(Friday Sermon - December 7, 2018 )

Background and Participation in Battles

Hazrat Ubaid^(ra) bin Zaid Ansari belonged to the Banu Ajlaan tribe. He participated in the battles of Badr and Uhud. (Al-Tabaqaat-ul-Kubra Li-ibn Sa‘d, Vol. 3, p. 448, Ubaid bin Zaid^(ra), Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1990)

Incident Before the Battle of Badr

Hazrat Mu‘az bin Rifa‘ah related from his father, “As we headed towards Badr, I accompanied the Holy Prophet^(sa), while riding on a very frail and weak camel along with my brother, Hazrat Khallad bin Rafay. Hazrat Ubaid bin Zaid was also with us. When we reached a place called Bareed, which is an area before Rauhah, our camel stopped and sat down.” This incident has previously been mentioned while giving the account of another Companion.

He further states, “When our camel sat down, we prayed, ‘O Allah! We make this vow to You that if You return us to Medina, we will sacrifice this camel.’ At the time, the Holy Prophet^(sa) was passing by and enquired what the matter was with both of us. We narrated the entire incident to him. The Holy Prophet^(sa) remained with us. He performed the ablution and mixed his saliva with the leftover water. Then, upon his instruction, we opened the camel’s mouth and poured some of that water into the camel’s mouth and then some upon its neck, its shoulders, its hump, its back and its tail. Then the Holy Prophet^(sa) supplicated, ‘O Allah! Make it possible for Rafay and Khallad to ride on it and to reach their destination.’ The Holy Prophet^(sa) then left and we also stood up to depart. We caught up with the Holy Prophet^(sa) at the outskirts of Mansaf. Our camel was at the forefront of the caravan. When the Holy Prophet^(sa) saw us, he smiled. We continued travelling until we reached Badr. While returning from Badr, when we reached Musalla, the camel sat down again. Upon this, my brother slaughtered it and distributed its meat as Sadaqah [charity].” Hazrat Ubaid bin Zaid was also present with them during this incident. (Usdul Ghaba Fi Marifati Al-Sahaba, Vol. 2, p. 181, Mu‘az bin Rifa‘ah^(ra), Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2002)(Imtaa’ul Asmaa’, Vol. 1, p. 93, Bab Khabrul Eer Alladhi Burika, Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1999) (Kitabul Maghazi Li Al-Waaqidi, Vol. 1, p. 39, Badrul Qitaal, Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2013)