Day: August 28, 2023

The Deputation of al-Nakha
Volume 1, Parts II.74.79
He (Ibn Sa’d) said: Hisham Ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Sa’id al-Kalbi
informed us on the authority of his father, he on the authority of the
elders of al-Nakha; they said:
The tribe of al-Nakha’ sent two men as members of the deputations to the
Prophet to convey the news of their (conversion to) Islam. They were
Artat Ibn Sharahil Ibn Kab, a member of Banu Harithah Ibn Sa'd Ibn Malik Ibn al-Nakha', and al-Juhaysh whose name was al-Arqam, a member of Banu Bakr IbnAwf Ibn al-Nakha’, They set out till they
reached the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him. He (Prophet) invited
them to embrace Islam. They responded and offered bay’ah on behalf of
their people. Their decorum and dignity pleased the Apostle of Allah. He
said: Are there people like you in your tribe? They said: We have left
behind us seventy persons and all of them are superior to us. They all
decide the affairs and decisions about them are enforced. The Apostle of
Allah, may Allah bless him, prayred for them and their people. He said: 0
Allah! bless the Banu al-Nakha. He prepared a flag for Artat i.e. appointed him chief over his people. This flag was in his hand on the day of the Victory (of Makkah). He was present at al-Qadisiyyah with it and was slain there. Then his brother Durayd raised it and he was also slain. May Allah show them mercy. Then Sayf Ibn al-Harith, a member of Ibn Sa'd's Banu Jadhimah took it and entered al-Kufah with it.

Volume 1, Parts II.74.80 He (Ibn Sad) said: Muhammad Ibn ‘Umar al-Asiami informed us; he
said:The last of the deputations that waited on the Apostle of Allah, was that
of Al-Nakha’. They came from al-Yaman in the middle of Muharram in
the eleventh year. They were two hundred persons and stayed in the
house of Ramlah Bint al-Harith. Then they came, admitting their
(conversion to) Islam. They had offered bay’ah at the hand of Mu’adh
Ibn Jabal in al-Yaman. Among them was Zurarah Ibn ‘Amr.
Volume 1, Parts II.74.81
He (Ibn Sa’d) said: Hisham Ibn Muhammad informed us, he said:
He was Zurarah Ibn Qays Ibn al-Harith Ibn ‘Adda and he was a
Christian

यकीन

उहुद की लड़ाई शुरू थी। एक शख़्स खजूरें खाते हुए हुजूर सल्लल्लाहु अलैहि वसल्लम के पास हाज़िर हुआ । अर्ज़ कीः या रसूलल्लाह! अगर मैं जिहाद करूं और मरा जाऊं तो मैं कहां जाऊंगा? हुजरू सल्लल्लाहु अलैहि वसल्लम ने फ्रमायाः ‘जन्नत में’ उस शख़्स ने उसी वक्त खजूरें हाथ से डाली और तलवार हाथ में पकड़कर कुफ़्फ़ार के साथ जिहाद करने लगा और इस हद तक लड़ा की शहीद हो गया ।
(बुख़ारी शरीफ जिल्द २, सफा ५७६ )

सबक : सहाबए किराम जज़्बए जिहाद से भरे हुए थे । हुजूर सल्लल्लाहु • अलैहि वसल्लम के हर वायदे पर उनका यक़ीन कामिल था।

To recover the Caliph Mutawakkil from the sickness

Once, the Caliph Mutawakkil was down with some sickness. A big blister emerged on his skin. The doctors washed their hands of the remedy. The caliph was waiting for death. Once, Fateh-bin-Khaqa’an, a person in the vicinity of the caliph, told him, “Send someone to Hazrat Hadik. He may perhaps, give some remedy for this.” A person was sent to him, and he said, “Keep (he named a particular thing) on the blister. By the grace of Allah, the Almighty, (Insha Allaah), it will prove to be beneficial.” When the recommended thing was given to Mutawakkil, the people present there made fun of it. Fatch-bin-Khaqaan said. “What is wrong in giving one trial? Please bring the thing.” The servants brought the medicine and kept it on the blister. As soon as the medicine was applied, the blister started oozing, and there was recovery. When Mutawakkil’s mother came to know about the recovery, she was very happy. Immediately, she brought ten thousand Dirhams, stamped them with her name and sent them to Hazrat Hadi as a present.

