quiz : the parents of who?

[Al-Nasser]

one day a man named Thabit was walking beside a garden when he found an apple on the ground so he picked it, cleaned it and ate it...just as he finished its half he looked up at the treat nearby and found out it is an apples tree so he said to himself "this apple belongs to the garden owner and so i took what is not mine! :eek:"......motivated by his Islamic upbringing he was determined to seek forgivness from the garden owner so he walked into the garden where he found a man, he told him the story and asked him for forgivness, the man "sorry, but i can't forgive because what you took (the apple) wasn't mine, i am just a gardner",so Tahbit asked him where he can find the owner so he can ask him for forgivness the gardner said to him that the owner doesn't live in this city and that he live a long distance away (one day and night travel on a camel), it didn't change Thabit mind and he traveled to the garden owner and when he met him he told him the story and asked him for forgivness, but the garden owner said "no, i will not forgive you", Thabit said "what can i do to make you forgive me? i don't want to bear the burden of this sin (eating half an apple he doesn't own)"......the man said to him "if you marry my daughter i will forgive you"...Thabit was confused but not for so long....he was ready to do anything for forgivness so he said "i agee"...the man said to him "but beware, my daughter is dumb, blind and deaf since birth"...Thabit said "so it will be an opportuinity for me to be rewarded by Allah as i will take care of her in this conditions" and so Thabit married the ma's daughter and in his wedding night he entered the room and said "Asslamu Aalykum"..expecting no response from the poor bride he was shocked when he heard her replying "wa Aalykum Alsalam wa rahmatu Allah wa Barakatuh Zawji!!"...Thabit almost screamed!!! "YOU CAN HEAR? YOU CAN TALK???".....she said "and i can see too" and lifted her veil up looking at him right in the eyes and smiling....Thabit was shocked and asked her "so how your father told me you are dumb, blind and deaf since birth!!?" she answered "my father was telling the truth...since my birth i never heard what Allah forbid, never said what Allah forbid, never looked at wahat Allah forbid"

well......of course Thabit was delighted....and he relaised what really happened....the father was looking for a great husband for his great daughter and he found this great man who traveled long distance just to ask for forgivness for a very very very small sin

now what is important is.......Thabit and his wife had a very famous child....who is that child?....vote and please don't spoil the quiz by posting an article or whatever

don't depend so much on the father name "Thabit" because there is a big chance it is just a nickname i used for him anyway

[Mary Carol]

Don't polls belong in the Polling Station?

[Al-Nasser]

Don't polls belong in the Polling Station?
no.....

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[Salman Al-Farsi]

I was first to vote:)

I deserve rep points :)

[Chained_Water]

Salman-The-Walking-Encyclopedia: I'd give you some, but it won't let me :(

Nasser: MashaAllah, nice thread bro and lovely story. :)

[Jam]

:salams

:alhumdull!

:jkk: for that lovely bio akhi - that was really nice! :up:

:wswrwb:

[Salman Al-Farsi]

Salman-The-Walking-Encyclopedia: I'd give you some, but it won't let me :(

Nasser: MashaAllah, nice thread bro and lovely story. :)
Just put it in my diary then :)

[Salman Al-Farsi]

:salams

:alhumdull!

:jkk: for that lovely bio akhi - that was really nice! :up:

:wswrwb:
Walakumsalam

I once watched a 6 CD video of life of ibn Thabit. That was great :)

[Jam]

:salams

Walakumsalam
I once watched a 6 CD video of life of ibn Thabit. That was great :):masha: do you have the name of it akhi?

:wswrwb:

[Siddiqa]

Do I get a prize now!?
:\

[Salman Al-Farsi]

Assalam Alaykum

I ve been told not to give the answer (its contained in the title :( )

[Al-Nasser]

Assalam Alaykum

I ve been told not to give the answer (its contained in the title :( )
well akhi......you can give the answer freely now cos it is not a quiz anymore....i mean...you watched the 6 CDs then voted the wrong answer?? i guess not

[Siddiqa]

well akhi......you can give the answer freely now cos it is not a quiz anymore....i mean...you watched the 6 CDs then voted the wrong answer?? i guess not
Damn! I got it wrong!? :(

[Al-Nasser]

Damn! I got it wrong!? :(
i don't know what to say

[Siddiqa]

:eek2:

Your not telling me....
that....
no one knows the answer.. are you!?
:rubeyes:

[Jam]

Hehe.. I just copied the rest of you :p

[Siddiqa]

Hehe.. I just copied the rest of you :p

lol... yeah right!

