The Great Respect the Sahaba had for Allah's Messenger

`Urwah (ibn Mas'ud al Thaqafi) returned to his people [the Quraysh] and said;

`O people! By Allah, I have been to the kings and to Caesar, Khosrau and An-Najashi. Yet, by Allah! I have never seen any of them respected by his courtiers, as much as, Muhammad is respected by his companions.

By Allah, if he spat, the spittle would fall into the hand of one of them and he would rub it on his face and skin.* If he ordered them, they would carry out his order immediately, if he performed ablution, they would struggle (with each other) to take the remaining water, and when they spoke, they would lower their voices and would not look at his face constantly out of respect...


*Blessings can only be sought from what is authentically touched by Allah's Messenger, or what was his i.e. his hair, or his saliva etc. since he did not forbid it [if it was forbidden he would forbid it or Allah would.] But it does not apply to seeking blessings from other people or graves etc. since this was not the practise of the companions after him.

Surah Al Fath - tafsir ibn Kathir;
http://www.tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=48&tid=49543

"An ear for an ear, and the head is extra..."

"An ear for an ear, and the head is extra..."


Ibn Mas’ud was sitting on the chest of Abu Jahl, he cut off his head. It was

narrated that he then pierced a hole in Abu Jahl’s ear, tied a rope through it, and dragged his

head by this rope. It seems that Abu Jahl’s head was quite large, and Ibn Mas’ud was a frail,

weak person. So, when the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) saw Abu Jahl’s severed

head, he fell into prostration out of gratitude to Allah, and said: “By the One besides

Whom there is none worthy of worship, there is a Fir’awn for every ummah, and this

is the Fir’awn of this Ummah.”This is the narration in the ‘Sahihayn,’ and it is also said

that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), after he saw the rope tied through the hole

in Abu Jahl’s ear, remembered the day that he had injured Ibn Mas’ud’s ear in Makkah, and

then said to Ibn Mas’ud: “An ear for an ear, and the head is extra.”



For the entire story of the killing of Abu Jahl, see ‘Fath al-Bari’ (7/342-354), and ‘Sharh Sahih Muslim’ (12/159-160).


The book from where this is taken from. Abdullah Azzam's advise for the youth.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/16054018/the-youth-abdullah-azzam
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