Love of the Fatherland like Ibrahim bin Adham

 

 Love of the Fatherland like Ibrahim bin Adham

The matter of love for the homeland has not been much disputed by scholars since the first. Because actually the love that grows in a person for his homeland is a human thing. Everyone in any country must have a tendency to love their own homeland, without exception.

Scholars from time to time have never questioned a person's love for his homeland. The Prophet himself loved Mecca as his homeland. As described in a hadith. When he was on his way from Medina to the city of Mecca, he really missed the city of Mecca, the land of his birth. Jibril then came and asked: "Do you miss your country?" The Prophet replied: "Yes." Then came down the verse:

He who imposed on you the Qur’an will bring you back to a destination (Al-Qasas: 85)

"Indeed, Allah, who obligates you (implementing the laws of the Qur'an), will truly return you to your place of return (Mecca)"

According to Sheikh Ismail Haqqi in Tafsir Ruhul Bayan , in that verse there is a sign that love for the homeland is part of faith.

In another hadith it is shown that the Messenger of Allah loved his motherland so much:

When he came from a journey and looked at the walls of the city, he put his camel, even if he was on his mount. Narrated by Al-Bukhari

"When the Prophet returned from traveling and saw the walls of the city of Medina, he accelerated the speed of his camel; and when riding a horse (like a horse), then he moves because of his love for Madinah" (HR. Bukhari)

Regarding the hadith, many scholars have commented, including Imam Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani in his syrah book on the Book of Shohih Bukhori. He said:

And in the hadith is an indication of the virtue of the city and the legitimacy of love for the homeland and nostalgia for it

"In the hadith there are indications that show the importance of the city of Medina and it is recommended to love the homeland and miss it"

Nationalism of Ibrahim bin Adham

Among one of the fragments of scholars who love their homeland so much is Ibrahim bin Adham. Ibrahim bin Adham himself is a famous Sufi leader. His name in the realm of Sufism and Sufism is highly regarded, considering that he has an important position and role in the world of Sufism. He once studied with Syu'bah bin al-Hajjaj, Malik bin Dinar and Fudhail bin Iyadh. From his upbringing he spawned the figure of a great Sufi disciple; Shaqiq al-Balkhi.

In his life, apart from being remembered for asceticism and various other Sufi practices, Ibrahim bin Adham is also known as a figure who has an extraordinary love for his homeland.

In Hilyat al-Auliya' Abu Nuaim al-Ashfihani quoted the words of Ibrahim bin Adham:

I dealt with worship, and I did not find anything more difficult for me than the struggle of oneself for the homeland

"I have struggled to do worship, but I have not found anything heavier than the struggle for myself for the homeland"

On another occasion, Ibrahim bin Adham also said in a similar tone:

“I have not suffered, in what I have left, anything more difficult for me than leaving my homelands.”

"Of all the things I have ever left (faced), I have never felt anything heavier than leaving my homeland"

Ibrahim bin Adham's great love for his homeland is reflected in the quote above. Ibrahim bin Adham considered that his homeland was a very valuable thing. So that when he was away from his hometown, his feelings were really crazy.

Ibrahim bin Adham himself was born in the city of Balkh east of Khurasan. It is currently known as the country of Afghanistan. As an adult, Ibrahim bin Adham traveled a lot to other countries to gain knowledge from teachers in various directions.

He is also noted as a figure who is persistent in fighting to defend the sovereignty of the country. We can trace this in the notes of Ibn Asakir in the Date of Medina Dimaysq  vol. 6 p. 350.

Ibn Asakir said that Ibrahim bin Adham had fought against the Roman Byzantine army. At that time Ibrahim bin Adham joined the marine cavalry in the middle of the ocean. It is even said that some sources state that the death of Ibrahim bin Adham also occurred in the middle of the military expedition.

On a tense night in the middle of the expedition, Ibrahim bin Adham suddenly asked his companion to bring his arrow. Shortly after receiving the arrow, his death took him. And the bow was still intact in his hand. He was then buried on one of the islands in Rome. Some say he was interred in Byzantine territory, near Sukin Fort, or Sufana in 161 H.

The story also confirms that in Ibrahim bin Adham there is a great example of love for the homeland and a tangible form of sacrifice. So great was the love and sacrifice, that it led him to die in an effort to defend and fight for the dignity of his homeland.

Finally, regarding the love of the homeland, Imam Al-Ashmu'i often quotes the words of a Bedouin he has met regarding the love of the homeland. Those words were so imprinted in Imam al-Ashmui's mind. At that time the Bedouin youth said:

If you want to know a man, see how he loves his homeland, his longing for his brothers, and his crying over the past of his time.

"If you want to know the quality of a person, look at how he loves his homeland, his love for his friends and the tears in his eyes for everything that has happened to him"