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back to The First. Alhamdulillah rabbil ameen, we hit a milestone now. This is
officially our 40th episode of The First, walillah alhamd. We are going into
Ramadan and inshaAllah ta'ala we will resume this series immediately after Ramadan.
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ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to forgive us all for our shortcomings. Allahumma
ameen. And the sahabi that we're talking about today is directly tied to of course
Sadaqah, infamously tied to Sadaqah. He is absolutely one of my favorite companions
of the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and before we talk about him I want to
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ta'ala before you finish this lecture biidhnillah ta'ala. Now Abdurahman Ibn Auf
radiAllahu ta'ala I guarantee you that there is so much that you don't know about
him beyond the sadaqa. And I want to start inshaAllah ta'ala with his background as
we do with every companion of the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam that we cover.
First and foremost before Islam his name was actually not Abdurahman but it was
Abd-u-Amr or Abd-ul-Ka'ba okay. And we know that the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa
sallam used to change the names of those who had names that were contradictory to
Islam. He would not change everyone's name salAllahu alayhi wa sallam when they
became Muslim but if there was something inherently negative about their name
something that was pessimistic had a bad meaning or you know included being a
servant to anyone but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala then the Prophet salAllahu alayhi
wa sallam would change your name and Rasulullah salAllahu alayhi wa sallam gave him
the most beloved of names to Allah as he said salAllahu alayhi wa sallam that the
most beloved of names to Allah are Abdurahman and Abdullah. So he named him
salAllahu alayhi wa sallam Abdurahman and his kunya which is his nickname was Abu
Muhammad. So we are here inshaAllah ta'ala with Abdurahman ibn Auf radiAllahu
ta'ala anhu Abu Muhammad a wealthy exceedingly handsome dignified you know pleasant
man radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. If you looked at Abdurahman ibn Auf radiAllahu ta'ala
anhu everything about him was absolutely stunning radiAllahu ta'ala anhu and that
was something that would even continue beyond Islam and of course he would be even
more beautified by his Islam by his faith. As far as his tribe is concerned he is
also from the tribe of Banu Zuhra and we know that this was the tribe of Sa'd ibn
Abi Waqas radiAllahu ta'ala anhu and this was also the tribe of the mother of the
Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam Amina bint Wahab. So two of the ten promised
paradise are related to the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam through his mother
by being from Banu Zuhra. So it's a powerful tribe and that's of course where his
father is from. His mother is her name is Ash-Shifa and we don't have much about
her she is from the children of Abd ibn Harith. The children of Abd ibn Harith. As
far as his connection to other tribes is concerned we know that Abd al-Rahman was
married to multiple women before Islam and this connected him to multiple tribes
within Quraysh. So he had a powerful position and of course he was extremely
wealthy and he is one of those that accepted Islam at the hands of Abu Bakr as-
Siddiq radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. So since we are now on the ninth of the ten promised
paradise within this series let's summarize how many of them belonged to Abu Bakr
radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. So we have Abu Bakr himself obviously. We have At-Talha,
Waz-Zubair, Uthman ibn Affan, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqas, Abd al-Rahman ibn Auf and some of
the narrations suggest Abu Ubaidah who we talked about last week. May Allah subhana
wa ta'ala be pleased with them all. So Abu Bakr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu accounts for
more than half of Al-Ashar Mubashshireen the ten promised paradise. And subhanAllah
it also shows the wisdom and the positioning of Abu Bakr that when these people
heard about the Prophet radiAllahu ta'ala anhu many of them went to Abu Bakr
radiAllahu anhu. So he was searching out for people to tell them about the Prophet
radiAllahu ta'ala anhu and people were going to him knowing his wisdom radiAllahu
ta'ala anhu and his positioning in society and his closeness to the Prophet
radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. Abd al-Rahman ibn Auf radiAllahu ta'ala anhu has the unique
experience of meeting a monk not in Syria in Al-Sham but meeting a monk in Yemen.
Now remember Rihlat al-Shitai wa-Saif you had the winter trip and you had the
summer trip that Allah talks about that were the famous trade routes of the people
of Mecca. And so you have all of these stories of these sahaba meeting monks people
that were particularly Christian monks that were awaiting or speaking about the
coming of a Prophet from Mecca and they would come back and they would find that
the Prophet radiAllahu ta'ala anhu had come out. In the case of Abd al-Rahman ibn
Auf he was in Yemen on a business trip and he was a famous merchant radiAllahu
ta'ala anhu.
He was in Yemen on a business trip and he was a famous merchant. And while he was
in Yemen and he was with one of the seniors in Yemen, this elder in Yemen
introduced him to a monk. And when he introduced himself to the monk, the monk
said, where are you from? He said, I'm from Mecca. And he said, and what are you
here for? He said, I'm here for al tijara. I'm here to trade. I'm here to buy and
sell. I'm a merchant. And listen to what the monk said to him. He said, shall I not
give you a glad tiding that is greater than any type of trade that you can do over
here? And he said, what is this bishara that is greater than my tijara? What is the
glad tidings that's greater than my trade? He said, a man that will arise from
where you just left, that receives revelation from the Lord of the heavens and the
earth. And that is the continuation of the way of Isa alayhi salam, the way of
Jesus peace be upon him. So Abdur Rahman ibn Auf radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, he comes
back to Mecca and subhanAllah just like many of the others, he goes to Abu Bakr
radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, who was a close friend of his. And he told Abu Bakr what
happened. And he asked Abu Bakr, have you heard anything? He said, indeed it is
Muhammad ibn Abdullah. It is Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. And he took me to
the home of Khadija radiAllahu ta'ala anhu that day to embrace Islam. So Abdur
Rahman ibn Auf is again one of the first 10 or 15 to accept Islam, who embraced
Islam before Dar al-Arqam, and who would know the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wasallam before the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam would formally start to
gather the people and teach them. And he became one of the students of Dar al-Arqam
as well. One of the things about him is that he maintained his trade routes
radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. He stayed under the radar in Mecca. But he was persecuted.
