Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum was a kin of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, Mother of the Believers, may God be satisfied with her. His dad was Qays ibn Za'id and his mother was Aatikah bint Abdullah. She was called Umm Maktum (Mother of the Concealed One) because she provided birth to a unseeing child.
Abdullah seen the increase of Islam in Makkah. He was amidst the first to accept Islam. He dwelled through the persecution of the Muslims and endured what the other companions of the Prophet experienced. His mind-set, like theirs, was one of firmness, staunch opposition and sacrifice. Neither his dedication neither his belief dwindled contrary to the aggression of the Quraysh onslaught. In detail, all this only expanded his conclusion to contain on to the belief of God and his devotion to His messenger.
Abdullah was dedicated to the noble Prophet and he was so keen to memorize the Qur'an that he would not overlook any opening to accomplish his heart's desire. Indeed, his sense of urgency and his insistence could occasionally have been annoying as he, accidental, searched to monopolize the vigilance of the Prophet.
In this time span, the Prophet, calm be upon him, was intensifying on the Quraysh notables and was keen that they should become Muslims. On one specific day, he contacted Utbah ibn Rabiah and his male sibling Shaybah, Amr ibn Hisham better renowned as Abu Jahl, Umayyah ibn Khalaf and Walid ibn Mughirah, the dad of Khalid ibn Walid who was subsequent to be renowned as Sayf Allah or 'the sword of God'. He had started conversing and negotiating with them and telling them about Islam. He so much desired that they would reply positively to him and accept Islam or not less than call off their persecution of his companions. While he was therefore committed, Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum came up and inquired him to read a verse from the Qur'an.
"O messenger of God," he said, "teach me from what God has educated you." The Prophet frowned and turned away from him. He turned his vigilance rather than to the prestigious assembly of Quraysh, wanting that they would become Muslims and that by their acceptance of Islam they would convey vastness to the belief of God and reinforce his mission. As shortly as he had completed talking to them and had left their business, he abruptly sensed partially blinded and his head started to throb violently. At this issue the next revelation came to him:
"He frowned and turned away when the unseeing man advanced him! Yet for all you knew, (O Muhammad), he might possibly have developed in purity or have been recalled of the Truth, and assisted by this reminder. Now as for him who accepts as factual himself to be self-sufficientÑto him you provided your entire vigilance, whereas you are not accountable for his malfunction to attain to purity. But as for him who came unto you full of eagerness and in awe of God, him did you disregard.
Nay, truly, this is but a reminder and so, who is eager may recall Him in the lightweight of His revelations blest with dignity, lofty and untainted, conveyed by the hands of messengers, noble and most virtuous."
(Surah Abasa 80: 116).
These are the sixteen verses which were disclosed to the noble Prophet about Abdullah ibn Umm MaktumÑsixteen verses that have proceeded to be recited from that time till today and will extend to be recited.
From that day the Prophet did not stop to be bountiful to Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum, to inquire him about his activities, to fulfil his desires and take him into his assembly when he approached. This is not strange. Was he not censured by God in a most critical kind on Abdullah's account? In detail, in subsequent years, he often greeted Ibn Umm Maktum with these phrases of humility:
"Welcome unto him on whose account my Sustainer has reprimanded me."
When the Quraysh intensified their persecution of the Prophet and those who accepted with him, God provided them consent to emigrate. Abdullah's answer was prompt. He ana Mus'ab ibn Umayr were the first of the Companions to come to Madinah.
As shortly as they come to Yathrib, he and Mus'ab started considering with the persons, reading the Qur'an to them and educating them the belief of God. When the Prophet, upon who be peace; reached in Madinah, he nominated Abdullah and Bilal ibn Rabah to be muadh-dhins for the Muslims, declaring the Oneness of God five times a day, calling man to the best of activities and summoning them to success. Bilal would call the adhan and Abdullah would speak the iqamah for the Prayer. Sometimes they would turn around the process. During Ramadan, they taken up a exceptional routine. One of them would call the adhan to awaken persons up to consume before the very fast began.
The other would call the adhan to broadcast the starting of dawn and the fast. It was Bilal who would aroused the persons and Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum who would broadcast the starting of dawn.
One of the responsibilities that the Prophet put on Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum was to put him in ascribe of Madinah in his absence. This was finished more than 10 times, one of them being when he left for the liberation of Makkah.
Sasn after the assault of Badr, the Prophet obtained a revelation from God lifting the rank of the mujahideen and favouring them over the qa'ideen (those who stay inactive at home). This was in alignment to boost the mujahid even farther and to spur the qa'id to stop his inactivity. This revelation influenced ibn Umm Maktum deeply. It pained him to be therefore banned from the higher rank and he said:
"O messenger of God. If I could proceed on jihad, I would absolutely do." He then earnestly inquired God to drive down a revelation about his specific case and those like him who were stopped because of their disabilities from going on infantry campaigns.
His plea was answered. An added saying was disclosed to the Prophet exempting those with disabilities from the trade of the initial verse. The full ayah became:
"Not identical are those who stay seated amidst the believers except those who own disabilitiesÑand those who strive and battle in the way of God with their riches and their individuals . . ."
(Surah an-Nisaa, 4: 95).
In spite of therefore being apologised from jihad, the soul of Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum denied to be content with residing amidst those who stayed at dwelling when an expedition was in progress. Great spirits are not content with residual detached from activities of large moment. He very resolute that no crusade should by-pass him. He repaired a function for himself on the assault field. He would say: "Place me between two lines and give me the standard. I will convey it for you and defend it, for I am unseeing and will not run away."
In the fourteenth year after the hijrah, Umar settled to climb on a foremost assault contrary to the Persians to convey down their State and open the way for the Muslim forces. So he composed to his governors:
"Send any individual with a tool for fighting or a equine or who can offer any pattern of assist to me. And make haste." Crowds of Muslims from every main heading answered to Umar's call and converged on Madinah. Among all these was the unseeing mujahid, Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum.
Umar nominated Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas commander over the armed detachment, provided him directions and bade him farewell. When the armed detachment come to Qadisiyyah, Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum was famous, wearing a outer garment of armour and completely prepared. He had promised to convey and defend the benchmark of the Muslims or be slain in the process.
The forces contacted and committed in assault for three days. The battling was amidst the most furious and acrid in the annals of the Muslim conquests. On the third day, the Muslims accomplished a strong triumph as one of the utmost empires in the world disintegrated and one of the most protected thrones fell. The benchmark of Tawhid was increased in an idolatrous land. The cost of this clear triumph was hundreds of martyrs. Among them was Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum. He was discovered dead on the battlefield clutching the flag of the Muslims.
Scanned from: "Companions of The Prophet", Vol.1, By: Abdul Wahid Hamid. |
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