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1 13 Dhul Qida, 1436 EWSLETTER August 28, 2015 NMuslim Community Association of the San Francisco Bay Area Effective 8/22 Fajr Dhuhr Asr Maghrib Ishaa Juma Juma PRAYER TIMES MCA 5:50 1:30 5:15 Sunset 9:10 12:15 1:30 UPCOMING EVENTS TONIGHT - Community Night Aug 29 - Parents Night out - Ideal Muslimah An-Noor 5:50 1:30 6:00 Sunset 9:10 12:15 1:30 p. 3 p. 9 TONIGHT MCA Dawah Presents... Community Night With Shaykh Abdullah Bin Hamid Ali Friday August 28th, :45 pm - 9:20 pm Khadijah Banquet Hall Dinner will be served at 6:45 pm ($6 per person, $4 per child) Free lecture starts at 8 pm (After Maghrib) Free chai and babysitting will be provided For any questions, please contact dawah@mcabayarea.org Article Umar ibn Abdul Aziz, the Fifth Rightly Guided Khaleefah p. 4 HADITH Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing. [Tirmidhi] It is better for any of you to carry a load of firewood on his own back than to beg from someone else. [Sahih Bukhari] Allah knows exactly what to give you to help you return to Him. The events in your life are purposeful, appropriate & non-random. Hamza Yusuf TO ADVERTISE WITH US, VISIT OUR WEBSITE: MCA, c/o Newsletter, P.O. Box 180, Santa Clara, CA newsletter@mcabayarea.org (408) X416

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4 FEATURED ARTICLE Umar ibn Abdul Aziz, the Fifth Rightly Guided Khaleefah Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz was born in the year 63 Hijrah. His father Abdul-Aziz was the appointed Wali of Egypt and when Umar was young he sent him to Al-Madinah to be raised in an Islamic environment. So he went, memorised the Qur aan at a young age and was educated by the foremost scholars from the Islamic Ummah and from the great generation that followed the Sahaabah (rah). When his father passed away the Ummayyad Khaleefah Abdul-Maalik called him to Damascus and he was married to the Khaleefah s daughter Faatimah bint Abdil Maalik. In the year 86 Hijrah he was appointed by Al-Waleed the son of Abdul-Malik as the Wali of Al-Madinah and he ruled until the year 93 Hijrah. He was known for his justice and Zaid bin Aslam said in regards to him: I have not prayed behind an Imaam after the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) who resembles his (pbuh) salaah more than this young boy (al-bayhaqi). It is said that Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz was removed because of his justice and fairness which exposed the other Wulaa like Al-Hajjaj Bin Yousuf who was ruthless and ruled with an iron fist. This was the type of ruling that characterised the rule of Khaleefah Al-Waleed whom the historians described as an oppressor and tyrant despite his many achievements in regards to the spreading of Islaam and conquests. After Al-Waleed his brother Suleymaan became Khaleefah but after only three years he became fatally ill. It was at this time under the advice of his Wazeer, that he decided to nominate from outside the family chain and instead choose his cousin Umar Ibn Abdul-Aziz on the condition that after him it would return to his family chain. He kept his nomination secret and first made the influentials from his family agree to his decision and then upon his death it was announced that Umar would be the next Khaleefah. This decision was a surprise to Banu Ummayah and unexpected but it allowed 3 Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz to ascend to the post of Khaleefah and become the Ameer Al-Mu mineen. Umar Ibn Al Khattaab used to speak of a dream where he saw one of his progeny becoming a leader that would fill the earth with justice and that he would have a scar on his face. (At-Tirmidhi) Now in the year 99 Hijrah his great grandson who had been struck by his riding animal in the forehead as a child had become Khaleefah. Indeed there is no disagreement that Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz filled the earth with justice during the time of his Khilaafah. The great Scholar Sufyan Ath-Thawri said that the Khulafaa numbered five: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthmaan, Ali and Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz. This is a title that none have shared, to be placed side by side with the Khulafaa Ar-Raashidoon and the greatest of the Sahaabah (rah). Imaam Ahmad said he was the Mujaddad of the century who came to revive the Deen and he is the only one throughout the course of Islaamic history to whom this title has been universally accepted. Umar was shaken by his appointment and although he had acted justly in his life, before this he was accustomed to an extremely lavish lifestyle as lived by the Ummayah household. However his appointment had a radical affect upon him and the weight that he now felt upon his shoulders made him change into something that would be spoken about for over a thousand years. Upon his appointment the Khaleefah s carriage was brought for him and he refused saying that his mule was sufficient for him. Al-Laith narrated: When he became Khaleefah he started with himself and family and then the people of his household and he took from them their possessions and counted their wealth as Mazhaalim (acts of injustices that needed to be restored). He moved out of the palace and built a small house with two rooms. He freed his slaves and returned any wealth and property that he had attained due to privileges to the Bait Al-Maal. He approached his wife Faatimah who had jewellery that was given to her by her father which no one had seen the like of and he said to her: Either you return this to the Bait ul Maal or you permit me to separate from you because I cannot stand for you and me to be in the same house (whilst you have it). He also explained to her that they would have no luxuries in their life and that they would live the simplest of lives and he gave her the choice to return back to the palace and continue living in luxury or remain with him with only Allah swt and His Messenger (pbuh). This daughter of a Khaleefah and sister to two former Khaleefahs responded to his call, returned the jewels and accepted Allah SWT and His Messenger (pbuh), and she remained loyal to this throughout his Khilafah and after his death, may Allah s mercy be upon her. One day Umar approached his wife and asked: Do you have a Dirham so that I can buy some grapes? She said no and said: You are the Ameer Al-Mu mineen and you are not even able to find a dirham to buy some grapes? He replied: This is less for us to bear than the chains that will be around us in Jahannum tomorrow. Faatimah said: I do not know of a single time that he made Ghusl from the state of Janaabah from the time that he became Khalifah. Abu Yousuf in his Kitaab Al-Kharaaj wrote that Faatimah the wife of Umar said: I never saw a servant of Allah who feared Him more than Umar. He devoted his body and his soul to the people. All day he would sit tending to their affairs, and when night came he would sit up while business remained. One evening when he had finished everything, he called for his lamp from which he used to buy the oil from his own money and prayed two prostrations. Then he sat back on his folded legs, with his chin in his hands, and the tears ran down from his cheeks, and this didn t stop until dawn, when he rose

