>Ibn ‘Umar: The Most Disciplined Youth
>One of the Companions I feel the most affinity for is ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar. Besides his position as the son of ‘Umar and one of the major jurists among the Companions, one cannot help when reading of him but to come away with the image of a man who is reserved, knowledgeable, serious, and avoided anything that would waste his time and not involve benefit to himself or others, and this was witnessed from his youth to his death. All in all, he is someone that we would all love to be.
Some narrations collected in adh-Dhahabi’s ‘Siyar A’lam an-Nubala” (4/346-373) and Ibn al-Jawzi’s ‘Sifat as-Safwah’ (1/214-222) give a taste of Ibn ‘Umar’s character:
1 – His Discipline as a Youth:
Ibn Mas’ud said: “From the most disciplined youth of Quraysh in the face of the dunya was ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar.”
Jabir bin ‘Abdillah said: “None of us experienced the dunya but that it affected him, except Ibn ‘Umar.”
Nafi’ said that Ibn ‘Umar presented himself to fight in Uhud when he was fourteen years old, and the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و سلم) refused to allow him. He then presented himself during the Battle of the Trench when he was fifteen, and he was allowed to fight.
2 – His Discipline as an Adult:
Ibn Shihab said that Ibn ‘Umar was about to curse one of his servants, and said: “O Allah, cu-” without completing the word, and he said: “I don’t like to say this word.”
3 – His Love of Imitating the Prophet in Everything:
Zayd bin Aslam said: “Ibn ‘Umar would dye his beard with saffron until his clothes were colored with it. He was asked about this, and said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه و سلم) dye his hair with it.”"
Hisham bin ‘Urwah said: “I saw Ibn ‘Umar’s hair reaching down to his earlobes,” and Anas reported that the Prophet’s hair also hung down to his earlobes.
‘A’ishah said: “I never saw anyone holding tighter to the original affair than Ibn ‘Umar.”
Malik said that someone informed him: “Ibn ‘Umar would imitate the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه و سلم) and follow his traces and lifestyle and be very keen in this, to the point that we feared for his sanity because of his keenness in this.”
Nafi’ said: “Ibn ‘Umar used to follow the traces of the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه و سلم) in every place he prayed. This was to the point that there was a tree that the Prophet would sit under, and Ibn ‘Umar would frequent this tree and water its trunk so that it wouldn’t weaken.”
Nafi’ said that Ibn ‘Umar told him that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه و سلم) told him: “If only we could leave this door (of the mosque) for the women.” So, Ibn ‘Umar never used that door until the day he died.
Muhammad al-’Umari said: “I never heard Ibn ‘Umar mention the Prophet without weeping.”
Nafi’ said that Ibn ‘Umar was once on his way to Makkah, and stopped the animal he was riding and said to it: “Maybe my footsteps will fall where his footsteps did,” meaning the footsteps of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و سلم).
Tawus said: “I never saw anyone praying like Ibn ‘Umar who was stricter than him in facing the Qiblah with his face, hands, and feet.”
4 – His Friendliness With People:
Ibn ‘Umar said: “Sometimes, I go out for no reason or need except to greet people and have them greet me.”
Abi ‘Amr an-Nadabi said: “I went out with Ibn ‘Umar once, and he didn’t leave a single young or old person except that he greeted them.”
5 – His Care to Look and Smell Good:
‘Abdullah bin Waqid said: “I saw Ibn ‘Umar praying. If you saw him, you’d see him shivering about, and I saw him putting some musk in cream and rubbing it on himself.”
6 – His Humility:
Nafi’ said: “Ibn ‘Umar and Ibn ‘Abbas would sit with the people when the pilgrims arrived, and I would sit with one of them one day, and the other the next. Ibn ‘Abbas would answer every question he was asked, and Ibn ‘Umar would refuse to answer most of the questions he was asked.”
7 – His Lack of Eating:
Ibn al-Jawzi said that he would sometimes go an entire month without even tasting meat.
When ‘Abdullah bin ‘Adiyy (a servant of Ibn ‘Umar’s) came from Iraq, he greeted him and said: “I brought you a gift.” Ibn ‘Umar said: “What is it?” He replied: “Jawarish.” Ibn ‘Umar asked: “What is jawarish?” He replied: “It helps you digest your food.” So, Ibn ‘Umar said to him: “I haven’t filled my stomach in forty years. So, what will I use it for?”