And we see that Abdur Rahman ibn Auf was one of those who made the first migration
to Abyssinia, the first migration to al-Habasha, and then came back and he stayed
back in Mecca until the migration to al-Madinah. So last week we talked about Abu
Ubaidah radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, who only made the second migration to al-Habasha,
to Abyssinia. And this week we talk about Abdur Rahman ibn Auf, who only made the
first migration, the first trip to al-Habasha, and came back and spent time with
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, and waited until the order to migrate to
al-Madinah. Hence he becomes, and I want you to memorize these terms inshaAllah
ta'ala, also from Ashab al-Hijratayn, one of those who has the distinction of being
from the people of the two Hijras. The people who migrated twice for the sake of
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And probably his most famous story with the Ansar of the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, and it might be the most famous story of al-
Mu'akha, of how the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam paired off the Ansar and the
Muhajireen, is a story between him and his brother Sa'd ibn al-Rabee'a. So as we
know, when the Muhajireen came to Madinah, when those who migrated from Mecca came
to Madinah, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam paired off everyone with a
brother from the Ansar, and that brother from the Ansar, the helpers of Madinah,
was to take one of the Muhajireen in, and was to care for them, and to help them
get settled in al-Madinah. Abd al-Rahman ibn A'uf, who is used to being a wealthy
businessman, who is successful his entire life, he was extremely sharp, he was a
hard worker, he was very determined, and he knew how to take care of himself. So
he's in a vulnerable situation. Being a refugee, fleeing persecution, fleeing the
persecution of Mecca, and he's with this man who he doesn't know, and Sa'd says to
him, he says, oh my brother, I am the richest of the people of Madinah. Now by the
way, I want to stop here because this is something that's often not spoken about.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam had a wisdom for everyone that he paired off
with in Madinah. So it wasn't a random pairing off, and you see the wisdom
subhanAllah when you start to study the personalities from the Ansar, and how they
match up with the personalities of the Muhajireen. And so Sa'd was clearly a
wealthy man in Madinah. He says, I am amongst the most wealthy of Madinah. He said,
I have two of everything, and he said, you can take anything that you want. He
said, I have two gardens, you can take whichever one of the two gardens that's
pleasing to you. And he starts to split his wealth. He says, this is my wealth,
take half of my wealth. And he gets to the point where he says that I'm married to
two women, and he said, whichever one that you would like to be married to, and of
course this is not the advice of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, right, but
this is just speaking to what Sa'd was saying to him. He said, whichever one that
you want to be married to, he said, I'll go through the process, I'll get divorced,
and then after she finishes whatever iddah, waiting period, and she becomes halal
for you to marry, then you can marry her instead. And Abdurrahman is looking at him
as he's offering all of these things, and Abdurrahman was embarrassed by his words,
his generosity, obviously, and his words, and the way that he's basically telling
him, look, I'm in charge, I'm taking care of you, whatever it is that you want. So
Abdurrahman says to him, he says, may Allah bless you with your family and with
your wealth, but he says, I have no need for any of that. He said, however, the
very famous words of Abdurrahman ibn Auf, he said, listen, just show me where the
marketplace is. Now, the marketplace was extremely hostile, right, this is not easy
for someone to just make their way into the marketplace, especially as a makin, and
to suddenly make their way, right, I mean, he's still a refugee, he hasn't even got
his feet wet, he doesn't understand Medina yet, but Abdurrahman ibn Auf says, just
show me where the marketplace is, I will take care of myself, I'll make my own
money, and you don't have to worry about me. So he told Sa'id, I want nothing from
you, jazakAllahu khaira, I need to take care of myself. Now, the marketplaces were
controlled based upon what they would sell, so some of the marketplaces were under
the tribe of, some of the Jewish tribes that used to exist in Medina, some of them
were under certain tribes that might have been hostile to the Muslims, so he's
looking at these different marketplaces, and he's saying, okay, let me see if I can
wiggle my way in, you know, the
or under certain tribes that might have been hostile to the Muslims. So he's
looking at these different marketplaces and he's saying, okay, let me see if I can
wiggle my way in. You know, the souk of Banu Qurayza, the souk of Banu Qaynuqa, all
of these different marketplaces. So he goes in there and he studies it. I mean, he
is a businessman, radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, a brilliant businessman. So he first
starts off with what is easiest for him to acquire, right? But if he, you know,
obviously packages it the right way, puts it together the right way, packages it
the right way, then he can start to make a living with that. So he starts off with
selling what? He starts off with selling yogurt and butter and dates, whatever he
can acquire, he starts to do that. And what he would do, obviously, you know,
subhanAllah, if you think about the way that food is sold, right? A lot of it is
just about the recipes, putting them together. So he would do things that were
popular to the people. So he would mix the yogurt and the butter and the dates. He
would make different, you know, things with that. The famous dish, which is known
as hays, where you put it all together. And he started to sell that and he did well
for himself. Then he worked up enough money, radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, to start
trading in horses. And he knew horses from his time in Mecca. Then he, as he
started to trade horses, Abdurrahman ibn Auf started to sell saddles, horse
saddles. So he's getting more and more wealthy in Medina, even though he's new to
the place. Abdurrahman ibn Auf was just brilliant like that, subhanAllah. And he
said that, you know, there was a time that I could literally look at a stone and I
could turn over any stone and I would find gold under it. I mean, he's talking
about his own ability and how Allah blessed him to be able to make something out of
nothing when it came to business. So it didn't take him long to be able to get
married. I mean, to have enough money to get married and start his new life in Al
Medina. So he goes to the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam and the description of
it in this narration is that the scent of perfume was all over him. He was dressed
nicely. I mean, he's coming to the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam looking, you
know, happy and handsome. And the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam looked at him
and he said, Mahyam ya Aba Abdurrahman. Which means, what a pleasant surprise, oh
Abdurrahman. What is it, oh Abdurrahman? He said, Ya Rasulullah, I've got married.
