Islam begin as a stranger and it shall return to being a stranger just as it began.
So, Tu’ba is for strangers, and the word Tu’ba has both an Arabic meaning and an Islamic meaning. As for the Arabic meaning, Tu’ba means glad tiding, ‘Congratulations’ there is something great of a reward in store for you.
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Now, as for the Islamic meaning, in the same Hadith regarding the strangers from the narration of Abu Saeed Al-Khudri (RA). He says that the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was then asked:
“What is Tu’ba. Oh messenger of Allah (saw)”
So, he responded and he said:
Tu’ba is a tree in paradise, that is so enormus, that it takes the swift rider a 100 years of journey to cut it’s tree and out of its leaves.
The clothing of the people of paradise is made is made and the narration is Authentic.
“Islam began as a stranger, and it shall return to being a stranger just as it began.”
So, Tu’ba is for the strangers. This is a great Hadith and it’s greatness is both in it’s fame and it’s Importance. It’s fame alludes to its importance.
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What do I mean? some of the scholers in their research regarding this Hadith. They came across, that this Hadith was reported by over 23 companions. They said either this fact is so important, that the Prophet Muhammad (saw) mentioned it in a great gathering in front of multitude of people, so everyone would know it.
It was so important, that he made it a point to repeating several gatherings, so the narrators increase or from the deep knowledge of the companions. they understood the importance of this hadith. So they narrated it onto another until it become widespread common knowledge amongst them all.
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Islam began as a stranger, referring to the early days of Islam in the time of Prophet Muhammad (saw). All that they endured of tribulations just, so you can wake up in the morning. Inheriting a statement, if you only know it’s value.
لا إله إلا الله
When you look at the reports about the early tragedies and persecutions, strife of the Sahabah went through the earth literally drank from their blood. Just so you could say:
لا إله إلا الله
It wasn’t at all easy. In sahih Al-Bukhari, Saad bin Abi-Waqqas (ra) he says,
“I Remain For Seven Days Being One Third Of Islam”
Meaning there’s three Muslims on the earth and I was one of them. Meaning, If I turn my back, If I sell out, one third of the Muslims on the earth have been deleted and in Sahih-Muslims Aumr Ibn Abasa (ra), he said the same thing. He say’s I went to the Prophet Muhammad (saw) in Mecca and all that were with him.
Meaning upon his religion was a free man and a slave. Meaning on the point, the interesting point is what. If you look at the scholars that try to list the order of the Sahabah who became Muslim and then who became Muslim.
Saad bin Waqqas (ra) and Aumr Ibn Abasa (ra) we’re not 3 and 4. So, why did they say we were 3 and 4? Some of the scholars said, because it was so difficults to be a Muslim at that time, that each Muslims didn’t know who else was Muslim.
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So, you’d be standing next to a Muslim in Mecca another companion and you don’t know that he’s Muslim, nor he know’s that you’re Muslim. It’s too risky to ask, cause it sould be your life on the line. This is how difficult this was and thus the likes of these Narrations were reported to us.