In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Mawaddah Association is pleased
To present to you pictures from the lives of the Companions
By Abd al-Rahman Rafat al-Basha
May God have mercy on him
Rabia bin Kaab
May God be pleased with him
Rabia bin Kaab said
I was tempted by my young age when my soul was illuminated by the light of faith
My heart was filled with the meanings of Islam
My eyes did not turn kohl when I saw the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, for the first time
I loved him with a love that overwhelmed every part of me
I fell in love with him and cursed him for distracting me from everything else
So I said to myself one day
Woe to you, Rabia
Why don't you devote yourself to serving the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
Introduce yourself to him
If he is satisfied with you, you will be happy with his closeness and win his love
And I enjoyed the goodness of this world and the hereafter
Then I quickly presented myself to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
I begged him to accept me into his service
My hope was not disappointed
He was satisfied with me to be his servant
I have been since that day
Obligated to the Holy Prophet from his shadow
I walk with him wherever he goes
I revolve in his orbit no matter how he rotates
He did not even throw his side at me once
Except I appeared standing in his hands
And you don't see any of his needs
But he found me rushing to fulfill it
I served him all day
When the day passes
The last supper arrived and he went home
It is more important to leave
But I can't wait to say to myself
Where are you going, Rabia?
Perhaps it would be exposed to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
needed at night
So I sit at his door
I do not turn away from his doorstep
He was the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
He spends his night standing and praying
Perhaps you heard him reciting the opening of the book
He keeps repeating it for hours of the night
Until I hope so I leave it
Or my eyes overwhelm me and I fall asleep
And you might have heard him say
God hears those who praise Him
He continues to repeat it for a longer period of time than he repeats the opening of the book
It was a habit of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
No one did him any favors
But he would like to reward him with something more honorable than him
He wanted to reward me for my service to him
One day he came to me and said
O Rabia Ibn Ka'b
So I said, “I beg your pardon, O Messenger of God, and may I be pleased with you.”
He said: Ask me something and I will give it to you
I fried a little and then said
Give me time, O Messenger of God, to consider what I ask of you
Then I will let you know
He said there is no problem with you
I was a poor young man at that time
I have no family, no money, and no housing
But I used to resort to the type of mosque
With poor Muslims like me
People used to call us guests of Islam
If one of the Muslims comes
In charity to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
He sent them all to us
If someone gives him a gift
He took some of it and made the rest of it ours
So my soul told me to ask the Messenger of God
Something of the good of the world
I am enriched by him out of poverty
Others made you have money, a husband, and a child
But I soon said
Damn you, Rabia bin Kaab
The world is fleeting and fleeting
Indeed, you have sustenance in it, which God Almighty will guarantee
It must come to you
And the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace
In status with his Lord
He does not receive a request from him
So ask him to ask God for your blessings in the afterlife
I was happy for that
And she comforted him
Then I came to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
He said, “What do you say, Rabia?”
So I said, O Messenger of God
I ask you to pray for me, God Almighty
To make me your companion in heaven
He said: Who advised you to do that?
I said no, by God
What no one recommended to me
But when you told me
Ask me and I will give you
I told myself to ask you
Something of the good of the world
Then it was not long before I was guided to
Preferring what remains over what is fleeting
So I asked you to pray to God for me
To be your companion in heaven
The Messenger of God was silent for a long time
Then he said
Or otherwise, Rabia
I said: No, O Messenger of God
I am not fair in what I asked of you
And he said
So I mean on yourself
A lot of prostration
So I began to practice worship
To enjoy the company of the Messenger of God
May God bless him and grant him peace
In heaven
I also had the privilege of serving him
And his company in this world
Then he did not proceed with that
Long time
Until the Messenger of God called me
May God bless him and grant him peace
And he said
Don't you get married, Rabia?
So I said
I don't like to be distracted by anything
About your service, O Messenger of God
Then I have nothing to give my wife
Nor what I can live by
So he remained silent
Then he saw me again
And he said
Don't you get married, Rabia?
I answered him as I told him
Last time
But I did not withdraw into myself
Until I regretted what happened to me
And I said
Woe to you, Rabia
I swear to God that the Prophet
Let me know what works for you
In your religion and your world
And I know what you have
I swear because he called me
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
After this time
To marriage
I will answer him
It didn't last long
Long time until he told me
The Messenger
Don't you get married, Rabia?
I said, “Yes, O Messenger of God.”
But who will marry me when you know me?
And he said
Go to so-and-so's family
And tell them
The Messenger of God commands you
If your girl, so-and-so, marries me
So I came to them timidly
And I told them
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
He sent me to you
Let your girl, so-and-so, marry me
They said so-and-so
So I said yes
They said, Welcome to the Messenger of God
Welcome to the Messenger of God
By God, the messenger of the Messenger of God will not return
Unless he needs it
They held me down
So I came to the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him
And I said, O Messenger of God
I come from the best home
Believe me and welcome me
They held me to their daughter
Where do I get the dowry from?
So the Messenger summoned Buraydah Ibn Al-Khasib
He was one of the leaders of my people, Banu Aslam
And he told him
Oh Buraida
Collect the weight of gold for Rabia
So they collected it for me
The Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to me
Take this to them
And tell them this is your daughter's dowry
So I came to them and gave it to them
They accepted him and satisfied him
They said very well
So I came to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
And I said
I have never seen a people more generous than them
They were satisfied with what I gave them, even though it was little
They said very well
From where do I know what I know, O Messenger of God?
The Messenger said to Buraydah
Collect for Rabia the price of a ram
So they bought me a great, fat ram
The Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to me
Go to Aisha
Tell her to give you her barley
So I went to her and she said to you, Al-Muktal
It contains seven pearls of barley
No, by God, we have no other food
So I went with the ram and barley to my wife’s family
They said, “As for barley, we prepare it.”
As for the ram, order your companions to prepare it for you
So I took the ram
So I and some people from Aslam took the ram
So we slaughtered it, skinned it, and cooked it
We had bread and meat
So I prayed and called the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
He answered my call
Then the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
He gave me land next to Abu Bakr's land
So I entered the world
Even if I disagreed with Abu Bakr over a palm tree
I said, “It is on my land.”
He said, “Rather, it is in my land.”
So I argued with him and he made me say something I hated
When the word came out of him, he regretted it and said
O Rabia, answer me the same
So that would be retaliation
I said, “No, by God, I will not do it.”
He said: If the Messenger of God comes
I complain to him about your refusal to take revenge on me
And he went to the Prophet
So I followed him
So my people bin Aslam followed me
They said he was the one who started with you and insulted you
Then he will precede you to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
Fishhook
So I turned to them and said, “Waahukm.”
Do you know who this friend is?
And the gray haired Muslims
Go back before he turns around and sees you
He thinks that you have come to help me with it
He gets angry and the Messenger of God comes
The Prophet becomes angry because of his anger
God becomes angry because of their anger and Rabia is destroyed
So they returned
Then Abu Bakr came to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace
The conversation happened to him as it was
The Messenger raised his head to me and said
Oh Rabia, what's wrong with you and your friend?
So I said, O Messenger of God
He wanted me to tell him as he told me
I did not and he said yes
Don't tell him what he told you
But say: May God forgive Abu Bakr
I told him, may God forgive you
Oh Abu Bakr
His eyes were overflowing with tears
May God reward you well on my behalf, Rabia bin Kaab