lodged itself in his blessed body, the Anṣārī Companion رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ quickly performed rukūꜤ, sajdah and finished his ṣalāh. He then turned to the Muhājir Companion رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ and woke him up.

When the disbeliever who fired arrows at the Companion saw there was more than one present, he immediately ran away.

The Muhājir Companion رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ awoke to find his friend injured. ‘Why did you not wake me up?’, he asked as he pulled arrows from the others body, ‘An enemy attacked you!’ In display of his utmost love for ṣalāh and the Qur’ān, the Anṣāri Companion رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ replied, ‘I had begun reciting a sūrah of the Qurˈān. I did not consider it acceptable to leave it half unread and break my ṣalāh. By Allāh! If the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم did not give me the responsibility to keep watch, I would have completed the sūrah even if it cost my life.’”^[1]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

2. Sayyidunā ꜤUrwah b. Zubayr

Sayyidunā ꜤUrwah b. Zubayr رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ was once afflicted with a particular illness, which was slowly eating away at the flesh of his foot. Doctors advised for his foot to be amputated so that this illness would not spread into the rest of his blessed body. Sayyidunā ꜤUrwah b. Zubayr رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ was not pleased with this, and continuously objected to it. Finally, it was said to the physicians, “When he offers ṣalāh, amputate his blessed foot.”

Sayyidunā ꜤUrwah b. Zubayr رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ was offering ṣalāh, when doctors came and amputated his blessed foot to stop the illness spreading. May we be sacrificed upon him! He رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ was so engrossed in the joy of ṣalāh, he did not even notice his foot had been amputated.^[2]