THE STORY OF HAZRAT JABIR RAA
It is narrated in Sahih al-Bukhari that there was a Holy
Companion (Sahabi) Hazrat Jabir Razi Allah Anhu who was very close to the Holy
Prophet ﷺ. After the Holy Prophet ﷺ had passed away, one day Hazrat
Jabir RAA heard that there is a Hadith about the merits of Tahajjud prayer that
he had not heard directly from the Holy Prophet ﷺ but that there was another Sahabi who had, and who then lived
in Damascus. He thought that he should hear that Hadith directly form the
Sahabi who had heard it directly from the Holy Prophet ﷺ. Damascus is almost 1500 hundred
kilometers away from Medinah Munawwarah, and it is all through desert. But he
mounted a camel and reached that Sahabi’s home.
When he knocked at the door the Sahabi opened the door
and inquired about the purpose of his visit. Hazrat Jabir RAA asked, “Is it
correct that there is a Hadith about the merits of Tahajjud prayer that you
have heard directly from the Holy Prophet ﷺ? I have come to hear that Hadith from you.” The Sahabi asked,
“Is that the only reason you have come here?” When Hazrat Jabir RAA replied in
affirmative the Sahabi said, “I will tell you that Hadith but before that I
will recite another Hadith.” He then recited the Hadith above that whoever
travels to learn Allah’s Deen (religion), Allah Ta’alah makes the way to Jannah
easy for him, and then told him the Hadith about the merit of Tahajjud.
After reciting the Hadith, the Sahabi asked Hazrat Jabir
RAA to have a meal with him but Hazrat Jabir RAA said, “No. I don’t want to eat
with you because I want this entire journey to be purely with the intention of listening
to the Holy Prophet’s Hadith. I do not want to mix any other purpose with it.”
And then he returned straight to Medinah Munawwarah.
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