Brief introduction
Complete
name of Sayyiduna ‘Utba-tul-Ghulam رَحْمَةُ اللّٰہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه is ‘Utbah Bin Abaan
Basri. Before repentance, he was a transgressor and drunken. Luckily once he رَحْمَةُ اللّٰہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه attended
the spiritual gathering of Sayyiduna Hasan Basri رَحْمَةُ اللّٰہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه and was deeply
inspired by the blessed speech of Sayyiduna Hasan Basri رَحْمَةُ اللّٰہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه; as a
result sought repentance and adopted piety and asceticism. He رَحْمَةُ اللّٰہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would
live at the banks of river, deserts and
graveyards and come to ‘Basra’ city only on Friday and he رَحْمَةُ اللّٰہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه had become ‘صَائِمُ الدَّہْر’ (one
who always observes fast).
Deeply grieved at
Fikr-e-Aakhirat
Sayyiduna
‘Utba-tul-Ghulam رَحْمَةُ
اللّٰہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would
mostly remain deeply grieved on pondering over Hereafter even people declared
him like Sayyiduna Hasan Basri رَحْمَةُ اللّٰہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه. (Siyar A’laam-un-Nubula, vol. 7, pp. 51, 52; Tareekh-e-Islam liz-Zahabi,
vol. 10, pp. 347)
Source of income
Dear
Islamic brothers! Pious people of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ would earn from the world
for religious purposes as per need and would spend the balance earning in the
path of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. Pious
people did not like wealth for worldly pleasures, they used to like it for
spending in the path of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ but what we do is contrary to this practice. We know well as to
how much we are concerned about wealth and why. May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ protect us from the greed of
wealth and grant us the riches of contentment.
Showing displeasure upon
being idle
Sayyiduna
‘Utba-tul-Ghulam رَحْمَةُ
اللّٰہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said, ‘I do not like such
[kind of] person who does not join any profession.’ (Siyar A’laam-un-Nubula, vol. 7, pp. 52)
Dear
Islamic brothers! The abovementioned blessed saying carries a lesson for those who stay idle and do not enter
into any employment or profession although the one who tries to earn a Halal
living is liked by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.
It
is stated in the blessed Hadees, ‘Seeking Halal [lawful] earning is Jihad and Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ likes a person who joins a
profession.’ (Mawsu’ah Ibn Abid Dunya,
vol. 7, pp. 449)
May
Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ grant us
Taufeeq (ability) to try to earn a Halal
living following the footsteps of our pious predecessors.
اٰمِيۡن بِجَاهِ النَّبِيِّ الۡاَمِيۡن صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيۡهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
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