When the seventy Ansaar gave their
allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
in the Second Pledge of 'Aqabah, 'Abd
Allah Ibn ‘Amr Ibn Hiraam, also known
as Abu Jaabir Ibn ‘Abd Allah, was one
of them. When the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
chose some leaders among them, ‘Abd
Allah Ibn 'Amr was one of these leaders.
The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) made him
the leader of his people, the Bard
Salamah. When they returned to Al-Madiinah,
he sacrificed himself, his money, and
his family in the service of Islam.
After the Messenger's Hijrah to Al-Madiinah,
Abu Jaabir found utmost enjoyment in
accompanying the Prophet (PBUH) day and
night.
In the Battle of Badr, he went out
fighting like a hero. At Uhud he dreamed
of his death before the Muslims went out
to battle. He was overwhelmed by a true
sense that he was not coming back, and
his heart was full of joy. He called to
him his son Jaabir Ibn 'Abd Allah, the
noble Companion, and said, "I see
myself killed in this battle. Maybe I'll
be the first martyr among the Muslims.
By Allah, I'll leave no one that I like
more than you after the Messenger of
Allah (PBUH). I am in debt, so pay my
debts and make your brothers your own
concern."
The next morning the Muslims went out to
encounter the Quraish that had come in
an uproarious army to invade their
peaceful city. A dreadful battle raged,
at the beginning of which the Muslims
achieved rapid victory. It could have
been a decisive victory but for the
archers, whom the Messenger (PBUH) had
ordered to stay at their positions and
never to leave them, who were tempted by
this quick victory over the Quraish.
They left their positions on the
mountain and were pre-occupied with
gathering the booty of the defeated
army. The Quraish quickly gathered its
scattered remnants when it found the
Muslims' back completely exposed. They
surprised them by a quick attack from
behind, changing the Muslim victory into
defeat.
During this bitter fight, 'Abd Allah Ibn
'Amr died as a martyr. When the Muslims
went to find their martyrs after the
fighting had ended, Jaabir Ibn 'Abd
Allah went to search for his father. He
found him among the martyrs, whom the
polytheists had made a dreadful display
of along with other heroes. Jaabir and
some of his family were crying over the
martyr of Islam 'Abd Allah Ibn 'Amr Ibn
Hiraam when the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
passed by. He said, "Cry over him
or not, the angels are here to shade him
with their wings!"
Abu
Jaabir's belief was strong. His love, or
even eagerness, to die in the cause of
Allah was his greatest ambition.
Afterward, the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
announced the great news that depicted
his great fondness of martyrdom. One day
he (PBUH) said to ‘Abd Allah's son
Jaabir, "O Jaabir, Allah has never
spoken to anyone but from behind a veil,
but He has spoken to me face to face. He
said, 'O slave, ask Me to give you.' He
said, 'O Allah, I ask You to return me
to earth, to be killed again in Your
cause.' Allah answered him, "I said
before: They will not return to them.'
He said, 'O Allah, then inform those
after me of the blessings you have
bestowed on us.' So exalted Allah sent
down: <Think not of those who
are killed in the way of Allah as dead
Nay, they are alive, with their Lord,
and they have provision. They rejoice in
what Allah has bestowed upon them of His
Bounty, rejoicing for the sake of those
who have not joined them, but are left
behind (not yet marytred) that on them
no fear shall come, nor shall they
grieve>" (3: 169-170).
When
the Muslims were identifying their pious
martyrs after the Battle of Uhud and the
family of 'Abd Allah Ibn 'Amr had
identified his corpse, his wife carried
him, together with her brother who was
martyred also, on her camel. She began
taking them back to al-Madiinah to bury
them there. Likewise did some other
Muslims for their martyrs. But the crier
of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) caught
up with them and announced the
Messenger's order: Bury the martyrs on
their battle-ground. So they all
returned with their martyrs.
The Noble Prophet (PBUH) was supervising
the burial of his martyred Companions
who had fulfilled their promise to Allah
and sacrificed their precious souls as
humble offerings to Allah and His
Messenger. When it was ‘Abd Allah Ibn
Hiraam's turn to be buried, the
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) called,
"Bury 'Abd Allah Ibn -Amr and 'Amr
Ibn Al-Jamuuh in one grave; they were
loving and sincere to each other in this
world."
Now, during the moments of preparing the
happy grave to receive the two noble
martyrs, let us have a loving look at
the second martyr, 'Amr Ibn Al-Jamuuh.
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