Great Tabeen

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Uways al-Qarani is generally regarded as the greatest Tabi’un. Although old enough to have seen the Prophet, he had no opportunity to do so. One day while sitting with his Companions, the Messenger advised them: “If you see Uways al-Qarani, ask him to pray for you.” [3] During his caliphate, 'Umar asked Yemeni pilgrims about Uways. When he was found one year among the pilgrims, 'Umar requested him to pray for him. Uncomfortable at being identified, Uways was never seen again among people until he was martyred at the Battle of Siffin fighting for 'Ali. [4]

Masruq ibn al-Ajda’ worshipped God very earnestly. He used to sleep in prostration before tha Ka’ba. When they suggested that he should lie down during his last illness, he answered: “By God, if someone appeared and told me that God wouldn’t punish me, even then I would continue to pray with the same earnestness as before.” [6] He did so because he was following the Prophet, who, when asked by 'A’isha why he tired himself so much with praying, answered: “Shall I not be a thankful servant?”

Sa’id ibn Jubayr was a student of Ibn 'Abbas. He spent the day preaching Islam and the night praying. He fought against Hajjaj on the side of 'Abd al-Rahman al-Kindi. When finally he was seized, the soldiers taking him to Hajjaj spent a night in a monastery in a big forest. Sa’id wanted to pray in the forest. The soldiers let him, thinking that wild animals would tear him to pieces. The soldiers watched him pray through a window, and saw wild animals gather around him also to watch.
When his captors used torture to force him to swear allegiance to Hajjaj, he always refused: “You are in the wrong, wronging the Prophet’s descendants. I’ll never take the oath of allegiance to you.” Before he was executed, he recited the verse Muslims recite during the animal sacrifice: I have turned my face to Him who originated the Heavens and the Earth, a man of pure faith; I am not of those who associate partners with God (6:79). When they turned his face away from the prayer direction (qibla), he recited: To God belong the East and the West; Wherever you turn, there is the Face of God (2:115). They struck his neck with a sword and from his lips came out: “There is no god but God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God.” [7]

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Sa’id Ibn al-Musayyib the Tabi’un’s foremost Traditionist, jurist, and Qur’anic interpreter, was born in 15 ah. He met most of the Companions, among them 'Umar, 'Uthman, and 'Ali. Sa’id was a renowned for his reflection and memory, as well as for his piety, righteousness, and profound devotion. These characteristics caused everyone to consider him, even during his lifetime, the greatest Traditionist of his time.
At the early age of around 20, Sa’id began to give opinions and deliver legal verdicts, just as Hasan al-Basri had done in Basra. The Companions admired him greatly. 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar once remarked: “If the Messenger had seen that young man, he would have been very pleased with him.” [8]
He was extremely careful about performing his daily prayers in congregation in the mosque. “I always have said the opening takbir of the daily prayers just after the imam for 50 years,” he used to say. He never neglected even one item of the Sunna. Once when he was ill and doctors advised him to stay in 'Aqiq valley for a month, he objected: “Then how can I come to the mosque for the night and dawn prayers?” He was not content to perform the prescribed prayers anywhere except in the Prophet’s Mosque.

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Hasan Al-Basri

He is one of the most well known saints of all times. His sermons and lectures were unique in themselves. He was blessed with seeing one hundred and twenty As’habi Kiram of whom seventy belonged to the Battle of Badr.
The Mother of Believers Hazrat Umm-e-Salama was very fond of him. Consequently numerous people benefited and obtained guidance from him. Hazrat Hasan al-Basri was the Khalif of Hazrat Ali and had also stayed in the Suhbat of Sayyidina Imam al-Husain and Hazrat Khawaja Kameel ibn Ziyad

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