(Friday Sermon - October 12, 2018 )

Background, Participation in Battles and Demise

Hazrat Abu Sabrah bin Abi Ruhm’s title was Abu Sabrah and it was so popular that the people forgot his real name. His mother was Bara bint Abdul Muttalib, who was also the paternal aunt of the Holy Prophet^(sa). Hence, Hazrat Abu Sabrah was the cousin of the Holy Prophet^(sa). Hazrat Abu Sabrah migrated to Abyssinia on both occasions. During the second migration to Abyssinia his wife Umme Kulthum bint Suhail bin Amr accompanied him. They had three sons – Muhammad, Abdullah and Sa‘d. When Hazrat Abu Sabrah migrated from Mecca to Medina he stayed at the house of Munzir bin Muhammad. The Holy Prophet^(sa) formed a bond of brotherhood between Hazrat Abu Sabrah and Salma bin Salaama. Hazrat Abu Sabrah fought in the battles alongside the Holy Prophet^(sa), including the Battle of Badr, Uhud and the Ditch. After the demise of the Holy Prophet^(sa), he left Medina and settled in Mecca. Hazrat Abu Sabrah passed away during the Khilafat of Hazrat Uthman^(ra). (Al-Tabkaat-ul-Qubra Li-ibn Sa‘d, Vol. 3, pp. 307-308, Abu Sabrah bin Abi Ruhm, Dar-ul-Kutub Al-ilmiyya, Beirut, 1990) (Sira Al-Sahaba, Vol. 2, p. 583, Hazrat Abu Sabrah bin Abi Ruhm, Dar-ul-Isha’at, Karachi, 2004)