(Friday Sermon - January 25, 2019 )
Background, Participation in Battles and Demise
Hazrat Adiyy bin Abi Zaghba Ansari(ra), son of Sinan bin Subay, passed away during the Caliphate of Hazrat Umar(ra). His father Abi Zaghba’s full name was Sinan bin Subay bin Tha‘labah. He was from the Juhainah tribe of the Ansar. He participated alongside the Holy Prophet(sa) in all the battles including the battles of Badr, Uhud and Khandaq. (Usdul Ghaba, Vol.4, p. 11, Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2003) (Al-Tabaqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 3, p. 377, Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1990)
The Holy Prophet(sa) had appointed him along with Hazrat Basbas bin Amr to acquire intelligence about Abu Sufyan’s caravan at the time of the Battle Badr. He traveled to obtain this information and continued until he reached the seashore.
Hazrat Basbas(ra) bin Amr and Hazrat Adiyy bin Abi Zaghba set their camels at a hilltop near Badr which was situated next to a mountainous pass. They then took out their water-bags and went to fetch water from the waterhole. One man named Majdi bin Amr Juhani was standing near the passage. The two companions overheard two women saying that the caravan would arrive in a day or two and so one woman said to the other that she would work for the caravan in order to pay off her debt. Despite the fact that it was two women merely talking amongst themselves, there was still something to learn from it. Majdi told her that what she said was correct and then left. Hazrat Adiyy and Hazrat Basbas overheard this as two women were speaking to one another and so they went to the Holy Prophet(sa) informing him as to how they heard from two women that a caravan would be coming. (Kitabul Maghazi, Vol. 1, p. 40, Bab Badr-al-Qital, Alam-ul-Kutub, Beirut, 1984)
This was news of a caravan of the disbelievers of Mecca, and this is one of the ways in which these people would gather information. Even though it only seemed as if two women were in the middle of conversation, there was a message of great importance entailed in it and that is how they gained news of the arrival of the caravan. Hazrat Adiyy bin Abi Zaghba passed away during the Caliphate of Hazrat Umar(ra). (Al-Isabatu Fi Tamyiz Al-Sahaba, Vol. 4, pp. 391-392, Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1995)