An interesting story about the family of Hadhrat Abdullah ibn mubarak rh
Taba' Taabaeen (Follower of the Follwers) are the people who believed in Allah and found the company of the Taabaeen in Islam. Taabaeen are the people who found the company of Sahaabah while they believed. There has been a great saint from among the Taba' Taabaeen. He was Imaam of Tradition and Jurisprudence and leader of the saints. He would go out for Jihaad and Hajj on alternate years. His name was Abdullah and that of his father was "Mubaarik." You would certainly have heard the name of Hazrat Imaam Abdullah bin Mubaarik. He was born in 118 AH during reign of Hishaam bin Abdul-Maalik. The Umayed dynasty was under downfall and the Abbasid dynasty was going to be established. Hazrat Abdullah bin Mubaarik was born during the Umayed reign but he also witnessed the height of the period i.e. the regine of Harun-ur-Resheed. His family became prominent on the basis of guartrust which is, no doubt, a very great blessing. The man who is blessed with this blessing is blessed with Allah's great favour. Hazrat Abdullah's father named Mubaarik was the slave of a trader and he would work in his garden. He kept looking after his garden for a long time. One day, the owner came to the garden and ordered him to pluck him sweet pomegranates from that garden. When Mubaarik brought him pomegranates, they were sour. The owner flew into a rage and stressively ordered him to fetch sweet pomegranates. He brought them again which were again sour. This same happened thrice. The owner flew into a sage. He said, "Do you not know which ones are sweet and which ones are sour?" Mubaarik said, "I do not know. You had ordered me to look after the garden. As you had not allowed me to eat anything, I have never tasted any fruit in it." When the owner investigated, the claim proved true. He freed Mubaarik and Married his daughter to him. She was a very staunch religious lady and a saint. Her name was "Hind." Allah blessed them with a son like Abdullah bin Mubaarik and a number of daughters. When that trader married his daughter to him, he also gave him a lion's share in his property. One of them was a garden which Mubaarik gave his only son Abdullah. When Hazrat Abdullah bin Mubaarik grew young and began to keep company of the scholars, he realized that he should give the share in that garden to his sisters also. He went to his sisters and said, "Our venerable father should have distributed this garden among us all but he did not do so. Now I call this garden the heritage of our father. Our father did the action which he should not have done. You should forgive him for that and get your share in the garden. His sisters were very wonderful. They said, "We forgive our father. We receive the share from this garden and offer it to you as a gift." Allah blessed Hazrat Abdullah bin Mubaarik with a son. His sisters gave their share from that garden as a gift to their nephew. That baby died a few days after. That garden came back to Hazrat Abdullah bin Mubaarik as legacy. This was the guartrust, good manners, sacrifice and mutual love of that lovely family. The brother was anxious about the rights of his sisters and the sisters were ready to offer every sacrifice for their brother. Such auspicious family gave a great Imaam to the Muslim Ummah whose name was Abdullah bin Mubaarik. I shall write the details about the life of Hazrat Abdullah bin Mubaarik in some other sitting of Allah wills. May Allah bless the houses if us all with Belief, piety, guartrust, honesty and mutual sacrifice
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