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These were (some of) the men who went to al-Najaashee. The Quraish dispatched `Amr<br />
Ibn al-`Aaṣ and `Umaarah Ibn al-Waleed (in their pursuit) with gifts (for al-Najaashee).<br />
When they (`Amr and `Umaarah) entered upon al-Najaashee, they prostrated before<br />
him. Then they took up positions before him, one (standing) to his right and the other<br />
to his left, and they said to him: ‘A group of people from our tribe have taken up<br />
residence in your land. They have turned away from us and our religion.’ <strong>Al</strong>-Najaashee<br />
clothes, and <strong>Al</strong>laah’s Messenger ﷺ came to our house and I (Umm al-`<strong>Al</strong>aa’) said, (addressing the dead<br />
`Uthmaan): “O Abu al-Saa’ib! May <strong>Al</strong>laah be merciful to you. I testify that <strong>Al</strong>laah has honored you.” The Prophet<br />
said to me: ❝How do you know that <strong>Al</strong>laah has honored him?❞ I replied: “I do not know, O <strong>Al</strong>laah’s ﷺ<br />
Messenger !ﷺ May my parents be sacrificed for you.” <strong>Al</strong>laah’s Messenger ﷺ said: ❝As regards `Uthmaan,<br />
by <strong>Al</strong>laah, he has died and I really wish him every good, yet, by <strong>Al</strong>laah, although I am <strong>Al</strong>laah’s Messenger, yet I<br />
do not know what will be done to him.❞ Umm al- `<strong>Al</strong>aa’ added: “By <strong>Al</strong>laah, I shall never attest the piety of<br />
anyone after him.” [Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Bukhaaree (1243, 2687, 3929, 7003, 7018)]<br />
We affirm the categories of “Shaheed” (martyrdom), as mentioned in the Ḥadeeth - the one who dies of the<br />
plague, the one who dies of a stomach disease, the one who drowns, the one who is crushed beneath a falling<br />
wall, and the martyr who is killed for the sake of <strong>Al</strong>laah. So, whoever is killed in one of these ways, then we can<br />
think good for them, but we should not explicitly label anyone as “Shaheed” or “from the people of the Jannah”<br />
because these are from the matters of the unseen. We affirm Jannah and the status of martyrdom only to those<br />
who have been mentioned in the Qur’aan and the Sunnah.]<br />
233 [TN: Others who also migrated to Abyssinia were Umm Ḥabeebah and Umm Salamah:<br />
Narrated `Aaishah :رضيُاهللُعنها Umm Ḥabeebah and Umm Salamah رضيُاهللُعنهنا mentioned about a church they had<br />
seen in Abyssinia in which there were pictures. They told the Prophet ﷺ about it, on which he ﷺ said: ❝If<br />
any religious man dies amongst those people they would build a place of worship at his grave and make these<br />
pictures in it. They will be the worst creature in the sight of <strong>Al</strong>laah on the Day of Resurrection.❞ [Ṣaḥeeḥ <strong>Al</strong>-<br />
Bukhaaree (427, 1341, 3873) and Ṣaḥeeḥ Muslim (528-16)]<br />
The long Ḥadeeth of Umm Salamah رضيُاهللُعنها will be mentioned later in this chapter.<br />
<strong>Al</strong>so, the ones who migrated to Abyssinia were `Uthmaan Ibn `Affaan and his wife, Ruqayyah, the daughter of the<br />
.ﷺ Prophet<br />
`Uthmaan رضي ُاهلل ُعنه said to `Ubaidullaah Ibn `Adee Ibn al-Khiyaar: “O my nephew! Did you ever meet <strong>Al</strong>laah’s<br />
Messenger ”?ﷺ `Ubaidullaah said: ‘No, but his knowledge has reached me as it has reached the virgin in her<br />
seclusion.’ `Uthmaan then recited the Tashahhud and said: “No doubt, <strong>Al</strong>laah has sent Muḥammad ﷺ with the<br />
Truth and has revealed to him His Book (i.e. Qur’aan) and I was amongst those who responded to the call of <strong>Al</strong>laah<br />
and His Apostle and I had faith in Muḥammad’s Mission, and I had performed the first two migrations, and I<br />
enjoyed the company of <strong>Al</strong>laah’s Messenger ,ﷺ and gave the pledge of allegiance to him. By <strong>Al</strong>laah, I never<br />
disobeyed him and never cheated him till <strong>Al</strong>laah caused him to die. Then <strong>Al</strong>laah made Abu Bakr the Caliph, and by<br />
<strong>Al</strong>laah, I was never disobedient to him, nor did I cheat him. Then `Umar became the Caliph, and by <strong>Al</strong>laah, I was<br />
never disobedient to him, nor did I cheat him. Then I became Caliph.” [Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Bukhaaree (3696, 3872)]<br />
Ibn Shihaab narrated: “`Uthmaan Ibn `Affaan and his wife, Ruqayyah, the daughter of the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah<br />
ﷺ while he ﷺ first migrated from Makkah to Abyssinia. Then they returned to the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah ﷺ<br />
was still in Makkah. Then they migrated to al-Madeenah.” [<strong>Al</strong>-Ḥaakim reported in “al-Mustadrak” (4246)]]<br />
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