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grateful? When those who believe in our Ayat (verses) come to you, say: "Salamun `Alaikum" (peace be
on you); your Lord has written Mercy for Himself" (6 : 52).
Thus, whenever the Prophet saw them after the descent of these verses, he took special care to honor
them, so much so that he spread out his garment so that they would sit on it next to him and patted them
on their shoulders saying, "I welcome you whom Allah enjoined me to favor.
It was indeed a tragic loss when one of the pious, noble, and legitimate sons of revelation and the
generation of sacrifice died.
All in all, perhaps the best farewell to Khabbaab was the words of Imam `Aliy (May Allah be
pleased with him) when he was on his way back from siffiin and saw a recently dug moist grave and
asked about the deceased.
They answered, `It is Khabbaab's grave." Then he contemplated in reverence and sorrow, "O Allah,
bestow Your mercy on Khabbaab, for You know that he was a true Muslim, an obedient Muhaajir and a
determined mujaahid who strove hard in the cause of Allah."