Chapter Eleven:

The Chapter Concerning the Belief that the Sahabah @.- Had in the Unseen The Magnificence of lmaan ............................................................................................................................... 41 Rasulullaah Gives the Glad Tidings of Jannah for the Person who Dies Without Committing Shirk ..... 42 The Incident of the Bedouin with Great Understanding ................................................................................ The Narration of Hadtrat Uthmaan !&ZW4 Stating that Jahannam is Forbidden to the One who Recites the Shahaadah .......................................................................................................................................... 43 Rasulullaah @@ Gives the Glad Tidings of Forgiveness to the Sahabah @.W& j who Recited the Shahaadah with him in a Particular Gathering ......................................................................................... 43 Rasulullaah @& Gives Glad Tidings to the Sahabah i4iEGW4 in Kudayd .................................................... 44 The Shahaadah Atones for a False Oath .......................................................................................................... 44 People who Recited the Shahaadah will Leave Jahannam ........................................................................... A Group of Mu'mineen that will be Saved from Jahannam .............................................................................. 45 The Statements of Hadhrat Ali WX$&j, Hadhrat Abu Dardaa ~~ and Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood Con'cerning the Shahaadah and those Reciting it ...................................................... The Gatherings of lmaan .................................................................................................................................. 46 The Eagerness of Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Rawaaha %@&j to Participate in the Gatherings of Imaan ........ 46 The Eagerness of Hadhrat Umar ?iW&j and Hadhrat Mu'aadh to Participate in the Gatherings of lmaan ..................................................................................................................................................... 47 ........................................................................................................................................... Renewing lmaan The incident of a Man With Diarrhoea ......................................................................................................... 4 The Incident of Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Mas'ood ?WWj and his Wife ........................................................... 48 The Incident of Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Rawaaha %W&j and his Wife ..........................................................

The Incident of Hadhrat Umar !&W&% and Rasulullaah @@ at Hudaybiyyah ............................................. 49 The Happiness of Rasulullaah 4%$ when Revelation About Forgiveness and Victory Arrived as they were Returning from Hudaybiyyah ......................................................... ............................................... 51 The Incident of the River Nile during the Khilaafah of Hadhrat Umar %%Z& ............................................. 53 Hadhrat Alaa bin Hadhrami ?&UWj leads the Muslim Arny into the Ocean ................................................... 53 Hadhrat Tameem Daari -j Drives a Fire Away ....................................................................................... 54 What Rasulullaah @& saw when He struck A Boulder During Preparations for the Battle of Khandaq and the Glad Tidings he gave the Sahabah i@G%% ................................................................................ ..... Hadhrat Khaalid Wi&% Drinks Poison and the Statement of a Christian about the Sahabah @.- ................... Statements of the Sahabah i@GW Attesting that Large Numbers Does not Bring Assistance ..................... The Reality and Perfection of lmaan .. ................................................................................... 58 ............................... Rasulullaah asks Hadhrat Haarith Bin Maalik ?&$3&@j how he Felt and his Reply Rasulullaah @& asks Hadhrat Mu'aadh how he Felt and his Reply ............................................... 59 Rasulullaah asks Hadhrat Suwayj bin Haaritha %@&% and his Companions ................................... 60 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @.c &&!&j' (Vol-3) ..............

The Incident of a Munaafiq who Approached Rasulullaah t%@ to Seek Forgiveness on his behalf .................................................................... lmaan (Belief) In the Being of Allaah gtCj3G and His Attributes A Sahabi 3.E Wj Recites Surah lkhlaas in Abundance ............................................................................. 61 ............................................ Rasulullaah @'@ Corroborates what a Jewish Scholar had to say about Allaah The Narrations of Hadhrat Anas 3.E &!3j and Hadhrat Abu Dharr 3 X L 3 j about how Allaah will Resurrect People ................................................................................................................................... 62 Rasulullaah @@ Instructs the Sahabah @.E to say. ........................................................................ A Jew Questions Rasulullaah @-@ about Volition ................................ ...: .................................................. .............................................. Rasulullaah and the Sahabah @.G @&j Oversleep by the Will of Allaah A Jew Questions Hadhrat Umar BS= about the verse "Jannah has the vastness of the heavens and the earth" ..................................................... .. ................................................................. ... ................. 64 Hadhrat Ali BE$% Debates with a man about Volition ............................................................................. ............................................................ Rasulullaah @@tells the Sahabah MGIwl$ what Hypocrisy is not The Incident of Rasulullaah @@ with a Bedouin asking about Reckoning ........................................... ..........

