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ISLAM
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The Companions of the Holy Prophet of Allah are
spread all over the firmament of Islam like the
briliant stars in the sky. They were the persons who
readily responded to the call of the Phophet Muhammad [s]
when he came with the message of the Oneness of Allah.
They did not embrace Islam with any selfish motive. It is not
difficult to understand from a study of the circumstances
prevailling at the advent of Islam that it was a very critical
period for the Muslims.To embrace Islam in those days
meant to invite trouble and misery on oneself. Despite this,
those sacred souls, the Companions of the Prophet, known
as Sahabah, accepted Islam without any fear of troment or
atrocity. No one could succeed in attaining such a sublime
state in Faith and Knowledge as these fortunate ones. By
enduring all sorts of humiliation and unbearable atrocities
for the Divine Message and in devotion to the righteous
path, they set examples which will serve as beacons of light
for the seekers of truth and the righteous till the end of time.
They served the faith in deed and practice, in character
and conduct. At that time, a larger number of Muslim con-
verts were poor, helpless and weak, often powerless to
defend themselves from the atrocities and assaults of their
persecutors. It is a sign of true faith that when a man
accepts Islam, knowing it to be the truth from His Lord, he
holds on to it with rock-like firmness, under all forms of
calamity, hardship and trial, and so did the Companion of
the Prophet [s].They endured all kinds of hardship and put
little value on thier own lives in defense of Islam. They
embraced Islam with perfect sincerity and with true hearts,
and endured all the hardships and afflictions for the sake of
Allah and His Messager, with poise,dignity and radiant
faces.
They listened to what the Prophet said; they acted as they
were instructed; they practiced what he preached to them.
No Prophet or Messenger had ever had such devoted,faith-
ful, loyal and sincere companions as those of the last
Messenger of Allah, Prophet Muhammad [s].They
expressed thier deep devotion and love for him in every
way and could not bear, not a war or peace, the slightest
discomfort to their Master [s]. Neither adversity nor danger
could separate them from him. It is a fact that every
Companion of the Prophet [s] was in his own right a sign of
Allah.We are to follow their footprints if we wish to succeed
in life. There is not an iota of doubt in this matter that, after
the Holy Quran and the traditions of the Holy Prophet [s],
the lives and examples of the Sahabah are burning torches
of light for humanity. We cannot do without their guiding
light. May Allah grant us the guidance and strenght to fol-
low the footsteps of those Sacred Souls.
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