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The Virtues of Hazrat Salman al-Farsi - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief The Virtues of Hazrat Salman al-Farsi 2024-08-12 933 Views Salman al-Farsi There are astounding similarities between the life of Salman al-Farsi and the lives of three great Prophets of Allah, viz., Abraham, Joseph son of Jacob, and Muhammad Mustafa the son of Abdullah, (May Allah bless them all) Abraham defied his guardian who was an idolater; Salman defied his father who was a fire-worshipper; and The Mustafa defied the Quraysh of Makkah who were polytheists.

The reason for this defiance by all three of them was the same, viz., their faith in the Oneness of their Creator. Their pure faith as monotheists made conflict with the polytheists inevitable. To all three of them, the lands of their birth proved to be inhospitable because of their faith, and all three of them had to forsake them.

Abraham migrated from Iraq to Canaan (Palestine) and to Makkah; Salman migrated from Persia to Syria and to Yathrib; and Muhammad Mustafa migrated from Makkah to Medina. Each of them found his destiny in the land of his adoption. Salman arrived in Yathrib many years before the arrival of Muhammad Mustafa in that city. For all those years, he was harassed, tormented and overworked by a pitiless, wanton and sadistic master, and he did not know a day of peace.

During the ten years before his migration to Yathrib, Muhammad Mustafa was also subject to harassment and persecution in Makkah by the pagans, and he too did not know a day of peace. Thus, in the time-frame, the period of the persecution of Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a) by the Quraysh coincided with the period of the persecution of Salman by a Jew. They were both being persecuted at the same time.

* * * * * Both Joseph, the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him), and Salman (may Allah be pleased with him), were sold into slavery. Slavery was an exceedingly painful experience for them; yet they knew that Allah was with them. They trusted Allah entirely for their safety, and they allowed the sequence of events to evolve, as per His Great Design. Also, they did not let their adversity and personal grief blot out their awareness of Allah’s control over their destiny at any time.

The faith of Joseph and Salman triumphed over adversity. There were many dark moments in which they felt utterly forlorn but those moments passed, and they recovered cheer and hope.