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"O Abu Mundhir! Which verse of the Book of God is the greatest?" asked the Messenger of God, may
God bless him and grant him peace. "Allah and His Messenger know best," came the reply. The Prophet
repeated the question and Abu Mundhir replied.
"Allah, there is no god but He, the Living the Self-Subsisting. Neither slumber overtakes him nor sleep.
To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on earth, ..." and most likely he went on to
complete the Verse of the Throne (Ayat al-Kurs i).
The Prophet smote his chest with his right hand in approval on hearing the reply and with his
countenance beaming with happiness, said to Abu Mundhir. "May knowledge delight and benefit you,
Abu Mundhir."
This Abu Mundhir whom the Prophet congratulated on the knowledge and understanding which God
had bestowed on him was Ubayy ibn Kab, one of his distinguished companions and a person of high
esteem in the early Muslim community.
Ubayy was one of the Ansar and belonged to the Khazraj tribe. He was one of the first persons of
Yathrib to accept Islam. He pledged allegiance to the Prophet at Aqabah before the Hijrah. He
participated in the Battle of Badr and other engagements there after. Ubayy was one of the select few
who committed the Quranic revelations to writing and had a Mushaf of his own. He acted as a scribe of
the Prophet, writing letters for him. At the demise of the Prophet, he was one of the twenty five or so
people who knew the Quran completely by heart. His recitation was so beautiful and his understanding
so profound that the Prophet encouraged his companions to learn the Quran from him and from three
others. Later, Umar too once told the Muslims as he was dealing wi th some financial matters of state:
"O people! Whoever wants to ask about the Quran, let him go to Ubayy ibn Kab..." (Umar went on to
say that anyone wishing to ask about inheritance matters should go to Zayd ibn Thabit, about questions
of fiqh to Muadh ibn Jabal and about questions of mone y and finance, to himself.)
Ubayy enjoyed a special honor with regard to the Quran. One day, the Prophet, may God bless him and
grant him peace, said: "O Ubayy ibn Kab! I have been commanded to show or lay open the Quran to
you."
Ubayy was elated. He knew of course that the Prophet only received commands from on high. Unable to
control his excitement, he asked:
"O Messenger of God...Have I been mentioned to you by name?" "Yes," replied the Prophet, "by your
own name and by your genealogy (nasab) in the highest heavens."
Any Muslim whose name had been conveyed to the heart of the Prophet in this manner must certainly
have been of great ability and of a tremendously high stature.
Throughout the years of his association with the Prophet, Ubayy derived the maximum benefit from his
sweet and noble personality and from his noble teachings. Ubayy related that the Prophet once asked
him:
"Shall I not teach you a surah the like of which has not been revealed in the Tawrah, nor in the Injil, nor
in the Zabur, nor in the Quran?"
"Certainly," replied Ubayy.
"I hope you would not leave through that door until you know what it is," said the Prophet obviously
prolonging the suspense for Ubayy. Ubayy continues: "He stood up and I stood up with him. He started
to speak, with my hand in his. I tried to delay him fearing that he would leave before letting me know
what the surah is. When he reached the door, I asked: "O Messenger of God! The surah which you
promised to tell me..." He replied:
"What do you recite when you stand for Salat?" So, I recited for him Fatihatu-l Kitab (the Opening
Chapter of the Quran) and he said: "(That's) it! (That's) it! They are the seven oft-repeated verses of
which God Almighty has said: We have given you the seven oft-repeated verses and the Mighty Quran."
Ubayy's devotion to the Quran was uncompromising. Once he recited part of a verse which the Khalifah
Umar apparently could not remember or did not know and he said to Ubayy: "Your have lied," to which
Ubayy retorted; "Rather, you have lied."
A person who heard the exchange was astounded and said to Ubayy: "Do you call the Amir al-Muminin
a liar?"
