The 10 Granted Paradise (Inspirational Lessons from the Lives of 10 Greatest Companions of Prophet Muhammad

274 Pages·2022·5.129 MB·English

by  Sayyed Ammar Nakshwani

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but according to the collective memory of pro-Alid Sunni and Shi'i
authors, granted Paradise.”
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank Nebil Husayn for his valuable and insightful
comments leading to a wonderful and important introduction. I
would also like to thank Zain Moloobhoy, Nicole Correri and Zehra
Jafri for their kind editing of this work. I give my thanks to Team
SAN for their unwavering support in all projects.
I am grateful for the support of UMAA and The Abidi Foundation
and give my thanks to both.
- Dr. Sayed Ammar Nakshawani
DEDICATION
I dedicate this book to my beloved dear friends, two flowers from
heaven, Yousef Zayni and Ahmed Kadum Ali al-Kurbasi (Abu Ali).

Table of Contents
Introduction 11
Chapter 1: Salman al-Muhammadi 19
Chapter 2: Bilal al-Habashi 41
Chapter 3: Ammar ibn Yasir 61
Chapter 4: Abu Dhar al-Ghaffari 87
Chapter 5: Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr 117
Chapter 6: Ja’far ibn Abi Talib 145
Chapter 7: Kumayl ibn Ziyad 171
Chapter 8: Jabir ibn Abdullah 193
Chapter 9: Miqdad b. al-Aswad 215
Chapter 10: Ali ibn Abi Talib 243
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 269
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BLESSING UPON THE ATTESTERS TO THE
MESSENGERS
O Allah, as for the followers of the messengers and those of the
people of the earth who attested to them unseen (while the obstinate
resisted them through crying lies) - they yearned for the emissaries
through the realities of faith, in every era and time in which Thou
didst send a messenger and set up for the people a director from the
period of Adam down to Muhammad (Blessings of Allah upon Him
and His Household) from among the Imams of guidance and the
leaders of the godfearing (upon them all be peace) - remember them
with forgiveness and good pleasure!
O Allah, and as for the Companions of Muhammad specifically,
those who did well in companionship, who stood the good test in
helping him, responded to him when he made them hear his
messages’ argument, separated from mates and children in
manifesting his word, fought against fathers and sons in
strengthening his prophecy, and through him gained victory; those
who were wrapped in affection for him, hoping for a commerce that
comes not to naught in love for him; those who were left by their
clans when they clung to his handhold and denied by their kinsfolk
when they rested in the shadow of his kinship; forget not,
O Allah, what they abandoned for Thee and in Thee, and make them
pleased with Thy good pleasure for the sake of the creatures they