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Who chose them for that, guided them to it, and made them pioneers to the best nation of people on
earth?
Hudhaifah Ibn Al-yammaan, the expert in the inner language, the language of the heart, was
preparing to meet Allah and suffering from the agony of death when his companions surrounding him
asked, "To whom should we go, if people differ?" Hudhaifah answered in his last words, "You should
turn to Ibn Sumaiyah because he will not part from truth until death."
Yes, `Ammaar would turn with the truth wherever it went. Now while we trace his blessed direction
and follow the landmarks of his great life, let us approach a momentous scene. But before watching that
grand and graceful scene in its glory and perfection, in its sincerity and persistence, let us watch another
scene preceding, foreshadowing, and preparing for it.
That scene was following the Muslims' settlement in Al Madiinah. The honest Messenger (PBUH)
rose, surrounded by his righteous Companions, with unkempt hair and full of dust. They were
establishing Allah's house and building His mosque. Their faithful hearts were filled with joy, glowed
with delight, and murmured their thanks to Allah.
All were working in happiness and hope, carrying stone, mixing mortar, and erecting the building.
There was a team here, another team over there. The happy horizon echoed the singing with which they
raised with overjoyed voices: "If we stayed while the Prophet worked, it would be misguided work of
ours." They sang in that manner, then their voices were raised in another song: "O Allah, living is but in
the next world, then have mercy on the Ansaar and the Muhaajiruun!" Then a third song was raised:
He who frequents the mosques,
Remaining there standing and sitting,
Is not equal to the one who keeps away from dust.
They were cells working, Allah's soldiers, carrying His banner and erecting His building. The
honest and kind Messenger was with them, carrying the heaviest of the stones and performing the hardest
work. Their singing voices reflected the delight of their satisfied souls. Heaven above them filled the
earth that bore them with delight, and bright life was witnessing its best celebrations.
`Ammaar Ibn Yaasir was there amidst the celebration, carrying the heavy stones from their quarries
to their positions. When the guided mercy, Muhammad the Messenger of Allah saw him, he sympathized
greatly with him. He approached him and removed the dust from his head with his kind hand. With looks
filled with the light of Allah, he contemplated his innocent, faithful face and said in front of all the
Companions. "Alas for Ibn Sumaiyah, killed by the tyrant group."
The foretelling was repeated once again when a wall `Ammaar was working beneath fell, and some
brethren believed he was dead. They went to offer condolences to the Messenger (PBUH), and the
Companions were shocked by the news, but the Messenger (PBUH) said reassuringly and confidently,
"`Ammaar is not dead. The tyrant party will kill `Ammaar."
Who was this party? And where? When? `Ammaar listened to the prophecy in a way that showed he
knew the great Messenger's truth of perception. Yet, he was not horrified. Since becoming a Muslim he
had been expecting death and martyrdom every moment of the day and night.
Days and years passed. The Messenger (PBUH) went to the Supreme Companion, followed by Abu
Bakr and then 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them). `Uthmaan Ibn `Affaan, "The Man of Two
Lights", became caliph. Conspiracies against Islam were doing their best, trying to gain by treachery and
sedition what they lost in war. `Umar's death was the first success achieved by these conspiracies
blowing on Al-Madiinah as a breeze of poison from those countries whose sovereignty and thrones Islam
had destroyed. They were tempted by `Umar's martyrdom to continue their efforts, so they followed and
awakened seditions in most Islamic countries.