{"id":18645,"date":"2020-09-24T11:57:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T11:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/new\/?p=18645"},"modified":"2024-12-16T08:06:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T06:06:05","slug":"entrusting-his-children-to-allah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/?p=18645","title":{"rendered":"Entrusting His Children to Allah"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Umar bin \u2018Abdil \u2018Azeez (rahimahullah) was the khaleefah of the Muslims for just two years before passing away in the year 101 A.H. at the age of thirty-nine. Before his appointment as the khaleefah, he was \u2018drowning\u2019 in wealth, leading a life of opulence, luxury and extravagance.<\/p>\n

After becoming the khaleefah, his life underwent a complete transformation as he adopted the sunnah of simplicity and completely \u2018divorced\u2019 material pleasures (read more on this\u00a0here<\/a>). Furthermore, besides the basic allowance from the Baytul Maal (public treasury) which all Muslims were entitled to receive, he did not allow his wife and children to take any additional wealth from the Baytul Maal as this would amount to abuse of public wealth.<\/p>\n

When \u2018Umar bin \u2018Abdil \u2018Azeez (rahimahullah) was on his death bed, his brother-in-law, Maslamah bin \u2018Abdil Malik, came to see him. Maslamah addressed him and said, \u201cO Ameerul Mu-mineen! You have deprived your children of this wealth. Why don\u2019t you make a bequest, entrusting them to me and others like me, from your relatives, so that we may look after them and see to their needs (after your demise)?\u201d<\/p>\n

When \u2018Umar bin \u2018Abdil \u2018Azeez (rahimahullah) heard Maslamah express concern for the financial security and future of his children, he instructed those around him to make him sit up. After sitting up, he said to Maslamah, \u201cAs for your claim that I have deprived my children of this wealth, then I take an oath in the name of Allah Ta\u2018ala that I have not oppressed my children and deprived them of anything which they rightfully deserved. However, never was I prepared to give them something which belonged to others. As far as your suggestion regarding entrusting them to others, then I have entrusted them to Allah Ta\u2018ala.\u201d Saying this, he recited the following verse of the Quraan Majeed:<\/p>\n

\u0625\u0650\u0646\u0651\u064e \u0648\u064e\u0644\u0650\u0640\u06e7\u0650\u0651\u0649\u064e \u0671\u0644\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0640\u0647\u064f \u0671\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0630\u0650\u0649 \u0646\u064e\u0632\u0651\u064e\u0644\u064e \u0671\u0644\u0652\u0643\u0650\u062a\u064e\u0640\u0670\u0628\u064e \u06d6 \u0648\u064e\u0647\u064f\u0648\u064e \u064a\u064e\u062a\u064e\u0648\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0649 \u0671\u0644\u0635\u0651\u064e\u0640\u0670\u0644\u0650\u062d\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed, my guardian is Allah Ta\u2018ala Who has revealed the Book, and He is the guardian of the righteous.\u201d (Surah Aa\u2019raaf v. 196)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Umar bin \u2018Abdil \u2018Azeez (rahimahullah) then said, \u201cThe children of \u2018Umar can only be in one of two conditions \u2013 they will either be righteous and pious, in which case Allah Ta\u2018ala will see to their financial independence, or they will be otherwise (i.e. impious and sinful), in which case I do not want to be the first to \u2018sponsor\u2019 and support their sinful activities (and lifestyle) through giving them money.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then instructed for his children to be called. When they arrived and his gaze fell on them, his eyes began to well with tears and he said, \u201cI have left these children in poverty with no wealth!\u201d Saying this, he began to weep. Thereafter, he addressed his children and said, \u201cO my beloved children! I have left abundant goodness for you! You will not pass by any Muslim or even non-Muslim living in our lands except that they will regard you to have a right over them (and will consider themselves indebted to you, because of the manner in which I treated my subjects). O my beloved children! I had a choice between two options \u2013 either I could allow you to become rich (through the wealth of the public), causing me to enter Jahannam, or I could leave you poor, thus securing my entry into Jannah. Between these two options, I preferred for you to remain without this wealth (and me securing my Jannah).\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Umar bin \u2018Abdil \u2018Azeez (rahimahullah) then bade his children farewell saying, \u201cGo! May Allah Ta\u2018ala protect you! Go! May Allah Ta\u2018ala sustain you and provide you with your livelihood!\u201d<\/p>\n

(Seerah \u2018Umar bin \u2018Abdil \u2018Azeez – Ibnu \u2018Abdil Hakam pg. 101)<\/em><\/p>\n

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

1. Generally, every parent\u2019s concern is for the financial security and stability of his children. However, \u2018Umar bin \u2018Abdil \u2018Azeez (rahimahullah) understood that imaani and deeni security is far more important and crucial, for if his progeny lacked in Deen and imaan, they would be deprived of Jannah. Hence, he was prepared to leave his children without wealth, but he was not prepared to leave them without Deen.<\/p>\n

2. \u2018Umar bin \u2018Abdil \u2018Azeez (rahimahullah) could tolerate his children living in poverty, but he could not tolerate his children consuming haraam wealth, as he understood that haraam wealth paves the way to destruction in this world and the next.<\/p>\n

3. In the case of his progeny being sinful, \u2018Umar bin \u2018Abdil \u2018Azeez (rahimahullah) did not wish to share in their sin by being the one who enabled them to carry out the sins by giving them money. Hence, every parent should ensure that he is not the means through which his children are committing sins and falling into vice.<\/p>\n

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