5. Hazrat Talha (May Allah be pleased with him) Hazrat Talhara belonged to the Taym bin Murrah tribe. Hazrat Talhara was known by the title of Abu Muhammad. Hazrat Talhara was among the first eight Companions to accept Islam and also among the five Companionsra who accepted Islam through Hazrat Abu Bakrra. Although Hazrat Talhara was not present during the Battle of Badr because the Holy Prophetsaw had sent him along with Hazrat Saeed bin Zaidra to gather information about the Meccan Caravan that was returning from Syria. But he had taken part in all the subsequent battles alongside the Holy Prophetsaw. With regards to the Battle of Uhud, Hazrat Musleh Maudra states: “From the hill, the archers sent volleys of arrows. At that time, Talhara, one of the Quraysh and the Muhajirin (Meccan Muslims who had taken refuge in Medina), saw that the enemy arrows were all directed to the face of the Prophetsaw. He stretched out his hand and held it up against the
Prophet’ssaw face. Arrow after arrow struck Talha’sra hand, yet it did not drop, although with each shot it was pierced through. Ultimately it was completely mutilated. Talhara lost his hand and for the rest of life went about with a stump. In the time of the Fourth Khalifah of Islam when internal dissensions had raised their head, Talhara was tauntingly described by an enemy as the handless Talhara. A friend of Talhara replied, “Handless, yes, but do you know where he lost his hand? At the Battle of Uhud, in which he raised his hand to shield the Prophet’ssaw face from the enemy’s arrows.” Long after the Battle of Uhud, friends of Talhara asked him, “Did not your hand smart under the arrow shots and the pain make you cry?” Talhara replied, “It made me smart, and it almost made me cry, but I resisted both because I knew that if my hand shook but slightly, it would expose the Prophet’ssaw face to the volley of enemy arrows.” Hazrat Talhara was martyred, during Jang-e-Jamal [The Battle of the Camel] in 657 AD. At the time of his martyrdom, Hazrat Talhara was 64 years old.
