(EPISODE 15) – BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF JUNDUB BIN JUNAADAH ( #30DaysWith10SAHABA )
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News reached Abu Dharr that a new Prophet had appeared in Makkah. He really hoped that his appearance would help to change the hearts and minds of people and lead them away from the darkness of superstition. Without wasting much time, he called his brother, Unays, and said to him:
“Go to Makkah and get whatever news you can of this man who claims that he is a Prophet and that revelation comes to him from the heavens. Listen to some of his sayings and come back and recite them to me.”
Unays went to Makkah and met the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be on him. He listened to what he had to say and returned to the Waddan desert.
“I have seen a man,” reported Unays,
“…who calls people to noble qualities and there is no mere poetry in what he says.”
“What do people say about him?” asked Abu Dharr.
“They say he is a magician, a soothsayer and a poet.”
“My curiosity is not satisfied. I am not finished with this matter. Will you look after my family while I go out and examine this prophet’s mission myself?”
“Yes. But beware of the Makkans.”
On his arrival at Makkah, he decided to exercise great caution. The Quraysh were noticeably angry over the denunciation of their gods.
At nightfall, he lay down in the Sacred Mosque. Ali ibn abi Talib passed by him and, realising that he was a stranger, asked him to come to his house. Abu Dharr spent the night with him and in the morning returned to the Mosque. He had asked no questions and no questions were asked of him.
Abu Dharr spent the following day without getting to know the Prophet. At evening he went to the Mosque to sleep and Ali again passed by him and said:
“Isn’t it time that a man knows his house?”
Abu Dharr accompanied him and stayed at his house a second night. Again no one asked the other about anything.
On the third night, however, Ali asked him, “Aren’t you going to tell me why you came to Makkah?”
“Only if you will give me an undertaking that you will guide me to what I seek.”
Ali agreed and Abu Dharr said:
“I came to Makkah from a distant place seeking a meeting with the new Prophet and to listen to some of what he has to say.”
Ali’s face lit up with happiness as he said, “By God, he is really the Messenger of God,” and he went on telling Abu Dharr more about the Prophet and his teaching.
Finally, he said: “When we get up in the morning, follow me wherever I go. If I see anything which I am afraid of for your sake, I would stop as if to pass water. If I continue, follow me until you enter where I enter.”
In the morning, he followed closely in Ali’s footsteps until they were in the presence of the Prophet.
“As-salaamu alayka yaa Rasulullah, (Peace be on you, O Messenger of God),” greeted Abu Dharr.
” Wa alayka salaamullahi wa rahmatuhu wa barakaatuhu
Abu Dharr was thus the first person to greet the Prophet with the greeting of Islam. After that, the greeting spread and came into general use.
The Prophet, peace be on him, welcomed Abu Dharr and invited him to Islam. He recited some of the Qur’an for him. Before long, Abu Dharr pronounced the Shahadah, thus entering the religion of Islam.
He was among the first persons to accept Islam.
May Almighty Allah be pleased with him!
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