
[Ref: Ghandanfar, Commanders of the Muslim Army]
NB. One of the customs of the Arabs in that era was to have a gap between their front two teeth. It was considered a sign of beauty. The
comment in the quote about him looking more beautiful doesn't relate to this custom of having a gap between ones front teeth, but more because of the reason it was done i.e. to help remove the links from the helmet.
May Allah Almighty have mercy and bless us all with good health, peace of heart, and integrity in all that we do, ameen.
All praises and thanks be to Allah, Lord of everything that exists.The most Gracious, the Most Merciful.Master of the Day of
Judgment You (alone) we worship, and You (alone) we ask for help.Guide us to the Straight Way The Way of of those on whom You have bestowed
Your Grace, not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger, nor those who went astray. Ameen
Assalam alaikum,
His name was Abu Ubaida ibn al-Jarrah and he was the ninth person to accept Islam. Participating in all of the battles led by Prophet Muhammad, during the first two caliphates he was the commander of an army in Syria and Iraq.
An incidet occurred at the battle of Uhud which explains the title of this e-mail. Abu Bakr said, "The Prophet was injured in the battle of Uhud. A couple of links from his own helmet had pierced through his forehead, which was bleeding. I ran towards him, and then suddenly, what I should see but a friend running towards him from the east. He raced him before me and I saw that it was the self-sacrificing Abu `Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah.
He requested that I should give him the honor of removing the links from the helmet. With great care and at the same time with great force he lost a tooth in the process. Then without bothering about the pain he must be suffering, again he held on to the other link with his teeth and exerted force. As the other link came out, he lost another tooth as well. Thus two of his teeth were sacrificed, but his beloved Prophet was found relieved and comfortable.
It seemed as if he looked even more handsome and graceful than before with the loss of his two from teeth, because it was done for the love of the Prophet. All the other companions used to look at him with envious eyes. There the only criterion for judging the worth of a person was the extent to which he was willing to sacrifice himself for the Prophet."
[Ref: Ghandanfar, Commanders of the Muslim Army]
NB. One of the customs of the Arabs in that era was to have a gap between their front two teeth. It was considered a sign of beauty. The
comment in the quote about him looking more beautiful doesn't relate to this custom of having a gap between ones front teeth, but more because of the reason it was done i.e. to help remove the links from the helmet.
May Allah Almighty have mercy and bless us all with good health, peace of heart, and integrity in all that we do, ameen.