كيف تعاون المسلمون في رحلة صعبة إلى تبوك؟
خرج المسلمون إلى تبوك في وقت حر وقلة، فسماها القرآن ساعة العسرة. وتذكر الروايات تبرع الصحابة بما يستطيعون.
العطاء ليس منافسة في أن يبدو الإنسان أفضل من غيره؛ هو أن يقدم كل واحد ما يستطيع بصدق، مالًا أو وقتًا أو جهدًا.
خرج المسلمون إلى تبوك في ساعة عسرة وتعاونوا على التجهيز.
ما الشيء الصغير الذي يمكنك تقديمه لمساعدة غيرك؟
شارك بشيء نافع: وقت أو ترتيب أو مساعدة، بإذن أسرتك.
ما الشيء الذي تحبّه وتستطيع أن تعطيه لمن يحتاجه أكثر منك؟
المصادر: القرآن الكريم: سورة التوبة 9:117.؛ روايات التبرعات في السنن تحتاج تفصيلًا في المراجعة.
Word came that the Byzantines were gathering on the Syrian frontier — in the height of summer, with the fruit ripe on the trees. The Prophet ﷺ called the people out, and supplies were so short that it was called the Army of Hardship. The companions raced to give: Abu Bakr brought everything he owned, Umar half of his, and Uthman equipped a large part of the army.
Real giving shows in a hard season, not an easy one.
Word reached the Prophet ﷺ that the Byzantines were massing an army on the Syrian frontier, and he called the Muslims out. The timing could not have been harder: the peak of summer heat, the fruit ripe and everyone wanting to stay with it, a long road ahead, and supplies so short that two men took turns on one camel. That is why it was called the Army of Hardship. When the Prophet ﷺ called for contributions, the companions raced one another as they never had: Abu Bakr brought everything he owned, and when the Prophet ﷺ asked him, “What did you leave for your family?”, he answered: I left them Allah and His Messenger. Umar brought half of his wealth. Uthman equipped a large part of the army with camels and money, and the Prophet ﷺ said something remarkable about him for it. The race was not for spoils. It was for who could give the most.
Allah says: ﴿الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ فِي سَاعَةِ الْعُسْرَةِ﴾ — “those who followed him in the hour of hardship.”