Protected Pearls

This is the story of Salman narrated on his tongue:

I grew up in the town of Isfahan in Persia in the village of Jayyan. My father was the Dihqan or chief of the village. He was the richest person there and had the biggest house. Since I was a child my father loved me, more than he loved any other. As time went by his love for me became so strong and overpowering that he feared to lose me or have anything happen to me. So he kept ...

Al-Husayn ibn Salam was a Jewish rabbi in Yathrib who was widely respected and honoured by the people of the city even by those who were not Jewish. He was known for his piety and goodness, his upright conduct and his truthfulness. Al-Husayn lived a peaceful and gentle life but he was serious, purposeful and organized in the way he spent his time. For a fixed period each day, he would worship, teach and preach in the temple. Then he would spend some time in his orchard, looking after date pal...

Ka'ab Ibn Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) was telling the story:

I was not absent from the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) during any campaign that he fought in, except the Battle of Tabuk. Nevertheless, I was absent from the Battle of Badr. However, no individual was admonished for non-participation. Indeed, the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him)departed in search of a caravan of the Quraish, thereafter certain events took place until Allâh assemble...

In the nineteenth year after the Hijrah, 'Umar dispatched an army to fight against the Byzantines. In it was 'Abdullah ibn Hudhafah As-Sahmi. News of the Muslim force reached the Byzantine emperor, Heraclius. He had heard of their sincerity of faith, and their willingness to sacrifice their lives in the way of Allah and His Prophet. He gave orders to his men to bring to him any Muslim captives they might take alive..

God willed that 'Abdullah ibn Hudhafah should fal...

When the prophet started sending his messengers to the kings of other countries at that time he sent Duhayyiah Al Kalbi (may Allah be pleased with him) to the Heraclius of the Roman in order to invite him to Islam. At that time Abu Sufyan (May Allah be pleased with him) was not a Muslim yet and he was one of the most people who hated the prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him). He happened to be in Rome that time accompanying a caravan fromQuraish. The following event happened there:

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