[ZawjatuRaafi]

wasnt Zayd the son of Thabit??? Im totally not sure about this one will have to research it before i will answer...

[ZawjatuRaafi]

Okay here is my answer.... NOW I GUESS I COULD BE WRONG???



The Greatest Imam Abu Hanifa

By Dr. G.F. Haddad

Al-Nu`man ibn Thabit al-Taymi, al-Imam Abu Hanifa (d. 150), called "The Imam" by Abu Dawud, and "The Imam, one of those who have reached the sky" by Ibn Hajar, he is known in the Islamic world as "The Greatest Imam" (al-imâm al-a`zam) and his school has the largest number of followers among the four schools of Ahl al-Sunna. He is the first of the four mujtahid imams and the only Successor (tâbi`i) among them, having seen the Companions Anas ibn Malik, `Abd Allah ibn Abi Awfa, Sahl ibn Sa`d al-Sa`idi, Abu al-Tufayl, and `Amir ibn Wathila.

Abu Hanifa is the first in Islam to organize the writing of fiqh under sub-headings embracing the whole of the Law, beginning with purity (tahara) followed by prayer (sala), an order which was retained by all subsequent scholars such as Malik, Shafi`i, Abu Dawud, Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmidhi, and others. All these and their followers are indebted to him and give him a share of their reward because he was the first to open that road for them, according to the hadith of the Prophet: "He who starts something good in Islam has its reward and the reward of those who practice it until the Day of Judgement, without lessening in the least the reward of those who practice it. The one who starts something bad in Islam will incur its punishment and the punishment of all those who practice it until the Day of Judgement without lessening their punishment in the least." Al-Shafi`i referred to this when he said: "People are all the children of Abu Hanifa in fiqh, of Ibn Ishaq in history, of Malik in hadith, and of Muqatil in tafsîr."

Al-Khatib narrated from Abu Hanifa’s student Abu Nu`aym that the latter said: "Muslims should make du`a to Allah on behalf of Abu Hanifa in their prayers, because the Sunan and the fiqh were preserved for them through him. Al-Dhahabi wrote one volume on the life of each of the other three great Imams and said: "The account of Abu Hanifa’s life requires two volumes." His son Hammad said as he washed his father’s body for burial: "May Allah have mercy on you! You have exhausted whoever tries to catch up with you."

Abu Hanifa was scrupulously pious and refused Ibn Hubayra’s offer of a judgeship even when the latter had him whipped. Like al-Bukhari and al-Shafi`i, he used to make 60 complete recitations (khatma) of Qur’an every Ramadan: one in the day, one in the night, besides his teaching and other duties. Ibrahim ibn Rustum al-Marwazi said: "Four are the Imams that recited the entire Qur’an in a single rak`a: `Uthman ibn `Affan, Tamim al-Dari, Sa`id ibn Jubayr, and Abu Hanifa." Ibn al-Mubarak said: "Abu Hanifa for a long time would pray all five prayers with a single ablution."

Al-Suyuti relates in Tabyid al-Sahifa that a certain visitor came to observe Abu Hanifa and saw him all day long in the mosque, teaching relentlessly, answering every question from both the scholars and the common people, not stopping except to pray, then standing at home in prayer when people were asleep, hardly ever eating or sleeping, and yet the most handsome and gracious of people, always alert and never tired, day after day for a long time, so that in the end the visitor said: "I became convinced that this was not an ordinary matter, but wilâya (Friendship with Allah)."

Al-Shafi`i said: "Knowledge revolves around three men: Malik, al-Layth, and Ibn `Uyayna." Al-Dhahabi commented: "Rather, it revolves also around al-Awza`i, al-Thawri, Ma`mar, Abu Hanifa, Shu`ba, and the two Hammads [ibn Zayd and ibn Salama]."

Sufyan al-Thawri praised Abu Hanifa when he said: "We were in front of Abu Hanifa like small birds in front of the falcon," and Sufyan stood up for him when Abu Hanifa visited him after his brother’s death, and he said: "This man holds a high rank in knowledge, and if I did not stand up for his science I would stand up for his age, and if not for his age then for his Godwariness (wara`), and if not for his Godwariness then for his jurisprudence (fiqh)." Ibn al-Mubarak praised Abu Hanifa and called him a sign of Allah. Both Ibn al-Mubarak and Sufyan al-Thawri said: "Abu Hanifa was in his time the most knowledgeable of all people on earth." Ibn Hajar also related that Ibn al-Mubarak said: "If Allah had not rescued me with Abu Hanifa and Sufyan [al-Thawri] I would have been like the rest of the common people." Dhahabi relates it as: "I would have been an innovator."

