{"id":17258,"date":"2022-09-29T06:57:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T05:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/?p=17258"},"modified":"2022-09-29T06:57:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T05:57:37","slug":"abu-dhar-walks-alone-dies-alone-will-resurrected-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/17258\/abu-dhar-walks-alone-dies-alone-will-resurrected-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhar: \u201cHe walks alone, dies alone and will be resurrected alone!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dr Ali Shariati*:\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>No tricks would work against this obstinate, brazen, pious and conscious man. Only coercion remained. He wrote to Uthman: If you need Damascus, take Abu Dhar away from here because complexes are swelling, the heads of wounds have opened up and an explosion is near. Uthman ordered him to be sent to Medina.<\/p>\n

They placed him in a wooden packsaddle on a camel\u2019s back and engaged several savage slaves to take him back to Medina. Muawiyah ordered that no stops be made along the way, from Damascus to Medina.<\/p>\n

The rider nears Medina, tired and wounded; beside the city, he saw Ali on Mt. Sala\u2019 and beside him, Uthman and several other people. From a distance he cried out, \u201cI give glad tidings to Medina of a great and endless rebellion.\u201d The Caliph ordered no one to follow a religious edict from Abu Dhar but religious edicts were issued, one after another, by Abu Dhar. That which he had seen in Damascus, had made him more anxious and more brazen in struggle. Abd Al-Rahman \u2018Awf, the head of the caliphate council of Umar, died and his heritage, which was an abundance of gold and silver, was piled up before Uthman. Abu Dhar heard that Uthman had said, \u201cAbd al-Rahman is blessed by God that he lived well and when he died he left behind all of this wealth.\u201d<\/p>\n

The scene of the drama of all of history!<\/h3>\n

Abu Dhar agitated and enflamed, invaded Uthman\u2019s house alone. On the way, he found a camel\u2019s bone. He picked it up and took it. He cried out to Uthman, \u201cYou say that God has blessed a man who has died and left all of this gold and silver behind?\u201d<\/p>\n

Uthman, softly, replied, \u201cAbu Dhar, does a person who has paid his zakat have other [religious] obligations, as well\u201d.<\/p>\n

Abu Dhar recited the verse of Kinz and said, \u201cThe problem here is not zakat; the problem is with anyone who hoards gold and silver and does not give it upon the Way of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ka\u2019b Al-Ahbar, a clergyman, formerly Jewish, who was sitting beside Uthman, said, \u201cThis verse relates to the \u2018people of the Book\u2019 (Jews and Christians); it does not relate to Muslims.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abu Dhar cried out at him, \u201cSon of a Jew! You want to teach our religion to us? May your mother mourn for you!\u201d Uthman said, \u201cIf a man has paid his zakat and builds a palace, one brick of gold and one brick of silver there is no blame.\u201d Then he turned to Ka\u2019b and asked him his opinion and Ka\u2019b expressed the opinion that, \u201cYes, your majesty. That\u2019s the way it is!\u201d Abu Dhar attacked him.<\/p>\n

Ka\u2019b, out of fear, hid behind Uthman and placed himself in the refuge of the Caliph. The scene is complete! The scene of the drama of all of history! On one side, gold, coercion and the ruling religion in the visages of \u2018Abd al-Rahman, \u2018Uthman and Ka\u2019b Al Ahbar, and how exact and accurate! The principle, gold, coercion its supporter and religion, hidden behind coercion, its justifier. Confronting it, Abu Dhar, the sacrifice of exploitation, despotism and deception, the manifestation of the religion condemned by history and the oppressed class of history, God and the people!<\/p>\n

Abu Dhar, alone, disarmed, oppressed, with all of this, responsible and an assailant, takes Ka\u2019b from the refuge of coercion, and with the camel\u2019s bone, pounded him so hard on the head that blood began to flow.<\/p>\n

\u2018Uthman said, \u201cHow tiresome you have become, Abu Dhar; leave us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abu Dhar said, \u201cI am fed up with seeing you. Where should I go?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo Rabadhah.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marwan Hakam, an exile of the Prophet (PBUH), was assigned to exile Abu Dhar.<\/p>\n

Ali heard of the affair. He moaned. He took Hassan (AS), Hussain (AS) and \u2018Aqil (RA) and they came to see him off. Marwan stood before Ali (AS), \u201cThe Caliph has prohibited the seeing-off of Abu Dhar.\u201d \u2018Ali (AS) with a whip, by-passed him, and went with Abu Dhar till Rabadhah.<\/p>\n

Rabadhah, a burning wilderness without water<\/h3>\n

Rabadhah, a burning wilderness without water or cultivation, along the way of pilgrims; which, other than at the time of the hajj, becomes empty and silent. There he set up his torn tent and he met his needs with the few goats he had.<\/p>\n

Months passed. Poverty was increasing and hunger, more brazen. One by one, his goats died and he and his family faced death in the loneliness of the wilderness. His daughter died. He bore it patiently and considered it to have been upon the Way of God. A little later, the wolf of hunger attacked his son. He sensed responsibility. He went to Medina and sought his wages, which had been cut off, from Uthman. Uthman did not answer him. He returned empty handed. His son\u2019s corpse was cold. He buried him with his own hands. Abu Dhar and Umm Dhar remained alone.<\/p>\n

Poverty, hunger and decrepitude had greatly weakened Abu Dhar\u2019s body. One day he felt he had come to the end of his strength. Hunger bothered him. He said to Umm Dhar, \u201cArise. Perhaps in this wilderness we will find some blades of grass to quiet our hunger a bit. Woman and man, for a great distance, from the parameters of the tent, searched and found nothing. Upon their return, Abu Dhar lost his strength. The sign of death showed itself in his face. Umm Dhar understood and, anxiously, asked, \u201cWhat is happening to you, Abu Dharr?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe walks alone, dies alone and will be resurrected alone!\u201d<\/h3>\n

\u201cSeparation is near! Leave my corpse on the way and ask wayfarers to help you bury me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hajjis have gone and there are no wayfarers.\u201d \u201cIt can\u2019t be. Get up and go on the hill. Some people will come for my death.\u201d<\/p>\n

Umm Dhar, from the top of the hill, saw three riders who were riding at a distance. She signalled to them. They came close.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay God bless you. A man is dying here. Help me bury him and receive your reward from God.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWho is he?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAbu Dhar.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe friend of the Prophet (PBUH)?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYea.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMay my mother and father be sacrificed for you O Abu Dhar! \u201d<\/p>\n

They stood before him. He was still alive. He requested of them, \u201cAny of you who are messengers of the government, spies or military personnel, do not bury me. If my wife or I had a cloth for my shroud, there would be no need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Only a youth from among the Helpers who had a non-government profession said, \u201cI have this cloth with me which my mother wove.\u201d Abu Dhar prayed for him and said, \u201cShroud me with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

His mind at rest, everything was coming to an end. He closed his eyes and never opened them again. The wayfarers buried him under the hot sands of Rabadhah. The young Helper stood beside his grave, whispering under his breath, \u201cThe Prophet of God stated it well!\u201d<\/p>\n

He walks alone, dies alone and will be resurrected alone!<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the arising of the Day of Resurrection.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, also, in the arising of every era and in the midst of every generation.\u201d<\/p>\n

And now, once again it is Abu Dhar who, among all of the visages buried in this shoreless cemetery of history, in our age and among us, will be resurrected alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The End<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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