And the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam said, what did you get married with?
Like, what did you give her as a mahr? We just got here and we're just trying to
figure out all of these different things. So he said, I gave her the weight of a
nuwa in gold. Which is a portion of gold. I gave her a block of gold. So the
Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, he was happy for him. Obviously pleased. But he
said, awlim walaw bishaa. The very famous narration that we use today when we talk
about al-walima. He said, have a walima, have a feast, even if it is with a single
sheep. And he said, may Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la bless you in your family and in
your wealth. So Abdurrahman ibn Auf being the first of the muhajireen that we know,
those that migrated from Mecca to have a wedding in Medina. And he did it all by
himself. Meaning he did not take up the generous offer of his sponsor, Sa'id ibn
Rabee' to take some of his wealth or some of his gardens to be able to do that. So
this was a man that SubhanAllah, was extremely wealthy and smart and really self-
sufficient in the sense that he did not want anyone to do anything for him,
radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. And he was not arrogant as a result of his wealth or as a
result of his position that he had. Rather, we find that he participated in every
battle with the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam. So he did not take a posture
of, Ya Rasulullah, I'm wealthy and I'm not going to go out and battle or get my
clothes dirty alongside you. Instead we find that he maintained a closeness to the
Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam in battle. Just like all of the Ash'ar
Mubashireen, all of the Ten Promised Paradise, they always found themselves near
the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam in battle, seeking to protect the Messenger
alayhi wa sallam. So some of the stories that we have from him in battle. One of
them, if you remember when we talked about Bilal radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. He was the
one that took as a prisoner Umayyah ibn Khalaf, who of course used to torture Bilal
radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. And Bilal radiAllahu ta'ala anhu was the one who killed
Umayyah ibn Khalaf. And of course if you remember, Abdur Rahman ibn Auf's sister,
Hind, was married to Bilal. So Bilal radiAllahu ta'ala anhu was the brother-in-law
of Abdur Rahman ibn Auf radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. We also see that in Uhud he was one
of those that stayed the course. And while he did not suffer the wounds of Talha
radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, or lose his teeth the way that Abu Ubaidah radiAllahu
ta'ala anhu lost his teeth, biting out the helmet that was driven into the face of
the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, Abdur Rahman ibn Auf suffered over 20
wounds on the day of Uhud. And some of them were so severe in his leg that he would
limp for the rest of his life radiAllahu ta'ala anhu because of the wounds that he
suffered in Uhud, in the companionship of the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam.
We also find that once as the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam was preparing to
dispatch a force, a mission, and Rasulullah salAllahu alayhi wa sallam asked for
people to sponsor it, that Abdur Rahman ibn Auf goes home and he brings back 2,000
coins for the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam and Rasulullah salAllahu alayhi wa
sallam says, what have you left behind? He said, Ya Rasulullah, I give 2,000 for
the sake of Allah and I left 2,000 for my family. So giving half of your wealth for
an expedition is pretty significant. This is something that he constantly would do
with the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam in multiple expeditions. The only one
that would outdo him in giving for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in those
expeditions was none other than Uthman ibn Affan radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. And we see
that the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam actually appointed him to lead one of
those missions and something significant that happened, and this was the fifth year
of Hijrah, that as the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam was dispatching him, the
Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam took a turban and he wrapped the head of
Abdurrahman ibn Auf himself. I mean, just think of the scene. And as he wrapped the
head of Abdurrahman ibn Auf, he put his hand on his head radiAllahu ta'ala anhu and
he made dua for him. And as he made dua for him, he advised him to have taqwa as
the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam would always do when he sends someone out on
a military mission, he advises them to be taqwa.
