Islamic Exemplary Stories
The 10-year-old People's Representative and the face of the dead body turned into a himar.
The Ten Year Old People's Representative
Caliph Umar bin Abdul Aziz was the Islamic government in the time of the Umayyads. One day the representatives of each colony had faced him to settle the situation in their respective colonies.
The Hijaz had sent a slave as his representative and was instructed to speak first. Upon seeing the representative as a slave, Caliph Umar asked: "O slave, let the older men speak first. "Hearing the Caliph's reprimand, the slave representative replied: "Yes Amirul Mukminin, man is actually viewed from two things, namely his heart and tongue. When Allah has given to a person a solid tongue and a wise heart, that person has the right to speak. If viewed in terms of age, know Amirul Mukminin! There are those who are more entitled to sit on the throne of the Lord." The Caliph was shocked to hear that answer. It turned out that his words were very pithy, until he realized his exaggeration: "True you said, honorable representative. Tell me how your country is doing now?"
Yes Amirul Mukminin, whom we respect, we are representatives who get happiness, not accidents. We have not confronted my Master for complaining about our insecure state, but we have obtained what we have asked for under the auspices of my just Master." Caliph Umar r.a. was astonished at how eloquent and wise the slave spoke, and he asked: "How old are you, wise representative.?" The boy replied: "Ten years my lord."
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The Face of the Corpse Turned into Himar
In the blazing heat of the sun shining on the land of Baitul Haram, a zuhud cleric named Muhammad Abdullah al-Mubarak came out of his house to perform the Hajj. There he saw a young man who was fond of reading a cloth in the state of Ihram. Even in the Field of Arafah and in Mina the young man only wet his tongue with a loincloth over the Prophet. "Hi brother," Abdullah rebuked the young man. "Every place has its own reading. Why do you not multiply prayer and prayer while it is more demanded? I see you're just reading a pint."
"I have my own reasons" replied the young man. "I left Khurasan, my homeland to perform Hajj with my father. When we reached Kufa, suddenly my father was very sick. He breathed his last breath in front of me. With the cloth sheath, I closed his face. Unfortunately, when I reopened the cloth, my father's appearance was changed to himar. I'm shy. How do I want to tell people about my father's death while his face is so stupid?
"I sat by my father's body in a state of confusion. I finally fell asleep and dreamed. In the dream I saw a handsome and kind young man. The young man wears a face mask. He opened his face when he saw me and said, "Why are you so upset with what happened?"
"The young man approached my father and rubbed his face so that my father changed his face. I immediately approached my father and saw a light coming from his face like a new moon rising on the night of a full moon.
"Who are you?" ask the kind young man.
"I am the chosen one (Muhammad)."
"I held his finger and said, "O lord, tell me, why did this happen?"
"Actually your father was a usury eater. Allah has ordained that he who eats usury will be changed into a face in the world and in the Hereafter. Allah has given the punishment in the world and not in the Hereafter.
"His life also your father was a special man who practiced the loincloth a hundred times before going to bed. So when all the practices of my people were revealed, the angel told me the situation of your father. I have asked God to allow me to intercede for your father. And here I come to restore your father's condition."
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