Asalaamu alaikum -
This past Friday our shaykh gave such an amazing khutbah that half the masjid was in tears (and he himself was crying). He gave two ahadith, they were similar in meaning and I think had the same people involved. The topic of the khutbah was Al-Siddiq of Abu Bakr.
The first hadith the skaykh mentioned was about Abu Bakr r.a. coming to the Prophet s.a.w all upset. When the Prophet s.a.w. asked him what was wrong, Abu Bakr r.a. said that he had said a bad word to another Companion who's name I can't recall from the khutbah. Abu Bakr said he asked the other Companion to forgive him, and the other companion said "no". Three times he asked, and on the third time the other Companion closed the door in Abu Bakr's face.
The Prophet s.a.w. went to the other Companion's house to speak to him, and was told that he had gone to the masjid. So the Prophet s.a.w. went to the masjid and when he stepped in and saw the Companion his face twisted in anger. The Companion came and sat in front of the Prophet s.a.w., but Rasulullah s.a.w. turned away from him. The Companion tried again, but again the Messenger of Allah s.a.w. turned away. Again the third time he tried to sit in front of the Prophet s.a.w. and on the third time again he s.a.w. turned away. Finally the Companion cried out, "O Messenger of Allah! My life is worth nothing if you turn your face away from me!"
The Prophet s.a.w replied with "Is that not what you did to your brother? You turned away from him when he asked forgiveness? Not one of my Companions wronged me but that I forgave him, yet you are better than the Messenger of Allah and won't forgive your brother?"
Forgive me as I am doing this from memory, and our shaykh's English is shaky (pardon the pun) but is better than my Arabic so I am probably off a bit here.
But if someone can tell me where I can find this full hadith and what the name of the other Companion was I would be very grateful.
jazakAllah Khairyn!
D.
This past Friday our shaykh gave such an amazing khutbah that half the masjid was in tears (and he himself was crying). He gave two ahadith, they were similar in meaning and I think had the same people involved. The topic of the khutbah was Al-Siddiq of Abu Bakr.
The first hadith the skaykh mentioned was about Abu Bakr r.a. coming to the Prophet s.a.w all upset. When the Prophet s.a.w. asked him what was wrong, Abu Bakr r.a. said that he had said a bad word to another Companion who's name I can't recall from the khutbah. Abu Bakr said he asked the other Companion to forgive him, and the other companion said "no". Three times he asked, and on the third time the other Companion closed the door in Abu Bakr's face.
The Prophet s.a.w. went to the other Companion's house to speak to him, and was told that he had gone to the masjid. So the Prophet s.a.w. went to the masjid and when he stepped in and saw the Companion his face twisted in anger. The Companion came and sat in front of the Prophet s.a.w., but Rasulullah s.a.w. turned away from him. The Companion tried again, but again the Messenger of Allah s.a.w. turned away. Again the third time he tried to sit in front of the Prophet s.a.w. and on the third time again he s.a.w. turned away. Finally the Companion cried out, "O Messenger of Allah! My life is worth nothing if you turn your face away from me!"
The Prophet s.a.w replied with "Is that not what you did to your brother? You turned away from him when he asked forgiveness? Not one of my Companions wronged me but that I forgave him, yet you are better than the Messenger of Allah and won't forgive your brother?"
Forgive me as I am doing this from memory, and our shaykh's English is shaky (pardon the pun) but is better than my Arabic so I am probably off a bit here.
But if someone can tell me where I can find this full hadith and what the name of the other Companion was I would be very grateful.
jazakAllah Khairyn!
D.
