Wahb
bin Qabus (Radhiyallaho anho) was a shepherd and had been a Muslim for some
time. He lived in his village in the desert. He came to Madinah to see the
Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam). He was accompanied by his nephew and his
herd of goats, which he had tied with a rope. He learnt that the Prophet
(Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) was in Uhud. He left his goats and went to Uhud to
fight by the side of the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam). A group of the
enemy was at that time advancing to attack the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe
wasallam). The Prophet announced:
"The
person who disperses these people will be my companion in Paradise."
Hadhrat
Wahb (Radhiyallaho anho) attacked them fiercely and repulsed all of them. A
second and third group of the enemy tried to advance, and each time it was
Hadhrat Wahb (Radhiyallaho anho) who fought them and put them to flight single
handed. The Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) gave him good tidings of Paradise.
No sooner did he hear this, than he jumped into the enemy lines and fought till
he was no more.
Hadhrat
Sa'd bin Abi Waqqaas (Radhiyallaho anho) says:
"I
have never seen a person fighting so bravely and fearlessly as Wahb did. I saw
the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) standing beside his dead body, saying,
'O Wahb! You have pleased me. May Allah be pleased with you."
Although
the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) himself was wounded in this battle,
yet he buried Wahb's body with his own hands. Hadhrat Umar (Radhiyallaho anho)
used to say:
"I
never envied anybody more than Wahb (Radhiyal-laho anho). I wish I could appear
before Allah with a record as good as his.
“What
is it in the life of Hadhrat Wahb (Radhiyallaho anho) that makes an illustrious
and exalted person like Hadhrat Umar (Radhiyallaho anho) to envy him. It is the
same spirit of sacrifice for the sake of Allah and His Prophet (Sallallaho
alaihe wasallam) even though Hadhrat `Umar (Radhiyallaho anho) and other
Sahabah have better deeds.
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