🧵 The Drunk Mujāhid:
Abū Mihjan al-Thaqafī was a Sahābī of the Prophet ﷺ, and was suffering from an addiction of drinking wine.
He was flogged for it on multiple occasions during the Khilāfa of ʿUmar. And yet he had a strong sense of his duty to strive for the cause of Islam.
Abū Mihjan al-Thaqafī was a Sahābī of the Prophet ﷺ, and was suffering from an addiction of drinking wine.
He was flogged for it on multiple occasions during the Khilāfa of ʿUmar. And yet he had a strong sense of his duty to strive for the cause of Islam.
So he went out with the Muslims to al-Qādisiyya (the site of the famed battle against the Sasanian Empire) as a soldier, seeking martyrdom on the battlefield.
In al-Qādisiyya he was brought to the commander of the army, Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqās, for having drunk wine.
In al-Qādisiyya he was brought to the commander of the army, Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqās, for having drunk wine.
Sa’d detained him so that the Muslims ranks would be cleansed of such a person.
This detention weighed hard on him and was a harsh punishment that caused him a great deal of anguish, as he was someone who yearned for Jihād in the path of Allāh.
This detention weighed hard on him and was a harsh punishment that caused him a great deal of anguish, as he was someone who yearned for Jihād in the path of Allāh.
When he heard the sounds of swords and spears and the neighing of the horses, and he knew that the jihād had begun, and the gates of Paradise were open, he was filled with longing for jihād.
He called to the wife of Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqās saying, “Let me go and I promise Allāh that if I come back safe and sound, I will put my own feet in the chains, and if I am killed, then you will be rid of me.” She felt sorry for him, so she let him go.
He leapt onto a horse belonging to Sa’d which was called al-Balqā’. Then he picked up a spear and set off. He did not attack any group of enemy soldiers without scattering them.
Sa’d was supervising the battle and he was surprised and said, “This is the running of al-Balqā’, and the style of attack is that of Abu Mihjan, but Abu Mihjan is in chains.”
When the battle was over, Abu Mihjan went back and put his feet in the chains.
When the battle was over, Abu Mihjan went back and put his feet in the chains.
When the wife of Sa’d told him this wonderful story Sa’d admired this man and his care for Islām and his longing for jihād. He himself went to this wine-drinker, released the chains with his own hands, and said “Get up, for by Allāh I will never flog you for drinking wine again.”
Abu Mihjan said, “By Allaah, I will never drink it again.”
Sources:
al-Isaabah fi Tamyeez al-Sahaabah, 4/173-174;
al-Bidaayah wa’l-Nihaayah, 9/632-633
al-Isaabah fi Tamyeez al-Sahaabah, 4/173-174;
al-Bidaayah wa’l-Nihaayah, 9/632-633
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