8 – His Generosity:
Maymun bin Mahran said: “Ibn ‘Umar was given 22,000 dirhamsin a gathering. He did not get up from that gathering until he had given it all away.”
Maymun bin Mahran said that Ibn ‘Umar’s wife would complain about him, saying: “What can I do? I never cook any food for him without him inviting others to eat it. So, I sent some food to the group of poor people who would sit inthe road on his way from the mosque and fed them with it,” and she had told them not to sit in this road that Ibn ‘Umar took anymore and to not respond to his invitations. When Ibn ‘Umar finally got home, he said: “You don’t want me to eat supper tonight,” and he refused to eat that night.
Mujahid said: “I accompanied Ibn ‘Umar, seeking to serve him. Instead, he would serve me even more.”
Nafi’ said: “Ibn ‘Umar did not die before freeing at least a thousand slaves.”
Abu Bakr bin Hafs said: “Ibn ‘Umar would never eat food except in the company of an orphan.”
9 – His Defiance in the Face of a Tyrant:
Ayyub said: “I asked Nafi’ how Ibn ‘Umar died, and he said: “He was injured between two of his fingers by a supporting beam in the middle of the crowd during the stone-throwing of the Hajj, and this made him sick. So, al-Hajjaj came to visit him, and Ibn ‘Umar closed his eyes. al-Hajjaj spoke to him, and he would not reply.”"
Ibn ‘Umar: The Most Disciplined Youth
One of the Companions I feel the most affinity for is ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar. Besides his position as the son of ‘Umar and one of the major jurists among the Companions, one cannot help when reading of him but to come away with the image of a man who is reserved, knowledgeable, serious, and avoided anything that would waste his time and not involve benefit to himself or others, and this was witnessed from his youth to his death. All in all, he is someone that we would all love to be.
Some narrations collected in adh-Dhahabi’s ‘Siyar A’lam an-Nubala” (4/346-373) and Ibn al-Jawzi’s ‘Sifat as-Safwah’ (1/214-222) give a taste of Ibn ‘Umar’s character:
1 – His Discipline as a Youth:
Ibn Mas’ud said: “From the most disciplined youth of Quraysh in the face of the dunya was ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar.”
Jabir bin ‘Abdillah said: “None of us experienced the dunya but that it affected him, except Ibn ‘Umar.”
Nafi’ said that Ibn ‘Umar presented himself to fight in Uhud when he was fourteen years old, and the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و سلم) refused to allow him. He then presented himself during the Battle of the Trench when he was fifteen, and he was allowed to fight.
2 – His Discipline as an Adult:
Ibn Shihab said that Ibn ‘Umar was about to curse one of his servants, and said: “O Allah, cu-” without completing the word, and he said: “I don’t like to say this word.”
3 – His Love of Imitating the Prophet in Everything:
Zayd bin Aslam said: “Ibn ‘Umar would dye his beard with saffron until his clothes were colored with it. He was asked about this, and said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه و سلم) dye his hair with it.”"
Hisham bin ‘Urwah said: “I saw Ibn ‘Umar’s hair reaching down to his earlobes,” and Anas reported that the Prophet’s hair also hung down to his earlobes.
‘A’ishah said: “I never saw anyone holding tighter to the original affair than Ibn ‘Umar.”
Malik said that someone informed him: “Ibn ‘Umar would imitate the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه و سلم) and follow his traces and lifestyle and be very keen in this, to the point that we feared for his sanity because of his keenness in this.”
Nafi’ said: “Ibn ‘Umar used to follow the traces of the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه و سلم) in every place he prayed. This was to the point that there was a tree that the Prophet would sit under, and Ibn ‘Umar would frequent this tree and water its trunk so that it wouldn’t weaken.”
Nafi’ said that Ibn ‘Umar told him that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه و سلم) told him: “If only we could leave this door (of the mosque) for the women.” So, Ibn ‘Umar never used that door until the day he died.
Muhammad al-’Umari said: “I never heard Ibn ‘Umar mention the Prophet without weeping.”
Nafi’ said that Ibn ‘Umar was once on his way to Makkah, and stopped the animal he was riding and said to it: “Maybe my footsteps will fall where his footsteps did,” meaning the footsteps of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و سلم).
Tawus said: “I never saw anyone praying like Ibn ‘Umar who was stricter than him in facing the Qiblah with his face, hands, and feet.”
