
The Firsts (Sahaba Stories) | The Forerunners of Islam
Shayba ibn Uthman (ra): The Assassin the Prophet ﷺ Called Closer | The Firsts
He marched in the Prophet’s ﷺ army, waiting for his chance to kill him.
Shayba ibn Uthman (ra) lost his father, his uncle and his cousins in a single day at Uhud. It is narrated that at Hunayn, when the Muslim lines broke and people fled, he found himself right behind the Prophet ﷺ with nothing between them but his sword. What happened next turned the man who came for revenge into one reported to have stood his ground beside the Prophet ﷺ. He later became a keeper of the Ka’bah, and his family holds its keys to this day.
Grief can harden into a hatred with every reason behind it. The Prophet ﷺ answered this one with a hand on the chest instead of a sword, then told Shaybah that Allah had intended better for him than he had intended for himself.








































































































































































































