Role of the Companions

Role of the Companions be there to worship You on this earth.” (Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 1763) Al-Isaba refers to the group of Companions who, after the sacrifice of Hajira, also played an epochmaking role by making pleasing sacrifices. Due to the extraordinary role of the Companions, a revolution was set in motion in human history. The Belgian historian, Henri Pirenne (d. 1935), says of this revolution: “Islam changed the face of the globe. The traditional order of history was overthrown.” (Henri Pirenne, A History of Europe, London, 1958, p. 46) A significant change brought about by the sacrifices of the Companions was that the age of nature worship ended for the first time in human history. And the age of God-worship was ushered in. All the far-reaching changes made in human history in later centuries were the direct or indirect result of this revolution based on monotheism.