4 – His Friendliness With People:
Ibn ‘Umar said: “Sometimes, I go out for no reason or need except to greet people and have them greet me.”
Abi ‘Amr an-Nadabi said: “I went out with Ibn ‘Umar once, and he didn’t leave a single young or old person except that he greeted them.”
5 – His Care to Look and Smell Good:
‘Abdullah bin Waqid said: “I saw Ibn ‘Umar praying. If you saw him, you’d see him shivering about, and I saw him putting some musk in cream and rubbing it on himself.”
6 – His Humility:
Nafi’ said: “Ibn ‘Umar and Ibn ‘Abbas would sit with the people when the pilgrims arrived, and I would sit with one of them one day, and the other the next. Ibn ‘Abbas would answer every question he was asked, and Ibn ‘Umar would refuse to answer most of the questions he was asked.”
7 – His Lack of Eating:
Ibn al-Jawzi said that he would sometimes go an entire month without even tasting meat.
When ‘Abdullah bin ‘Adiyy (a servant of Ibn ‘Umar’s) came from Iraq, he greeted him and said: “I brought you a gift.” Ibn ‘Umar said: “What is it?” He replied: “Jawarish.” Ibn ‘Umar asked: “What is jawarish?” He replied: “It helps you digest your food.” So, Ibn ‘Umar said to him: “I haven’t filled my stomach in forty years. So, what will I use it for?”
8 – His Generosity:
Maymun bin Mahran said: “Ibn ‘Umar was given 22,000 dirhamsin a gathering. He did not get up from that gathering until he had given it all away.”
Maymun bin Mahran said that Ibn ‘Umar’s wife would complain about him, saying: “What can I do? I never cook any food for him without him inviting others to eat it. So, I sent some food to the group of poor people who would sit inthe road on his way from the mosque and fed them with it,” and she had told them not to sit in this road that Ibn ‘Umar took anymore and to not respond to his invitations. When Ibn ‘Umar finally got home, he said: “You don’t want me to eat supper tonight,” and he refused to eat that night.
Mujahid said: “I accompanied Ibn ‘Umar, seeking to serve him. Instead, he would serve me even more.”
Nafi’ said: “Ibn ‘Umar did not die before freeing at least a thousand slaves.”
Abu Bakr bin Hafs said: “Ibn ‘Umar would never eat food except in the company of an orphan.”
9 – His Defiance in the Face of a Tyrant:
Ayyub said: “I asked Nafi’ how Ibn ‘Umar died, and he said: “He was injured between two of his fingers by a supporting beam in the middle of the crowd during the stone-throwing of the Hajj, and this made him sick. So, al-Hajjaj came to visit him, and Ibn ‘Umar closed his eyes. al-Hajjaj spoke to him, and he would not reply.”"
A Descriptive Record of the Tatar Invasion of Muslim lands
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By Imam Ibn al-Atheer
Ibn al-Atheer’s descriptive record of their ungodliness and destruction is truly vivid; he said:
“I have for several years restrained myself from mentioning the Tatar event, the remembrance of which causes me to shudder. Even now I hesitate to recall it, for who can write an epitaph for Islam and the Muslims? Who can find it possible to recount the tragedy? Oh, that my mother had not given me birth, or that I had died before this moment; Yet, I have been urged by a group of friends to outline a record of the event, and find that to decline their request would benefit me nothing…It was such a great catastrophe the like of which the days and the nights are too sterile to produce. It swept all of mankind, but particularly the Muslims. If it is said that since Creation there has been nothing like it the saying would be true. Histories have never seen its likeness; and may Future never bring about anything approximating it until the Final Destruction of the world by Gog and Maggog [Armagiddon]…They [The Tatar] sparned no one: they killed men, women, and children. They cut open the wombs of those with child. They destroyed unborn babies…They killed and robbed and vanadalized. Even Alexander who, by the concensus of historians, ruled the world, did not invade it as rapidly and as rampantly as these. It took him twenty years, but for them the ravage took less than a year. He did not kill or terrorize, he only subjected the world to his obedience. They ravaged and destroyed. Neither they nor their animals had a sense of discrimination or discernment of what they ate. They knew neither marriage nor fatherood.”
