{"id":13519,"date":"2019-03-12T06:44:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T04:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=13519"},"modified":"2021-09-20T15:45:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T13:45:48","slug":"the-islam-of-hazrat-abu-zar-radhiyallahu-anhu-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=13519","title":{"rendered":"The Islam of Hazrat Abu Zar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) \u2013 Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"itemIntroText\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?attachment_id=13522\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13522\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13522\" src=\"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Abu-Zar-radiyallahu-anhu-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Abu-Zar-radiyallahu-anhu-1.jpg 258w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Abu-Zar-radiyallahu-anhu-1-190x127.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a>It is reported from Hazrat \u2018Abdullah bin \u2018Abbaas (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) that when Hazrat Abu Zar Ghifaari (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) learnt of the prophethood of Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), he said to his brother, Hazrat Unais (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu), \u201cGo to Makkah Mukarramah and gather information about this man who claims that he is the messenger of Allah and that divine revelation descends upon him from the heavens. Also listen to his message.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"itemFullText\">\n<p>Following the instructions of Hazrat Abu Zar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu), Hazrat Unais (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) came to Makkah Mukarramah, met Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) and thereafter returned home.<\/p>\n<p>On his return, Hazrat Abu Zar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) asked him, \u201cWhat information have you brought?\u201d Hazrat Unais (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) replied, \u201cWhen I arrived in Makkah Mukarramah, I found some people referring to him as a liar or a sorcerer while others referred to him as a soothsayer or poet. By Allah! He is neither a poet nor a soothsayer!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hazrat Unais (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) was himself an accomplished poet. This is why he remarked, \u201cI have heard the speech of soothsayers, but the message of this man does not bear any resemblance to the speech of soothsayers. I have also compared his words to the various scales and forms of poetry and I saw that it does not have any link to poetry. By Allah! This man is most truthful and honest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also declared:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: center; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic'; font-size: 16pt;\">\u0631\u0623\u064a\u062a\u0647 \u064a\u0623\u0645\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u062e\u064a\u0631 \u0648\u064a\u0646\u0647\u0649 \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631 \u0648\u0631\u0623\u064a\u062a\u0647 \u064a\u0623\u0645\u0631 \u0628\u0645\u0643\u0627\u0631\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062e\u0644\u0627\u0642 \u0648\u0633\u0645\u0639\u062a \u0643\u0644\u0627\u0645\u0627 \u0645\u0627 \u0647\u0648 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0639\u0631<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I have only witnessed him commanding towards righteousness and forbidding from evil. I have observed him enjoining good character and I have heard his message which is in no way related to poetry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Extracted from Seeratul Mustafa 1\/170)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is reported from Hazrat \u2018Abdullah bin \u2018Abbaas (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) that when Hazrat Abu Zar Ghifaari (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) learnt of the prophethood of Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), he said to his brother, Hazrat Unais (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu), \u201cGo to Makkah Mukarramah and gather information about this man who claims that he is the messenger of Allah &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[796,62,721],"tags":[496,155,153],"class_list":["post-13519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-islamic-history","category-seerah","category-the-first-people-to-accept-islam","tag-hadhrat-abu-zar","tag-islam","tag-sahaabah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13523,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13519\/revisions\/13523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}