Islamic Stories - The Beautiful Story of Abu Ghayth

From the signs of truthfulness is fear of Allah and asceticism in
life; for the truthful withconviction fears consuming from what is
impermissible and bearspoverty and hardship for the sake of Islam. If
he commits sin then he does not sleep until he returns to his Lord and
repents, in order to free himself from the sin, andits burden.
Ibn Jarir at-Tabari: I was in Makkah during the season of Hajj and I
saw a man from Khurasaan calling out to the people:"Oh pilgrims, oh
people of Makkah - from those who are present and those far off, I
have lost a pouch that contains a thousand dinars. So whoever returns
the pouch, Allah will reward them with good, save them from the hell
fire, and His bounty and favors will be acquired on the Day of
Accounting(Day of Judgment)."
An old man from the people of Makkah approached him and said: "Oh
Khurasaani, our city is in a very tough condition, and thedays of hajj
are few, andits season is appointed, and the doors of profit-making
are closed. This money might fall in the hands of a believer who is
poor and old in age. Maybe he plans to give itif you make a promise
that you will give him a little bit of money that is halal
(permissible) for him to use."
The Khurasaani said: "How much does he want?"
The old man said: "He wants one-tenth of the money (a hundred dinars)."
The Khurasaani said: "No. I will not grant himthe money and instead I
will take my case to Allah, and complain to Him on the day we meet
Him, and Allah is sufficient for us and the best one to trust in."
Ibn Jarir at-Tabari said: "I realized that it was the old man is poor,
and he was the one who took the pouch of dinarsand wishes to have a
little portion of it. So I followed him until he returned to his home.
Myassumptions were confirmed. I heard him calling onto his wife:"Oh
Lubabah."
She said: "I am at your service, O Abu Ghayth."
The old man said: I found the owner of the dinars calling for it, and
he does not intend to give any reward to the person who finds it. I
said to him "Give us a hundred dinars and he refused and said he would
take his case to Allah. What should I do OLubabah? I must return it,
for I fear my Lord, andI fear that my sin is multiplied.
His wife said to him: Oh Man! We have been struggling and suffering
from poverty with you for the last 50 years, and you have 4 daughters,
2 sisters, my mother and I, and you are the ninth. Keep all the money
and feed us for we are hungry, and clothe us for you know better our
situation. Perhaps Allah, the All-Mighty, will make you rich
afterwards and you might be able to give the money back after you fed
your children, or Allah will pay the amount you oweon the day when the
kingdom will belong to the King (Allah).
He said to her: Will I consume haram after 86 years of my life, and
burn my organs with fireafter I have been patientwith my poverty, and
become worthy of Allah anger, even though I amclose to my grave?! No,
By Allah, I will not do so!
Ibn Jarir at-Tabari said: I left with amazement concerning his
conditionand that of his wife. At a later point during the day, I
heard the owner of the pouch calling out...
Saying: "O people of Makkah, O pilgrims, who ever of you find a pouch
containing a thousand dinars, let him return it and they shall surely
findgreat reward with Allah."
The old man said: Oh Khurasaani, I have addressed you the other day
and advised you that our land is low on cultivation, so reward the
person who found the pouch so that he is not tempted to break the laws
of Allah. I have advised you to pay the person who finds it a hundred
dinars but you refused. If your money falls into hands of a person who
fears Allah the All-Mighty, will you give him 10 dinars at least,
instead of a 100?
The Khurasaani said: I will not do so, and I will complain to Allah on
the day I meet him, and Allah is sufficient for us and the best one to
trustin."
Ibn Jarir at-Tabari said: The people dispersed and left. Later on
during the hours of the day, once again, the Khurasaani made the same
call, saying:
"O people of Makkah, O pilgrims, who ever of you find a pouch
containing a thousand dinars, let him return it and they shall surely
findgreat reward with Allah."
