{"id":23255,"date":"2025-04-27T08:46:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T06:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=23255"},"modified":"2025-12-02T07:48:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:48:36","slug":"being-honoured-with-the-title-khaleelullah-the-orchards-of-love-part-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=23255","title":{"rendered":"Being Honoured with the Title \u201cKhaleelullah\u201d \u2013 The Orchards of Love \u2013 Part 81"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From all the Ambiyaa (\u2018alaihimus salaam), Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) was honoured with the title \u201cKhaleelullah\u201d \u2013 the special friend of Allah Ta\u2019ala. In regard to how Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) received this title of honour, Allaamah Ibnu Katheer (rahimahullah) reports the following incident:<\/p>\n

It was the blessed habit of Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) that he would always bring people home as his guests to share his meals with him. On one occasion, Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) went out, looking for someone to bring home as his guest. However, he was unable to find anyone to share his meal with him, and thus returned home.<\/p>\n

On arriving at his home, he found that a man had entered in his absence and was standing inside. Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) asked him, \u201cO servant of Allah! Why have you entered my home without permission?\u201d The man replied, \u201cI was granted permission to enter by the One who is the true owner of your home (i.e. I was given permission by Allah Ta\u2019ala).\u201d<\/p>\n

Hearing this, Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) asked the man, \u201cWho are you?\u201d He responded, \u201cI am the Angel of Death. My Rabb has sent me to one of His servants to give him the glad tidings that Allah Ta\u2019ala has chosen him to be His \u2018Khaleel\u2019 (special friend).\u201d<\/p>\n

Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) asked, \u201cWho is this special person? By Allah, if you inform me of his identity, I will ensure that I go to him \u2013 even if he lives in the most distant of lands. I will then remain with him until death separates us.\u201d The Angel of Death then said, \u201cYou are that special servant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) was overcome by joy and asked, \u201cAm I really that special person?\u201d When the Angel confirmed that he was, Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) enquired, \u201cWhy did Allah Ta\u2019ala make me His Khaleel?\u201d The Angel answered, \u201cThe reason is that you always give to people, and you never ask people for anything.\u201d (Tafseer Ibnu Katheer 2\/375)<\/p>\n

When we study this incident, then we find that the aspect in the life of Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) which was beloved to Allah Ta\u2019ala is that he had a heart of compassion and sympathy. He always wished to share with others and assist them without expecting anything from them in return.<\/p>\n

<\/a>The Fire Worshipper Embracing Islam at the Hands of Nabi Ebrahim <\/strong>(\u2018alaihis salaam)<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is mentioned that on one occasion, a fire worshipper came to Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) and asked for food. Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) said to him, \u201cIf you accept Islam, I will feed you.\u201d Hearing this, the fire worshipper turned and went away.<\/p>\n

Allah Ta\u2019ala then sent wahi to Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) saying, \u201cO Ebrahim! You do not want to feed him because he is not a Muslim and has not accepted Islam. However, we have been feeding him for seventy years, despite him being a disbeliever. Why did you not feed him for at least one night?\u201d<\/p>\n

Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) immediately went to look for the fire worshipper, called him back and fed him. The fire worshipper thereafter asked Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam), \u201cWhat is the reason that you changed your mind and decided to feed me?\u201d<\/p>\n

Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) replied, \u201cAllah Ta\u2019ala has commanded me to feed you,\u201d and Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) also informed the fire worshipper of the wahi that he had received and what Allah Ta\u2019ala had told him.<\/p>\n

On hearing the words of Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam), the fire worshipper was deeply affected and asked, \u201cIs this the immense kindness which Allah Ta\u2019ala has for me?\u201d<\/p>\n

He then said, \u201cPlease present Islam to me so that I may embrace it.\u201d Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) then presented Islam to him, after which he brought imaan in Allah Ta\u2019ala. (Ihyaau Uloomid Deen 4\/154)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From all the Ambiyaa (\u2018alaihimus salaam), Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) was honoured with the title \u201cKhaleelullah\u201d \u2013 the special friend of Allah Ta\u2019ala. In regard to how Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) received this title of honour, Allaamah Ibnu Katheer (rahimahullah) reports the following incident: It was the blessed habit of Nabi Ebrahim (\u2018alaihis salaam) that …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,782],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-articles","category-orchards-of-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23256,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23255\/revisions\/23256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}