The stage
of glorious age of Islam always filled by young men and women. They came up
with high level of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that the source can be
trace back to the life guidance of our prophet Muhammad shallallahu ‘alaihi wa
salam. One of the young man, lived in our prophet’s era, have extremely vast
knowledge and one of the man who understand the Qur’an the deepest, was Ibn
Abbas or Abdullah Ibn Abbas radhiallahu ‘anhuma for completely.
Ibn Abbas
was only 16 years old when the khalifah Umar ibn Khattab came in power. Knowing
the vast knowledge of young Ibn Abbas, Umar appointed him to be one of the
advisory council of the khalifah. That time, Ibn Abbas was the only man, so
young that the other members of council were
about the same age as his father. Ibn Abbas was so brilliant that when the
caliphs (Umar, Utsman, even Ali radhiallahu ‘anhum) faced a big grief of
problem, he went to ask the advice of young Ibn Abbas. Khawarij is one of the
problem.
Khawarij
is a group of muslim people that could shed blood so easily, even with his
muslim brother. They also easily accused other muslims as kafir (infidel), even
though they have same belief. They were stubborn, high tempered, and very exclusive
group. About 6 thousands Khawarij that time gathered in a single mosque, and
Ibn Abbas was asked to discuss peace with them. That time in
that place, Ibn Abbas won the arguments with the khawarij and succeeded
converting 2 thousands people back in the right path.
He was confronting Zaid (master of inheritance) about some law of
inheritance in Islam. Ibn Abbas swore that anybody who were against him should
take vow in the name of Allah in front of Ka’bah if they are truly right
compared to Ibn Abbas. This showed us how much faith and how gifted Ibn Abbas
in his deep knowledge. But on the other hand, other day after the
confrontation, Ibn Abbas treated Zaid so humbly that Ibn Abbas looked like
Zaid’s servant. These act balanced and perfected the character of Ibn Abbas as
a true genius yet very gentle young man.
What is his secret? His father. His father always looked for him, guided him since Ibn Abbas was a little boy, even until he grew up as a
mature man. His father, Abbas ibn Abdul Muthalib, along with the great
atmosphere of knowledge around prophet and sahabah makes what Ibn Abbas was.
How a wonderful young boy become more brilliant with a great environment. How
he received such a strong faith in such a young age. How he was forged with a
strong believes that nothing is impossible as long as Allah is with him.
So why can’t we be like Ibn Abbas?
Or at least be the surroundings that make people like Ibn Abbas?
Peace out,
M Ashobta Azry
JMMI Foundation 17/18
Trivia!
Ibn Abbas full name traced to Adam (‘alaihissalaam):
Abdullah ibn Abbas ibn Abdul Muththalib (Shaibah) ibn Hasyim (Amr) ibn Abdu
Manaf (al-Mughirah) ibn Qushay (Zaid) ibn Kilab ibn Murrah ibn Ka’ab ibn Luay ibn
Ghalib ibn Fihr ibn Malik ibn an-Nadhar (Qais) ibn Kinanah ibn Khuzaimah ibn
Mudrikah (Amir) ibn Ilyas ibn Mudhar ibn Nizar ibn Ma’ad ibn Adnan[1]
ibn Add ibn Humaisi’ ibn Salaman ibn Awsh ibn Buz ibn Qimwal ibn Ubay ibn Awwam
ibn Nasyid ibn Haza ibn Baldas ibn Yadhaf ibn Thabikh ibn Jahim ibn Nahisy ibn
Makhiy ibn Idh ibn Abqar ibn Ubaid ibn ad-Di’a ibn Hamdan ibn Sunbur ibn
Yastribi ibn Yahzan ibn Yalhan ibn Ar’awi ibn Idh ibn Disyan ibn Aishar ibn
Afnad ibn Ayham ibn Muqashshir ibn ahits ibn Zarih ibn Sumay ibn Mizzi ibn
Udhah ibn Uram ibn Qaidar ibn Ismail ibn Ibrahim(‘alaihissalaam)[2]
ibn Tarih (Azar) ibn Nahur ibn Saru (or Sarugh) ibn Ra’u ibn Falikh ibn Abir ibn
Syalikh ibn Arfakhsyad ibn Sam ibn Nuh (‘alaihissalaam) ibn Lamik ibn
Mutawasylikh ibn Akhnukh (some says Prophet Idris ‘alaihissalaam) ibn Yarid ibn
Mihla’il ibn Qaynan ibn Anusyah ibn Syits ibn Adam[3].