5 for a day of fasting. I said to him, Ameerul Mu mineen, was there some matter that troubled you this night? And he said, Yes, I saw how I was occupied while governing the affairs of the community, all its black sheep and its white sheep, and I remembered the stranger, beggar and straying, and the poor and the needy, and the prisoners in captivity, and all like them in the far places of the earth, and I realised that Allah, the Most High would ask me about all of them, and Muhammad (pbuh) would testify about them, and I feared that I should find no excuse when I was with Allah, and no defence with Muhammad. And even when Umar was with me in bed, where a man usually finds some pleasure with his wife, if he remembered some affair of Allah s (people), he would be upset as a bird that had fallen into the water. Then his weeping would rise until I would throw off the blankets in kindness to him. By Allah he would say, How I wish that there was between me and this office the distance of the East from the West! Ataa said: Umar used to meet with the Fuqahaa each night and they would remind themselves of the death and the Day of Judgment and then they would all cry as if they had been attending a Janaazah. Qais Bin Jubair stated: The like of Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz amongst his family was like the believer who was in the court of Fir aun. The Umayyads had turned the Khilafah into a family business, they lived like kings and princes in luxury and extravagance and they would use the wealth of the Ummah to satisfy their greedy desires. When Umar became Khaleefah he invited them to a banquet and kept them waiting for hours until they complained of hunger. He asked them to wait and that it would be worth it however after further hours they complained again and said that they would eat anything that he had that was ready. So he brought to them the simplest food that was eaten by the common people and they all ate until they were full. He asked them: Are you satisfied? And they responded affirmatively so he said to them: If you are satisfied with something so simple then why do you live such greedy 8 and extravagant lives. After this they said: This is our fault when we allowed the blood of Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab to enter in to our lines. Willingly or unwillingly the Umayyads were obliged by Umar to return the wealth that they had taken without right and he worked vigorously to correct all of the injustices that had been allowed to dominate before that. Umar went through the state s affairs and looked in to all the areas where the Sharee ah rules were being manipulated or abused. Some of the matters that he changed included: Instead of relying on taxes, he requested all the governors to encourage the citizens to practice agriculture. He dictated that if anybody had a piece of land which he/she did not cultivate for three years, the land was to be taken and given to somebody else who would cultivate it. Unpaid labour was made illegal. Pasture lands and game reserves (which had been previously reserved for families of high ranks) were evenly distributed among the poor for the purpose of cultivation. He urged all officials to listen to the complaints of their citizens. In addition, he used to announce that if any subject had seen an officer mistreating the people, the officer should be reported to the leader and that subject would be given a reward ranging from dirhams. He wrote to his prison guards not to handcuff any jailed person for it prevented him from performing Prayer. He also wrote to them: If your power over people were to lead you to treat the prisoners unjustly, then remember the Power of Allah over you. He prohibited any insults upon Ali (ra) and his family which had become widespread within the weekly Khutbah and instead he inserted the recitation of the Aayah: Verily, Allah enjoins Al-Adl and Al-Ihsân and giving (help) to kith and kin and forbids Al-Fahshâ and Al-Munkar and Al-Baghy (i.e. All kinds of oppression), He admonishes you, that you may take heed. [An-Nahl, 16:90] Until today this Aayah is recited in nearly every Khutbah that is given every week in all four corners of the world. Umar was also strongly opposed to the idea of ruling ruthlessly by the sword as his predecessors had done. Jarrah Ibn Abdullah, Governor of Khorasan, once wrote to the Umayyad Caliph Umar ibn Abdulaziz stating that the people of Khorasan were wild and rebellious, and nothing but the whip and the sword could control them. Umar replied: Your theory that nothing but the whip and the sword could control your people is absolute nonsense. Truth and justice can control them; spread truth and justice in your reign. Through this justice and not the sword Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz was able to bring the rebellious factions within the state under control through this approach and the lands of Islaam experienced a period of stability and peace that they had not experienced for decades. Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz was Khaleefah for only two years and four or five months. Umar was eventually poisoned by a servant who had been bribed by someone from within the House of Ummayah. In his final moments he was overheard saying: (Marhaban) Welcome to these faces which are neither of man or Jinn. He then recited the verse: That is the home of the Hereafter (i.e. Paradise), that we shall assign for those who do not seek high status in the earth and corruption. And the good end is for the Muttaqoon. [Al-Qasas, 28:83] Moments later he left the life of this Dunyaa and began his journey of returning to Allah Azza Wa Jalla. 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