{"id":24623,"date":"2025-11-24T17:01:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=24623"},"modified":"2026-01-13T11:11:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:11:04","slug":"the-adherence-of-hazrat-abu-zar-radhiyallahu-anhu-to-the-instruction-of-rasulullah-sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=24623","title":{"rendered":"The Adherence of Hazrat Abu Zar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) to the Instruction of Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ma\u2019roor bin Suwaid (rahimahullah) narrates the following:<\/p>\n

We once passed by Hazrat Abu Zar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) in Rabzah and noticed that he was wearing two pieces of mismatched clothing. One was old, while the other was new, and his slave was also wearing two pieces of mismatched clothing, of which one piece was new and the other old.<\/p>\n

We therefore said to Hazrat Abu Zar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu), \u201cO Abu Zar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu)! If you wore both pieces of new clothing (by giving your slave the old cloth which you are wearing and taking the new cloth from him), they would have formed a complete set of new clothing that matched each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

In reply, Hazrat Abu Zar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) explained the reason for him dealing with his slave in this manner, where he made him equal to himself saying:<\/p>\n

Once, an argument broke out between myself and Hazrat Bilaal (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu). During the course of the argument, I insulted him regarding his mother. I said to him, \u201cYou are the son of a black woman.\u201d Hazrat Bilaal (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) was hurt at this and he complained to Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) of what I had said to him.<\/p>\n

When I later met Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), he said to me, \u201cO Abu Zar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu)! You are a man who still has the traits of Jaahiliyyah (pride) in him.\u201d I was surprised and said to Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), \u201cIs it true that I still have the traits of Jaahiliyyah (pride) in me\u201d?<\/p>\n

Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) said, \u201cYes, you still have the traits of Jaahilyyah (pride) in you (that you think yourself to be better than Bilaal).\u201d<\/p>\n

When Hazrat Abu Zar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) heard this from Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasaalam), he was so affected that he lay on the ground and said, \u201cI will not wake up until Bilaal places his foot on my cheek as an atonement for what I said to him.\u201d It was only after Hazrat Bilaal (radhiyallahu anhu) placed his foot on the cheek of Hazrat Abu Zar (radhiyallahu anhu) that he was satisfied and then woke up.<\/p>\n

Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasaalam) then advised Hazrat Abu Zar (radhiyallahu anhu) in a loving manner as to how he should deal with slaves. Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) said, \u201cThey are your brothers and slaves whom Allah Ta\u2018ala has placed in your control. Therefore, you should feed them from the food you eat, clothe them from the clothing you wear, and do not burden them with that which they will not manage. If you burden them with a difficult task then ensure that you assist them (to fulfil it).\u201d<\/p>\n

It was on account of this advice of Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) which Hazrat Abu Zar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) took to heart that throughout his life, he dealt with his slaves in this manner.<\/p>\n

(Saheeh Muslim #1661, Saheeh Bukhaari #30, Fat-hul Baari 1\/106, Sharhu Ibni Battaal 1\/87, \u00a0Ibn Sa\u2019d 4\/179)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ma\u2019roor bin Suwaid (rahimahullah) narrates the following: We once passed by Hazrat Abu Zar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) in Rabzah and noticed that he was wearing two pieces of mismatched clothing. One was old, while the other was new, and his slave was also wearing two pieces of mismatched clothing, of which one piece was new and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":24630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,886,774],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-articles","category-hazrat-abu-zar-radhiyallahu-anhu","category-sahaabah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24623","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24623"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24634,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24623\/revisions\/24634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}