Ibn al-Atheer, Al-Kaamil fee al-Taareekh, Vol XII, pp 137-8
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>A Descriptive Record of the Tatar Invasion of Muslim lands
>
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By Imam Ibn al-Atheer
Ibn al-Atheer’s descriptive record of their ungodliness and destruction is truly vivid; he said:
“I have for several years restrained myself from mentioning the Tatar event, the remembrance of which causes me to shudder. Even now I hesitate to recall it, for who can write an epitaph for Islam and the Muslims? Who can find it possible to recount the tragedy? Oh, that my mother had not given me birth, or that I had died before this moment; Yet, I have been urged by a group of friends to outline a record of the event, and find that to decline their request would benefit me nothing…It was such a great catastrophe the like of which the days and the nights are too sterile to produce. It swept all of mankind, but particularly the Muslims. If it is said that since Creation there has been nothing like it the saying would be true. Histories have never seen its likeness; and may Future never bring about anything approximating it until the Final Destruction of the world by Gog and Maggog [Armagiddon]…They [The Tatar] sparned no one: they killed men, women, and children. They cut open the wombs of those with child. They destroyed unborn babies…They killed and robbed and vanadalized. Even Alexander who, by the concensus of historians, ruled the world, did not invade it as rapidly and as rampantly as these. It took him twenty years, but for them the ravage took less than a year. He did not kill or terrorize, he only subjected the world to his obedience. They ravaged and destroyed. Neither they nor their animals had a sense of discrimination or discernment of what they ate. They knew neither marriage nor fatherood.”
Ibn al-Atheer, Al-Kaamil fee al-Taareekh, Vol XII, pp 137-8
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>How Fudayl ibn Iyaad turned to Islam whole heartedly…
>
HE BROUGHT ME TO THEM SO THAT I CAN REFORM MY CHARACTER..
Al-Fudayl bin Iyaad was famous for his piety and worship, but he was not always a practicing Muslim. In his early years, al-Fudayl was an infamous highway robber; he would prowl in the night for victims on the road from Abiward to Sarakhs. Between these two cities was a small village in which lived a girl that al-Fudayl was in love with. One night, out of desperation to be with her, al-Fudayl climbed the wall of her home. As he was climbing over it, he heard a voice recite:
أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ Has not the time come for the hearts of those who believe to be affected by Allah’s Reminder? [Qur'an al-Hadeed : 16]
At that moment, al-Fudayl answered, “O my Lord, the time has indeed come.” He returned from where he came and sought refuge near a traveling party on the main road. They were busy engaging in a serious discussion. al-Fudayl heard one of them say, “Let us continue our journey now.” Another answered, “No, not until the morning, for al-Fudayl is lurking on the road somewhere out there, just waiting to rob us.”
Having heard the entire conversation, al-Fudayl thought to himself, “I go around in the night to sin, while a group of Muslims remain here because they fear me. Indeed i feel that Allah has brought me here to them only so that I can reform my character. O Allah, I indeed repent to you..”
THE INTEGRITY OF AL-FUDAYL BIN ‘IYAAD
Ar-Rashid, a first century ruler, once said to al-Fudayl bin Iyaad, “Admonish me.”
“O Leader of the believers!” said al-Fudayl. “Indeed your grandfather, al-Abbaas, the uncle of the Prophet, once went to the Prophet and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, appoint me to be a leader.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘My uncle, indeed, being a leader leads to sorrow, and regret on the Day of Resurrection. If you are able to go without ever being a leader, then do so!’”
Moved to tears, ar-Rashid said, “Give me more.”
al-Fudayl looked at ar-Rashid and said, “O one who has a handsome face, if you are able to protect that face from the Hell-fire then do so. And beware of ever cheating or betraying your people.”
Being much moved by al-Fudayl’s words, ar-Rashid wanted to reward him.
“Do you have any debts?” he asked.
“To my Lord, yes, and He will hold me accountable for them,” said al-Fudayl.
“I am of course referring to debts to other human beings,” said ar-Rashid.
After al-Fudayl answered in the negative, ar-Rashid said to one of his assistants, “Give him 1000 dinars, which he can use to help his family.”
Al-Fudayl was greatly offended by these words and said, “How perfect Allah is! I am guiding you to safety and you want to reward me with this paltry, worldly sum!” He then left, refusing to take anything.
How Fudayl ibn Iyaad turned to Islam whole heartedly…
HE BROUGHT ME TO THEM SO THAT I CAN REFORM MY CHARACTER..