the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam would always do when he sends someone out
on a military mission. He advises them to be pious, to be mindful of Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and that means on a personal level to always be in a state of
preparation to meet your Lord and also to be mindful of Allah, to not transgress
because a lot of things happen in the capacity of battle and the Muslims have to
abide by a certain level of ethics. So he put his hand on the head of Abdur Rahman
ibn Auf, the turban that he wrapped himself on his head and the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam made dua for him. He advised him to have taqwa. He advised him to
praise Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for everything that comes his way and then he told
him something very interesting. He said listen, when you get to those people,
invite them to Islam and if Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala gives you victory, then
propose to the daughter of the chief of the tribe. Propose to the daughter of the
chief of the tribe. This was a very specific advice that the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam gave to him and of course this was a way of softening the hearts of
tribes that were hostile and bringing people together. So the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam gave him that nasiha, gave him that advice and SubhanAllah through
that marriage, so Abdur Rahman ibn Auf did what he was told and he married the
daughter of the chief of the tribe and through that marriage his most prominent son
was born and that was Abu Salama ibn Abdur Rahman ibn Auf who would go on to become
one of al-fuqaha al-saba'a, the seven jurists of Medina who were the most famous
seven scholars of the tabi'een in Medina, a student of the greatest of the
companions of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, a student of Aisha radiAllahu
Anha. Just one example by the way is that Abu Salama ibn Abdur Rahman was the one
who asked Aisha radiAllahu Anha describe the prayer of the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam to me. So you think about how crucial the role he plays in the
transmission of the deen and it came from this marriage that the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam gave him advice and told him radiAllahu Anha to marry the daughter
of the chief of that tribe. We also find that the famous hadith where the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, la tasubbu ahadan min ashabi fa inna ahadakum law
anfaka mithla uhud, uhudin dhahaba ma adraka mudda ahadihim wala nasifa. The
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said that do not curse or revile my companions
for if one of you were to spend as much gold as uhud, it would not amount to as
much as a handful that one of them spent for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
or even half of it. And the context of this hadith interestingly enough was
actually that an argument took place between Khalid radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu and
Abdur Rahman ibn A'uf radiAllahu Anhu. And Khalid was new to Islam and Khalid
radiAllahu Anhu said some words to Abdur Rahman ibn A'uf as they were arguing in
the wake of a battle. And the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was saying to
Khalid radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu do not curse my companions or abuse my companions. So
of course for us this applies to all of the sahabah of the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam but when the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam spoke to the
sahabah there were of course degrees amongst the sahabah and the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam always gave preference to as-sabiqun al-awwalun, the firsts, right?
And those that came to Islam early on the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam judged
people in accordance with that and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam even told
Khalid radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu do not abuse my companions that you cannot reach the
rank of a person like Abdur Rahman ibn A'uf radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu. There are other
narrations about his virtues and they are plentiful subhanAllah. And I'll go
through some of my favorite and I could literally go all night talking about Abdur
Rahman ibn A'uf and how the companion spoke about this man that was so generous
with his wealth and generous with his heart and generous with his spirit. One of
them is the narration of Talha ibn Ubaidillah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu and I hope you
remember that Talha radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu was Talhat al-Khair Talhat al-Jud. He
was known for his generosity too. So the generous know the generous. They compete
with each other for khair, for goodness and Talha radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu was
someone that would look for people to give sadaqa to, give charity to. And listen
to what he says about Abdur Rahman ibn A'uf. He said all of the people of Medina
lived off of Abdur Rahman ibn A'uf sadaqa in some way. And he explained it. He
broke it down. He said one third of the people had debts that they owed to others
and Abdur Rahman ibn A'uf paid them off. So that's one way. If you were burdened by
debt, you were one third of Medina and you owed someone else money, Abdur Rahman
ibn A'uf would pay off your debt for you. He said one third of the debts were
actually owed to him and Abdur Rahman ibn A'uf forgave them. So one third he paid
off in terms of debts to others. One third were debts that were owed to him and he
forgave them. And he said one third was the sadaqa that he gave to people in Medina
and he never looked to that person for any repayment again. SubhanAllah. So he said
everyone in Medina was somehow living off of the sadaqa of this man radiAllahu
ta'ala anhu. And the only one that would beat him at times was again Uthman ibn
Affan radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. So the famous story of Jaysh al-Usra which was a
difficult campaign where the Prophet sallAllahu alayhi wasalam asked who would come
forward and Uthman radiAllahu anhu came forward with the most. We see that Abdur
Rahman ibn A'uf radiAllahu ta'ala anhu donated twenty or two hundred pounds of gold
in Jaysh al-Usra. So there's a narration that says twenty, one that says two
hundred. The point is he donated a whole lot of money when the Prophet sallAllahu
alayhi wasalam asked who would finance that campaign. And then listen to this
narration. Abdur Rahman ibn A'uf radiAllahu ta'ala anhu is the only person that the
Prophet sallAllahu alayhi wasalam confirmed prayed salah behind. Why do I say that?
Because there is ikhtilaf, there is difference of opinion when the Prophet
sallAllahu alayhi wasalam was dying and he came out for his last salah. If Abu Bakr
radiAllahu ta'ala anhu took the imama or the Prophet sallAllahu alayhi wasalam
continued to be the imam but they were situated in a way where Abu Bakr radiAllahu
ta'ala anhu remained the imam. The Prophet sallAllahu alayhi wasalam was so sick
that he came out and sat next to Abu Bakr. There's a difference of opinion about
whether Abu Bakr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu led him.
where Abu Bakr radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu remained the imam. The Prophet SallAllahu
Alaihi Wasallam was so sick that he came out and sat next to Abu Bakr. There's a
difference of opinion about whether Abu Bakr radiAllahu Anhu led him or the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam assumed the imama from Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq radiAllahu
Anhu. As for Abdur Rahman Ibn Auf, he's the only person that we know from the
sahabah of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam that the Prophet SallAllahu
Alaihi Wasallam prayed and did sujood behind, particularly sajda behind while he
was fully healthy. What's the context of this? It was actually in Tabuk and Bilal
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu looked around. He used to go to the Prophet SallAllahu
Alaihi Wasallam to ask the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam if he should do the
adhan. The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam would give him the permission. He'd
go make the adhan and then the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam would come and
lead the companions in prayer. This time, the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
was nowhere to be found. And as they looked around, they realized that the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam had gone far away at that point and they did not want to
risk the timing of the salah, the window of the salah. So Bilal radiAllahu ta'ala
Anhu and those that were there appointed Abdur Rahman ibn Auf to lead the salah,
which tells you about his position in the first place. So Bilal got up, he did the
adhan and the iqamah, Abdur Rahman ibn Auf began to lead the salah. Now the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam came upon them while they were praying jama'ah, okay?
