SALMAAN AL-FAARISIY | Part 3

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Indeed, he deserved this honor! `Aliy lbn Abi Taalib , (May Allah honor his face) nicknamed him

“Luqmaan the Wise “. He was asked about after his death: “There was a man who was of the People of

the House. Who among you is like Luqmaan the Wise? He was a man of knowledge who absorbed all

the scriptures of the People of the Book. He was like a sea that was never exhausted!”

SALMAAN AL-FAARISIY | Part 2

………….Then I sent to the Christians saying I had entered their religion, and I requested that whenever a

caravan came from Syria, they should tell me before its return in order for me to travel with them, and so

they did.

I broke loose from the iron fetters and went away. I set out with them for Syria. While I was there, I

asked about their learned man, and I was told that he was the bishop, leader of the church. I went to him

and told him my story. I lived with him, serving, praying, and learning.

SALMAAN AL-FAARISIY | Part 1

SALMAAN AL-FAARISIY

The Seeker after Truth

From Persia comes our hero this time, and from Persia many came to embrace Islam in the long run,

and it made some of them extraordinary, unsurpassable in faith and knowledge in religion and worldly affairs.

It is one of the wonders of Islam and its greatness that it never enters a country on Allah’s earth but

that it exerts invaluable influence on all its potentialities and forces, bringing forth the latent genius of its

people and followers. From there came forth Muslim philosophers, physicians, jurists, astronomers,

inventors, and mathematicians.

MUS’AB IBN `UMAIR | Part 2

Mus’ab had understood his mission well. He knew that he was a caller to Allah and preacher of His

religion, which calls people to right guidance and the straight path. Like the Prophet (PBUH) in whom he

believed, he was no more than a deliverer of the message. There he stood fast, with As`ad Ibn Zoraarah

as host, and both of them used to visit the tribes, dwellings, and assemblies, reciting to the people what

he had of the Book of Allah, instilling in them that Allah is no more than One God.

He had confronted certain instances which could have put an end to his life and that of those with

him but for his active, intelligent, great mind. One day, he was taken by surprise while preaching to the

people to find Usaid lbn hudair, leader of the `Abd Al-Ashhal tribe, at Al-Madiinah confronting him with

a drawn arrow.

MUS’AB IBN `UMAIR | Part 1

The First Envoy of Islam

This man among the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), how good it is for us to start

with him. He was the flower of the Quraish, the most handsome and youthful! Historians and narrators

describe him as “The most charming of the Makkans”.

He was born and brought up in wealth, and he grew up with its luxuries. Perhaps there was no boy

in Makkah who was pampered by his parents like Mus`ab lbn `Umair. This mirthful youth, caressed and

pampered, the talk of the ladies of Makkah, the jewel of its clubs and assemblies: is it possible for him to

be one of the legends of faith?

By Allah, how interesting a tale, the story of Mus`ab Ibn `Umair or Mus`ab the Good, as he was

nicknamed among the Muslims! He was one of those made by Islam and fostered by the Prophet

Muhammad (PBUH).