Al-Fudayl bin Iyaad was famous for his piety and worship, but he was not always a practicing Muslim. In his early years, al-Fudayl was an infamous highway robber; he would prowl in the night for victims on the road from Abiward to Sarakhs. Between these two cities was a small village in which lived a girl that al-Fudayl was in love with. One night, out of desperation to be with her, al-Fudayl climbed the wall of her home. As he was climbing over it, he heard a voice recite:
أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ Has not the time come for the hearts of those who believe to be affected by Allah’s Reminder? [Qur'an al-Hadeed : 16]
At that moment, al-Fudayl answered, “O my Lord, the time has indeed come.” He returned from where he came and sought refuge near a traveling party on the main road. They were busy engaging in a serious discussion. al-Fudayl heard one of them say, “Let us continue our journey now.” Another answered, “No, not until the morning, for al-Fudayl is lurking on the road somewhere out there, just waiting to rob us.”
Having heard the entire conversation, al-Fudayl thought to himself, “I go around in the night to sin, while a group of Muslims remain here because they fear me. Indeed i feel that Allah has brought me here to them only so that I can reform my character. O Allah, I indeed repent to you..”
THE INTEGRITY OF AL-FUDAYL BIN ‘IYAAD
Ar-Rashid, a first century ruler, once said to al-Fudayl bin Iyaad, “Admonish me.”
“O Leader of the believers!” said al-Fudayl. “Indeed your grandfather, al-Abbaas, the uncle of the Prophet, once went to the Prophet and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, appoint me to be a leader.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘My uncle, indeed, being a leader leads to sorrow, and regret on the Day of Resurrection. If you are able to go without ever being a leader, then do so!’”
Moved to tears, ar-Rashid said, “Give me more.”
al-Fudayl looked at ar-Rashid and said, “O one who has a handsome face, if you are able to protect that face from the Hell-fire then do so. And beware of ever cheating or betraying your people.”
Being much moved by al-Fudayl’s words, ar-Rashid wanted to reward him.
“Do you have any debts?” he asked.
“To my Lord, yes, and He will hold me accountable for them,” said al-Fudayl.
“I am of course referring to debts to other human beings,” said ar-Rashid.
After al-Fudayl answered in the negative, ar-Rashid said to one of his assistants, “Give him 1000 dinars, which he can use to help his family.”
Al-Fudayl was greatly offended by these words and said, “How perfect Allah is! I am guiding you to safety and you want to reward me with this paltry, worldly sum!” He then left, refusing to take anything.
Debate Between Al-Hajjaaj and Sa`eed bin Jubayr.
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By Shaykh `Aa’id Abdullah al-Qarnee
Al Hajjaaj kept pursuing the noble scholar Sa`eed bin Jubayr for eight years or more until he eventually found him.
Bin Jubayr was a scholar known for his scrupulous piety and a man of great knowledge and action who was waging jihad to raise the flag of La ilaha ill Allah the uppermost.
When he was arrested – as in the story mentioned by the author of Tuhfatul Ahwadhi – Sa`eed bin Jubayr entered upon al Hajjaaj, so al Hajjaaj told him: “What is your name (and he knew his name well)?”
He answered: “Sa`eed bin Jubayr.”
So Al Hajjaaj responded to him saying: “Nay, you are Shaqiy bin Kusayr.” (Al-Hajjaaj is playing with words here: Sa`eed means happy and Shaqiy means unhappy, wretched. Jubayr means one who splints broken bones, and Kusayr one who breaks them.)
Sa`eed told him: “My mother knew better when she named me.”
So Al Hajjaaj told him: “You are wretched (shaqayta) and your mother is wretched” (shaqiyat - Al Hajjaaj is again playing with words, referring to Shaqiyy – “unhappy/wretched”). Then he told him: “By Allah, I will replace your dunya with a blazing Fire.”
Sa`eed said, “If I knew you could do it, I would take you as a god.”
So al Hajjaaj told him, “I have gold and wealth.”
Bags of gold and silver were brought and spread before Sa`eed bin Jubayr in order to try him.
Sa`eed bin Jubayr said: “O Hajjaaj, if you gathered it to be seen and heard in show-off, and to use it to avert others from the way of Allah, then by Allah, it will not avail you (lan yughneeka) against Him in any way.”
So Al Hajjaaj said: “I have a female slave-singer” (al-mughanniyah – al-Hajjaaj continues to play with words, responding in mockery to Sa`eed’s words ‘lan yughneeka/it will not avail you‘ with a word that has the same triliteral root). He told her: “Sing for me and entertain me.”
