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Every Muslim recites the Qur'an
today and all the verses relating to beliefs, rules, morals, temporal and
spiritual needs pass from his sight but as the element of taking effect does not
exist, he does not take lessons from them. The condition of Sahabah 
was different. They accepted the effect of every single verse and it had been so
firm that they always trembled.
During a
journey, Hadhrat Umar 
repeatedly put a question to the Prophet 
. When no reply was made he
moved ahead of the Prophet fearing that there might be a verse revealed in
connection to it. After some time, he was sent for by the Prophet
. He feared that this verse
might have been revealed. He came to the Prophet
who recited this verse to
him:
"Verily,
we have granted you a manifest victory." (Al-Fath: 48:1)
On the death of the
Prophet
the Sahabah
were very much depressed. Hadhrat Abu Bakr
delivered a lecture and in that address, recited this verse:
"Muhammad
is no more than an apostle, many were the Apostles that passed away." (Aal-I-Imran:
3:144)
The Sahabah
were so much impressed as if this verse had not been revealed before. All the Sahabah
memorised it and kept reciting it. Hadhrat Umar
stated, "When I heard tis verse from Hadhrat Abu Bakr ,
I felt jittery and I fell on the ground."
Hadhrat Saad
came to the Prophet
with a sword in
Ghazwah-I-Badr and said, "Today Allah 
has given me relief with the blood of the enemy. Therefore grant this sword to
me." The Prophet
observed, "It is neither mine nor yours." He went away saying to
himself, "This may be given to a person who has not done bravely any act
like me." After a short while a messenger of the Prophet
came. Hadhrat Saad
was worried that a verse
might have been revealed to him. When he came to the Prophet
, he recited this verse:
"They
ask you concerning things taken as spoils of war. Say, such spoils are at the
disposal of Allah and his Prophet."
He then
observed. "Allah has given this sword to me but I give it to you."
Hadhrat
Abdullah bin Umar
stated, "During the period of the Prophet
we did not talk or laugh with women lest a verse may be revealed, but with the
death of the Prophet
this silence was broken." One day, the Prophet
was sitting under the shade of the wall of the Kaabah. Hadhrat Abu Zar Ghifari
came over. The Prophet
saw him and said, "They are under loss." He was very much worried lest
some verse had been revealed relating to him.
Once the
Prophet
said after the Fajr Salah, "Is there present any person of such and such
tribe?" No one responded. Again, he repeated the same. A person arose. The
Prophet
said to him. "Why did you not rise the first time?" He replied,
"I feared if a verse had been revealed relating to this tribe."
The Sahabah
used to get frightened particularly with those verses which revealed some threat
or punishment for an act. Thus, when this verse was revealed-
"And
there are those who buy gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allah,
announce to them a most grevious penalty." (Al-Taubah 9:34)
All the Sahabah
felt as if a calamity had fallen on them. When Hadhrat Umar
saw the Sahabah in this confusion, he said. "I will solve your
problem." So, he went to the Prophet
and submitted before him. "This verse has shocked your companions."
The Prophet
said, Allah
has made Zakat obligatory merely to purify the remaining wealth with you and He
has fixed the inheritance so that the next generation may get the
property." Hearing that, Hadhrat Umar
shouted with happiness and satisfaction.
Hadhrat Malik
bin Tha'albah
was a wealthy companion during the period of the Prophet .
One day the prophet was reciting this verse:
"And
there are those who...." (Al-Taubah, 9:34)
By chance,
when Hadhrat Malik
happened to pass by there, he heard this verse, and fainted. When his senses
were restored, he went to the Prophet
and submitted before him, "O Prophet of Allah
let my parents be sacrificed for you, has this verse been revealed in connection
with those people who collect gold and silver." The Prophet
replied in the affirmative. He said, "By the evening, a single dinar or
dirham will no remain with Malik." Thus by the evening, he spent all of his
property, in charity.
Once Hadhrat
Aishah
submitted before the Prophet
that the verse:
"Whosoever
works evil, will be requited accordingly." (An-Nisa, 4:123)
is very
harsh. The Prophet
said, "O Aishah! You are unaware of the fact that even a thorn which
pinches the foot of a Muslim is the result of his bad actions."
When the
verse: "Whether you show what is in your minds or conceal it,
Allah will call you to account for it." (Al-Baqarah 2:284)
was revealed,
all the companions
came to the Prophet ,
sat on their knees and said to the Prophet ,
"O Prophet of Allah! We can afford the obligations of Salah,
Fasting, Jihad and Sadaqah but we cannot bear the requirement of this
verse." Thus, after it, the following was revealed:
"On
no soul does Allah place a burden greater than it can bear."
When the
verse:
"It
is those who believe and confuse not their beliefs with wrong, they are truly in
security, because they are on (right) guidance." (Al-Anaam, 6:82)
All the Sahabah
became worried and submitted to the Prophet of Allah :
Who is amongst us, who does not commit injustice to himself?" He observed,
"zulm (injustice) means shirk or polytheism."
The result
was that the Sahabah
used to get ready with enthusiasm to comply with the Ahkam or commands
of the Qu'ran. When the following Qu'ranic verse was revealed:
"By
no means shall you attain righteousness unless you give (freely) of that which
you love." (Aal-I-Imran, 3:92)
Hadhrat Abu
Talhah
came to the Prophet
and said "Allah demands our property. Be you a witness to the fact that I
make an endowment of my land which is in Areeha to Allah." But the
Prophet
observed, "Distribute it amongst your relatives."
Hadhrat Abu
Hazaifah bin Aqbah
had adopted Salim
as his son and he had got the rights of a real son as in the period of
ignorance. But when this Qu'ranic verse:-
"Call
them by (the names of) their fathers." (Al Baqarah 3:5)
was revealed,
the wife of Hadhrat Abu Hazaifah
came to the Prophet
and said "We considered Salim as our son and he lived in our house and
never observed purdah for him, but with the revelation of this surah,
now what is your order in this regard?" The Prophet
observed, "Feed him your milk." Thus, by sucking his wife's milk he
became like their foster son.
When the
verse relating to (sahoor) or early morning breakfast before fasting
was revealed:-
"And
eat and drink until the white thread of dawn appears to you distinct from its
black thread." (Al-Baqarah, 2:187)
Hadhrat Abi
bin Hatim
went to sleep after placing black and white pieces of thread under his pillow
and watched them whether both of them became prominent or not. When nothing
could be known he mentioned this to the Prophet
who observed, "It is very strange that you are such a simpleton. Really, it
means day and night or the blackness of night and the whiteness of day."
When the Qu'ranic verse:
"Eat
not up your property among yourselves in vanities, but let there be among you
traffic and trade by mutual good will." (Al-Nisa 4:29)
was reavealed,
the situation was such that the rich people invited their dear and nearer ones
to feast, but those people refused saying that the poor deserve it more than us.
Thus, another verse of Surah Noor repeated it.
Taken
from: The ways of Sahabah
By: Maulana Abdus Salam Nadvi
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