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When he was still a youth, not yet past the age of puberty, he employed to roam the outcrop trails of Makkah far away from population, tending the flocks of a Quraysh chieftain, Uqbah ibn Muayt. People called him "Ibn Umm Abd" the teenager of the mother of a slave. His actual label was Abdullah and his father's label was Mas'ud.
The youth had discovered the journal of the Prophet who had seemed amid his population but he did not bind any value to it both because of his age and because he was commonly far away from Makkan society. It was his individually fitted out to move out with the flock of Uqbah early in the early and not revisit until nightfall. One day while tending the flocks, Abdullah observed two men, middle-aged and of dignified bearing, drawing close to him from a distance. They were apparently very tired. They were in addition so dehydrated that their lips and throat were somewhat dry. They came up to him, greeted him and said, "Young man, milk one of these sheep for us that we may quench our longing and recoup our strength."
"I cannot," responded the youthful man. "The sheep are not mine. I am only the cause for looking after them."
The two men did not dispute with him. In item, though they were so dehydrated, they were greatly delighted at the honourable reply. The enjoyment presented on their faces . . .
The two men in item were the blessed Prophet himself and his companion, Abu Bakr Siddiq. They had gone out on that day to the outcrops of Makkah to elude the vicious persecution of the Quraysh. The youthful man in turn was instilled with the Prophet and his companion and before long became somewhat bound to them.
It was not long before Abdullah ibn Mas'ud became a Muslim and proposed to be in the service of the Prophet. The Prophet accepted and from that day the fortunate Abdullah ibn Mas'ud granted up tending sheep in exchange for looking after the wants of the blesse d Prophet.
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud waited intimately bound to the Prophet. He would appear at to his wants both indoors and exterior the house. He would supplement him on trips and expeditions. He would rouse him when he slept. He would guard him when he washed. He would bear his personnel and his siwak (toothbrush) and appear at to his other private needs.
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud accepted a sole coaching in the dwelling of the Prophet. He was under the guidance of the Prophet, he taken on his fashion and chased his every trait until it was said of him, "He was the nearest to the Prophet in character."
Abdullah was lectured in the "school" of the Prophet. He was the best reciter of the Qur'an amid the companions and he comprehended it better than them all. He was consequently the most learned on the Shariah. Nothing can demonstrate this better than the narrative of the man who came to Umar ibn al-Khattab as he was standing on the basic of Arafat and said:
"I have draw close, O Amir al-Mu'mineen, from Kufah where I left a man topping up exact reproductions of the Qur'an from memory."
Umar became very incensed and paced up and down alongside his camel, fuming.
"Who is he?" he asked.
"Abdullah ibn Masiud," responded the man.
Umar's displeasure subsided and he recaptured his composure.
"Woe to you," he said to the man. "By God, I don't recognise of any someone left who is more certified in this subject than he is. Let me advise you about this." Umar continued:
"One after dark the Messenger of God, serenity be upon him, was havmg a two-way chat with Abu Bakr about the circumstances of Muslims. I was with them. When the Prophet left, we left with him in addition and as we passed through the mosque, there was a man standing in Prayer who we did not recognise. The Prophet stood and perceived to him, then turned to us and said, 'Whoever desires to read the Qur'an as novel as when it was uncovered, then let him read as showed by the recitation of Ibn Umm Abd.'
After the Prayer, as Abdullah sat establishing supplications, the Prophet, serenity be on him, said, "Ask and it will be bestowed to you. Ask and it will be bestowed to you."
Umar continued: "I said to myself I will depart to Abdullah ibn Mas'ud unbent away and advise him the good journal of the Prophet's assuring acceptance of his supplications. I went and did so but encountered that Abu Bakr had gone before me and passed on the good journal to him. By God, I have not ever yet hit Abu Bakr in the performing of any good."
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud attained such a learning of the Qur'an that he would declare, "By Him alongside Whom there is no god, no verse of the journal of God has been uncovered without my recognising where it was uncovered and the contributing elements of its revelation. By God, if I recognise there was every one who knew more of the Book of Allah, I will perform no matter what is in my power to be with him."