An example of Abu Hanifa’s perspicuity in inferring legal rulings from source-texts is his reading of the following hadith:

The Prophet said: "Your life in comparison to the lifetime of past nations is like the period between the time of the mid-afternoon prayer (‘asr) and sunset. Your example and the example of the Jews and Christians is that of a man who employed laborers and said to them: ‘Who will work for me until mid-day for one qirât (a unit of measure, part of a dinar) each?’ The Jews worked until mid-day for one qirât each. Then the man said: ‘Who will work for me from mid-day until the ‘asr prayer for one qirât each?’ The Christians worked from mid-day until the ‘asr prayer for one qirât each. Then the man said: ‘Who will work for me from the `asr prayer until the maghrib prayer for two qirât each?’ And that, in truth, is all of you. In truth, you have double the wages. The Jews and the Christians became angry and said: ‘We did more labor but took less wages.’ But Allah said: ‘Have I wronged you in any of your rights?’ They replied no. Then He said: ‘This is My Blessing which I give to whom I wish.’"

It was deduced from the phrase "We did more labor" that the time of mid-day to `asr must always be longer than that between `asr and maghrib. This is confirmed by authentic reports whereby:

The Prophet hastened to pray zuhr and delayed praying `asr.

The Prophet said: "May Allah have mercy on someone who prays four rak`as before `asr.

`Ali delayed praying `asr until shortly before the sun changed, and he reprimanded the mu’adhdhin who was hurrying him with the words: "He is trying to teach us the Sunna!"

Ibrahim al-Nakha`i said: "Those that came before you used to hasten more than you to pray zuhr and delay more than you in praying `asr." Al-Tahanawi said: "Those that came before you" are the Companions.

Ibn Mas`ud delayed praying `asr.

Sufyan al-Thawri, Abu Hanifa, and his two companions Muhammad ibn a-Hasan and Abu Yusuf therefore considered it better to lengthen the time between zuhr and `asr by delaying the latter prayer as long as the sun did not begin to redden, while the majority of the authorities considered that praying `asr early is better, on the basis of other sound evidence to that effect.

Like every Friend of Allah, Abu Hanifa had his enemies. `Abdan said that he heard Ibn al-Mubarak say: "If you hear them mention Abu Hanifa derogatively then they are mentioning me derogatively. In truth I fear for them Allah’s displeasure." Authentically related from Bishr al-Hafi is the statement: "No-one criticizes Abu Hanifa except an envier or an ignoramus." Hamid ibn Adam al-Marwazi said: I heard Ibn al-Mubarak say: "I never saw anyone more fearful of Allah than Abu Hanifa, even on trial under the whip and through money and property." Abu Mu`awiya al-Darir said: "Love of Abu Hanifa is part of the Sunna."

http://www.sunnah.org/publication/khulafa_rashideen/hanifa.htm

[Abdul-Curim]

the man said to him "if you marry my daughter i will forgive you"...Thabit was confused but not for so long....he was ready to do anything for forgivness so he said "i agee"...the man said to him "but beware, my daughter is dumb, blind and deaf since birth"...Thabit said "so it will be an opportuinity for me to be rewarded by Allah as i will take care of her in this conditions" and so Thabit married the ma's daughter and in his wedding night he entered the room and said "Asslamu Aalykum"..expecting no response from the poor bride he was shocked when he heard her replying "wa Aalykum Alsalam wa rahmatu Allah wa Barakatuh Zawji!!"...Thabit almost screamed!!! "YOU CAN HEAR? YOU CAN TALK???".....she said "and i can see too" and lifted her veil up looking at him right in the eyes and smiling....Thabit was shocked and asked her "so how your father told me you are dumb, blind and deaf since birth!!?" she answered "my father was telling the truth...since my birth i never heard what Allah forbid, never said what Allah forbid, never looked at wahat Allah forbid"

well......of course Thabit was delighted....and he relaised what really happened....the father was looking for a great husband for his great daughter and he found this great man who traveled long distance just to ask for forgivness for a very very very small sin

[Salman Al-Farsi]

Subhanallah, may Allah bless us all with such dumb, deff and blind wives. And great sons like Imam Azzam Abu Hanifah An-Nu'man bin Thabit. Allahuma Ameen

[wajiha10]

Wonderful and lovely story. i do not know the answer and i would like to know!