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THE ASHĀB US-SUFFA: THE SŪFĪ FUQARĀ’
WITH THE BELOVED PROPHET MUHAMMAD
Sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa Sallam
Sayyidinā
- Aws bin Aws ath-Thaqafī, also known as Aws bin Hudhayfa
- Asmā’ bin Hāritha al-Aslamī
- al-Agharr al-Muzanī
- Bilāl bin Rabāh
- al-Barā’ bin Mālik al-Ansārī
- Thawbān mawlā Rasūlillāh
- Thābit bin ad-Dahhāk al-Ansārī, Abū Zayd al-Ash-halī
- Thābit bin Wadī’a al-Ansārī
- Thaqīf bin ‘Amr
- Abū Dharr al-Ghifārī, Jundub bin Junāda
- Jarhad bin Khuwaylid al-Aslamī
- Ju’ayl bin Surāqa ad-Damrī
- Jāriya bin Humayl
- Hudhayfa bin al-Yamān
- Hudhayfa bin Asīd
- Habīb bin Zayd bin ‘Āsim al-Ansārī
- Hāritha bin an-Nu’mān al-Ansārī
- Hāzim bin Harmala al-Aslamī
- Hanzala bin Abī ‘Āmir ar-Rāhib al-Ansārī
- Hajjāj bin ‘Amr al-Aslamī
- al-Hakam bin ‘Umayr
- Harmala bin Iyās
- Khabbāb bin al-Aratt
- Khunays bin Hudhāfa as-Sahmī
- Abū Ayyūb al-Ansārī, Khālid bin Zayd
- Khuraym bin Fātik al-Asadī
- Khuraym bin Aws at-Tāī
- Khubayb bin Yasāf bin ‘Utba
- Dukayn bin Sa’īd al-Muzanī
- Dhu’l Bujādayn, ‘AbdAllāh
- Abū Lubāba, Bashīr bin ‘Abd al-Mundhir al-Ansārī
- Abū Razīn
- Zayd bin al-Khattāb
- Salmān al-Fārisī, Abū ‘Abdullāh
- Sa’d bin Abī Waqqās
- Sa’īd bin ‘Āmir al-Jamhī
- Safīna, Abū ‘Abdu’rRahmān mawlā Rasūlillāh
- Abū Sa’īd al-Khudrī, Sa’d bin Mālik
- Sālim mawlā Abī Hudhayfa
- Sālim bin ‘Ubayd al-Ashja’ī
- Sālim bin ‘Umayr
- As-Sāib bin Khallād
- Shaqrān mawlā Rasūlillāh
- Shaddād bin Asīd
- Suhayb bin Sinān
- Safwān bin Baydā’
- Takhfa bin Qays al-Ghifārī
- Talha bin ‘Amr al-Basrī
- at-Tafāwī ad-Dawsī, Abū Nadra
- ‘AbdAllāh bin Mas’ūd
- Abū Hurayra, ‘Abdu’rRahmān bin Sakhr ad-Dawsī
- ‘AbdAllāh bin ‘Abd al-Asad, Abū Salamah al-Makhzūmī
- ‘AbdAllāh bin Hawāla al-Azdī
- ‘AbdAllāh bin Umm Maktūm
- ‘AbdAllāh bin ‘Amr bin Hirām, Abū Jābir al-Ansārī
- ‘AbdAllāh bin Unays al-Juhanī
- ‘AbdAllāh bin Zayd al-Juhanī
- ‘AbdAllāh bin al-Hārith bin Juz iz-Zabīdī
- ‘AbdAllāh bin ‘Umar bin al-Khattāb
- ‘Abd al-Rahmān bin Qirt
- ‘Abd al-Rahmān bin Jabr bin ‘Amr, Abū ‘Ubays al-Ansārī
- ‘Uqbah bin ‘Āmir al-Juhanī
- ‘Abbād bin Khālid al-Ghifārī
- ‘Amr bin ‘Awf al-Muzanī
- ‘Amr bin Taghlab
- ‘Uwaym bin Sā’ida al-Ansārī
- ‘Ubayd mawlā Rasūlillāh
- ‘Ukāsha bin Mihsan al-Asadī
- al-‘Arbād bin Sāriya
- ‘AbdAllāh bin Habshī al-Khash’amī
- ‘Utbah bin ‘AbdAllāh as-Sulamī
- ‘Utbah bin an-Nadr as-Sulamī
- ‘Amr bin ‘Anbasah as-Sulamī
- ‘Ubādah bin Qars, also referred to as ‘Ubādah bin Qart
- ‘Iyād bin Himār al-Mujāsha’ī
- Fudālah bin ‘Ubayd al-Ansārī
- Farāt bin Hayyān al-‘Ajlī
- Abū Firās al-Aslamī
- Qurrah bin Iyās Abū Mu’āwiyah al-Muzanī
- Kannāz bin al-Husayn Abū Marthad al-Ghanawī
- Ka’b bin ‘Amr, Abu’l Yasar al-Ansārī
- Abū Kabshah mawlā Rasūlillāh
- Mistah bin Uthāthah
- Mas’ūd bin ar-Rabī’ al-Qāri’
- Mu’ādh Abū Halīma al-Qāri’
- Wāthilah bin al-Asqa’
- Wābisah bin Ma’bad al-Juhanī
- Hilāl mawlā al-Mughīrah bin Shi’bah
- Yasār Abū Fakīhah mawlā Safwān bin Umayyah
Rady Allāhu ‘Anhum Ajma’īn, may Allāh be pleased with them all, Āmīn.
