he is a man who converted to Islam two days after Abu Bakar Islamic assidiq. Fought
alongside the Prophet in Mecca, suffered humiliation, torture and
humiliation of the great pagans of Quraish and various other trials. But like his other friends, torture did not cause them to recede struggling, even more to improve the quality of his faith. He
was among those who participated emigrated, and after arriving in
Medina, the Ansar Companions met and accepted, then the Prophet be
friends with them by Sa'ad ibn Rabi 'al Anshary, one of the richest in
the city. Knowing
Abdurrahman ibn Auf leave his wife and his wealth in Mecca to emigrate
following the Messenger of Allah, one day there is a very interesting
dialogue ...
"Brother,
I was the richest man in Medina. I have two gardens and two wives.
Choose which one you love gardens, and wife where you want. I'll take it
off to a garden, and be your wife," said Sa'ad. Get this offer, reject it with a fine ibn Auf, and said,
"May God bless your family and property, just show me where the market". Then began he tried to become laborers on other people, sometimes to be porters of goods. And any income earned partly saved, partly he infakkan. In a time not long, he began to buy goods to sell later. Because
honesty, persistence and expertise in business, his business was
growing, and in just two short years he already has his own caravan, to
establish business relationships with various people in various
countries.
Which is very interesting from Abdurahman ibn Auf berinfaknya this is the spirit. Once upon a time according to the Prophet spoke, "O people, bersedekahlah! Because I wanted to send troops". He
rushed home and returned to set aside, he said, "O Messenger of Allah, I
have a 4000 dirham. Half lent to God. And the other half I left for my
family." This event occurs before the battle of Uhud. Likewise, when before the battle of Tabuk. Medina was having a bad season. The distance traveled so far, while supplies are available and transportation is very limited. Prophet called on Muslims to berinfak. And they were soon to meet this appeal, and the vanguard of course, Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf. He
himself menginfakkan entire estate, and actions that encourage Umar ibn
Khattab reported, he said, "O Messenger of Allah, I think Rahman ibn
Auf hardship on his family, and this includes sin, because he did not
leave anything to them at all."
Then the Prophet called Abdurrahman ibn Auf, and asked, "do you have to leave something for your family?"
"Already," he replied, "I left a lot more than that kuinfakkan,"
"What is it, and how much?" asked the Prophet
"Rizki ie, goodness and reward promised by Allah and His Messenger."
After
the Prophet's death, he was in charge of taking care of
ummahatul-believers, provide for their needs and maintain their dignity.
He
never sold the land valued at 40 000 dinars, and the proceeds divided
them out to the wives of the Prophet, the people and the poor and the
indigent muhajirin. Prayer of the Prophet proved. He became the richest friend. Property that has brought him into the person to receive the blessings and pleasure of Allah. Being thankful people by constantly
help and attention to the needs of others.
Medina
had happened one day shaking and rumbling since the arrival of a convoy
of caravans ibn Auf 700 camels carrying a full load of merchandise,
"What was that?" asked Siti Aishah
"The voice of Abdurrahman ibn Auf caravan," said one
"God
bless all who diinfakkan in the world, and a greater reward in the
Hereafter. I heard the Messenger say that Ibn Auf will enter heaven if
you do not want to crawl berinfak." It turned out that in the not too distant, Ibn Auf heard Aisha saying this, and he immediately went to him, then asked:
"O mother, do you hear the words spoken by the Prophet?"
"Right," said Aisha.
His eyes sparkled. His heart was filled with happiness, he said:
"O
Mother, be my witness, I want to enter heaven by standing up and
running. All this camel with all existing merchandise kuinfakkan
sabilillah fi for the cause."
May God always blessed you, O Companions of the Prophet, I am really happy to know them as the example beings. Love
of God, loyalty to the Prophet, his desire to get the pleasure, his
yearning to enter paradise, it has been growing extraordinary spirit of
sacrifice, sacrifice, and sacrifice with what they have. This is human unity. People who truly understand the meaning of laa ilaha illa Allah, Prophet Muhammad al.
Through this story, there are some important lessons we can take, namely:
- There is no love without sacrifice. Such a deep love for Allah and His Messenger berkoban foster a spirit of extraordinary. And this is only possible because of monotheism has been the foundation of all philosophy of life and activity keduniaannya.
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Man of tawheed is the one who always be optimistic, have Himma (work
ethic) is high, kafa'ah (capabilities and professional), and continued
to hone his soul and his ability.
- The principle of unity of human life is give, give, give and take. Not like we take and give: take the first and give, but give, give and give, and then they take what God gives.
- Always set aside any income available for savings. Future oriented, and be anticipatory of all possibilities. Mengamal human
God's commands, among others, in Sura al-qashas [28]: 77