Sa`eed bin Jubayr cried, and Al Hajjaaj told him: >“Are you crying out of joy?”
So Sa`eed told him: “By Allah, I do not cry out of joy, but I cry for the slave girl that was subjected to other than what she was created for, for she was not created to sing, and `ood (musical instrument) was not built but for disobedience of Allah.”
Al Hajjaaj said: “Take him and turn him to other than the Qiblah. By Allah, O Said bin Jubayr, I will kill you with a killing with which I have not killed any of the people.”
Sa`eed said: “O Hajjaaj choose for yourself whatever killing you want, by Allah you will not kill me with a killing except that Allah will kill you with a like of it, so choose for yourself whatever killing you like.”
Al Hajjaaj said: “Turn him (wallooh) to other than the Qiblah.”
Sa`eed said: “Wherever you [might] turn (tuwalloo), there is the Face of Allah.” [Qur'an, 2:115]
Al Hajjaaj said, “Put him under the earth.”
Sa`eed said: “From it [the earth] We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.” [Qur'an, 20:55]
The Death of Al-Hajjaaj
Al-Hajjaaj said: “Kill him.”
Sa`eed said: “Laa ilaha ill Allah Muhammadun Rasulullah. Take it, O Hajjaaj, until you meet me with it tomorrow before Allah. O Allah, do not give him authority over anyone after me! O One who cuts up the tyrants, cut up al Hajjaaj!” - and in the same gathering a blister appeared on Al-Hajjaaj’s hand and he became enraged like a bull for a whole month – he couldn’t sleep from the pain and fatigue, nor could he eat and drink.
Al-Hajjaaj said about himself: “No night has passed except that I saw myself swimming in blood and no night has passed except that I saw as if al Qiyamah took place and that Allah took me to account and that I was killed for whoever I killed with one killing, except Sa`eed bin Jubayr – Allah punished me for killing him with seventy killings.”
Allah caused him to die after a month. He is considered wretched and miserable, although he belonged to Muslims. This is because he didn’t know the guidance or uprightness and because he couldn’t make sense out of his life mission.
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Question: What is the position of tha scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamâ`ah towards al-Hajjâj b. Yûsuf?
Answered by the Fatwa Department Research Committee – chaired by Sheikh `Abd al-Wahhâb al-TurayrîWe quote this statement about al-Hajjâj b. Yûsuf that is made by Imam al-Dhahabî in his biographical and historical encyclopedia Siyar A`lâm al-Nubalâ’:
He died in Ramadan in the year 95 AH. He was very old. He had been an oppressor, and an arrogant, deviated, wretched, blood-shedder. He was at the same time brave, clever and a marvelous speaker. He highly respected the Qur’ân. He seized Ibn al-Zubayr in the Ka`bah and attacked the Ka`bah by mangonel. He humiliated the people of Mecca and Madinah. He ruled Iraq and the eastern territories for twenty years. He used to delay the prayer times. We curse him and dislike him. We hate him for the sake of Allah. He had some few good deeds that cannot be counted in the sea of the sinful deeds he committed. However, he believed in monotheism and he was not alone among the oppressive rulers.
This is, in brief, the additude if the scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamâ`ah towards al-Hajjâj b. Yûsuf.
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Debate Between Al-Hajjaaj and Sa`eed bin Jubayr.
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By Shaykh `Aa’id Abdullah al-Qarnee
Al Hajjaaj kept pursuing the noble scholar Sa`eed bin Jubayr for eight years or more until he eventually found him.
Bin Jubayr was a scholar known for his scrupulous piety and a man of great knowledge and action who was waging jihad to raise the flag of La ilaha ill Allah the uppermost.
When he was arrested – as in the story mentioned by the author of Tuhfatul Ahwadhi – Sa`eed bin Jubayr entered upon al Hajjaaj, so al Hajjaaj told him: “What is your name (and he knew his name well)?”
He answered: “Sa`eed bin Jubayr.”
So Al Hajjaaj responded to him saying: “Nay, you are Shaqiy bin Kusayr.” (Al-Hajjaaj is playing with words here: Sa`eed means happy and Shaqiy means unhappy, wretched. Jubayr means one who splints broken bones, and Kusayr one who breaks them.)
Sa`eed told him: “My mother knew better when she named me.”