This is an unprecedented situation. And I know that it sounds pretty self-
explanatory, right? That yeah, the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam will just
pray behind them, but he had never prayed behind anyone before SallAllahu Alaihi
Wasallam. So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam just assumes a position, it was
dark. He just assumes a position and he prays catching the second raka'ah behind
Abdur Rahman ibn Auf. And this is, I'm gonna read the narration in Arabic because
it's so beautiful. As the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, as Abdur Rahman ibn
Auf did his taslim, qama Rasulullah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam yutimmu salata. The
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam stood up to pray his last raka'ah. So imagine
you're in salah, salam alaikum warahmatullah, salam alaikum warahmatullah. And you
look and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam stood up to pray another raka'ah.
So everyone was terrified, okay? They did not know what to do. faafza'a tharika
almuslimeen And so the Muslims were just completely overwhelmed. They didn't know
what to do. faaktharu tasbeeh So they started to say, subhanAllah, subhanAllah.
They thought they messed up because the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam did not
lead them in salah. He prayed behind Abdur Rahman ibn Auf. And that one raka'ah of
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam can you imagine how long it was to Abdur
Rahman ibn Auf who doesn't know if he sinned at this point or if he made a mistake.
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam finished his salah. falamma qada an-
nabiyu SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam as-salatahu aqbala alaihim The Prophet SallAllahu
Alaihi Wasallam after he finished his raka'ah, he looked towards them and the
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said, ahsantum, you did well. You did well. So
he put them at ease SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and he once again reaffirmed, sallu
s-salat li waqtiha that you pray your prayers on time. So you did well. So this was
an honor that Allah bestowed upon Abdur Rahman ibn Auf radiAllahu ta'ala anhu that
he would lead the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam in salah. Now, after the death
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam we also see that Abdur Rahman continued
radiAllahu ta'ala anhu to play an important role in the community. He was entrusted
by Umar ibn Al-Khattab radiAllahu ta'ala anhu and taken into shura by Abu Bakr As-
Siddiq radiAllahu ta'ala anhu and there are very specific ways that his generosity
continues to shine radiAllahu ta'ala anhu for one, Abdur Rahman ibn Auf used to
take care of our mothers. He used to take care of the wives of the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam. He took it upon himself to be the sole provider of the
wives of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam after the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi
Wasallam passed away. And that's something that's just extremely beautiful that you
take it upon yourself to say, our mothers. And you know, think about your own blood
mother, right? Someone that took care of your mother. These are our mothers, the
wives of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam. These are our Ummahat. And this is
the man radiAllahu ta'ala anhu that said, I will care for all of them. They never
have to worry about their finances again. It is on me. And it was so well known to
the Muslims that Abdur Rahman is the one who provides for them, that anytime he
sold something and he got a portion of it, then he gave a portion of it to the
wives of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam. Whether it was a big transaction
or a small transaction, a part of his salary went to the widows, the wives of the
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, our mothers. In particular, there's a narration
that one time he sold a piece of land for 40,000 dinars and he distributed the
entire amount among the Banu Zuhra, who were the relatives of the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam's mother, and among the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi
Wasallam's wives and the poor amongst the Muslims. And Aisha radiAllahu anha
received that huge amount of money. And she said, who sent this money? They said
it's Abdur Rahman. And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam remembered that
Rasool, I'm sorry, Aisha radiAllahu ta'ala anha remembered that the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said, that, oh Aisha, no one will feel compassion
towards you after I die except for the righteous. Meaning only a righteous person
will rise to the occasion to take care of the wives of the Prophet SallAllahu
Alaihi Wasallam after he passes away. And that was Abdur Rahman ibn Auf. He has the
distinction as well of accompanying the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam's wives
on Hajj. So he was in charge of taking the wives of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi
Wasallam on Hajj. And that is just such a beautiful distinction that belongs to him
radiAllahu ta'ala anhu that he can meet Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la with. There's
also, of course, a very famous story of Abdur Rahman ibn Auf on his caravan came
back to Medina. When he would come back from his trade routes, it was always a
scene because his camels were loaded with all sorts of goods. And so one day he
came back from a trade route and it literally was so loud that the city of Medina
started to rumble to where people thought that they were under attack. There were
clouds of dust and the wind was blowing the sand.
