Hazrat Anas ibn al-Nadr

A Vow After Badr

Anas ibn al-Nadr was an Ansari of Banu Najjar — uncle of Anas ibn Malik رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Anas ibn Malikرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُServant of the Prophet ﷺ for ten years; a major narrator; the Prophet's ﷺ du'a fulfilledAnsar · Narrators of Hadith, the Prophet’s ﷺ servant, who was named for him. He bitterly regretted having missed Badr, and said to the Prophet ﷺ: “I was absent from the first day Allah set against the disbelievers. If Allah ever gives the Muslims another chance, He will see what I do.” 1 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 1 · pp. 492 — Kandhlawi — Anas ibn al-Nadr regrets missing Badr and vows Allah will see his deeds at the next opportunity.

’I Smell Paradise Beyond Uhud’

At Uhud, when the Muslims wavered, he said: “O Allah, I dissociate myself from what the disbelievers do, and ask Your pardon for what these (Mu’minun) do.” Passing Sa’d ibn Mu’adh رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Sa'd ibn Mu'adhرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُChief of the Aws; at whose death the Throne of the Most Merciful shookAnsar · People of Badr, he declared:

“By the Lord of an-Nadr — I can smell the fragrance of Paradise coming from Uhud!”

He then charged into the enemy and fought until he was martyred. Sa’d رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Sa'd ibn Mu'adhرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُChief of the Aws; at whose death the Throne of the Most Merciful shookAnsar · People of Badr would later say: “I could not have done what he did.” His body bore more than eighty sword, spear and arrow wounds, and was so disfigured that only his sister could identify him — by his fingertips. The Companions held that the verse of Surah al-Ahzab (33:23), “Among the believers are men true to what they pledged to Allah,” was revealed for men like him. 2 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 1 · pp. 492–493 — Kandhlawi — Anas ibn al-Nadr 'I smell Paradise beyond Uhud'; his martyrdom; recognised only by his sister by his fingertips; the verse of Surah al-Ahzab.