Companions of Prophet Muhammed (ﷺ) - Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghiffari ؓ
Companions of Beloved Prophet Muhammed (Pbuh) - Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghiffari ؓ
Sayyiduna Abu Dharr Ghiffari ؓ used to live in the suburbs of Madina. News of the Islamization of Suwaid bin Samit ؓ and Eyas bin Mu'adh ؓ reached him and brought a turning point in his life. Al-Bukhari recorded from Ibn Abbas ؓ that Abu Dhar ؓ said: "I was a man from the tribe of Ghifar. We heard that a noble man had appeared in Makkah, claiming to be a Prophet. I said to my brother: ‘Go to that person and talk to him and bring me his news.’ He set out, met him and returned. I asked him, ‘What is the news with you?' He said: ‘By Allah, I saw a man enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil.’ I said to him, ‘You have not satisfied me with this little information.'
‘So, I took a water-skin and a stick, and proceeded towards Makkah. Neither did I know him (i.e. the Prophet ﷺ) nor did I like to ask anyone else about him. I kept on drinking Zamzam water and staying
in the mosque. Then Ali ؓ passed by me and said, 'It seems you are a stranger.' I said, ‘Yes.' He proceeded to his house and
I accompanied him. Neither did he ask me anything nor did I tell him anything. The next morning, I went to the mosque to ask
about the Prophet ﷺ but no one told me anything about him.’
‘Ali ؓ passed by me again and asked, ‘Hasn't the man recognized his dwelling place yet?' I said, 'No.' He said, 'Come along with me.’ He asked me, ‘What is your business? What has brought you to this town?' I said to him, ‘If you keep my secret, I will tell you.’ He said, ‘I will.' I said to him, ‘We have heard that a person has appeared here, claiming to be a Prophet. I sent my brother to speak to him and when he returned, he did not bring a satisfactory report; so I thought of meeting him personally.'
Ali ؓ said (to Abu Dharr ؓ), ‘You have reached your goal; I am going to him now, so follow me. If I see someone who may cause you trouble, I will stand near a wall pretending to mend my shoes (as a warning), and you should go away then. Ali ؓ proceeded and I accompanied him till he entered a place, and I entered with him where the Prophet ﷺ was.’
I said to the Prophet ﷺ, ‘Present (the principles of) Islam to me.' When he did, I embraced Islam immediately. He said to me: ‘O Abu Dharr! Keep your conversion a secret and return to your town: and when you hear of our victory, return to us.’
I said, 'By Him Who has sent you with the Truth, I will announce my conversion to Islam publicly among them (i.e., the infidels).' I went to the mosque, where some people from Quraish were
present, and said, 'O folk of Quraish! I testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and I (also) testify
that Muhammad ﷺ is His (Allah's) servant and His Messenger.’
(Hearing that) the Quraishi men said, 'Get this Sabi (i.e., Muslim)!" They got up and beat me nearly to death. Al-Abbas ؓ saw me and threw himself over me to protect me. He then faced them and said: ‘Woe to you! You want to kill a man from the tribe of Ghifar?’ They therefore left me. The next morning I returned to the Masjid. They again said. 'Get this Sabil' I was treated in the same way as on the previous day, and again Al-'Abbas ؓ found me and threw himself over me to protect me and told them the same as he had said the day before.”
This is how Sayyiduna Abu Dharr Ghiffari ؓ accepted Islam
Source: Sahih Bukhri 1/499-544
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