Part 38 JIHAD : THE FORGOTTEN OBLIGATION To Recite Poems In Jihaad. Narrated Al Bara RadhialLahu Ta`ala Anhu: I saw Allahs Apostle SallalLahu `Alayhi Wasallam on the day (of the battle) of the Trench carrying earth till the hair of his chest were covered with dust and he was a hairy man. He was reciting the following verse of `AbdulLah (Bin Rawaha):- O Allah, were it not for You, We would do have been guided, Nor would we have given in charity, nor prayed. So, bestow on us calmness, and when we meet the enemy, Then make our feet firm, for indeed, If they want to put us in affliction, (i.e. want to fight against us) we would not (flee but withstand them). The Prophet SallalLahu `Alayhi Wasallam used to raise his voice while reciting these verses. Saheeh Bukhari, (p425, Vol.1). The Prophet SallalLahu `Alayhi Wasallam did not normally recite poems but in the battlefield his feelings were different and indeed it is a fact that good poems and poetry instill a religious fervour which is very useful in Jihaad. On the occasion of the battle of Hunain, when the Muslims were suddenly attacked by a shower of arrows, they hesitated and began to retreat from the battlefield. The Prophet SallalLahu `Alayhi Wasallam stood steadfast in the shower of arrows and was reciting the following:- I am the Prophet in truth, I am the son of `Abdul Muttalib. Saheeh Bukhari, (p403, Vol.1). On the occasion of the battle of trenches, the Ansari Sahaba-e-Kiraam, were reciting these poems when digging the trenches. We are those who have sworn allegiance to Muhammad SallalLahu `Alayhi Wasallam for Jihaad (for ever) as long as we live. The Prophet SallalLahu `Alayhi Wasallam replied to them, O Allah! There is no life except the life of hereafter, so honour the Ansar and emigrants (Muhajireen) with your generosity. Saheeh Bukhari, (p416, Vol.1). On one occasion of Jihaad, the Prophet SallalLahu `Alayhi Wasallam finger was injured, the Prophet SallalLahu `Alayhi Wasallam recited the following poems:- You are just a finger that bled, and what you got is in Allahs cause. Saheeh Bukhari, (p393, Vol.1). The Prophet SallalLahu `Alayhi Wasallam sent a group of Sahaba-e-Kiraam RadhialLahu Ta`ala `Anhum to Syria for Jihaad in the year 8 A.H. They confronted the enemy in a place called Mautah. This place was near to a place called Balka. The Prophet SallalLahu Alayhi Wasallam appointed Zaid Bin Haritha RadhialLahu Taala Anhu as the Ameer and said if Zaid is Shaheed then Jafar Bin Abi Talib RadhialLahuTala Anhu, will take his place (as the Ameer), and if he is also Shaheed then AbdulLah Bin RAwaha RadhialLahu Tala Anhu will replace him as the Ameer. Teh battle took place and all three raised the flag of Islam high and were Shaheed in the above mentioned order. After the Shahadah of AbdulLah Bin RAwaha RadhialLahuTala anhu, Khalik Bin Waleed RadhialLahu Taala Anhu took the flag and Allah gave them victory. When AbdulLah Bin Rawaha RadhialLahu Ta`ala `Anhu had held the flag he had added two more poems with the above mentioned poem which are mentioned below. You are just a finger that bled, and what you got is in Allahs cause. O soul if you are not killed you will surely die (your own death). These are teh reservoirs of death which you have entered, What you (o soul) had desired of Shahadah you will receive on (this occasion). If you do what they, (Jafar and Zaid RadhialLahu Taala Anhu) did then surely you have been guided. (meaning that if you are Shaheed). Fathul Bari. When the Prophet SallaLahu Alayhi Wasallam surrounded the Jews of Banu Nazir due to their plots and the breaking of the treaty, these Jews declined to come out even upon the incitement of the hypocrites and sent a message to the Prophet SallalLahu Alayhi Wasallam, that we are not going to come out. You can do what you like. The Prophet SallalLahu Alayhi Wasalla said, Allah is the Greatest, the Jews have called for a war. The Prophet SallalLahu Alayhi Wasallam surrounded them for many days, then ordered the Sahabas RadhialLahu Anhum to cut the trees of Bani Nazir and to burn their gardens. In the end they put forward a proposal to be exilted which was accepted. Hadhrat Hasan RadhialLahu Taala anhu mentioned the incident of the Sahabas RAdhialLahu TAala Anhum burning the trees in the following poems:- The chiefs of Bani Luai found it easy to watch fire spreading at Al-Buwairah. Saheeh Bukhari, (p312, Vol.1). Three more poems have been found in the diwan (scriptures) of Hasan RadhialLahu Ta`ala `Anhu. 1) Those who helped Qurashi, lost each other (meaning, they were killed and separated). Nor did they have any helper withing their own town. 2) They were given the book, but they destroyed it, So they were blind from the teachings of the Torah, and surely destroyed. 3) You denied the Quran even though you were testified about it, From what the warner of Allah (Muhammad SallalLahu Alayhi Wasallam) had said. Innamul Bari, (p110). The Sahabas RadhialLahu Taala Anhum used to satirize the Kuffar with their poems strenghening the Muslims bravery and giving coolness to the Muslims hearts by saying poems in favour of the Prophet SallalLahu Alayhi Wasallam just like they used to do Jihaad against the unbelivers by their lives and wealth. The Prophet SallalLahu Alayhi Wasallam said regarding Hasan RadhialLahu Taala Anhu, Hasan satirized against them and gave satisfaction to the Muslims and gave satisfaction to himself. Saheeh Muslim, English Version, (p1328, Vol.4). The Prophets SallalLahu `Alayhi Wasallam uncles son, Abu Sufyan Bin Harith Bin `Abdul Muttalib had composed some satirized poems against the Prophet SallalLahu `Alayhi Wasallam. In answer to this Hasan RadhialLahu Ta`ala `Anhu replied back defending the Prophets SallalLahu `Alayhi Wasallam position by these poems. Note:- It should be kept in mind that Abu Sufyan Bin Harith embraced Islam on the day of the conquest of Makkah. The following are Hasans RadhialLahu Ta`ala Anhu poems which have been narrated by Muslim. ‘You satirized Muhammad, but 1 replied on his behalf, And there is reward with Allah for this. You satirized Muhammad, virtuous, righteous, The Apostle of Allah, whose nature is truthfulness. So verily my father and his father and my honour, Are a protection to the honour of Muhammad; May 1 lose my dear daughter, if you don’t see her, Wiping away the dust from the two sides of Kada, They pull at the reins, going upward; On their shoulders are spears thirsting (for the blood of the enemy); Our steeds are sweating, our women wipe them with their mantles. If you had not interfered with us, we would have performed the Umrah, And (then) there was the Victory, and the darkness cleared away; Otherwise wait for the fighting on the day in which Allah will honour whom He pleases. And Allah said: I have sent a servant who says the Truth in which there is no ambiguity; And Allah said: I have prepared an army- they are the Ansaar whose object is fighting (the enemy); There reaches every day from Ma`add abuse, or fighting or satire; Whoever satirizes the Apostle from amongst you, or praises him and helps it is all the same, And Jibrael, the Apostle of Allah is among us, and the Holy Spirit who has no match. Saheeh Muslim, (p1328-9, Vol.4).
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