Love for the Holy Prophet (sa)

Naufal bin Iyaas Hudhali narrates:

“Hazrat Abdur Rahman (ra) bin Auf would sit in our gatherings and was a most excellent companion. One day, he took us to his home. After bathing, he brought us a plate of food which consisted of bread and meat, and then he began to weep. We asked him ‘O Abu Muhammad! Why do you weep?’ He replied, ‘The Holy Prophet (sa) departed this world in a state whereby he and his family were not even able to satisfy themselves with bread made of barley’” i.e. they did not even have enough bread made of barley to eat; “‘I do not think that our delay has benefitted us.’” In other words, he was not sure whether the fact that living for a long period of time was better for them or whether it was a trial or a test.

(al-Isabah Fi Tamyeez al-Sahabah, Vol. 4, p. 291, Abdur Rahman bin Auf, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1995)

Such were the sentiments of the Companions (ra) and their fear of God and the love they had for the Holy Prophet (sa) and his family. These sentiments were not limited only to the Holy Prophet (sa) and his family, but the companions had love for each other as well.