dust and the wind was blowing the sand and the people of Medina thought that maybe
we were under attack and instead what it turned out to be was Abdul Rahman Ibn
Auf's caravan coming back and it was 700 camels, 700 camels all filled with goods,
subhanAllah, coming into the streets of Al Medina and Abdul Rahman Ibn Auf
radiyaAllahu ta'ala Anhu, as he was doing that, Aish radiyaAllahu ta'ala Anhu, she
asked, she said, what's happening? And they said it's the caravan of Abdul Rahman
Ibn Auf, he just came back from Al Sham and this is his merchandise, this is all
that he gained. And she said, you know, all of this from one caravan? And they
said, Ya Ummul Mu'mineen, there's 700 camels. And she made the dua for Abdul Rahman
Ibn Auf that there's some narrations that indicate the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi
Wasallam made this dua for him as well. She said, Oh Allah, allow him to drink from
the water of Salsabil, which is a specific spring in paradise. SubhanAllah, what a
beautiful dua that Saqahullah, may Allah grant him the drink of Salsabil, a very
specific spring in paradise, just as he has distinguished radiyaAllahu ta'ala Anhu
in his trade and in his spending for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, that
let him be distinguished in gaining this particular gift of Al Jannah and drinking
from the spring of Al Salsabil. You find multiple narrations though about him
radiyaAllahu ta'ala Anhu about how uncomfortable he was with his wealth. And this
is from his zuhd, this is from his asceticism. And these narrations are extremely
powerful. One of them, he said radiyaAllahu ta'ala Anhu, Ubtulina ma'a Rasulillahi
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam bi-dhara'i fa-sabarnaa thumma abtulinaa bi-s-sara'i
ba'dahu falam nasbir. He said radiyaAllahu ta'ala Anhu, we were tested with
hardship with the Messenger SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and we were patient. But
then we were tested with ease and prosperity after the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi
Wasallam's death and we were not patient. What is he talking about? The first type
of patience is the patience of hardship. And that is when something happens to you,
you're tested by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and you are patient in your response.
The second type of patience is the patience of hapsu nafs, of a shahwa, the
patience of desires. And he's saying that it was much easier to survive adversity
than it was prosperity. Because in prosperity we had a hard time keeping to our
promise with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and our covenant with Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala. And that was from his zuhud, from his asceticism that he was always
spending for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala out of fear that he had betrayed
that covenant with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam. There's another
narration and subhanAllah listen closely oh ummah. This is to the ummah of Muhammad
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said, if the
treasures of Persia and Rome are open for you, what kind of people will you become?
What kind of people are you going to become? And Abdur Rahman ibn Auf he said Ya
Rasulullah, we'll be as Allah commanded us, we're going to stay upon the covenant.
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said, it may be that you become
something else. SubhanAllah you become unrecognizable because of the wealth that
enters upon you. He said SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, you will compete with each
other and then you will envy each other and then you will turn on each other and
then you will hate each other. SubhanAllah I mean this is such a message from the
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam because he said I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid
of poverty for you oh ummah. I'm afraid that the doors of wealth open to you and
you kill each other over that wealth. So he said to them SallAllahu Alaihi
Wasallam, particularly Abdur Rahman ibn Auf radiAllahu Anhu said Ya Rasulullah
we'll stay upon that which Allah commanded us. He said it's not like that, that
unfortunately as the riches are open to you, first you compete with each other and
then you envy one another and then you turn on each other and then you hate one
another. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala protect us from being of that prophecy.
Allahuma Ameen. There is another narration that Abdur Rahman ibn Auf reported that
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said that shaytan has said that the owner of
wealth, sahibul maal, sahibul maal, the owner of wealth, the one who possesses
great wealth will never be safe from me by one of three ways. I either will, I'll
get them through one of three ways. Either I will get them to take money without
permission, basically they take money and wrong or I will get them to spend it
without its right or I will make it so beloved to that person that he obstructs its
rightful use. So either they earn wrong or they spend wrong or they become so
intoxicated with wealth that they obstruct its being spent right. So shaytan says,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam says that shaytan says, and this is narrated
by Abdur Rahman ibn Auf, that I will be able to penetrate sahibul maal, the one who
has much wealth, through one of these three directions. So Abdur Rahman ibn Auf
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu was extremely cautious about the wealth that he had. And one
of the things that's narrated about him radiAllahu Anhu, you might remember this
from Prayers of the Pious, that Abdur Rahman ibn Auf radiAllahu Anhu was seen
making tawaf around the Ka'ba and the only dua' he made the entire time, Oh Allah
protect me from the greed of my soul, Oh Allah protect me from the greed of my
soul, Oh Allah protect me from the greed of my soul. So he was afraid radiAllahu
ta'ala Anhu for the wealth that he had and that's why it is narrated that Abdur
Rahman ibn Auf radiAllahu Anhu, despite his great wealth and the large caravans
that you could not distinguish him in a gathering from the poorest of servants
because of his zuhd, because of his asceticism. And there's another narration that
Abdur Rahman ibn Auf radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu, it's in Al-Bukhari that one time
someone gave him some food and he was fasting, fajaAAala yabki and he started to
cry, faqaal qutilah hamza falam yujad ma yukaffinu feehi. He said Hamza radiAllahu
ta'ala Anhu was killed and he did not have ma yukaffanu feehi, enough to even cover
him in a kafan, illa thawban wahida.
