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- When the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam came to Medina
Jabir ibn Abdullah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu,
who was one of the most famous of the Ansaar,
was a very young man.
And he would go on to be
one of the most instrumental people in Islam. I mean,
the Hajj of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
is narrated primarily by Jabir radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu.
There are so many narrations.
There is so much closeness that Jabir
radiAllahu Anhu would enjoy
with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
throughout his entire life in Medina.
But it starts with his father. And what's very interesting
about his father is, what we know about his father
basically pertains to his death.
His father, Abdullah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu, who
embraced Islam, dedicated himself immediately to the
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
and he had Jabir radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
and then nine daughters.
So he has Jabir and he has nine daughters.
And because of that, he didn't want Jabir radiAllahu Anhu
to fight with him in Badr or in Uhud because he wanted
Jabir to take care of his nine sisters in case something
happens to him. So on top of Jabir being young,
his father asks him to stay back and instead he can serve in
another capacity,
but he doesn't want him to go forth and actually participate
in the battle in case something happens to him.
So Jabir radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
was serving the thirsty soldiers,
he was doing what he could, but at the same time,
he wasn't fighting in the battle because his father directly
told him not to.
Now before Uhud starts,
Jabir radiAllahu Anhu
narrates this heart to heart conversation
between him and his father.
Abdullah tells him, waking up on the morning of Uhud,
he says, "Listen my son, I had a dream last night, and the
way I interpreted that dream is that I am not going to
make it past this battle, that you know, inshaAllah,
I'm going to be blessed with martyrdom.
I'm going to be blessed with Shahadah on this day
of Uhud." So he gives him this wasiyyah, this will,
on how to take care of his sisters,
the nine daughters,
he's going to leave behind, as well as some of the debts.
He had a lot of debts and he had nine daughters,
so it's going to be difficult on Jabir
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu, and his father is telling him,
listen, this is what I want you to do
after Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la grants me
martyrdom, because that's what I saw in this dream,
and that's what I think is going to happen on the day of
Uhud.
SubhanAllah, what ends up happening,
Jabir radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu mentions that,
"My father was amongst
the first that were killed on the day of Uhud."
And Jabir was there, but he wasn't allowed to fight.
So he then describes the next part of this. He says,
"Jee'a bi abi hin nabi SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
wa qad muthila bihi,"
they brought the body of my
father to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
"wa qad muthila bihi" means that
he was crucified, basically, he was mutilated.
He was not simply killed,
but,
his father was basically cut into
different pieces.
"Wa wudi'a bayna yadayhi," so he's put in front of
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, and
he had a cover on him,
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
was keeping him covered.
So he says, "Dhahabtu akshifu 'an wajhihi,"
that I went to uncover his face,
very powerful, you know, and human,
"I want to see my dad's face."
And he says, "Fa nahaani qawmi,"
then everyone held my hand and said, "Don't do it," right.
They knew what would happen if I saw what was done to my
father. And so the women of my family, his sisters,
and you know, the widow of Abdullah,
they started to cry loudly.
So they started to wail loudly.
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"Laa tabkee maa zaalatil malaa'ika tudilluhu
bi ajnihatihaa."
He said, you know, "Don't cry because I see that until now,
the angels have not left Abdullah with their wings.
They're still following him and they're shading him with
their wings." SubhanAllah, what an honor for him.
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam is seeing
the way the malaa'ika are following this procession,
even though he has just been killed,
they're still keeping their wings over him.
Now, Jabir radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
says, you know, that obviously this was,
was difficult on the whole family to lose him.
They knew that he was blessed.
They knew that he had the bushra, they knew that he was
you know, given the glad tidings and martyred,
but at the same time, it hurt them, right?
To be missing such an important figure in their family.
So he says, "The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
came up to me and he said,
"Ya Jabir, maa li araaka munkasiran," you know, SubhanAllah,
it's so beautiful.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
even recognizes, he says, "Ya Jabir,
why do I see you broken?" Munkasira, you're broken, and
he says, "Ya Rasulullah, my father has been martyred.
And he left behind, you know,
a lot of daughters and a lot of debts.
So it's overwhelming."
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said:
"Should I not tell you
what happened to your father after he
passed away?"
So I said, "Balaa, Ya Rasulullah,
yes, O Messenger of Allah."
So we already know the angels were following him around with
their wings and shading him throughout that entire process.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam says:
"Maa kallam Allahu ahadan qat illa min waraa'i hijab
wa kallama abaaka kifaaha."
This is so beautiful.
He said, "Allah never spoke to anyone except from behind a
veil.
But he spoke to your father directly."
SubhanAllah, that's, that's a huge ni'mah, huge blessing
right?
That's something that is beyond what anyone could expect,
like Allah spoke to your father, directly rather than from
behind a veil.
And what did he say to him?
He said, "Ya 'abdi, tamanna 'alayya,"
"Oh, my servant ask me anything,
Ya Abdullah, and I'll give it to you."
So this is a conversation
that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
is relating to Jabir about a conversation between
Allah and his father. So he said, "Ya Rabb,"
He said, "O my Lord,
tuhyeeni fa uqtalu feeka thaaniya,"
"Oh my Lord,
my wish is that you send me back
to the dunya,
and I'll be
killed in your cause again." SubhanAllah,
give me life again, Ya Allah,
And let me be martyred for your sake again.
Why?
Because you know, the martyr wants to come back.
Not because the martyr is not enjoying what they have,
but SubhanAllah,
when they see what Allah is giving them, and giving
your life for Allah means nothing at that point, right?
I mean, it's, it's compared to what Allah is
giving to you. So Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
responded and He said, "Innahu sabaqa minni
annahum ilayhaa laa yarji'oon. I have already decreed
that the people will not return back
to it," meaning, you're not going to go back to the dunya.
And he said, "Ya Rabb, fa abligh min waraa'i,"
he said, "O my Lord, then convey
the news of what is happening with me
to those that I left behind. Tell my family what happened
with me." So Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
revealed, "Wa laa tahsabanna alladhina qutilu fee sabeel
lillahi amwaatan bal ahyaa'un 'inda rabbihim yurzaqoon."
"Do not say of those who have been killed in the way
of Allah, "They are dead," rather, they are with
their Lord being sustained."
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