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Hadrat Sayyiduna Qasim bin Uthman Ju’i – may Allah be pleased with him – narrates, “Once, while I was in Tawaaf when I noticed a certain person and he was continuously making Du’a in the following words, ‘O Allah Almighty! You are able to fulfil the needs of those in need and only You are able to fulfil these needs, however, my needs has not yet being fulfilled.’

 

“This person continued to only make this Du’a and nothing else. I then asked him, ‘Tell me brother, besides this Du’a, you seem to ask for nothing else?’

 

“He then told me that he would reveal the true background for this. He said, ‘We were seven of us that were Mujaahid or fighters in the path of Islam. We were from different areas but had joined in one battalion to take part in battle against the enemies. However, we were captured and the leader of the disbelievers took us to one remote area with the purpose of having us killed. However, I looked up at the sky and noticed that there were seven doors which were open. At the entrance of each door, a maiden from Jannah was also in waiting. As each of my companions were martyred, I noticed that each maiden from Jannah came down to earth with a cloth to take this person to Jannah. Then it came to my time and I noticed that now only one door in the sky remained opened. When the time came for me to martyred, suddenly a few soldiers pleaded on my behalf. When this happened, I heard the maiden from Jannah saying, ‘What has allowed you to remain on earth?’ As she said this, the last door in the sky also closed.

 

“My brother, until this moment, I am still thinking and regretting the fact that I was not martyred.”

 

Hadrat Sayyiduna Qasim Ju’i – may Allah be pleased with him – narrates that, “There is no doubt that this was the most lucky of all the other Martyrs because he had seen what the others had not seen before they passed away. Therefore, the reason that he was lucky is because now he will continue to strive for better and nobler deeds.’” (Uyunul Hikaayah)