So Al Hajjaaj told him: “You are wretched (shaqayta) and your mother is wretched” (shaqiyat - Al Hajjaaj is again playing with words, referring to Shaqiyy – “unhappy/wretched”). Then he told him: “By Allah, I will replace your dunya with a blazing Fire.”
Sa`eed said, “If I knew you could do it, I would take you as a god.”
So al Hajjaaj told him, “I have gold and wealth.”
Bags of gold and silver were brought and spread before Sa`eed bin Jubayr in order to try him.
Sa`eed bin Jubayr said: “O Hajjaaj, if you gathered it to be seen and heard in show-off, and to use it to avert others from the way of Allah, then by Allah, it will not avail you (lan yughneeka) against Him in any way.”
So Al Hajjaaj said: “I have a female slave-singer” (al-mughanniyah – al-Hajjaaj continues to play with words, responding in mockery to Sa`eed’s words ‘lan yughneeka/it will not avail you‘ with a word that has the same triliteral root). He told her: “Sing for me and entertain me.”
Sa`eed bin Jubayr cried, and Al Hajjaaj told him: >“Are you crying out of joy?”
So Sa`eed told him: “By Allah, I do not cry out of joy, but I cry for the slave girl that was subjected to other than what she was created for, for she was not created to sing, and `ood (musical instrument) was not built but for disobedience of Allah.”
Al Hajjaaj said: “Take him and turn him to other than the Qiblah. By Allah, O Said bin Jubayr, I will kill you with a killing with which I have not killed any of the people.”
Sa`eed said: “O Hajjaaj choose for yourself whatever killing you want, by Allah you will not kill me with a killing except that Allah will kill you with a like of it, so choose for yourself whatever killing you like.”
Al Hajjaaj said: “Turn him (wallooh) to other than the Qiblah.”
Sa`eed said: “Wherever you [might] turn (tuwalloo), there is the Face of Allah.” [Qur'an, 2:115]
Al Hajjaaj said, “Put him under the earth.”
Sa`eed said: “From it [the earth] We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.” [Qur'an, 20:55]
The Death of Al-Hajjaaj
Al-Hajjaaj said: “Kill him.”
Sa`eed said: “Laa ilaha ill Allah Muhammadun Rasulullah. Take it, O Hajjaaj, until you meet me with it tomorrow before Allah. O Allah, do not give him authority over anyone after me! O One who cuts up the tyrants, cut up al Hajjaaj!” - and in the same gathering a blister appeared on Al-Hajjaaj’s hand and he became enraged like a bull for a whole month – he couldn’t sleep from the pain and fatigue, nor could he eat and drink.
Al-Hajjaaj said about himself: “No night has passed except that I saw myself swimming in blood and no night has passed except that I saw as if al Qiyamah took place and that Allah took me to account and that I was killed for whoever I killed with one killing, except Sa`eed bin Jubayr – Allah punished me for killing him with seventy killings.”
Allah caused him to die after a month. He is considered wretched and miserable, although he belonged to Muslims. This is because he didn’t know the guidance or uprightness and because he couldn’t make sense out of his life mission.
Courtesy Of: Islaam.com
Source: Hiwar Bayn at-Taqiyy wa-sh-Shaqiyy
http://kalamullah.com/current-affairs04.html
Question: What is the position of tha scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamâ`ah towards al-Hajjâj b. Yûsuf?
Answered by the Fatwa Department Research Committee – chaired by Sheikh `Abd al-Wahhâb al-TurayrîWe quote this statement about al-Hajjâj b. Yûsuf that is made by Imam al-Dhahabî in his biographical and historical encyclopedia Siyar A`lâm al-Nubalâ’:
He died in Ramadan in the year 95 AH. He was very old. He had been an oppressor, and an arrogant, deviated, wretched, blood-shedder. He was at the same time brave, clever and a marvelous speaker. He highly respected the Qur’ân. He seized Ibn al-Zubayr in the Ka`bah and attacked the Ka`bah by mangonel. He humiliated the people of Mecca and Madinah. He ruled Iraq and the eastern territories for twenty years. He used to delay the prayer times. We curse him and dislike him. We hate him for the sake of Allah. He had some few good deeds that cannot be counted in the sea of the sinful deeds he committed. However, he believed in monotheism and he was not alone among the oppressive rulers.
This is, in brief, the additude if the scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamâ`ah towards al-Hajjâj b. Yûsuf.
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