Abu Bakar As Siddiq merupakan kisah sahabat Nabi yang pertama kali membenarkan Nabi Muhammad Shallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam. orang yang paling mulia setelah para nabi dan rasul.

Dalam Al quran disebutkan sebagai berikut :

وَالسَّابِقُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ وَالَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُمْ بِإِحْسَانٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا عَنْهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي تَحْتَهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ

“Orang-orang terdahulu lagi yang pertama-tama (masuk Islam) dari golongan muhajirin dan anshar dan orang-orang yang mengikuti mereka dengan baik, Allah ridha kepada mereka dan merekapun ridha kepada Allah dan Allah menyediakan bagi mereka surga-surga yang mengalir sungai-sungai di dalamnya selama-lamanya. Mereka kekal di dalamnya. Itulah kemenangan yang besar.” (QS. At-Taubah: 100)

Dari Zaid bin Arqam memberitahukan saat itu Abu Bakar As Siddiq meminta minum, kemudian Zaid bin Arqam memberikan segelas air yang sudah dicampur madu. Ketika Abu Bakar As Siddiq mengangkat gelas dan ingin meminumnya, Namun tiba-tiba beliau menangis.

Para sahabat terharu melihat Abu Bakar menangis sehingga mereka ikut menangis. Tak lama kemudian mereka diam, tapi Abu Bakar tetap menangis. Bahkan tangisnya menjadi-jadi sehingga membuat mereka menangis dan sendu lagi. Tak lama kemudian Abu Bakar dan sahabat lainnya berhenti menangis.

Mereka bertanya : “Wahai Abu Bakar As Siddiq, kenapa engkau menangis?”

Abu Bakar menjawab : “saya pernah bersama Rasulullah berduaan dan tidak ada orang lain selain kami berdua.”

Tiba-tiba saja Nabi Muhammad bersabda sembari menghentak-hentakan tangannya : “Pergilah sana! Pergilah sana!” Lalu aku berkata : “Wahai Rasulullah, engkau bicara kepada siapa, sedangkan disini tidak ada siapa-siapa hanya kita berdua?”

Rasulullah bersabda : “Dunia datang kepadaku, Namun aku katakan : “pergilah sana! pergilah sana! kemudian dunia itu berkata kepadaku, Jika engkau selamat dariku, maka orang-orang setelahmu tidak akan selamat daripadaku”. Dengan pernyataan itulah Abu Bakar As Siddiq menangis dan sangat sedih bahwasanya dunia hanya kiasan, persinggahan yang hanya sementara namun cobaannya sangat kuat terhadap umat Rasulullah.

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A Qur’aan teacher always advised her students to live by this Ayah:

وَعَجِلْتُ إِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضَىٰ

“And I hurried to You, my Lord, so that You’ll be pleased.”

[Taahaa, [20]: 84]

She told them, “This Ayah is what moves me. When I hear the Adhaan and I’m occupied and in the middle of something, I remind myself of this Ayah and so I get up to pray.”

“When my alarm goes off at 2am and I want to go back to sleep I remember: ‘And I hurried to You, my Lord, so you’ll be pleased’, and so I get up and stand before Allah.”

Her husband had the following arrangement with her: On his way home from a long day at work he’d call her so she’ll get the food hot & ready, so he can come home and eat & rest.

One day he asked her to make Mahshi (stuffed grape leaves) – a very time consuming dish. The process involves wrapping many of them and then putting them in a pot to cook. She had 3 more to wrap; but the Adhaan was called.

So she left the 3 remaining grape-leaves (which would have taken her 5 more minutes) and went to pray.

Her husband came home and found that the food was not ready and she was in sujood. He noticed there were only 3 grape-leaves left. A bit upset, he uttered, “You could have just finished them & put the pot to cook then pray!” But she wasn’t responding.

He went to her to discover that she had died in her Sujood!

SubhaanAllaah! Had she waited like any of us to “finish whats in her hand” she would have died in the kitchen! Indeed, the way we live our life is how we will die.

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A burglar scaled the wall of Maalik Bin Dinar’s house one night and easily managed to get inside. Once inside the house, the thief was disappointed to see nothing worth stealing. Maalik was busy performing prayer. Realizing he was not alone, he quickly ended his prayer and turned around to face the thief.

Without showing any signs of shock or scare, Maalik calmly extended greetings of peace and said, “My brother, may Allah forgive you. You entered my home and found nothing worth taking, yet I do not want you to leave without taking away some benefit.”

He went in another room and came back with a jug full of water. He looked into the eyes of the burglar and said,

“Make ablution and perform two units of prayer, for if you do so, you will leave my home with a greater treasure than you had initially sought.”

Humbled by Maalik’s manners and words, the thief said, “Yes, that is a generous offer indeed.”

After making ablution and performing two units of prayer, the burglar said, “O Maalik, would you mind if I stayed for a while, for I want to stay to perform two more units of prayer?”

Maalik said, “Stay for whatever amount of prayer Allah decrees for you to perform now.”

The thief ended up spending the entire night at Maalik’s house. He continued to pray until morning. Then Maalik said, “Leave now and be good.”

But instead of leaving, the thief said, “Would you mind if I stayed here with you today, for I have made an intention to fast?”

“Stay as long as you wish,” Maalik said.

The burglar ended up staying for a number of days, praying during the late hours of each night and fasting in the day. When he finally decided to leave, the burglar said, “O Maalik, I have made a firm resolve to repent for my sins and for my former way of life.”

Maalik said, “That is in the Hand of Allah.”

The man did mend his ways and began to lead a life of righteousness and obedience to Allah. Later on, he came across another burglar who asked him, “Have you found your treasure yet?”

He replied, “My brother, what I found is Maalik Bin Dinar. I went to steal from him, but it was he who ended up stealing my heart. I have indeed repented to Allah, and I will remain at the door (of His Mercy and Forgiveness) until I achieve what his obedient, loving slaves have achieved.”

[Al-Mawaa’idh wal-Majaalis: 85]

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A man came to Iyas Ibn Mu’awiyah, a Muslim judge famous for his wisdom, and the following conversation took place between them:

Man: What is the Islamic ruling regarding wine?

Judge: It is Haram (Forbidden).

Man: How about water?

Judge: It is Halal (Permissible).

Man: How about dates and grapes?

Judge: They are Halal.

Man: Why is it that all these ingredients are Halal, and yet when you combine them, they become Haram?

The judge looked at the man and said: If I hit you with this handful of dirt, do you think it would hurt you?

Man: It would not.

Judge: How about if I hit you with this handful of straw?

Man: It would not hurt me.

Judge: How about a handful of water?

Man: It surely would not hurt me.

Judge: How about if I mix them, and let them dry to become a brick, and then hit you with it, would it hurt you?

Man: It would hurt me and might even kill me!

Judge: The same reasoning applies to what you asked me!!

Iyas Ibn Muawiyah Al-Muzani was a tabi’i Qadi (judge) in the 2nd century AH who lived in Basra (modern day Iraq). He was renowned for possessing immense cleverness which became a favourite topic in Arabic folklore.

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