Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned:
The Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) were moving into different countries and on one occasion Hazrat Khaalid bin Waleed (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) was invited by the Persian king for dialogue. Out of honour, they spread out silken carpets for him to walk on. The silken carpets in that time were so expensive that if evaluated in today’s times, they would be worth millions. So this was what they had spread out for him. However when Hazrat Khaalid (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reached there, he removed the carpet and walked on the bare ground. The Persian king told him that I have rolled out the silken carpet to honour you and you opted to walk on the bare ground thereby bringing disregard to yourself. Hazrat Khaalid’s immediate reply was that there cannot be anything more honourable than the carpet of Allah Ta‘ala, He has prepared the land beneath. So you cannot show me additional respect than the respect that Allah Ta‘ala has shown me. I don’t need this silken carpet for my respect. It may be something that is the glitter of your eye but not the glitter of my eye. Look at the outlook of Sahaabah and the independence they showed before the kings and rulers. They did not suffer from any inferiority complex and were pleased and content with their own culture.
