Golden Stories of Sahabas in Islam

The Story Of The Boy Who Killed A Man

During the time of Umar Ibn Al Khattab, there were two men who brought a young boy, dragging him into the Court House.
So Umar Ibn Al Khattab, he asked,
"What is this?
What is going on?
Why are you dragging him in the Court House?"
They say,
"This boy has killed our father."
Umar Ibn Al Khattab asked the boy,
"Did you really killed their father?"
The boy said,
" I did kill their father. But it was by accident. My camel, it used to tread on their property, so one day their father took a rock and hit the camel in the eye, and I saw the camel suffering, and it made me furious and aggravated. So I took a rock and threw at their father. It hit him in the head and he died."
So Umar Ibn Al Khattab, he asks the two brothers,
" Will you forgive this young boy for this accident and they said no, we want retribution. "
So Umar Ibn Al Khattab asks the boy,
" Do you have any last wishes, any last requests?"
And the young boy says,
" Yes, my father passed away and I have a younger brother and my father left some money behind for my younger brother. I would like three days to go and retrieve this wealth from a hidden place so that I can make sure, that my younger brother gets it when I die and pass away."
So Umar Ibn Al Khattab, he thinks the boy is making up a story. He says,
"Boy, what are you talking about? What wealth? What father? What younger brother?"
The young boy says,
"Turst me"
Umar Ibn Al Khattab says,
"Okay, i wil trust you. But find a grarantor for you, someone who will guarantee that you will come back. "
The young boys looks around, there is a packed Court House. 'Will someone not help me today?'
And everyone, as the boy looks around, turn their faces and turn their faces down. No one wants to help this boy.
Then from the back of the Court House, a hand raises up, whose hand is it?
Abu Darr Al Ghaffari (R.A), the noble and illustrious companions who gave dawah to so many tribes. He says,
" I will be the guarantor of this boy"
Now understand what it means to be the guarantor. Meaning that if the boy does not come back, it is the head of Abu Darr Al Ghaffari that will be chopped off and killed.
So the boy goes away. The first day goes by and the boy is nowhere to be seen, the second day goes by and the boy is still nowhere to be seen. Asr time comes on the third day, the two brothers go the Abu Darr al Ghaffari and they say,
"Come with us to the Court House, it is time."
Abu Darr Al Ghaffari says,
" I will come to the Court House but the day does not end until Maghrib."
So now Abu Darr Al Ghaffari is walking through Madinah with these two brothers. They are going to the Court House and the people of Madinah are following behind them. All going to see what is going to happen, it is the talk of the town.
You can imagine, minutes are going by, the Court House is filling up, the anxiety is building up. 'Will Abu Darr al Ghaffari have his life sacrificed with the mistake of a boy.'
And literally minutes before the Azaan of Salat of Maghrib, the boy rushes in. People are now shouting, what is going to happen? Will everybody will be forgiven.? What is going to happen ?
So the boy comes in and the Azaan of Maghrib hasn't gone yet. Umar Ibn Al Khattab asks the boy,
" Oh boy, why did you come back? I did not send a spy behind you, I did not send anyone to follow you, why made you come back? "
He said,
" I did not wanted anyone to say, that a Muslim gave a word and did not fulfil it, so I came back."
Umar Ibn Al Khattab turns to Abu Darr and he says,
"O Abu Darr, what made you want to be the guarantor of this boy?"
He says,
" I saw a Muslim in need and I did not want anyone to ever say that a Muslim was in need and there was no one there to help him so i raised my hand to be his guarantor.
The two brother upon hearing this, they say,
" When we have people like this, how can we have a Muslim who asks for forgiveness and no one there to forgive him"
So they forgave the boy and the boy was forgiven.
This was the legacy of Islam, this was the code of conduct. This is why during the time of Umar Ibn Al Khattab the Muslims were able to reach the border of China all the way to the south of France beacuse they had strong relations with Allah because they did things with Ihsaan and they lived with the code of conduct of Islam and this is when Allah will restore the honour of this Nation.