MasyaAllah, beautiful...

repentance

وَالَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ ثُمَّ تَابُوا مِن بَعْدِهَا وَآمَنُوا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِن بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ(الأعراف: 153)

And (as to) those who do evil deeds, then repent after that and believe, your Lord after that is most surely Forgiving, Merciful.


a glimpse <<<<

Rabi'ah al-Aslami narrated:

"I used to serve the Messenger of Allah. So, he gave me a piece of land, and gave Abu Bakr a piece of land. Then, the worldly life came and and we argued over a bunch of palm trees, and Abu Bakr said: "It is in my piece of land!" and I said: "It is in my piece of land!" Then, there was an exchange of words between Abu Bakr and myself. So, Abu Bakr said something to me that I disliked, and he regretted that.

So, he said to me: "O Rabi'ah! Say back to me what I said to you so that we would be equal."

I said: "I will not do so!"

Abu Bakr said: "Say it, or I will call the Messenger of Allah on you!"

I said: "I will not do so."

So, Abu Bakr – may Allaah be pleased with him – went to the Prophet and I followed him, so the people from (the tribe of) Aslam came and said: "May Allah have mercy on Abu Bakr! Why would he call the Messenger of Allah on you when he (the Prophet) has said to you what he has said?"

So, I said: "Do you know who that is? That is Abu Bakr as-Siddiq! He is the one who was in the Cave with the Prophet, and he is the elder of the Muslims! So, you had better not cause him to turn around and see you helping me against him, making him angry, causing the Messenger of Allah to come and become angry because of Abu Bakr's anger, thereby causing Allah to become angry for both of their anger, thereby causing me to be destroyed!"

So, they said: "So, what do you want us to do?"

I said: "Go back to where you came from."

So, Abu Bakr went to the Messenger of Allah and I followed him by myself and continued until he got to the Prophet and informed him of our conversation as it happened.

So, he (the Prophet) raised his head to me and said: "O Rabi'ah! What is going on between you and as-Siddiq?"

So, I said: "O Messenger of Allah, this happened and that happened, and he said something to me that I disliked, and he told me to say the same thing back to him so that we would be equal."

So, the Messenger of Allah said: "Do not return his comment to him. Rather, say 'May Allah forgive you, O Abu Bakr! May Allah forgive you O Abu Bakr!' "

So, Abu Bakr – may Allah have Mercy on him – turned his face and began to cry."

['as-Silsilah as-Sahihah'; # 3258]



//the thoughts

Short episodes in the life of the companions r.a. relayed to us, often accompanies with it tutorials by which we reflect, adopt and live by. This heart rendering incident details the etiquette when dealing with people who have wronged us, the reconciliation of the offender and their return to peace, all for the sake of His pleasure.

1. We should seek forgiveness from the person whom we harmed.

2. We can learn that an offender should feel remorse over his wrongdoings. The companions رضى الله عنهم all had a common goal in mind that they would rather be punished in this world rather than hereafter.
3. We, if offended upon should not return the same insult back to the person (retribution) and rather we should seek forgiveness the offender.

4. We should reflect upon our actions and repent to Allah for any wrong doings that we had done.

5. We should be careful with our words. What is said can never be unsaid.

6. This exemplifies the high taqwa and reconciliatory nature of Abu Bakr ‎as-siddiq رضى الله عنه



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Thank you & regards,

Azhar Mohamed Yasin


Abu Malik at-Ash'ari reported:
The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:
"Cleanliness is half of faith and al-Hamdu Liliah (Praise be to Allah) fills the scale, and Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah) and al-Hamdu Liliah (Praise be to Allah) fill upwhat is between the heavens and the earth, and prayer is a light, and charity is proof (of one's faith) and endurance is a brightness and the Holy Qur'an is a proof on your behalf or against you. All men go out early in the morning and sell themselves, thereby setting themselves free or destroying themselves.
(Sahih Muslim, Book 2, Hadith 432)