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Summary of the Prophet’s biography | Episode (117) | The beginning of the fighting and the intensity of Abu Dujana, may God be pleased with him
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In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
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Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
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An Abridged Prophetic Biography (Seerah),
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Authored by Sheikh Musa ibn Rashid Al-Azimi,
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May Allah preserve him.
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The Prophet's (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) encouragement of his Companions to fight.
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The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) handed the standard
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To Mus'ab ibn 'Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him).
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Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) took a sharp sword
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And presented it to his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them).
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Indeed, Imam Muslim recorded in his Sahih,
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On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) took a sword on the Day of Uhud
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And said, "Who will take this from me?"
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So they stretched forth their hands, each one saying, "I will! I will!"
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He said, "Who will take it according to its due right?"
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He said: The people hesitated and held back.
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Then Simak ibn Kharashah, Abu Dujanah, said,
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"I will take it according to its due right."
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So he took it and split with it the crowns of the polytheists' heads.
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And in the narration of Al-Hakim in his Mustadrak with a good chain of transmission,
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On the authority of Al-Zubayr ibn Al-'Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) offered a sword on the Day of Uhud
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And said, "Who will take this sword according to its due right?"
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I stood up and said, "I will, O Messenger of Allah!"
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But he turned away from me.
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Then he said, "Who will take this sword according to its due right?"
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So I stood up and said, "I will, O Messenger of Allah!"
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But he turned away from me.
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Then he said, "Who will take this sword according to its due right?"
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Thereupon Abu Dujanah Simak ibn Kharashah stood up
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And said, "I will take it, O Messenger of Allah, according to its due right;
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But what is its due right?"
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
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"That you do not kill a Muslim with it,
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And that you do not flee with it from a disbeliever."
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He said: So he handed it to him.
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And whenever he intended to fight,
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He would mark himself out with a red headband.
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He said: I said to myself, "I shall surely watch today what he does."
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And nothing rose before him except that he tore through it and cleaved it—
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Meaning, he cut it to pieces.
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The mobilization of the polytheist army.
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Quraysh organized their army according to the rank-and-file formation:
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The general command went to Abu Sufyan,
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Over their left flank was 'Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl,
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They placed Khalid ibn Al-Walid in charge of the right wing of their cavalry,
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And the standard was entrusted to Talhah ibn Abi Talhah of Banu 'Abd Al-Dar.
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Before the fighting began,
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Abu 'Amir al-Fasiq (the Corrupt) attempted—
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And he was from the Aws tribe—
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To win over his people.
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So he went out to them and began calling out:
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"O people of Aws!
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I am Abu 'Amir!"
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But the Companions from the Aws (may Allah be pleased with them) replied:
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"May Allah grant no comfort to your eye, O corrupt one!"
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He said,
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"Evil has indeed afflicted my people after me!"
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So he left them and returned to the polytheists.
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The onset of the battle
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And the annihilation of the polytheist standard-bearers.
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Then the two armies clashed,
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And the men fought fiercely on that day
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In every quarter of the battlefield.
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The fighting grew intense around the polytheists' standard,
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And seven or nine of its bearers were slain;
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No one took it up except that he was killed.
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Indeed, Imam Ahmad and Al-Hakim recorded with a good chain of transmission,
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On the authority of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said:
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The upper hand belonged to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and his Companions at the beginning of the day,
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Until seven or nine of the polytheists' standard-bearers were killed.
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The fierce valor of Abu Dujanah (may Allah be pleased with him).
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Abu Dujanah (may Allah be pleased with him) fought valiantly with the sword of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him),
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And he did not encounter a polytheist except that he struck him down.
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Indeed, Al-Hakim recorded in Al-Mustadrak with a good chain of transmission,
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On the authority of Al-Zubayr ibn Al-'Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
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"I shall surely watch today what he does."
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He said:
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And nothing rose before him except that he tore through it and cleaved it,
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Until he reached
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Some women at the foot of the mountain
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Carrying tambourines of their own,
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Among whom was a woman chanting:
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"We are the daughters of Tariq,
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We walk upon rich carpets!
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If you advance, we embrace you
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And spread the soft cushions;
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But if you retreat, we depart—
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A departure void of affection!"
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He said:
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So he raised the sword toward the woman to strike her,
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But then he withheld it from her.
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When the fighting subsided,
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I said to him,
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"I witnessed everything you did,
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Except for your raising the sword against the woman
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And then not striking her."
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He said,
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"By Allah, I honored the sword of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) too much
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To use it to kill a woman."
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The martyrdom of 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr
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May Allah be pleased with him.
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'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn Haram was martyred—
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The father of Jabir
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(May Allah be pleased with them both)—
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In the Battle of Uhud,
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After standing firm alongside the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).
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The two Sheikhs [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] recorded in their Sahihs,
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On the authority of Jabir ibn 'Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both),
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Who said:
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When my father was struck down on the Day of Uhud,
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I began uncovering the cloth from his face and weeping,
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While the people tried to stop me,
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Yet the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) did not forbid me.
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And Fatimah bint 'Amr began weeping over him,
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Whereupon the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
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"Whether you weep for him or do not weep for him,
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The angels continued to shade him with their wings
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Until you lifted him up."
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Al-Hafiz said in Al-Fath:
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"Its sum meaning is
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That this exalted personage,
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Whom the angels shade with their wings,
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Ought not to be wept over;
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Rather, one should rejoice for the glorious station he has attained."
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An Abridged Prophetic Biography (Seerah).
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Though the longing of mortals for one another may endure,
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The yearning toward you knows no bounds.
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May Allah send blessings upon you whenever the call to prayer is raised
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And lips move in devotion.