Q
What role does poetry or verse play in expressing one’s faith and conviction in the face of adversity in Islamic history?
A
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) sent ten persons to bring the enemy’s secrets and Khubaib Al-Ansari was one of them.
‘Ubaidullah bin ‘Iyad told me that the daughter of Al-Harith told him that when they gathered (to kill
Khubaib Al Ansari) he asked for a razor to clean his pubic region, and when they had taken him
outside the sanctuary of Mecca in order to kill him, he said in verse, “I don’t care if I am killed as a
Muslim, on any side (of my body) I may be killed in Allah’s Cause; for that is for the sake of Allah’s
very Self; and if He will, He will bestow His Blessings upon the torn pieces of my body.” Then Ibn
Al-Harith killed him, and the Prophet (ﷺ) informed his companions of the death of those (ten men) on the
very day they were killed.
‘Ubaidullah bin ‘Iyad told me that the daughter of Al-Harith told him that when they gathered (to kill
Khubaib Al Ansari) he asked for a razor to clean his pubic region, and when they had taken him
outside the sanctuary of Mecca in order to kill him, he said in verse, “I don’t care if I am killed as a
Muslim, on any side (of my body) I may be killed in Allah’s Cause; for that is for the sake of Allah’s
very Self; and if He will, He will bestow His Blessings upon the torn pieces of my body.” Then Ibn
Al-Harith killed him, and the Prophet (ﷺ) informed his companions of the death of those (ten men) on the
very day they were killed.
Referensi:
Sahih al-Bukhari 7402, Book 97, Hadith 31
Sahih al-Bukhari 7402, Book 97, Hadith 31
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