The old man came again and said: O Khurasaani, I said to you the day
before yesterday to reward the finder a hundred dinars and you
refused. Then I advised you to give him ten dinars and you refused, so
will you give only onedinar so that he can buy with half of it things
he needs and with the other half, sheep milk, sothat he can give to
the people and feed his children?
The Khurasaani said: I will not do so, and I will complain to Allah on
the day I meet him, and Allah is sufficient for us and the best one to
trustin. "
The old man angrily said:Come you, and take yourmoney so that I can
sleep at night, for I have not had a good mood ever since I found this
money.
Ibn Jarir said: So the old man went with the owner of the money andI
followed them until theold man entered his house, dug a hole and
pulled out the money and said: Take your money and ask Allah to
forgive me and bless me from His bounty.
The Khurasaani took the money and intended to leave, but when he
reached the door he said: O old man, my father died, May Allah have
mercy on him, and left behind three thousand dinars and said to me:
Take out a third of this money and give it to a person from the people
who is most deserving of it. Therefore I tied it in a pouch so that I
may spend it on someone who is worthy of it. By Allah, I have not seen
a person, since I left Khurasaan until now, who is more worthy of
itthen you. So take it, May Allah's blessing be upon you, and May He
reward for the trust you kept, and your patience during poverty. The
Khurasaani man left without the money.
The old man wept and prayed to Allah, saying: May Allah bless the
owner of the money in his grave, and May Allah bless his son.
Ibn Jarir said: I left after the Khurasaani but Abu Ghayth (the old
man) followed me and brought me back. He asked me to sit down, and
said: I have seen youfollowing me since the first day; you have come
to know of our situation yesterday and today. I have heard that the
Prophet said: "If you are gifted from the provision of Allah, without
begging or asking, then accept it and do not reject it." So this is a
gift from Allah toall those attending.
The old man called: O Lubabah, O so and so, O so and so. He called on
his daughters and his sisters and wife and her mother, and sat down
and made me sit down. We were 10. He opened the bag, and said
spreadyour clothing over your laps.
So I (Ibn Jarir) did, but the girls did not have proper clothing that
would enable them to do that, so they extended their hands. The old
man gave dinar by dinar in order until he reached me (Ibn Jarir) and
said: "Here is adinar." The process continued until the bag was empty
and I received a hundred dinars.
Ibn Jarir at-Tabari said: So joy filled my heart because of the
provisionthey received more then the joy I had because I received a
hundred dinars.
When I was leaving the old man said: O young man. You are blessed;
keep this money with you for it is halal. And know that I use to wake
up for Fajr prayer with this wet shirt. After I wasdone I would take
it off, and give it so that my daughters can pray - oneby one. Then I
would go to work between Dhuhr prayer and Asr prayer and then I would
come back at the end of the day with what Allah has given me from
dates anddry pieces of bread. Then I would take off myclothes for my
daughtersand they would pray Dhuhr prayer and Asr prayer, and the same
would happen for the Maghrib and Isha prayers. And we did not ever
expect to see this kind of money. So may Allah make us make good use
of them, and may Allah bless the person in his grave and multiply the
reward for him.
Ibn Jarir said: So I greeted him goodbye, and took the hundred dinars
and used them to write knowledge for two years! I used it to buy paper
and pay rent and after sixteen years I returned to Makkah and inquired
about the old man. I was told that he died a few months after the
incident that occurred between us. Hiswife died, along with her
mother, and his 2 sisters. The only ones that remained were the
daughters whom, when I asked about, found that they were married to
kings and Princes. I dropped by and they honored me as a guest and
treated me kindly until they died also. So May Allah bless them in
their graves.
{That will be an admonition given to himwho believes in Allah and the
Last Day. And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will
make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty).
And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine. And
whosoever puts his trust in Allah, then He will suffice him. Verily,
Allah will accomplish his purpose. Indeed Allah has set a measure for
all things. (At-Talaq 65: 2-3) /- -e-p * - ▓███▓ TRANSLATOR 1:->
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