Incident from Uhud

[Das_Reich]

Sa’d ibn Ar-Rabi (RA)
As we know, the incident of Uhud ended in a sorrowful way for the Muslims. Seventy Muslims were martyred, including Hamzah, the paternal uncle of the Prophet. The Muslims were winning at the beginning, but later, as a result of the lack of discipline of a group who were placed atop a hill by the Prophet, the Muslims were subject to a surprise attack by the enemy. One group were killed, another group was scattered, while the small group round the Prophet remained. The only thing this reduced group could do was to gather their forces once again and become an obstacle to the further advance of the enemy, especially when the rumour that the Prophet had been killed was a further cause for the scattering of the Muslims. But as soon as they heard that the Prophet was still alive, their spirits returned to them.
A number of wounded had fallen on the ground and they did not at all know what their fate would be. One of the wounded was Sa’d ibn ar-Rabi, and he had received twelve mortal wounds. In the middle of all this one of the escaping Muslims reached Sa'd, when he had fallen on the ground, and told him that he had heard the Prophet had been killed. Sa'd said: Even if Muhammad has been killed, the God of Muhammad has not; the religion of Muhammad remains too. Why do you not stay and defend your religion? Away from this, after the Prophet had collected and verified his companions, he counted them one by one to see who had been killed and who was still alive. He did not find Sa'd ibn ar-Rabi, so he asked who would go to find out what had really happened to Sa’d for him. One of the Ansar said he was ready. When the Ansar found that Sa’d was at his last breath, he said to him: “O Sa’d! The Prophet has sent me to find out for him whether you are alive or dead.” "
“Give my greeting to the Prophet,” said Sa’d, "and say that Sa’d is a dead man, for no more than a few breaths are left of his life. Tell the Prophet that Sa’d said: May God reward you by us better than he has rewarded any prophet by his people.' " Then lie spoke to the Ansar and told him: "Convey a message too from me to my brothers of the Ansar and the other companions of the Prophet. **Tell them that Sa'd said: You have no excuse with God if anything has happened to your Prophet while you can flutter an eyelid.’ "**

*Sharh *of Ibn Abi’l-Hadid, Beirut, vol.3, p.574; and *ibid. *(note 33) p.387.

[little_human]

Re: Incident from Uhud

hmmmm. Interesting.

[qadrifaheem]

Re: Incident from Uhud

Ah Hazrat Hamza (r.a).

His death day just past few days back.