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.