Islamiyat Important Personalities Paper-I

Important Personalities
Hazrat Bilal Hazrat Salman Al-Farsi
➢ A slave that earned great fame in Islamic history is no ➢ He was born near Iṣfahān, Iran, while still a boy he became a
more than Hazrat Bilal RA. He was slave of Ummaya bin Christian, left his father’s house, and began a long religious
Khalf who tortured him badly on his embracing Islam. quest.
➢ Hazrat Abu Bakr bought him and set him free. Since that ➢ He traveled to Syria and then to central Arabia, seeking the
he remained in the service of Holy Prophet SAW till his prophet who, he was told, would revive the religion of
death. Abraham.
➢ He enjoyed the title of first Muazzin-e-Islam. He enjoyed ➢ On the way he was sold into slavery. In Medina he met
the unique honor of reciting the first Azaan from the roof Muhammad, with whose aid he purchased his freedom.
of Ka’bah at the conquest of Makkah. ➢ The most important event connected with Salmān is
➢ He participated in all the battle fought during the life of the Battle of the Trench in 627.
Prophet SAW. ➢ when the Meccans came to besiege Muhammad in Medina,
➢ He enjoyed the most coveted honors during his life being it was Salmān who suggested that, instead of the usual
Staff Bearer of Holy Prophet SAW, Chief of Treasure in practice of the besieged sallying out to meet their
Madinah and more than that the personal servant of opponents, a ditch be dug across the city’s approaches as a
Muhammad SAW. form of protection.
➢ He was also counted among the Ashab-e-Suffah, given ➢ He died in 35 AH. during the reign of the Third caliph of
title of ‘Sayyadi Bilal’ our leader Bilal by Caliph Umar Faruq Islam, Uthman bin Afan. He is buried in Madain, in present-
RA. day Iraq.
➢ After the death of Prophet SAW he left Madinah but
always enjoyed respect and love of all the Muslims all the
time. He was died at the age of sixty.

Hazrat Hamza Hazrat Abu Sufyan

➢ He was the youngest son of Abdul Muttalib and uncle of ➢ He was bitter enemy of Islam and the Prophet SAW after Abu
Holy Prophet SAW and a foster brother to him. Lahab. He was a part of Badr against Islam.
➢ As he was only 2 years elder than Muhammad SAW and he ➢ He led the army against Muslims in the battle of Uhad and
had good friendly relations with him. He was brave warier, Khandaq. When his daughter Ramala (Umm-e-Habiba)
fond of game and poetry. married to Prophet SAW he became little mild.
➢ Once Abu Jahl was scolding the Prophet SAW in Ka’bah, he ➢ He was close friend to Hazrat Abbas RA. With the passage of
attacked him with his bow, dragged him down the stairs time he became very impressed by the Prophet’s good
and injured him. character towards all. He embraced Islam just before the
➢ He embraced Islam forthwith after this incident. After conquest of Makkah.
embracing Islam there was not a single moment that he ➢ During the conquest of Makkah Muhammad SAW granted
did not remain with Muhammad SAW for the cause of asylum and peace to all those who took refuge in his house.
Islam. ➢ Then the whole population of Makkah was granted pardon
➢ In 5 AH when Hazrat Umar RA having naked sword in his and they all embraced Islam.
hand, coming towards Muhammad SAW, it was he who ➢ After embracing Islam Abu Sufiyan fought for the cause of
stood up in his way, but he accepted Islam. Islam and his son Amir Muawiyah became Governor of Syria.
➢ After migration to Madinah when brother-hood pact was
made a brother of Hazrat Zaid bin Haritha, what a unique
relation it was that a slave became brother to master. It
became only possible due to Islam.
➢ He fought bravely in the battle of Badr and killed 17 Hazrat Khalid b Walid
infidels along with Abu Jahl. He killed 31 infidels in the ➢ He was from Quraysh and accepted Islam after treaty of
battle of Uhad and was martyred by Wahashi bin Harb the hudaibiya.
Negro slave of Hinda. She mutilated the body of Hamza ➢ He was a courageous warrior, earned the title of Saif Allah—
RA and chewed his liver. the sword of Allah while fighting in battle of Mutah, nine
➢ The Holy Prophet SAW could not forget the tragedy of his swords were broken at his hand. Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA) sent
death throughout his life. On the conquest of Makkah him to crush the apostates including the false prophets and
when Wahashi bin Harb embraced Islam, he was excused said, “Prophet (PBUH) said that Khalid is the best slave of
by Prophet SAW asking him not to come in eye contact Allah, a sword of Allah that he has unsheathed for the
with him. disbelievers, the hypocrites and polytheists.” (Ahmad)
➢ He has narrated only Hadith of Prophet SAW, “O Allah! By ➢ One of the four columns at the time of conquest of Mecca
Your Ism-e-Azam and Your great will, I implore.” He said was under his command.
that the Prophet of Allah said to me that if I would make ➢ He was appointed as the commander of armies against
my Dua with these words it will be fulfilled forthwith by Persians and Byzantines during the first two caliphates.
Him. ➢ He died in 21 AH.
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Hazrat Abu Talib Hazrat Jaffar b. Abi Talib

