Muadh bin Jabal al Ansari R.A
Aaez Allah lbn Abd Allah narrated that one day he entered the mosque with the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ
at the dawn of Umar’s caliphate. Then he sat among more than thirty men. Let us hear him narrate the story: ‘I sat with a group of more than thirty men. They were recalling a hadith of the Prophet . In tﷺ
his ring sat a dark, swarthy young man who had a sweet voice and a radiant face. Whenever they disputed about a hidden or ambiguous meaning in the hadith, they at once sought his legal instruction or judgment. He seldom, if ever, spoke unless he was asked. When their meeting was over, I approached him and asked him, ‘Who are you, O Allah’s Slave?’ He answered, ‘I am Mu’adh Ibn Jabal.’ So I instantly felt dose to him.
He was an astounding erudite scholar . He reached the apex in knowledge and fiqh, to the extent that made the Prophet ﷺ say, ‘The most learned man of my nation in halal and haram is Mu’adh Ibn Jabal.’
He was among the 70 ANSAR who took the oath of allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ in the Second Allegiance of Aqabah .He was chosen by the prophet to go to Yemen as a leader and a scholar in one. Mu’adh was generous, magnanimous, well-mannered, and good-natured. If anyone asked him for money, he would readily and gladly give it to him. His generosity made him spend all his money on charity and aid.
One day, the Prophet ﷺ ran into him so he asked him, ‘How are you this morning Mu’adh? He answered, ‘This morning I woke up as a true believer.’ The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘Every truth has its manifestations, so what are the manifestations of your belief?’ Mu’adh readily answered, ‘I have never woken up without believing that I might die before nightfall. I have never slept without believing that I might die before the morning and have never taken a step without believing that I might die before taking the next. It always seems to me that I can see each nation humbled to its knees and each nation called to its record of deeds. It always seems to me that I can see the dwellers of Paradise, wherein are delights everlasting, and the dwellers of Hell, wherein they are in disgracing torment.’ The Prophetﷺ commented, ‘Now you know, so stick to the truth as long as you live.’ Indeed Mu’adh had submitted himself and his destiny to Allah, for Allah was all that mattered to him. It was just that Ibn Mas’ud described him as ‘an ummah, a leader having all the good and righteous qualities, obedient to Allah and Hanifan, who worshipped none but Allah. We used to liken him to Ibrahim AS.’
Muadh was very close to the prophet ﷺ
The Prophet ﷺ said one day, ‘O Mu’adh, by Allah I love you dearly, so do not forget to recite after every prayer اللَّهُمَّ أَ عِنِّيْ عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ شُكْرِكَ وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ , .”
Muadh died at the pinnacle of his youth during the caliphate of Umar Bin Khattab at the age of 33 ,a few months after been appointed as the governor of Syria, after the death of Abu Ubaidah Bin Jarrah
Umar used to say, ‘If I were to grant Mu’adh Ibn Jabal succession and Allah asked me, ‘Why did you make him your successor?’ I would readily answer, ‘I heard Your Prophet ﷺ say that when those who have knowledge stand before Almighty Allah, Mu’adh will be among them.’
ALLAHU AKBAR.WHAT A MAN,WHAT A LIFE
