(Friday Sermon - November 23, 2018 )

Background and Participation in Battles

Usairah bin Amr was his name and Abu Saleet was his title. He was better known as Abu Saleet. His father, Amr, was also known by the title of Abu Kharijah. He was with the Holy Prophet^(sa) in the Battle of Badr and all other battles. (Ashaab-e-Badr, Qazi Muhammad Sulaiman Mansoorpuri, p. 131, Maktabatu Islamiyya, 2015)

He belonged to the Adiyy bin Najjar branch of the Khazraj tribe. His father, Abu Kharijah Amr bin Qais was also a companion who participated in the Battle of Badr. (Sahabah-e-Kiram Ka Encyclopedia, Dr Zulfiqar Kazim, p. 508, Abu Saleet Usairah bin Amr, Baitul Uloom, Lahore)

His son Abdullah narrated from him that the Holy Prophet^(sa) prohibited the consumption of donkey meat. At the time donkey meat was being cooked on pots, so they emptied the pots immediately. (Usdul Ghaba Fi Marifati Al-Sahaba, vol. 5, p. 156, Abu Saleet Al Ansari, Dar-ul-Fikr wa An Nashr wa At Tauzi’, Beirut, 2003)