After recovering from the sickness, someone complained Mutawakkil that Hazrat Hadi owned ample wealth and weapons. He told his servant, Saeed. “Go and search in Hazrat Hadi’s house between 2 am and 3 am in the night, seize whatever wealth is found and bring that to him.” Saeed said. “I went there through a ladder and entered into the house. There was complete darkness in the house. I could neither see anything nor could find out my way further in the house. All of a sudden, a voice came. ‘O’ Saeed! Be where you are, I am coming there with a lamp.’ After some time, a lamp was brought there. I went down to him and saw that he had put on silken clothes, a woollen cap on head and, was sitting on the prayer-carpet facing Qibla. He said, ‘Whatever I have is known to you.` I went into the house here and there but could not find anything as was told, except the gift sent by Mutawakkil’s mother with her seal. There were other things also which, bore proper stamps. Then he said, ‘You can take this prayer-carpet also. When I lifted the carpet, beneath it, I saw a sword in the sheath. I took all the things to Mutawakkil. When he saw the gifts with his mother’s stamp, he could understand the whole situation. The people present there, said. These are the present given by your mother on your recovery as had been promised on oath by her.’ ▸

Mutawakkil said, “Take another gift just like this and present that to him.”An officer Saeed describes, “When I went to him with the things to be presented, I was very much ashamed. I requested, ‘My master, it was very difficult for me to enter your holy house without your permission. But I Then Imam said, ‘They will was helpless as I was ordered to do so. come to know that a change is going to take place.

शिष्यता या प्रतिनिधित्व

हुजूर वारिस पाक जन्मजात ऋषि थे और इनके जन्म से ही विशेष और अद्भुत कार्य देखे जाने लगे। अतः लोग आपको सिद्ध और ईश्वर के प्रेम में लीन देखने तथा समझने लगे। मान्यवर हजरत खादिम अली शाह ने आपको केवल ग्यारह वर्ष की उम्र में गुरुमुख करके अपनी प्रतिनिधित्व से सुशोभित किया। कुछ लोगों ने इस कार्य पर तर्क-वितर्क भी किया किन्तु आपने इसकी कोई परवाह नहीं किया। मान्यवर ख़ादिम अली शाह कहते थे कि आप मुरीद नहीं है मुराद हैं। हाजी वारिस पाक उनके निसबती छोटे भाई थे फिर भी वह इनकी बड़ी इज़्ज़त करते थे।

सज्जादा नशीनी

हज़रत ख़ादिम अली शाह की शिक्षा-दीक्षा में अभी वारिस पाक को थोड़ा समय व्यतीत हुआ था कि अचानक हज़रत ख़ादिम अली शाह की तबीयत ख़राब हो गई और वृद्धापन के कारण और ख़राब होती गई। अंततः मृत्यु में परिवर्तित हो गई और एक दिन आपने उपस्थित चेलों और सेवकों को शान्ति तथा संतोष दिया तत्पश्चात् कलम-ए-शहादत उच्च स्वर से पढ़ा और कलमा पढ़ते-पढ़ते आपकी आत्मा ने इस नश्वर शरीर को त्याग दिया। पर्दा करने की तिथि १३ या १४ सफ़र बतायी जाती है। कफ़न-दफ़न के बाद तीसरे दिन फ़ातेहा ख़ानी की रस्म अदा की गई। इस अवसर पर तमाम छोटे- बड़े तथा सम्मानित व्यक्ति एकत्र थे। उसी सभा में जॉनशीनी (उत्तराधिकारी) के लिए बात चली। मौलवी मुन्ना जान जो आपके लंगरखाने के प्रबन्धक और व्यवस्थापक थे एक सुन्दर क़िस्ती (गोल सा बर्तन) में एक पगड़ी रखकर सभी उपस्थितगण के सामने प्रस्तुत किया और कहा जिसको योग्य समझा जाय उसे यह पगड़ी सौंप दी जाय। चूंकि मुन्ना जान साहब को इस पद की चाह थी । अतः विवाद खड़ा हो गया। अंतत: यह स्थान किसको दिया जाय और कौन इसके लायक है ? इसी बीच सआदत अली जो हज़रत गौस ग्वालियारी के पोते हैं उठे और वारिस पाक का हाथ अपने हाथ में लेकर कहा मेरे विचार में इनसे उत्तम कोई नहीं है। तुरन्त ही लोगों ने एक स्वर से समर्थन किया और वह वस्त्र सरकार वारिस के शरीर पर सुसज्जित किया गया।