Abubakar Al-Siddiq On the authority of Rabeeyah al-Asslamee who said : I used to serve the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- and he gave me some land, and he gave Abu Bakr some land, and when it came to dividing the land, we differed over a cluster of dates from a date palm tree. Abu Bakr said : this is on my side of the land! And I said : It is on my side! There used to be a problem between me and Abu Bakr, and Abu Bakr said a statement to me which I hated but he regretted saying it, so he said to me: ‘O Rabeeyah! Say something to me similar to what I said to you, so that it can be a requital.’ So I said : ‘I will not say it.’ Abu Bakr said : ‘You will say it or I will request the Messenger of Allaah sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- to order you to say it. So I said : ‘I will not say it.’ Abu Bakr left that portion of the land for me and went off to the Prophet sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- and I followed him. The people from my tribe followed us and said to me: ‘May Allaah have mercy on Abu Bakr, why is he going to the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- about you, and he said what he said about you.’ So I said : ‘Do you know who this is?? This is Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq, he is one of the two who were in the cave, he is one who has grown old as a Muslim ( one of the elders of the Muslims), beware he does not turn around and see you assisting me against him and becomes angry and he meets the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- , and the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- will become angry due to him being angry, and then Allaah Azza wa Jal becomes angry due to them being angry and then Rabeeyah will be destroyed.’ They said : ‘What do you order us to do?’ I said : ‘Go back.’ Abu Bakr –RadhiAllaahu anhu- went off to the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- , so I followed him by myself, until he reached the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- and he told him the story as it was. The Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- raised his head towards me and said: ‘O Rabeeyah what’s the matter between you and as-Siddeeq?’ I said : ‘O Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- such and such happened, and he said a statement to me which I disliked, then he said to me, say something similar to what I said to you so that it can be requited, but I refused.’ Then the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said: ‘Yes, do not say a word back to him, but say: May Allaah forgive you O Abu Bakr. May Allaah forgive you O Abu Bakr Hasan said: ‘Abu Bakr turned around and he was crying. Source: Silsilah Al-Ahadith as-Saheehah
Posted on: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 06:02:19 +0000