Biography Hazrat Abd Allah Ibn Rawaahah | سیرت حضرت عبد اللہ بن رواحہ رضی اللہ عنہ

Biography Hazrat Abd Allah Ibn Rawaahah سیرت حضرت عبد اللہ بن رواحہ رضی اللہ عنہ
Asslamoalaikum, sisters brothers and friends we are discribing biography of Sahabierasool HAZRAT ABD ALLAH IBN RAWAAHAH
O My Soul, Death Is Inevitable, So It Is Better for You to Be Martyred

When the Prophet (PBUH) met secretly with Al-Madiinah's delegation on the outskirts of Makkah away from the disbelievers of the Quraish, twelve representatives of the Ansaar took an oath of allegiance in the first Pledge of `Aqabali. `Abd Allah Ibn Rawaahah was one of those representatives who ushered Islam to Al-Madiinah and who paved the way for the Hijrah, which wasconsidered an excellent springboard for Allah's religion, Islam. `Abd Allahwas also one of the great 73 of the Ansaar who gave the Prophet (PBUH) theSecond Pledge of `Aqabah in the following year. After the Prophet (PBUH) andhis Companions emigrated and settled in Al-Madiinah, `Abd Allah Ibn Rawaahah was the most active Muslim of the Ansaar who strived to support the thriving religion. He was also the most alert Muslim to the plots of `Abd Allah Ibn Ubaiy whom the people of Al-Madiinah were about to crown king before the Muslimsarrived. He never got over the bitterness he felt for losing the chance ofhis lifetime to become a king. Therefore, he used his craftiness to weavedeceitful plots against Islam, while `Abd Allah Ibn Rawaahah kept on tracingand detecting this craftiness with remarkable insight that frustrated mostof Ibn Ubaiy's maneuvers and plots.

Ibn Rawaahah (May Allah be pleased with him) was a scribe at a time in which writing was not prevalent. He was a poet. His poetry flowed with admirable fluency and strength. Ever since his Islam he devoted his poetic geniusto its service. The Prophet (PBUH) always admired his poetry, asking himto recite more of it. One day, as he was sitting among his Companions, `AbdAllah Ibn Rawaahah joined them, so the Prophet (PBUH) asked him, "How doyou compose a poem?" `Abd Allah answered, "First I think about its subject matter, then I recite." He immediately recited:

O the good descendants of Al Haashim
Allah raised you to a high station
Of which you are worthy above all mankind.
My intuition made me realize at once
Your excelling nature,
Contrary to the disbelievers belief in you.
If you asked some of them for support and help,
They would turn you down.
May Allah establish the good that descends
On you firmly
And bestow victory upon you as He did to Muusaa.

The Prophet (PBUH) was elated and said, "I hope that Allah will make your feet firm, too." When the Prophet was circumambulating the Ka'bah in thecompensatory `Umrah, lbn Rawaahah recited to him:

Were it not for Allah, we would not have been
Guided to the Right path nor charitable
Nor able to perform our prayers.
So descend, peace of mind and reassurance,
On us and establish our feet firmly
When we meet our enemy
In combat. If our oppressors tried to spread
Affliction and trial, unrest, among us
We will not give them way.

Muslims reiterated his graceful lines. The active poet was saddened when the glorious verse descended saying: "And for the poets, only the erring people follow them " (26:224). But soon he was contented to hear another versesaying: "Except those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, and rememberGOD frequently, and defend themselves after being oppressed" (26 : 227).

When Islam rose up in arms in self-defense, Ibn Rawaahah saw service in all the battles: Badr, Uhud, Al-Khandaq, Al Hudaibiyyah, and Khaibar. His perpetual slogan was these lines of poetry: ''O my soul, death is inevitable, so it is better for you to be martyred."
He shouted at the disbelievers in every battle, "O disbelievers, get out of my way. My Prophet (PBUH) has all the excellent qualities.
The Battle of Mu'tah started, and, as we have mentioned, he was the third of the Commanders after Zaid and Ja'far. Ibn Rawaahah (May Allah be pleased with him) stood there as the army was about to leave Al- Madiinah and recited: