CHAPTER 48: THE DEATH OF ABU UMAMAH AS’AD IBN ZURARAH
THE DEATH OF ABU UMAMAH AS’AD IBN ZURARAH, ONE OF THE TWELVE DELEGATES ON THE NIGHT OF THE PLEDGE OF ‘AQABAH
He had witnessed the three Aqabah pledges and was the first to pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) on the night of the second pledge of Aqabah according to a view. Muhammad Ibn Ishaq related from Anas that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) cauterized As’ad Ibn Zurarah while he was suffering from Shawkah. It narrators are trustworthy.
Ibn Ishaq related from Yahya Ibn Abdullah Ibn Abdur-Rahman Ibn As’ad Ibn Zurarah that Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said: “How bad the death of Abu Umamah is for the Jews and the hypocrites. They say, ‘if he was a Prophet (in truth), his Companion would not have died even though I possess no power on behalf of myself and my Companions against Allah.” This indicates that he was the first to die after the arrival of the Prophet (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) in Madinah. Abul-Hasan Ibn Al-Katheer had claimed in ‘Usdul-Ghabah’ that he died in Shawwal, seven months after the arrival of the Prophet (in Madinah) but Allah knows best.
By Ibn Katheer
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