➢ He was uncle of the Holy Prophet. Muhammad SAW came ➢ Jafar b Abu Talib also known as Jafar at-Y=Tayyar was a
under his custody after the death of his grandfather Abdul companion & cousin of the Prophet PBUH, and an elder
Muttalib. brother of Ali.
➢ He took great care of his beloved nephew to the extent ➢ It is said that he was born twenty years before the Prophet
that no uncle of the world can match him in his devotion (PBUH) started his mission.
and sacrifices. ➢ Jafar stayed with his uncle, al-Abbas, until he was a young
➢ He always stood by the side of Muhammad SAW at every man. Then he married Asma bint Umays, a sister of
thick and thin. He did not even detach form him for a Maymunah who was later to become a wife of the Prophet.
moment during his young life. ➢ He and his wife were among the first persons to accept Islam.
➢ He took him on the trade tour of Syria where Buhaira the ➢ They bore the harsh treatment and the persecution of the
Monk noticed the Prophet SAW and asked him to take Quraysh with patience and steadfastness.
great care of him as the Jews and infidels will try to kill ➢ Jafar eventually went to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and
him. sought permission for himself and a small group of the
➢ When Muhammad SAW declared Islam at that time the Sahabah, including his wife, to make hijrah to the land of
whole Makkans became his enemy but Abu Talib became Abyssinia.
shelter for him. ➢ He made a speech that was moving and eloquent and which
➢ When he learnt the response of Muhammad on the offer is still one of the most compelling descriptions of Islam, the
of Makkans to relieve Islam, Abu Talib said, “O Muhammd appeal of the noble Prophet and the condition of Makkan
SAW I am with you, do whatever you like to do for your society at the time.
religion.” ➢ Jafar, in his rich, melodious voice recited for him the first
➢ He remained confined with him in Sha’ib Abi Talib for portion of Surah Maryam which deals with the story of Jesus
three years during boycott of Quraish. Untill his death the and his mother Mary.
pagans of Makkah could not harmMuhammad SAW ➢ Jafar and his wife Asma spent about ten years in Abyssinia
directly. which became a second home for them. There, Asma gave
➢ He died on 10th year of Prophet-hood. Muhammad SAW birth to three children whom they named Abdullah,
was grieved to the extent that he declared the year as Muhammad and Awn.
Asm-ul-Huzn, a year of grief. ➢ In the seventh year of the hijrah, Jafar and his family left
Abyssinia with a group of Muslims and headed for Madinah.
When they arrived the Prophet was just returning from the
successful conquest of Khaybar.
➢ He was so overjoyed at meeting Jafar that he said: "I do not
know what fills me with more happiness, the conquest of
Khaybar or the coming of Jafar."
➢ Abu Hurayrah said of him: "The best of men towards us
indigent folk was Jafar ibn Abi Talib. He would pass by us on
his way home and give us whatever food he had. Even if his
own food had run out, he would send us a pot in which he
had placed some butterfat and nothing more. We would
open it and lick it clean..."
➢ Jafar's stay in Madinah was not long. At the beginning of the
eighth year of the hijrah, the Prophet mobilized an army to
confront Byzantine forces in Syria because one of his
emissaries who had gone in peace had been treacherously
killed by a Byzantine governor. He appointed Zayd ibn
Harithah as commander of the army and gave the following
instructions: "If Zayd is wounded or killed, Jafar ibn Abi Talib
would take over the command. If Jafar is killed or wounded,
then your commander would be Abdullah ibn Rawahah. If
Abdullah ibn Rawahah is killed, then let the Muslims choose
for themselves a commander."
➢ The news of the death of his three commanders reached the
Prophet in Madinah. The pain and grief he felt was intense.