Date:   7/17/2009 1:04:08 PM ( 15 y ago)
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COVERING THE DEFECTS OF OTHERS

The Sahaba strived hard to hide the defects of their colleagues and to highlight their virtues.

One day Sayyiduna Aqabah Bin Aamir (radi Allahu anhu) was informed by his chief record-keeper: My neighbours consume wine. I tried to prevent them but they did not abstain. I propose to call the police. Sayyiduna Aqabah (radi Allahu anhu) said: Leave them. I have heard the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) saying, The person who hides others defects is like him who saves a girl who was buried alive.

A man came to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (radi Allahu anhu) and confessed that he had committed adultery. He asked whether he had told that to anybody else. He replied in negation. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (radi Allahu anhu) said: Repent in the Court of Allah Ta'ala and put the divine curtain over your sin. Allah Ta'ala accepts the repentance of the sinners. But the man was not satisfied and called on Sayyiduna Omar (radi Allahu anhu) to seek his verdict. Sayyiduna Omar (radi Allahu anhu) also gave him the same advice.

Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (radi Allahu anhu) said: If I ever caught a thief, I always wished Allah Ta'ala to hide his crime.

The Sahaba were free from the feeling of vengeance. Sayyidah Ayesha (radi Allahu anha) and Sayyidah Zaynab (radi Allahu anha) always had some or the other differences of opinion. When Sayyidah Ayesha (radi Allahu anha) got blemished, the Glorious Prophet of Islam (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) called in Sayyidah Zaynab (radi Allahu anha) and asked her about the moral condition of Sayyidah Ayesha (radi Allahu anha). Instead of talking ill of Sayyidah Ayesha (radi Allahu anha), she said: I guard my ears and eyes to the fullest extent. I know nothing about Ayesha (radi Allahu anha) except her virtuousness. Sayyidah Ayesha (radi Allahu anha) herself acknowledges: She was my rival but Allah Ta'ala saved her because of her goodwill.

Vengeance apart, the Sahaba even abstained from any ill-feeling against their enemies. Sayyiduna Mua'wiyyah Bin Khadeej (radi Allahu anhu) had assassinated Sayyidah Ayesha's (radi Allahu anha) brother, Sayyiduna Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr (radi Allahu anhu). Once, Sayyiduna Mua'wiyyah Bin Khadeej (radi Allahu anhu) was leading an expedition when Sayyidah Ayesha (radi Allahu anha) enquired a person about his behaviour during the battle. The person said: He had no defect. Every body praised him. If a camel died during the battle, he provided another camel. If a horse died during the fight, he made another horse available. If a slave absconded, he replaced him with another. Sayyidah Ayesha (radi Allahu anha) said: May Allah Ta'ala forgive me, why should I treat him my enemy only because he has killed my brother. I have heard Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) invoking Allah, O Allah! Be kind to him who is kind to my people and be cruel to him who is cruel to my people.

to be continued..InshaAllah Azwajal

CLEMENCY

The Glorious Prophet of Islam's (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) training had made the Sahaba most humble, kind-hearted and sober people.

Once a person called Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (radi Allahu anhu) names but he kept quiet. He again used bad words but Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (radi Allahu anhu) did not utter a single word. When the person repeated his abusive language third time, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (radi Allahu anhu) reciprocated. But the Beloved Habeeb (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) did not like it.

Sayyiduna Salmaan Farsi (radi Allahu anhu) was the Governor of Madayan. On one ocassion, he was walking on the road, when he got wounded with the edge of a bamboo carried by a man. Sayyiduna Salmaan Farsi (radi Allahu anhu) said to him: Death should not come to you unless you see the rule of youths. (He meant the youths would not be as tolerant as he is.)

When Sayyiduna Salmaan Farsi (radi Allahu anhu) walked on the road wearing his long garb, people said: Here comes a Kirk, here comes a Kirk. He asked what they meant. People said: They call you a toy. He said: They are not guilty. Virtue belongs to tomorrow. One day he passed by some soldiers. They saw him and mocked at him saying: Is this is the chief? A man diverted his attention towards the remark. He said: Let them say.



SELF-HONOUR

Before going to the Battlefield, Sayyiduna Abdullah Bin Zubair (radi Allahu anhu) went to his mother Sayyidah Asma (radi Allahu anha) who said: My son! Never accept a condition in fear of death, which could cause you demoralization later. By Allah Ta'ala, it is better to be honourably killed by the sword of the enemy than to bear the whip of insult.


to be continued..InshaAllah Azwajal


 

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