When ‘Ammār saw ‘Abbād bleeding profusely, he exclaimed, ‘Glory be to Allah!

When ‘Ammār saw ‘Abbād bleeding profusely, he exclaimed, ‘Glory be to Allah! Why did you not wake me up when the first spear hit you?’ ‘Abbād answered, ‘I was reciting a chapter of the Glorious Qur’an [ Sūrat al-Kahf ] and found it unbefitting to cut it short. My heart could not let me stop reciting the chapter. But when I realized that the spears were coming continuously one after another, I woke you up.

I swear by Allah that if I did not fear that I would be neglecting my duties, I would not have woken you up, but continued to recite the blessed chapter to my very last breath’.”[^2] [^1]: Zarkulī, Al-A‘lām, vol. 3, p. 257; Ibn Sa‘d, Tabaqāt, vol. 3, p. 17; Al-Isābah, vol. 2, p. 263; Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb, vol. 5, p. 90. [^2]: Ibn Hishām, Al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah, vol. 2, p. 150; Tārīkh-e Payāmbar-e Islām, p. 373. Previous…