"I have greater honor and respect for the Amir al-Muminin than you," responded Ubayy," but he has
erred in verifying the Book of God and I shall not say the Amir al-Muminin is correct when he has made
an error concerning the Book of God."
"Ubayy is right," concluded Umar.
Ubayy gave an idea of the importance of the Quran when a man came to him and said, "Advise me," and
he replied: "Take the Book of God as (your) leader (imam). Be satisfied with it as (your) judge and ruler.
It is what the Prophet has bequeathed to you. ( It is your) intercessor with God and should be obeyed..."
After the demise of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, Ubayy remained strong in his
attachment to Islam and his commitment to the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet. He was constant in
his ibadah and would often be found in the mosque at night, after the last obligatory Prayer had been
performed, engaged in worship or in teaching. Once he was sitting in the mosque after Salat with a
group of Muslims, making supplication to God. Umar came in and sat with them and asked each one to
recite a dua. They all did until finally Ubayy's turn came. He was sitting next to Umar. He felt somewhat
over-awed and became flustered. Umar prompted him and suggested that he say: "Allahumma ighfir
lanaa. Allahumma irhamnaa. O Lord, forgive us, O Lord, have mercy on us."
Taqwa remained the guiding force in Ubayy's life. He lived simply and did not allow the world to
corrupt or deceive him. He had a good grasp of reality and knew that however a person lived and
whatever comforts and luxuries he enjoyed, these would all fad e away and he would have only his good
deeds to his credit. He was always a sort of warner to Muslims, reminding them of the times of the
Prophet, of the Muslims' devotion to Islam then, of their simplicity and spirit of sacrifice. Many people
came to him seeking knowledge and advice. To one such person he said.
"The believer has four characteristics. If he is afflicted by any misfortune, he remains patient and
steadfast. If he is given anything, he is grateful. If he speaks, he speaks the truth. If he passes a judgment
on any issue, he is just."
Ubayy attained a position of great honor and esteem among the early Muslims. Umar called him the
"sayyid of the Muslims" and he came to be widely known by this title. He was part of the consultative
group (mushawarah) to which Abu Bakr, as Khalifah, refer red many problems. This group was
composed of men of good sense and judgment (ahl ar-ray) and men who knew the law (ahl al-fiqh) from
among the Muhajirin and Ansar. It included Umar, Uthman, Ali, Abdur Rahman ibn Awl, Muadh ibn
Jabal, Ubayy ibn Kab and Z ayd ibn Harith. Umar later consulted the same group when he was Khalifah.
Specifically for fatwas (legal judgments) he referred to Uthman, Ubayy and Zayd ibn Thabit.
Because of Ubayy's high standing, one might have expected him to have been given positions of
administrative responsibility, for example as a governor, in the rapidly expanding Muslim state. (During
the time of the Prophet in fact he had performed the fun ction of a collector of sadaqah.) Indeed, Ubayy
once asked
"What's the matter with you? Why don't you appoint me as a governor?"
"I do not want your religion to be corrupted" replied Umar.
Ubayy was probably prompted to put the question to Umar when he saw that Muslims were tending to
drift from the purity of faith and self-sacrifice of the days of the Prophet. He was known to be especially
critical of the excessively polite and sycophan tic attitude of many Muslims to their governors which he
felt brought ruin both to the governors and those under them. Ubayy for his part was always honest and
frank in his dealings with persons in authority and feared no one but God. He acted as a sort o f
conscience to the Muslims. One of Ubayy's major fears for the Muslim ummah was that a day would
come when there would be severe strife among Muslims. He often became overwhelmed with emotion
when he read or heard the verse of the Quran."
"Say: He (Allah) has power to send calamities on you, from above and below, or to cover you with
confusion in party strife, giving you a taste of mutual vengeance, each from the other." (Surah al-An'am,
6: 65)
He would then pray fervently to God for guidance and ask for His clemency and forgiveness. Ubayy
died in the year 29 AH during the caliphate of Uthman.
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