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Riyad as-Salihin 593 (Book) #38978
Honesty and Integrity of Abu Bakr

SUMMARY: Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) was honest and returned the money he had earned from a man he had deceived in the pre-Islamic period.

'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) had a slave who brought him his earnings and Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) would eat from it. One day he brought him something and when Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) had eaten some of it, the slave asked him whether he knew where he had got that (food) from, Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) asked what it was, and he replied: I acted as a soothsayer for a man in the pre-Islamic period, and not being good at it, I deceived him; today he met me and he rewarded me for that soothsaying what you have eaten. Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) put his hand in his mouth and vomited up all that he had eaten. Al- Bukhari.
وعن عائشة رضي الله عنها، قالت‏:‏ كان لأبي بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه غلام يخرج له الخراج وكان أبو بكر يأكل من خراجه فجاء يوماً بشئ، فأكل منه أبو بكر، فقال له الغلام‏:‏ تدرى ما هذا‏؟‏ فقال أبو بكر‏:‏ ما هو‏؟‏ قال‏:‏ كنت تكهنت لإنسان فى الجاهلية وما أحسن الكهانة إلا أني خدعته فلقيني، فأعطاني بذلك هذا الذى أكلت منه، فأدخل أبو بكر يده فقاء كل شئ فى بطنه” ‏(‏‏(‏رواه البخاري‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

TOPICS
honesty  *  integrity  *  earnings  *  soothsaying  *  ikhlas  *  adalah  *  aljahiliyyah  *  maal  *  kahanah  *  period

QUICK LESSONS:
Be honest in all your dealings even if you think no one will find out about them.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the honesty and integrity of Abu Bakr. He was a man who lived during the pre-Islamic period when soothsaying was practiced. He acted as a soothsayer for someone but did not do it well enough to satisfy his customer. The customer rewarded him for his efforts anyway but when Abu Bakr found out where this reward came from, he immediately returned it by vomiting up all that he had eaten from it. This story shows us how important honesty is in Islam and how we should always strive to be honest even if we are not sure if anyone will find out or not. It also teaches us that our actions have consequences even if they are done in secret or without anyone knowing about them.

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