By Salim A. Fillah
"like the shoes we wear, each leg has a size
imposing a small poultice for large palms will hurt
impose big shoes to small poultice troublesome
legs comfortably in shoes will line up neatly-groomed "
A tall man running around in the middle of the desert. That afternoon, as the sun is brought up to an inch. Burning sand, twigs lit in harsh wind and heat. And the man was still running. He was covering the face of the sand fly with a turban, chasing and herding a young camel.
In the pasture not far from him, stood a private hut windowed. The owner, 'Uthman ibn' Affan, resting while chanted the Koran, with menyanding cool water and fruits. When looking at the man nan run it and know it,
"Mashallah" 'Uthman exclaimed, "Is not that the Commander of the Faithful ?!"
Yes, it was a big tall man 'Umar ibn Al-Khattab.
"O Commander of the Faithful!" Shouted 'Uthman hardest dangaunya door,
"What are you doing this ferocious gale? Come here! "
Hut wall beside Uthman loud crunching heavy wind.
"A camel zakat apart from the herd. I'm afraid God will ask me. I will catch it. Come O 'Uthman! "' Umar shouted from a distance. His voice echoed bersiponggang meet valleys and hills in all fields.
"Come here!" Exclaimed 'Uthman, "I'll have you arrested her servant!".
"No!", Replied 'Umar,' Come in 'Uthman! Come in! "
"By Allah, O Commander of the Faithful, come, God willing, we'll get the camel's back."
"No, this is my responsibility. Come thou O 'Uthman, the harder the wind, sand storms raged! "
Increasingly strong winds bringing sand burning. 'Uthman went inside and closed the door dangaunya. He leaned behind and muttering,
"By Allah, it is true He and His Messenger. You are indeed like Moses. A strong longer reliable. "
'Umar did not' Uthman. Was also vice versa. They are different, and each is unique with distinctive character possessed.
'Umar, the usual wrestling champ in Ukazh, growing in the middle of the sons of Makhzum nan nan hard & Adi male descendants, now leads the believers. Those qualities -keras, male, firm, responsibilities and light hand down rink - brought 'Umar, became the hallmark of his leadership.
'Uthman, shy man, dear child kabilahnya, comes from a family of descendants of' Umayyad wealthy and accustomed to living comfortably Sentausa. 'Umar knew it. So do not be asked 'Uthman come down to shock the sun with him chase runaway camel zakat. No. It is not habit 'Uthman. Sense of shame on who becomes morality beautiful. Refinement jewelry. Generosity that so his soul. If 'Uthman so ordered slave pursue the zakat camel; certainly freed slave for God and dibekalinya piled dinars.
That 'Umar. And here 'Uthman. They are different.
However, Anas ibn Malik testified that 'Uthman strive to emulate most noble behavior' Umar as far as the range itself. Life is simple when it served as caliph for example.
"One day I saw 'Uthman delivering the sermon at the pulpit of the Prophet sallallaahu' alaihi wa sallam in the Prophet's Mosque," said Anas. "I count the fillings in a turban and robe 'Uthman," Anas continued, "And I found no less than thirty-two stitches."
In Embrace ukhuwah, we have no measures similar. We have different backgrounds. Then the main acts that should we have is; do not measure people by our own clothes, or clothes belonging to another character.
In the arms of every human brotherhood remains himself. No one has the right to force his neighbor to be sesiapa is in her mind.
In the embrace of brotherhood, give sincere advice to the sister who was given the mandate to lead the people. But do not overload by comparing him constantly to 'Umar ibn' Abdul 'Aziz.
In the embrace of brotherhood, give advice on the middle brother entrusted wealth. But do not burden him with the way the story always mention berinfaqnya 'Abdur-Rahman ibn' Awf.
In the embrace of brotherhood, give you advice which was awarded the science. But do not make it feel heavy to sue in order to become the master Zaid ibn Thabit THAT Hebrew within fourteen days.
It's wise not require someone to be someone else in the same era, especially sued for the right as another character at different times. 'Ali ibn Abi Talib who never treated so, had a landslide and funny answers.
"Back in the days of Caliph Abu Bakr and 'Umar" the man said to' Ali, "It was so serene, peaceful and blissful. Why in the kekhalifahanmu, O Commander of the Faithful, the situation is so chaotic and broken? "
"Because," said Ali, smiling, "At the time of Abu Bakr and 'Umar, people like me.
As in my day, the people like you! "
In the embrace of brotherhood, all the brilliance of the Salaf generation exists for us emulate. But do not sue others behave like Abu Bakr, 'Umar,' Uthman or 'Ali.
As the Prophet asked Sa'd ibn Abi not Waqqash perform the role of Abu Bakr, fahamilah deeply individual. The rest make ourselves as the most entitled to imitate them. Insist on yourself to behave as the salafush righteous and subsequently need not hurt if the other colleagues did not follow.
For example still requires a fellow to also serve as an example, would lose meaning exemplary itself. Then we become silent in her arms example ukhuwah.
Example is the understanding that each heart has a tendency, each agency has clothes and each leg has a shoe. Exemplary unconditional and quiet will bring peace. In peace also keteladannya will be follow-up of all time.
Furthermore, we must learn to accept that the other person's point is also valid viewpoint. As a fellow believer, differences in things not human
no longer separated as "the Truth" and "false". The proper term is "sowab" and "khatha".
Forging a similar experience not going to make it even more different from one another.
Absolutely convinced us with what we understand, it is not supposed to make us blinded from the truth that is more luminous.
Imam ash-Shafi'i has said it beautifully. "My opinions are true," he said, "but m
