Hadhrat Salmaan Farsi RA

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This was a Sahabi of a very high calibre. He was a great ascetic and excelled in abstinence. He was also
known as Salmaanul Khair. Once someone asked of him regarding his lineage he replied: “I am Salmaan bin
Islaam” (i.e. he did not want to connect himself to a Kaafir father). He was known as Faarsi because he
was a resident of Faaris (Persia). He came to find out that the Rasul of the final era, Muhammad
(sallallahu alaihi wasallam), was to come. He therefore was waited anxiously for him to arrive. During this
period of his life (when he was seeking Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) he was a slave to at least 10
people, one after the other. He was an inhabitant of a village (named Jee) in the city of Isfahaan, in
Persia. In one narration it is stated that he said that he had an attachment to the city of ‘Amharmaz’.
His father was a farmer and land worker. His father was a fire-worshipper. His name was Abu
Dukhshaan bin Mursalaan. He was the village chief and Hadhrat Salmaan (radhiallahu anhu) was his
favourite, so much so that he was kept indoors and not allowed to leave the house. When Hadhrat
Salmaan (radhiallahu anhu) was born, his name was given as ‘Maaba’, and when he reached an
understanding age he was kept occupied in fire worship. He was in fact placed in the service of the
temple of fire and such was his duty, that he had to keep the fire burning all the time. He became a
priest in the temple and he was the keeper thereof.
When Allaah Taala desires Hidaayah for someone, then regardless of the condition or surrounding, HE will give it. Allaah Taala’s greatness is displayed here. Hadhrat Salmaan (radhiallahu anhu), who was a
priest in the temple of fire became such a staunch monotheist and one of the best companions of the
Rasul of the final era (sallallahu alaihi wasallam). He suffered many hardships, but he became Allaah
Taala’s beloved and he was honoured to be from amongst those Sahabas of high rank. Up to today he receives the duaa of ‘radhiallahu anhu’, hundreds of thousands of times from the Amah, and Allaah
Taala alone knows how many more times he will be blessed with this duaa. Whoever had accepted
Islaam was greatly favoured. Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) has extolled many virtues of Hadhrat
Salmaan (radhiallahu anhu), which we will mention in the coming pages.