The Incident of Hadhrat Mu'aadh 5K5 b&j when Hadhrat Umar B G w Sent him to Collect zakaah The Narration of Hadhrat Aa'isha D G W concerning the Lady who Debated .................... .. ....... ......... 66 The Statements of Hadhrat Abu Bakr %.E G i i j Concerning Belief in Allaah aaG5G ..................................... 66 The Statement of Hadhrat Aa'isha Wdh3j when a Woman Passed Away while in Sajdah .......................... 67 lmaan (Belief) in the Angels .......................... ..... ................................................................................. The Statement of Hadhrat Ali BCW Concerning the Turbulence of the Water and Wind when the Nation of Hadhrat Nooh and the Nation of Aad were Destroyed ...................................................... Hadhrat Salmaan ?3Gw says at the Time of his Death, "I have a few Visitors who have entered" ............. 68 lmaan (Belief) in Predestination .................................................................................................................. ... 69 Rasululiaah @%'s Words to Hadhrat Aa'isha lBBw at the Furreral of a Child from the Ansaar .............. 69 Hadhrat Ubaadah bin Saamit ?3.B Mj enjoins his Son to believe in the Predestination of Good and Evil ..... 69 ......... A Sahabi WWj Weeps on his Deathbed because He knew Not What Allaah had Destined for him Hadhrat Muaa'dh 3.G Weeps on his Deathbed because He knew Not What Allaah had Destined for him .. 70 What Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Abbaas S G w said about People who Contested Belief in Predestination ... 70 Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Umar B G w severs Relations with a Friend who Objected to Predestination ......... 71 The Statement of Hadhrat Ali BG&j concerning predestination and Those who Object to it ...................... 72 The Couplets Hadhrat Umar B G W j would Recite on the pulpit Concerning predestination ...................... lmaan (Belief) in the Signs of Qiyaamah ................... .. ............................................................................ 73 The Words of Rasulullaah @@ When Allaah Revealed the;erse "When the trumpet is blown" ................. 73 The Fear of Hadhrat Sauda Yarnaaniyyah Ww for the Appearance of Dajjaal ................................ 7 The Statements of Hadhrat Abu Bakr SiUW4and Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Abbaas %.W Concerning Dajjaal ................................................................................................................................................... lmaan (Belief) in What is to Happen in the Grave and the Existence of Barzakh ........................................ 74 The Words of Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq !i33Wj on his Deathbed ............................................................... The Words of Hadhrat Umar B G W j on his Deathbed ................................................... ......................... 76 The Weeping of Hadhrat Uthmaan W+= whenever he Stood by a Grave .............................................

The Words of Hadhrat Hudhayfah BGw on his Deathbed ...................................................................... THE LlVES OF THE SAHABAH @.@@ 5 (Val-3) The Words of Hadhrat Abu Moosa ?&W&% at the Approach of Death .................................... .. ............. 77 Hadhrat Usayd bin Hudhayr %W&j Longs to be in One of three Conditions ................................................ lmaan (Belief) in the Aakhirah ........................................................................................................................... 78 b,,* . Rasulullaah &&&s Description of Jannah ...................................................................................................... The Incident of Hadhrat Faatima @I%!& when she Went to her Father m for something of benefit in this World and Returned with Something of Benefit in the Aakhirah ..................................................... The Statement of Hadhrat Abu Moosa Ash'ari B.W j Concerning the Reason for People being Oblivious of the Aakhirah .......................................................................................................................................... lmaan (Belief) in the What is to Happen on the Day of Qiyaamah .............................................................

Rasulullaah @&'s Desire for his Ummah to Comprise of Half the people of Jannah ................................... Hadhrat Zubayr ?&%Wj Asks Rasulullaah @& about Certain Conditions in the Aakhirah ........................ 81 Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Rawaaha - Weeps at the Thought of a Verse Concerning Jahannam ........... 82 Hadhrat Ubaadah hWA%E& Asks his Family and Neighbours to Take Retribution from him When Death Approached ................................................................................................................................................ Hadhrat Umar ?B@ZWs Fear for Reckoning on the Day of Qiyaamah ...................................................... The Weeping of Hadhrat Abu Hurayrah ?2UW and Hadhrat Mu'aawiya %W&!Z when they Heard a Hadith about the Aakhirah ......................................................................................................................... lmaan (Belief) in Intercession ........................................................................................................................... Rasulullaah says, "My Intercession shall be for those members of my Ummah who never commit Shirk" .. 84 The dua Rasulullaah @@ will Make for his Ummah Before Allaah shall be his Intercession on their Behalf ... 85 Rasulutlaah @% says, "I am an Excellent man for the Sinners of my Ummah" .......................................