Abdullah was not exaggerating in what he said about himself. Once Umar ibn al-Khattab joined a caravan on one of his Journeys as caliph. It was lob dark and the caravan could not be observed properly. Umar ranked a person to hail the caravan. It eventuated that Abdullah ibn Mas'ud was in it.
"From where perform you come?" requested Umar.
"From a deep valley," came the reply. (The expresion employed fadj amiq deep valley is a Qur'anic one). "And where are you going?" requested Umar.
"To the aged house," came the reply. (The manifestation employed al-bayt al-atiq the aged home is a Qur'anic one.)
"There is a educated someone (alim) amid them," said Umar and he compelled a person to request the person:
"Which part of the Qur'an is the greatest?"
" 'God. There is no god except Him, the Living, the Selfsubsisting. Neither slumber overtakes Him neither sleep,' " responded the someone replying, referring to the Ayat al-Kursi (the verse of the Throne). "Which part of the Qur'an is the most clear on justice?"
" 'God directions what is just and unbiased, the feeding of family members . . .' " came the answer.
"What is the most comprehensive assertion of the Qur'an?" " 'Whoever does an atom's burden of good will observe it, and any person who does an atom's burden of evil-minded will observe it.' "
"Which part of the Qur'an renders get higher to the best hope?"
" 'Say, O my workers who have squandered their supplies, perform not despair of the forgiveness of God. Indeed, God pardons all sins. He is the Forgiving, the Compassionate.' "
Thereupon Umar asked: "Is Abdullah ibn Masiud amid you?"
"Yes, by God," the men in the caravan replied.
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud was not only a reciter of the Qur'an, a educated man or a fervent worshipper. He was in augmentation a tough and gallant warrior, one who became life menacing sombre when the function called for it.
The companions of the Prophet were concurrently one day in Makkah. They were still small number in number, frail and oppressed. They said, "The Quraysh have not yet discovered the Qur'an being recited blatantly and loudly. Who is the man who could recite it for them?"
"I will recite it for them," volunteered Abdullah ibn Mas'ud.
"We are petrified for you," they said. "We only like a person who has a clan who would look after him from their
"Let me," Abdullah ibn Mas'ud implored, "Allah will look after me and retain me away from their evil." He then went out to the mosque until he arrived at Maqam Ibrahim (a small number metres from the Ka'bah). It was dawn and the Quraysh were squatted throughout the Ka'bah. Abdullah finished at the Maqam and commenced to recite:
" 'Bismillahir Rahmani-r Rahim. ArRahman. Allama-l | Qur'an. Khalaqa-l insan. Allamahu-l bayan . . . (In the | label of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Merciful s God. He has lectured the Qur'an. He has brought ahead man and lectured him the clear certainty . . .)' "
He went on reciting. The Quraysh studied him intently and some of them asked:
"What is Ibn Umm Abd saying?"
"Damn him! He is reciting some of what Muhammad brought!" they realized.
They went up to him and commenced thrashing his face as he carried on reciting. When he went back to his companions, the life-force was outpouring from his face.
"This is what we concerned for you," they said.
"By God," responded Abdullah, "the opposition of God are not more cosy than I at this moment. If you wish. I will depart out tomorrow and perform the same."
"You have wrapped up enough," they said. "You have made them learn what they dislike."
Abdullah ibn Masiud inhabited to the time of Khalifah Uthman, may God be delighted with him. When he was unwell and on his death-bed, Uthman came to visit him and said:
"What is your ailment?"
"My sins."
"And what perform you desire?"
"The forgiveness of my Lord."
"Shall I not give you your stipend which you have turned down to take for years now?"
"I have no want of it."
"Let it be for your doughters after you."
"Do you dread destitution for my children? I have compelled them to read Surah Al-Waqi'ah every after dark for I have discovered the Prophet saying, 'Whoever reads Al-Waqi'ah every after dark will ot be effected by destitution ever.'"
That after dark, Abdullah passed away to the financial gathering of his Lord, his toughte moist with the rememberance of God and with the recitation of the verses of His Book.
Scanned from: "Companions of The Prophet", Vol.1, By: Abdul Wahid Hamid. |
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