Mufti Menk – Where Are These Men Today

			Umar ibn Khattab radiAllahu anhu came in with
		

			wealth. And he was so happy that day
		

			because there was competition in goodness. You know,
		

			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala teaches us that if
		

			you want to compete with one another, you
		

			compete with one another in doing good deeds,
		

			not in materialistic
		

			items. So this was to spend in the
		

			cause of Allah, Umar ibn Kathab
		

			said, Today, I'm going to beat Abu Bakr.
		

			Which means I will be spending more than
		

			him
		

			this day. So when the Prophet
		

			asked Umar ibn Khattab radiAllahu anhu, What did
		

			you spend?
		

			What have you left for your family members?
		

			He said, O Messenger, I have left half
		

			of my wealth for them.
		

			And he was happy because he made a
		

			dua to Allah, You Allah accept it from
		

			me. And in his heart he said, Today
		

			I will have spent more than Abu Bakr
		

			because I have spent 50% of all my
		

			wealth. And later comes along, Abu Bakr as
		

			Siddiq, Abdullah ibn Uthman
		

			he comes along and he says,
		

			Here is what I have to donate for
		

			this particular battle, O Messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam.
		

			And the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam asks him,
		

			O Abu Bakr, what have you left for
		

			your family?
		

			And he says,
		

			O Messenger
		

			I have left Allah
		

			and His Messenger. Subhanallah.
		

			Which means this is 100%
		

			of my wealth. I've put it in front
		

			here. 100%. What we are going to have
		

			for the next meal, Allah will provide. No
		

			problem. SubhanAllah.
		

			Look at the conviction the man had. This
		

			was the best of those to tread the
		

			earth after the prophets of Allah subhanahu wa
		

			ta'ala. One narration says that Abu Bakr as
		

			Siddiq radiAllahu anhu will be the first to
		

			enter Jannah from amongst the men of my
		

			Ummah.