Ubaida bin Al-Jarrah: Helmet link pierces
Posted on Wednesday, June 22 @ 15:40:10 EDT
Topic: Brotherhood Love of the Sahaba
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 The fighting was at its most intense in the battle of Uhud. The sound of the clanging of swords was deafening, there was so much shouting and yelling that one?s hair stood up on end. Both armies were equally matched. And then the enemy began to retreat, and the Muslim forces chased them right up to their tents; the archers to leapt down from their positions. Khalid bin Waleed (may Allah be pleased with him) surrounded them and the rest of the enemies to turned back. At this stage in the battle field Abu ?Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) was in the front ranks and surrounded, but realizing that the Prophet peace be upon him was in danger and breaking through the dangerous encircling enemy cordon, he reached him. The Prophet peace be upon him lying down bleeding from his injuries and cleaning up the blood from his wounds, he was saying sorrowfully..
How can those people prosper who have bloodied the face of their Prophet, though all he was doing was to invite them to their Creator and Sustainer. ?
Painting a picture of the painful scene, Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) says:
?The Prophet peace be upon him was injured in the battle of Uhud. A couple of links from his own helmet had pierced through his forehead, which was bleeding. I ran towards him, and then suddenly, what I should see but a friend running towards him from the east. He raced him before me and I saw that it was the self-sacrificing Abu ?Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him). He requested that I should give him the honor of removing the links from the helmet. Then with great care, and at the same time with great force he but lost a teeth in the process. Then without bothering about the pain he must be suffering, again he held on to the other ling with his teeth and exerted force. As the other link came out, he lost another tooth as well. Thus two of his teeth were sacrificed, but his beloved Prophet peace be upon him was found relieved and comfortable. It seemed as if he looked even more handsome and graceful than before with the loss of his two from teeth, because it was done for the love of the Prophet peace be upon him. All the other companions used to look at him with envious eyes. There the only criterion for judging the worth of a person was the extent to which he was willing to sacrifice himself for the Prophet peace be upon him m. ?
From Commanders of the Muslim Army By Mahmood Ahmad Ghandanfar
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