An Explanation of bn­Hajar's Definition The following...

An Explanation of bn­Hajar's Definition The following categories are registered under the title of Sahaba: Those who met the Prophet for a considerable or a brief period. Those who reported the Prophet's traditions and those who did not. Those who participated in battles led by the Prophet and those who did not. Those who saw the Prophet, even without a meeting. Those who could not see the Prophet for an accidental obstacle; such as blindness.

The following are excluded from the list of Sahaba, for the bound of believing: Those who met the Prophet while they were believing in other prophets; such as the faithful Scriptuaries before Mohammed's divine envoy. Scriptuaries who met the Prophet and believed that that would be the anticipated prophet are probably included with the Sahaba. An example is Bahira, the priest and his likes. Every mandate human being and jinn are included in bound of believing in the Prophet.

Ibnul­Atheer's objection on Abu­Musa's excluding some of the jinn mentioned in the list of the Sahaba is not unacceptable. [11] bn­Hajar Al­Asqalani's Al­Isabetu Fi Tamyizis­Sahaba, page10. bn­Hazm says: “They lied to the Islamic nations those who claim of unanimity. God, the Elevated, informed us that a group of jinn had believed and listened to the Quran recited by the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family).

Hence, they are Sahaba.” Reckoning the angels with the Prophet's companions is a subject of discrepancy. As Fakhruddin Ar­Razi, in his Asrarur­Tenzil, reported the unanimous claim that the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) had not been sent to the angels, a many scholars disagreed to him. Providing a number of arguments, Sheik Teqiyyuddin As­Sebki alleged that the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) had been sent to the angels, too.

By bound of (believing till death), the apostates who denounced their disbelieving in the Prophet's divine message after they had met him, are excluded from the list of Sahaba. An example is Ubeidullah­bn­Jahsh. With his wife, Ummu­Habiba, he declared his being Muslim and immigrated to Abyssinia. Unfortunately, he embraced Christianity there till his death. Abdullah­bn­Khatl who was killed while he was hanging to curtains of Ka'ba is another example.

Muslims who defected their apostasy are reckoned with the Sahaba according to bound of (believing till death), even if they had never seen or met the Prophet.