Source:
Al-Hāfiz Abū Nu’aym Ahmad bin ‘AbdAllāh al-Asfahānī, Hilyatu’l Awliyā’ wa Tabaqāt u’l Asfiyā’ (The Adornment of the Saints and the Ranks of the Spiritual Elite), Dār u’l Fikr and Dār u’l Kutub al-‘Ilmiyya, Beirut, 1357 A.H, vol I, p. 347-385, Vol II, p. 3-25.
The Ashāb us-Suffa
These are the Companions of Prophet Muhammad Sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa Sallam who, as they were poor, lived in a verandah in the Prophet’s Masjid in Madīna. The raised platform in Masjid an-Nabawī indicates where they lived. They were very pious, ascetic, dignified, highly scrupulous, drowned in the love of Allāh Subhānahū wa Ta’ālā, prepared to lay down their lives for the sake of Islām, and deeply attached to the Holy Prophet Muhammad Sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa Sallam.
Hadīth on the Ashāb us-Suffa
Hadrat Abū ‘Uthmān narrated that Hadrat ‘Abdu’r Rahmān bin Abū Bakr Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu said, “The Suffa Companions were poor people and Prophet Muhammad Sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa Sallam said, ‘Whoever has food for two persons should take a third one from them (Suffa Companions). And whosoever has food for four persons, he should take one or two from them’. Sayyidinā Abū Bakr Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu took three men and Prophet Muhammad Sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa Sallam took ten of them”. (Bukhārī)
The Ashāb us-Suffa Were Served by Prophet Muhammad Sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa Sallam
Hadrat Abu Huraira (Rady Allahu 'Anh) relates: "By Allah, except whom there is no God, during the days of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam) I used to press my stomach against the ground due to extreme hunger, or I used to tie a stone over it. One day I was sitting by the side of a public thoroughfare when the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam) passed by me. On seeing me he smiled and recognized from my face my condition (that I was hungry). He called "Abahir" (meaning Abu Huraira) and I responded: 'I am here, O Messenger of Allah'. He said: 'Come along with me' and he walked on; I followed him.
On reaching home he sought permission of the inmates, and entered, and also permitted me to enter in the house. He found a cup full of milk, and asked the inmates 'From where has this milk come? They said: 'It is a present for you from some gentleman or lady.' He called me 'Abahir' and I responded: 'I am here, O Messenger of Allah'. He said: Go and call my Suffa Companions.' These companions were the guests of the Muslims, who had no house, no property, no friends or relatives with whom they could live. As such they were guests of all Muslims. Whenever the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam) received something as charity he used to send it to them and would not retain anything out if it for himself (as charity was forbidden for him and his family). However, whenever he received something as a gift he would send for them and shared it with them.
But on this occasion I did not like his invitation to them, and thought: 'How would this milk suffice so many? I deserve this more than others, as by drinking it I might gain some energy. When these companions of the Suffa would come, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam) will ask me to serve the milk to them. When they start drinking I do not think that anything would be left for me out of this milk. But what could I have done, I could not dare avoid the orders of Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) and His Messenger (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam).
Accordingly I went out and called them; they came and solicited permission to come in, which was granted and they came in and took their seats. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam) called me 'Abahir' and I replied: 'I am here, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'Take hold of the cup of milk and give it to them.' I took the cup and passed it to one man who would drink and when he felt satisfied, he would return it to me, and I would give it to the next person who likewise drank the milk to his fill. I went on doing this till the cup reached the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam). By that time all had drunk the milk to their satisfaction.
The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam) took the cup in his hand, looked towards me, smiled and said: 'Abahir?' I said 'I am here, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, "Now only two persons, myself and you are left!" I said: "Of course, O Messenger of Allah, you are right." Then he said: "Sit and drink." I sat down and started drinking the milk. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam) said: "Take more." I took a bit more and he continued saying; 'Drink a little more', till I said: By Allah! Who has commissioned you with the truth , now I have no more room in my stomach.' He said: 'Then let me have it.' So I passed on the cup to him. He thanked Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) and with the name of Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) drank the milk which was left in the cup. (Bukhari)