{"id":15964,"date":"2017-11-11T04:43:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T04:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/new\/?p=15964"},"modified":"2024-10-12T07:35:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T05:35:39","slug":"considerate-even-in-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/?p=15964","title":{"rendered":"Considerate Even in Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Lessons from the Final Moments of \u2018Umar

[radhiyallahu \u2018anhu] \u2013 Part Three)<\/em><\/p>\n

During the final moments after \u2018Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) was fatally stabbed, he sent his son \u2018Abdullah bin \u2018Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) to the home of \u2018Aaishah (radhiyallahu \u2018anha). \u2018Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) instructed him thus, \u201cSay to her that \u2018Umar conveys salaam. Do not say that Ameerul Mumineen conveys salaam, as today I am no longer Ameerul Mumineen (as I am about to pass away). Tell her that \u2018Umar bin Khattaab requests permission to be buried alongside his companions, (Rasulullah [sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam] and Abu Bakr [radhiyallahu \u2018anhu]).\u201d<\/p>\n

(The area in which they were buried formed part of the home of \u2018Aaishah (radhiyallahu \u2018anha) and thus belonged to her. Hence, \u2018Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) sought her permission to be buried there).<\/p>\n

Following the instruction of his father, \u2018Abdullah bin \u2018Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) proceeded to the home of \u2018Aaishah (radhiyallahu \u2018anha) where he found her sitting and crying (over the loss that the Ummah would suffer through the demise of \u2018Umar [radhiyallahu \u2018anhu]). He conveyed the salaam of \u2018Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) to her and then said, \u201c\u2018Umar requests permission to be buried with his companions.\u201d Hearing the request, \u2018Aaishah (radhiyallahu \u2018anha) mentioned, \u201cI was hoping to be buried there myself (beside Rasulullah [sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam], and Abu Bakr [radhiyallahu \u2018anhu], her father). However, I will today give preference to \u2018Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) over myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

When \u2018Abdullah bin \u2018Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) returned, and mentioned that \u2018Aaishah (radhiyallahu \u2018anha) had granted permission for \u2018Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) to be buried alongside Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) and Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu), \u2018Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) then further instructed his son, \u2018Abdullah bin \u2018Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) saying, \u201cAfter I pass away, carry my body (for the burial). Then ask \u2018Aaishah (radhiyallahu \u2018anha) again by saying, \u2018\u2018Umar requests permission to be buried with his companions.\u2019 If she again grants permission, then bury me there. If not, then bury me in the cemetery of the Muslims.\u201d (Saheeh Bukhaari #3700)<\/p>\n

Lessons:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Who would not desire the good fortune of being buried alongside Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) and Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu)? Despite this being his ardent desire, \u2018Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) considered it more important to ensure that \u2018Aaishah (radhiyallahu \u2018anha) was not inconvenienced or oppressed in the process. Hence, he insisted that the request be placed before \u2018Aaishah (radhiyallahu \u2018anha) for a second time, after his demise, in case she had a change of heart or had initially acceded to his request as she found it difficult to refuse due to her respect for him.<\/p>\n

2. Although \u2018Aaishah (radhiyallahu \u2018anha) had the full right to decline the request of \u2018Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu), especially as she herself wished to be buried in that area, she had such respect and reverence for \u2018Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu), as the senior in Deen, that she happily gave up her own right and gave preference to him over herself.<\/p>\n

>>>Download\u00a0Musjid Poster<\/a><<<<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[…]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspirational-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15964"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21243,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15964\/revisions\/21243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}