Inspirational Stories Zuhudnya Ibrahim Bin Adham and Syaqiq Al Balkhi
10.05 History
There are two great Sufi figures from two different cities that met in Mecca, Ibrahim bin Adham of Balkhan and Syaqiq al Balkhi from Khurasan. During the meeting, Syaqiq had a lot of dialogue with Ibrahim, one of which was about the background of both of them taking the path of zuhud life and spending time solely for worship. "How can you choose the life of Zuhud?" Ibrahim bin al-Adham asked Syaqiq al-Balkhi, who then opened his life story: "I had traveled a desert trip, and in the middle of that journey I saw a bird with two broken wings that made it impossible to fly like any other bird. Inside I said: I'll see where he got the food. "In the end, I waited for her. Shortly after that, a bird with a locust put it. And he laid the grasshopper in the beast of a poor bird whose two wings were broken, in the middle of a dry field. "I whispered from the heart: Oh myself, Allah Almighty who has predestined this healthy bird as a servant to a poor bird in a barren field, He must be very powerful to give me sustenance wherever I am. This is the origin of why I leave my job, my time by worshiping Allah Almighty. " bright Syaqiq al Balkhi. After hearing the story, Ibrahim bin Adham asked Syaqiq: "Shaqiq, why do not you choose to be a healthy bird that then feeds the sick bird, and is not that more important to you than being a sick bird and feeding a sick bird also "Did not the Messenger of Allah say that the hand above is better than the lower hand?" Hearing a barrage of questions from Ibrahim bin Adham, Syaqiq did not answer. He paused and grabbed Abram bin Adham's hand and kissed him, saying "Truly you are our teacher, Abu Ishaq" 1
Ibrahim bin bin Adham Then also recounted his life story to Syaqiq al Balkhi: "One day I received news that my relative in Khurasan passed away, he had an abundant wealth and inheritance, and I invited someone to accompany me on the journey.
The next day in the middle of our journey down the beach. Then we rested just to eat, drink and perform ablution. Suddenly, a blind bird landed near a shallow water. I approached where the bird stood. Not how long, the surface of the water is moving. And come out the crab by bringing food dipenjepitnya. "Feeling the presence of the crab, the blind bird immediately opened his lungs and then threw the food by the crab into his mouth." Seeing this incident, I called my traveling companion, then I said: "Look! Solidarity of the crab with the blind bird. servant by the God of a crab, and a fortune comes to him, while we travel for a treasure, let's go home. " continued Ibrahim bin Adham on Syaqiq al Balkh. We can take any lesson from anything we see, even if it's from the animal world. Well, the story above teaches about the nature of solidarity. The formation of the solidarity of togetherness must be preceded by how we can understand, listen and share our fellow members. Taught also how to remove the nature of greed from within with a light way of sharing. As a result With this, someone will practice has a sincere nature in his soul. As between the sign of the believer, he always chooses a nobler degree in all things piety of the righteous.
- Abu Ishaq is the chewable name of Ibrahim bin Adham
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