He said, Hamza radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu was killed and he did not have ma
yukaffanu fihi enough to even cover him in a kafan illa thawbin wahida except for
one garment. Wa qutila mus'ab falam yujad ma yukaffanu fihi illa thawbin wahida and
mus'ab was killed and he had nothing to cover him at his death except for one
kafan, except for the garment that he had for his death. And he said, laqad
khashitu an yakuna ujjilat lana tayyibatuna fi hayatina dunya I am afraid that we
are amongst those for whom the dunya, the goodness of this world, or for whom our
reward has been hastened in this world, meaning what is left for us is the
punishment of the hereafter. By the way, this is a man who was promised paradise on
multiple occasions and he would cry because he would think about those who
suffered, who he felt like were better than him and who better than the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam. And so there is another narration very similar that one
time someone served him an extravagant meal of khubz wal lahm, bread and meat, and
so he started to cry and he said halaka rasool Allah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
walam yashba' huwa wa ahlu baytihi min khubz al sha'ir. He said that the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam passed away from this world and he and his family never
once got to eat to their fill of bread or barley, just to have the basics of this
world, they never got it. SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam wa ala alihi wa sahbihi
ajma'een. So this was Abdurrahman ibn Auf radiAllahu ta'ala anhu and the fear that
he had because of all that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la had given to him. Some of
the other stations of Abdurrahman ibn Auf, one of them is that, of course as we
talked about with Abu Ubaidah al-Jarrah, he was the one that solved the discussion
about how Muslims should act in the case of a plague, in the plague of Amwas. He
was the one that intervened in the argument between Umar radiAllahu anhu and Abu
Ubaidah radiAllahu anhu when he said, atafirru min qadari la, are you running away
from the decree of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la by fleeing from the plague? And Umar
radiAllahu anhu said we are fleeing from the decree of Allah to the decree of
Allah. Meaning we're not being reckless, we're showing tawakkul and this is how we
show tawakkul, by akhthul asbab, by taking the means, we trust Allah Subh'anaHu Wa
Ta-A'la. And it was AbdurRahman ibn Auf radiAllahu anhu who said, I heard from the
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, what I heard, that if a person is in a land and
plague breaks out, they should not leave it. And if they're not in that land, then
they should not go to it. So it was him that intervened in that regard. We also
find that one of the rulings of accepting jizya from the majus, from the
Zoroastrians, that was also taken from AbdurRahman ibn Auf who said, I heard it
from the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and saw it from the Prophet SallAllahu
Alaihi Wasallam. So the ruling of jizya from Ahlul Kitab was not specific to Ahlul
Kitab but it applied to these other religious communities as well, that they would
be protected under the jizya. And then finally, when we come to his death
radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, we come to his role in the khilafah of Umar radiAllahu
ta'ala anhu and then Uthman radiAllahu anhu in the appointment of the khilafah, of
the khalifah. And so it starts with Umar radiAllahu anhu. Because Umar appointed
his shura and it was the six people left of the Ten Promised Paradise with the
exception of Sa'eed ibn Zayd due to him being a relative. AbdurRahman ibn Auf
radiAllahu ta'ala anhu was particularly instrumental in what would transpire next.
And al-Dhahabi radiAllahu ta'ala anhu actually says that it is from min afdali
manaqibihi radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, from the greatest of his virtues, was the way he
handled himself on the shura of Umar radiAllahu ta'ala anhu in choosing the next
khalifah. AbdurRahman ibn Auf radiAllahu ta'ala anhu immediately disqualified
himself from being the khalifah and instead he waited out to see who he would give
his vote to in choosing the next khalifah. And when it came down to his vote,
AbdurRahman ibn Auf radiAllahu ta'ala anhu went through the streets of the ummah
and he did shura, I mean he consulted the men, the women and even the children,
asking them who should be the khalifah. Should it be Uthman radiAllahu ta'ala anhu
or should it be Ali radiAllahu ta'ala anhu? And after all of that consultation, he
took his decision and he gave his vote to Uthman radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. And Uthman
radiAllahu ta'ala anhu became the khalifah. Now in the time of Uthman radiAllahu
anhu, it's important to remember that any one of these ashar mubashshireen, ten
promised paradise had a claim to khalifah. I mean they're all in this category,
this illustrious category of being from the ten that were promised paradise. And
one of the narrations is that Uthman radiAllahu ta'ala anhu once became sick and he
wrote in his will that AbdurRahman ibn Auf would be his successor, that if he
passes away in this illness, that AbdurRahman ibn Auf would be his successor. So it
could have been that AbdurRahman ibn Auf was going to be the khalifah of the
Muslims. And of course, AbdurRahman ibn Auf had a very similar personality to
Uthman radiAllahu anhu, known for his generosity, yet his great modesty and
humility. And so when the man heard, Hamran was his name, he heard that Uthman
radiAllahu anhu ordered that, he went to AbdurRahman ibn Auf in the masjid. He
found him in the masjid. And he said, al-bushra, al-bushra, he said glad tidings,
glad tidings. He said, wa ma thak, what is it? He said, Uthman has written that you
will succeed him. And AbdurRahman ibn Auf went between the grave of the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and the manbar of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi
Wasallam, meaning he's in the Rawdah, right? And he said, oh Allah, if it is indeed
that Uthman radiAllahu anhu has entrusted me with this matter, fa amitni qabla, let
me die before he dies. I mean, that's powerful, right? Like he immediately said, oh
Allah, if that's the case, if I'm going to be his successor, let me die before he
dies. I don't want to be maftoon. I don't want to be tested with that
responsibility. And he did not live except for a few months after that and he
passed away due to natural causes before the fitna would break out. And before he
passed away, he had this dream the night before he passed away. And in his dream,
he looks behind him and the entire ummah is behind him. So it's an interesting
dream that he shared with some of the sahaba.
as behind him. So it was an interesting dream that he shared with some of the
sahaba before he passed away. And Ali ibn Abi Talib radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
describes the scene of his janazah. He said that it was like the whole ummah came
to the janazah of Abdur Rahman ibn Auf. You know you think about that. How many
people were standing in that janazah that Abdur Rahman ibn Auf had helped. Right?
