Islamic Exemplary Stories

Sacred Sacrifice

𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗶

A young man was on a long journey, feeling very tired. He also stopped resting in one area of the village and let go of his horse to find food there. Due to exhaustion, the young man fell asleep under a tree. His starving horse roamed in a field area and grazed the crops there. Not long after, the farmer who owned the field returned. Showing the crops gone, the farmer lost his temper and killed the horse that ate his garden.

When he awoke from sleep, the young man looked for his horse. Satisfied he was looking neither met. Finally he saw the carcass of his horse in a field. Seeing that state, he became enraged and searched for the murderer of his horse. He continued to flee to a nearby house.

After meeting the host, he continued to daydream and fight and finally the farmer was killed. The event is known to many. The young man was brought to the caliph to be denounced. According to the law of the Qisas, killing is retaliated by killing. The Caliph ordered that he be imprisoned the day before he was beheaded at 5:00 the next evening. The young man begged that he be allowed to return to meet his mother to solve a very important thing.

The Caliph did not approve the young man's appeal. But the young man did not give up and continued to seduce while stating he had a responsibility that must be resolved before he was executed. He promised to return as soon as his business was done. The Caliph asked the dead heirs' views. The farmer's son did not allow the young man to leave because he was worried that he would not come again to receive the death penalty.

When asked how the Caliph could put himself in danger, Abu Zar explained for the sake of the nobility of Islam, he was very embarrassed to see that no one could afford to extend help when the young stranger was in great distress. The young man was allowed to return home while Abu Zar was locked up in prison. On the following evening, overcrowded men headed to the caliph's palace to witness a disturbing episode. Many thought Abu Zar would be killed because most likely the young man would not come handing over his neck to be beheaded. A thrilling moment occurred when a few minutes away at five in the afternoon, the young man still had not arrived. Abu Zar was taken out of confinement. The failure of the young man to present himself would cause Abu Zar to fall prey.

At the last moment, people saw a man riding a horse very fast. At that moment the anxious ripples of the crowd turned to subside. Exactly how promised the young man until even five o'clock in the afternoon. The young man then descended in front of the Caliph while apologizing for 'slowly' causing a tense and anxious atmosphere. The young man explained that he should have arrived earlier, but was missed because his horse rope broke in the middle of the journey. He explained that the business he said was very important first was because he had to complete his responsibilities as the guardian of the property of children\-orphans and leave the task to his mother. The young man met Abu Zar to thank him for his ability to take himself as a ransom. After that he immediately went to the place where the punishment was carried out. When the bodyguard was about to swing his sword, suddenly the farmer's son with a strong voice asked for the punishment to be annulled. He willingly forgave the young man's mistake. Hearing the words of the farmer's son, the young man was greatly relieved and continued to bow down in thanksgiving to God.

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