{"id":16840,"date":"2020-12-06T12:54:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T10:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=16840"},"modified":"2025-12-02T09:10:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:10:23","slug":"the-orchards-of-love-part-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=16840","title":{"rendered":"Fulfilling the Trust We Owe to Allah Ta\u2018ala and the Creation – The Orchards of Love \u2013 Part Nine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fulfilling the Trust We Owe to Allah Ta\u2018ala and the Creation<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the pre-Islamic era and after the advent of Islam, Uthmaan bin Talhah was the custodian of the keys of the Ka\u2019bah. He would open the Ka\u2019bah on Mondays and Thursdays, allowing people to enter and engage in ibaadah.<\/p>\n

On one occasion, prior to the hijrah, while people were entering the Ka\u2019bah Shareef on the day allocated for entering, Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) also intended to enter. However, Uthmaan bin Talhah did not allow him entry and spoke rudely and harshly to him.<\/p>\n

Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) patiently endured his harsh treatment and addressed him saying, \u201cO Uthmaan! A day is soon to come when you will see the keys of the Ka\u2019bah in my hand, and I will have the power to give it to whomsoever I wish.\u201d Uthmaan responded saying, \u201cThat day will be a day of disgrace for the Quraish.\u201d Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) said, \u201cNo! Rather, it will be a day of great honor for the Quraish.\u201dUthmaan bin Talhah says, \u201cI knew that this day will certainly come and I had full conviction that what Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) said was bound to take place.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the time came when Allah Ta\u2018ala commanded Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) and the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhum) to perform hijrah to Madinah Munawwarah, and many fierce battles ensued between the Muslims and the Quraish in the years that followed.<\/p>\n

Then came the time when Allah Ta\u2018ala inspired the heart of Uthmaan bin Talhah to embrace Islam. Hence, he set out from Makkah Mukarramah to Madinah Munawwarah in the 7th<\/sup> year after Hijrah to declare his imaan and pledge allegiance at the blessed hands of Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam).<\/p>\n

One year later, on the occasion of Fath-e-Makkah (the conquest of Makkah), Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) instructed Hazrat Uthmaan bin Talhah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) to bring the keys of the Ka\u2019bah to him, since the keys were in the care of his family.<\/p>\n

After bringing the keys, Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) entered the Ka\u2019bah and engaged in ibaadah. Thereafter, when Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) came out from the Ka\u2019bah, Hazrat Abbaas and Hazrat Ali (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) both desired to be granted the honor of being the custodians of the keys of the Ka\u2019bah.<\/p>\n

While Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) was in the Ka\u2019bah, Allah Ta\u2018ala had revealed the following verse of the Qur\u2019aan Majeed, instructing him to return the trust to Hazrat Uthmaan bin Talhah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) and his family. (Durr-e-Manthoor 2\/570)<\/em> Allah Ta\u2018ala said:<\/p>\n

\u0627\u0650\u0646\u0651\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u0670\u0647\u064e \u06cc\u064e\u0627\u06e1\u0645\u064f\u0631\u064f\u06a9\u064f\u0645\u06e1 \u0627\u064e\u0646\u06e1 \u062a\u064f\u0624\u064e\u062f\u0651\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u06e1\u0627\u064e\u0645\u0670\u0646\u0670\u062a\u0650 \u0627\u0650\u0644\u0670\u06e4\u06cc \u0627\u064e\u0647\u0652\u0644\u0650\u0647\u064e\u0627<\/span><\/p>\n

Indeed Allah Ta\u2018ala commands you to return the trust to those who are entitled to it. (Surah Nisaa v. 58)<\/em><\/p>\n

Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) then returned the keys to Hazrat Uthmaan bin Talhah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu), and told him that the keys will remain with his family, and that no one will take it from them besides an oppressor. (Majm\u2019uz Zawaa\u2019id #5707)<\/em><\/p>\n

When Hazrat Uthmaan bin Talhah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) was leaving with the keys, Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) called him back and said, \u201cO Uthmaan! Do you remember what I had told you in the past, that a day is soon to come when you will see the keys of the Ka\u2019bah in my hand, and I will have the power to give it to whomsoever I wish?\u201d Hazrat Uthmaan bin Talhah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) replied, \u201cYes, O Nabi of Allah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam)! I remember that day.\u201d (Taareekh Dimashq 38\/377-378, Ibnu Sa\u2019d 5\/17)<\/em><\/p>\n

From the abovementioned verse of the Qur\u2019aan Majeed, we learn that all trusts should be returned to those who are entitled to them. In the Mubaarak Ahaadith, Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) has placed great emphasis on fulfilling trusts.<\/p>\n

It should be understood that fulfilling trusts is not confined to wealth which has been entrusted to a person, but rather includes every type of responsibility (whether worldly or deeni) which one has been given. The imaam of the musjid, the mu\u2019azzin, the mutawalli, the ruler or subject, the teacher or student, the employer or employee, the purchaser or seller, the husband or the wife, the parents or children, the neighbors or associates \u2013 all have been entrusted with a responsibility which they owe to Allah Ta\u2018ala and to the creation. Hence, the greatest trust, which will include all trusts, is the trust of deen.<\/p>\n

On the Day of Qiyaamah, we will be questioned regarding the fulfillment of all these trusts.<\/p>\n

May Allah Ta\u2018ala bless us with the tawfeeq of fulfilling this trust correctly, in accordance to the laws of Shari\u2018ah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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