The verse of the Qui'aan that kindles the Most Hope According to Hadhrat Ali %W&!Z ....................... .... The Statement of Hadhrat Buraydah W3W in front of Hadhrat Mu'aawiya %&W4 Conceming Intercession .. 86 The Reply Hadhrat Jaabir %W&2j gave a person who Denied Intercession ................................................ 86 The Sahabah i@WW Picture the Scene of Jannah in a Gathering with Rasululiaah @% as if they can Actually see it before their Eyes .......................................................................................................... Rasulullaah 6@ Tells the Sahabah B.W about the Last Day ........................................................ A Bedouin asks Rasulullaah @?@ about a Tree in Jannah ................... .. .................................................. 89 A Bedouin asks Rasulullaah @%$ about the Fruit of Jannah ....................................................................... 90 An Abyssinian Man Dies in Rasulullaah @&'s Gathering afler Hearing the Description of Jannah ............. 91 Hadhrat Ali $3EUij Gives Hadhrat Umar ?&WW the Glad Tidings of Jannah on his Deathbed ................. 92 Hadhrat Umar -j Weeps at the Mention of Jannah ................................................................................ Hadhrat Sa'd bin Abi Waqqaas ?333&@.j Is Hopeful of Jannah on his Deathbed ........................................... 9 2 Hadhrat Amr bin Al Aas ?&iU&!% Fears the Life afler Death at the time of his Death ................................... 93 The Previously Quoted Statements of the Sahabah '$BW%5 Concerning Belief in Jannah and Jahannam .... 94 Hadhrat Aa'isha W%&% Weeps at the Thought of Jahannam and the Words of Rasulullaah ............ 97 An Old Man and a Youngster Pass Away at the Mention of Jahannam ........................ .. ....................... .....................

The Previously Quoted Statements of the Sahabah M.W% Concerning Fear for Jahannam Conviction in the Promises of Allaah .............................................................................................................. 99 The Conviction of Hadhrat Abu Bakr !W%% in h e Battle between the Romans and the Persians as Promised by Allaah ............................................................................................................................. 9 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH ~~~j (vol-3) The Conviction of Hadhrat Ka'b bin Adi %W&!+j about the Domination of lslaam .................................... The Statements of Hadhrat Abu Bakr 1.ri!2ij, Hadhrat Umar SWj and Hadhrat Sa'd !3lWj about ................................................................ Conviction in the Allaah's Promise to Assist the Mu'mineen s.... " Conviction in the Words of Rasulullaah @&$ ................................................................................................ Hadhrat Khuzaymah bin Thaabit wW Corroborates the Words of Rasulullaah @& in a Dispute with a Bedouin ...........................................................................................................................................

Hadhrat Abu Bakr 5'iWj Verifies Rasulullaah m s Account of his Night Journey (to the heavens) ..... 104 Hadhrat Umar w&3s Conviction in the Words of Rasulullaah Concerning the Extinction of Species .. 104 Hadhrat Ali ""."" ' " Sl;j&s Conviction in the Words of Rasulullaah @% Concerning his Assassination .......... 105 Hadhrat Ammaar ~ G W 3 s Conviction in the Words of Rasulullaah Concerning his Death .............. 106 Hadhrat Abu Dharr S.w 's Conviction in the Words of Rasulullaah @@ Concerning his Death ............ 106 Hadhrat Khuraym bin Aws S G w s Conviction in the Words of Rasulullaah '&@ Concerning Shaymaa bint Buqaylah ........................................................................................................................................... 108 Hadhrat Mugheirah bin Shu'ba 5W% is Convinced by the Words of Rasulullaah W Promising assistance and Victory ........................................................................................................................... The Conviction of Hadhrat Abu Dardaa WWj in the Words Rasulullaah @2& Taught him for Protection ... 109 Statements of the Sahabah $BE$% that have Been Quoted Previously Concerning Conviction in the +, . . Words of Rasulullaah &&& .................................................................................................................. 110 ................................................................................................... Conviction in the Recompense fot Actions ............ The Conviction of Hadhrat Abu Bakr ?3GWj in the Recompense for Actions ......................... .. 111 The Conviction of Hadhrat Umar bin Khattaab WW4 in the Recompense for Actions .............................. 112 The Conviction of Hadhrat Amr bin Samurah %3GWj and Hadhrat lmraan bin Husayn S.t&W ............... 113 ..............

The Belief of Hadhrat Abu Bakr WW4 and another Sahabi 3.W j Concerning Recompense The Strength of the lmaan of the Sahabah @.- ..................................................................................... 115 ... The Sahabah @.G Abide by the verse "Whether you make known what is in your hearts or hide it *. 115 The Response of the Sahabah @.w to the verse "Those who do not mix their lmaan with wmng.doing" 117 The Response of the Ladies of the Sahabah @.w when Allaah revaled the verse: "And they should ....................................................................................................... wear their scarves over their Chestsn The lncident of an Old Man who had Committed many Sins and the lncident of Hadhrat Abu Fatwah ?iW@!% ......................................................... The Incident of a Sinful Woman and Hadhrat Abu Hurayrah 4 ? & The Response of Rasulullaah m s Poets when Allaah Revealed the verse: "Only deviant people follow the poets" ................................................................................................................................................. 120 The Longing to Meet Allaah and Dislike to Meet Him ................................................................................... Hadhrat Abu Bakr 3Wj Weeps when Allaah reveals the verse: "When the earth shall quake most violently ". ......................................................................................................................................... 121 ....................... Rasulullaah &% Informs Hadhrat Umar Ww About what would Happen in the Grave ...

The Statement of Hadhrat Umar 1.ri-j Concerning the Strength of Hadhrat Uthrnaan 3.W 3 s Irnaan 122 ................... Words of the Sahabah B.G that have Already Been Quoted about the Strength of lmaan