{"id":207,"date":"2014-09-20T08:42:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T08:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/80.93.25.32\/?p=207"},"modified":"2014-09-27T08:23:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T08:23:04","slug":"maulana-ammar-bin-yasir-ra-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/misbah\/hududkiram\/maulana-ammar-bin-yasir-ra-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Maulana Ammar bin Yasir <sup>RA<\/sup>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cO my Lord! You are aware that if I knew that your happiness was in my falling down from my mount and breaking my neck; then I would do so. If I knew that your happiness was in my lighting a fire and throwing myself into it; then I would do so. If I knew that your happiness was in flinging myself into the river and perishing; then I would do so. O Lord! I am not fighting the people of Shaam but for the sake of your happiness and I hope that you will not disappoint me given that I am seeking your happiness.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This supplication which contains profound words of inspiration and reflects immense faith in Allah Ta\u00b4aala and strength of character was uttered by Maulana Ammar bin Yasir<sup>RA<\/sup> while riding on the shores of the river Euphrates during the Battle of<em> Siffeen<\/em>. These words encapsulate the message of his life: to live with sincerity and seek nothing but the happiness of Allah and his <em>Wali<\/em>. This purity of heart earned him a special nearness to Rasulullah<sup>SA<\/sup> who declared that \u2018Ammar is the skin between my two eyes\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Maulana Ammar\u2019s<sup>RA<\/sup> origins can be traced back to Yemen. His father Yasir migrated to Makkah and was befriended by Abu Huzaifah who got him married to his slave girl, Sumayyah. Sumayyah gave birth to Ammar whom Abu Huzaifah freed. His mother Sumayyah was the first woman to be slayed in Islam. She was killed by Abu Jehal in Makkah. Yasir and his family embraced Islam in the face of severe persecution. Maulana Ammar<sup>RA<\/sup> was the first to pledge the oath of allegiance to Rasulullah<sup>SA<\/sup> on the Day of Shajarah.<\/p>\n<p>When Rasulullah<sup>SA<\/sup> undertook the task of building the <em>masjid<\/em> at Madinah, he saw that while people were carrying one brick, Ammar<sup>RA<\/sup> was carrying two. Rasulullah<sup>SA<\/sup> said, \u201cWhy do you burden yourself, O Ammar?\u201d Ammar<sup>RA<\/sup> replied, \u201cI am also running a temperature, O Rasulullah.\u201d To which, Rasulullah<sup>SA<\/sup> said, \u201cAllah has filled Ammar\u2019s heart, ears and eyes with Imaan. Truth will not be presented to him but he will accept it; and falsehood will not be presented to him but he will reject it. He will be killed by the rebellious sect.\u201d After this foreboding of Rasulullah<sup>SA<\/sup>, Maulana Ammar\u2019s<sup>RA<\/sup> life and death acquired immense significance in the history of Islam.<\/p>\n<p>When the caliphate of Islam returned to Maulana Ali<sup>SA<\/sup>, Mu\u00b4aawiyah, who was then the governor of Shaam, refused to cede and revolted. He, along with his accomplice, \u00b4Amr bin al-\u00b4Aas lured his subjects into taking up arms against Maulana Ali<sup>SA<\/sup>. During the war, people followed Moulana Ammar<sup>RA<\/sup> wherever he went, as they knew from Rasulullah\u2019s<sup>SA<\/sup> words that whoever was responsible for his death was in the wrong. So, when Maulana Ammar<sup>RA<\/sup> was killed by the army of Mu\u00b4aawiyah, the latter\u2019s falsehood was immediately exposed and it became evident to all that haqq was with Moulana Ali<sup>SA<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Mu\u00b4aawiyah and his scheming companion \u00b4Amr then declared that it was not they who had killed Ammar<sup>RA<\/sup>, but those who brought him into the battle in the first place. When Moulana Ali<sup>SA<\/sup> learned about this absurdity, he exclaimed, \u201cMay Allah\u2019s curse be upon \u00b4Amr. How can these people be so naive! If we are responsible for Ammar\u2019s\u00a0death because he was with us, then it means that Rasulullah<sup>SA<\/sup> and his companions should be held responsible for the deaths of all those Muslims killed with them in battle!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cO my Lord! You are aware that if I knew that your happiness was in my falling down from my mount and breaking my neck; then I would do so. If I knew that your happiness was in my lighting a fire and throwing myself into it; then I would do so. 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