How Ibn Abbas looked?
He was a steady young man. He has a broad chest, full of charisma, good
looking, clever, white skinned, and has height above the average. If he walked
pass the houses, one can recognize him only by his aromatic scent.
His timeline:
3 years before
Hijrah Born
7 years after
Hijrah Aged 10 years, moved to
Madinah
10 years after
Hijrah Aged 13 years, Prophet PBUH
died, Abubakar came in power
13 years after
Hijrah Aged 16 years, Abubakar died,
Umar became khalifah, Ibn Abbas become member of advisory council
23 years after
Hijrah Aged 26 years, Umar died,
Utsman became khalifah
35 years after
Hijrah Aged 38 years, Utsman died,
Ali became Khalifah, issues about Khawarij started to appear, he become the
governor of Bashra, very supportive towards Ali
40 years after
Hijrah Aged 43 years, Ali died, Hasan
became Khalifah for a short time, then Mu’awiyah became the first king of
Umayyah
61 years after
Hijrah Aged 64 years, Mu’awiyah died,
Yazid became the Khalifah, chaos started to appear but Ibn Abbas was believed
in favor of unity of the muslims and hence did not revolt against ruled. He was
against Husain ibn Ali about expedition to Kufa that ended at Karbala.
64 years after
Hijrah Aged 67 years, Yazid died,
Mu’awiyah ibn Yazid became khalifah
68 years after
Hijrah Aged 71 years, died and buried
in Tha’if, ibn Hanafi was one of the people who took care of his shalah janazah
The legacy he left:
By a Yemenite princess named Zahra bint Mishrah, Ibn Abbas had seven
children.
Al-Abbas, the first born, who was childless.
Ali ibn
Abdullah (died 736), who was the grandfather of the first
two Abbasid caliphs, who replaced the Umayyads in 750.
Muhammad, who
was childless.
Ubaydullah, who
was childless.
Al-Fadl, who
was childless.
Saad had two
children
Lubaba, who married Ali ibn Abdullah ibn Jaafar and had
descendants.
He had another daughter, Asma, by a concubine; she married her cousin Abdullah
ibn Ubaydullah ibn Abbas and had two sons.
Article cited from:
TV, M. A.-I. (2017, March 9). Abdullah
bin 'Abbas sang Pemuncak ilmu - Ust. Budi Ashari, Lc. Dipetik November 19,
2017, dari Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpQay8I13E8&t
Trivia cited from:
[1] Ibnu
Hisyam, op.cit, I/1,2; Tarikh ath-Thabari, II/239-271.
[2] Ibnu
Sa’d, op.cit, I/56,57; Tarikh ath-Thabari, op.cit,
II/272. Also look Tarikh ath-Thabari, II/271-276 dan Fathul
Bari, VI/621-623.
[3] Ibnu
Hisyam, ibid., hal. 2-4, Tarikh ath-Thabari, ibid.,
hal. 276. May differs.
https://asysyariah.com/menjadi-ahli-hadits-sebuah-doa-untuk-anak/
Kitab Siyaar
A’lam An Nubala’, Imam Syamsudin Adz Dzahabi, jilid 3, hlm: 309, Kitab
Al Isobah, Ibnu Hajar Al Asqolani, jilid 2, hlm: 1074, Shuwar min
Hayati Ash Shohabah, Abdurrohman Rafat Basya.
Tabari, vol. 39, pp. 54-55.
