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Examples of patience of the sahabiyaat 🧵

Safiya (رضي الله عنها) was the sister of Hamza (رضي الله عنه), and when she received the news that hamza was killed; she wanted to go and take a look at his body. Hamza’s (رضي الله عنه) body was mutilated

so Zubair stops her and she pushes him aside and said, “Why are you stopping me? I have been told how my brother has been mutilated, that was in Allah’s cause, and that fact has comforted us. I will keep myself under control and remain calm, if Allah wills it.” Hamza

(رضي الله عنه) was mutilated badly, they cut his nose, his ears, his private parts, and they opened up his stomach and chest, so he was badly disfigured. But Safiya (رضي الله عنها) insisted on seeing him, and Rasool Allah (صَلّى اللهُ عليهِ وسلّم) allowed her, she went and stood

over the body of Hamza (رضي الله عنه). Ibn Ishaq said, “She looked at him, said a prayer over him, asked forgiveness for him and spoke the words: ‘To Allah we belong, and to Him do we return.’” This is how she dealt with the calamity of losing her brother and seeing him in that

condition.

Another example is Hamra bint Jahsh, she was the sister of Abdullah bin Jahsh. We talked about what happened with Abdullah bin Jahsh (رضي الله عنه), Hamra’s father and her husband Musab bin Umair also died. So she lost the three closest men in her life. When the

Muslims came to her they said, “Your father has passed away”, she said calmly, “To Allah we belong, and to Him do we return.” They then told her, “Your brother, Abdullah has died”, she remained calm and said, “To Allah we belong, and to Him do we return.” And then they said, “

And your husband Musab bin Umair died”, she then screamed.
Ibn Ishaq narrated when Rusool Allah (صَلّى اللهُ عليهِ وسلّم) saw that, he said, “A woman’s husband has a very special place with her.” And in the narration of Ibn Majah, Rasool Allah (صَلّى اللهُ عليهِ وسلّم) said

, “A husband alone has control over his wife’s feelings.” So the husband is special to a wife. So Hamra bin Jahsh broke down when she heard the news of her husband, when they asked her why, she said, “That is because I remembered that my children will be orphaned.” Rasool Allah

(صَلّى اللهُ عليهِ وسلّم) made dua for her.

Another example is Addeenarriya, she lost her husband, father and brother. They came to her and said, “Your husband, brother and father were killed.” She said, “And how is the Messenger of Allah?” They said, “He is fine, he is just

as you might wish”, she said, “Show him to me, I want to see him.” And when Rusool Allah (صَلّى اللهُ عليهِ وسلّم) was pointed out to her, she said, “Every loss, other than you is trivial.” So she was saying that it doesn’t matter what she loses, whatever she loses is trivial as

long as the Messenger of Allah (صَلّى اللهُ عليهِ وسلّم) is fine.

we talk a lot about loving Rusool Allah (صَلّى اللهُ عليهِ وسلّم), we talk about sacrifice. These will remain intangible, theoretical concepts until you see how the sahabah lived them. If you want to know what it

means to love Rusool Allah (صَلّى اللهُ عليهِ وسلّم), take a look at this woman, she receives the news of the death of her husband, father, and brother, and the only the only thing she thinks about is Rusool Allah (صَلّى اللهُ عليهِ وسلّم). She wanted to see him, to satisfy

herself that Rusool Allah (saw) was alive and safe. This is what it means to love Rusool Allah (صَلّى اللهُ عليهِ وسلّم)

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