If all of Madinah used to depend upon him in some way, how many people felt truly
indebted to him. You know when someone passes away you hope that they don't owe
anyone anything. You don't find anything of Abdur Rahman ibn Auf owing anyone
anything or hurting anyone. And so Ali radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu he's looking out at
the janazah of Abdur Rahman ibn Auf and he says it's like everybody was there. And
we know the hadith of the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam that when the people
testify as you are passing away that if they say good about you, wajabat lahul
jannah, that jannah has become mandatory. And the opposite is also true. And Ali
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu looking out at the janazah of Abdur Rahman ibn Auf
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu he said those words he said wajabat lahul jannah. He said
what a sign. Like this is jannah being mandatory for him inshaAllah. And so Abdur
Rahman ibn Auf radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu passes away at the age of about 75 years old
and before he died he liberated they say hundreds or even thousands of slaves. He
donated so much money to everyone that was around. Look at his wasiyah subhanAllah
how he willed what he still had. He willed 400 dinars of gold for each veteran of
Badr that was still alive. Because he loved the Badriyoon because the Prophet
salAllahu alayhi wa sallam loved the veterans of Badr. They were the best of the
sahaba. So he willed that whoever was still alive from the veterans of Badr then
they take 400 dinars. And then he willed for ummahatul mu'mineen a huge share of
money for those that were left from the widows the wives of the Prophet salAllahu
alayhi wa sallam. A huge share of money. And they say that subhanAllah it was up to
over 400,000. I mean subhanAllah he willed so much money and there are different
numbers that are there. But he divided so much of his money with the wives of the
Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam that were left behind. And all of that and his
family his actual inheritors still had a lot of money that was left behind for
them. Even though radiAllahu ta'ala anhu he spent so much in the path of Allah. And
Ali radiAllahu ta'ala anhu he said rahimakAllah may Allah have mercy on you Abu
Muhammad you attained the goodness of the world but you overcame its ghurur. You
overcame its deception. You were never deluded by this world. And I want to end
with this hadith from the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam as we go into Ramadan.
RasulAllah salAllahu alayhi wa sallam said atta'imu ash-shakir. That the one who
eats and is grateful is like as-sa'im as-sabir. Is the same like bi manzilati as-
sa'im as-sabir. Is just like a person who fasts and is patient. Meaning a person
who is grateful and they have is just like a person who is restrained and they are
patient. Because it's the same thing that inspires gratitude that inspires
patience. And that's the connection to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that helps you see
through all ease and through all hardship right. That you should remain connected
to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And I want to address actually one narration. That's
a very common narration that gets quoted about Abdurrahman ibn A'uf radiAllahu
ta'ala anhu. And that is that Aisha radiAllahu anhu said that I heard the Prophet
salAllahu alayhi wa sallam say that Abdurrahman ibn A'uf would enter into jannah
habwan. Crawling. And that Abdurrahman ibn A'uf cried and he said you know but I
want to enter jannah standing. I want to enter jannah up front. And subhanAllah
this is a very common narration that's quoted in the books. And you know doing you
know just a little bit of research on it. It seems like there is really nothing
that is authentic whatsoever about this. The lesson obviously that's usually used
in the books is what the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam said that the poor
would enter into jannah hundreds of years before the rich. likatratil hisab.
Because of all of the accounting that has to be done of the wealthy. And so they
say this is what it meant with Abdurrahman ibn A'uf radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. But as
I said with Abu Ubaidah radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. Though we don't scrutinize
narrations when it comes to seerah the same way we do a hadith. When there is
something that just seems very contradictory or seems out of place. Then it is
important to scrutinize. And so there is nothing authentic that says that
Abdurrahman ibn A'uf radiAllahu anhu will enter jannah crawling or behind or
anything like that. Rather what we see is that he is from as-sabiqun al-awwalun.
And he shows us, he shows us that your wealth does not have to become a distraction
between you and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. It does not have to hold you back.
Rather if you are generous and grateful that you will have that position with Allah
and with the Messenger salAllahu alayhi wa sallam. faradiAllahu anhum. May Allah be
pleased with him and all that he gave to this ummah. And I'll end with one
narration that connects him to Abu Ubaidah radiAllahu anhu. And that is that he was
known as the ameen of nisa'i rasoolAllahi salAllahu alayhi wa sallam. The
trustworthy one upon the wives of the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam. This is
narrated by Zubair ibn Bakar. Kana Abdurrahman ibn A'uf ameen rasoolAllahi
salAllahu alayhi wa sallam ala nisa'i. He was the one entrusted with the wives of
the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam. And Abu Ubaidah radiAllahu anhu was the
ameen of this ummah. So you see this beautiful distinction that is given to him and
surely we benefit from him until today. And we ask Allah to make that from their
good deeds. And a reminder to everyone, we look forward to being with you for
Ramadan. We still have some programs to go inshAllah ta'ala before Ramadan. But
please do inshAllah ta'ala as you learn about this great sahabi who is
distinguished with his sadaqa. Great Ramadan with sadaqa inshAllah ta'ala. And sign
up at the link below. JazakumAllahu khayran. I'll see you for the Ramadan series
and then we'll restart the first inshAllah ta'ala after Ramadan. BarakAllahu feekum
wasalamualikoum wa rahmatollahi wa barakatoh.