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Umar (RA)'s dying wish

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Taqwa FM
August 07, 2025

1 Verse

“You will never achieve righteousness until you donate some of what you cherish. And whatever you give is certainly well known to Allah.”
(Surah Ali-Imran, 3:92)

1 Story : Umar RA’s dying wish

As Umar ibn Al-Khattab RA lay stabbed—bleeding on the masjid floor after leading Fajr—he summoned his son, Abdullah.

He had one final, delicate request:

"Go to Aisha RA. But don’t say, ‘The Commander of the Believers sends salam.’
Say instead: ‘Umar sends salam.’
I’m no longer a commander. I’m just a man.

Ask her—gently—if she would allow me to be buried beside the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr.
Make sure she knows: it’s fully her right to say no.
If she refuses, that is justice.
If she agrees, that is grace.
But do not pressure her.”

Abdullah went.

He entered the most sacred room on earth—the home of the Prophet ﷺ, the resting place of Abu Bakr, the sanctuary of Aisha RA. He found her weeping.

She knew what Umar’s death meant.

“Umar was the door between us and fitnah.”

Then came the request.

“I always envisioned that grave to be mine…
To lie beside my father and my husband.
But I know the place Umar held with the Prophet ﷺ.
And I give it to him.”

Pause.

Let that settle in your heart.

This was her home.
Her Prophet. Her Husband.
Her father.
Her rightful grave.

And yet, she surrendered it.


Umar RA even in his dying breaths, remained exquisitely just:

“After I die, ask her again.
Perhaps she was emotional.
If she changes her mind, bury me in Baqi’.
That is justice too.”

But she did not change her mind.

She had already given the best of what she loved.

And so Umar ibn Al-Khattab—once the man who set out to kill the Prophet ﷺ—was buried beside him.

1 Lesson :

A worker in traffic.
A farmer under the burning sun.
A teacher facing a difficult classroom.
All of them are giving slices of their life away to make a living.

So when Allah asks you to give from your wealth…
He’s really asking you to give from your self.

And that’s why it’s so hard.

But here’s the point of the verse:

Allah isn’t asking you to give everything.
He isn’t asking you to abandon all pleasure.
He’s simply asking: to part with a portion of what your heart clings to—for His sake.

Allah doesn’t tell you what to spend or on whom to spend in this verse.

Both are left open. It’s not just money.
It could be: Your time, focus, energy, your youth.

Spend from whatever Allah has provided you.

Come forward with whatever you have.

And don’t underestimate what you give.

Allah is not looking at quantity.
He’s looking at sincerity.

“And whatever you give—Allah knows it well.”

People may never see the value of what you gave.
But Allah does.

And that’s what matters.

1 Question for You :

‘‘What can I give today—from what I deeply love—that would prove to Allah that I want righteousness more than comfort?’’

Don’t just think it.
Do it. Today.

Dhikr of the Week :

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَالْعَمَلَ الَّذِي يُبَلِّغُنِي حُبَّكَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي وَأَهْلِي وَمِنَ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ

Allāhumma innī as’aluka ḥubbaka wa ḥubba man yuḥibbuka walamalalladhī yuballighunī ḥubbak. Allāhummajal ḥubbaka aḥabba ilaiyya min nafsī, wa ahlī wa minal-mā’il-bārid

“O Allah, I ask You for Your love, the love of those who love You, and the deeds that will make me worthy of Your love. O Allah, make Your love more beloved to me than myself, my family, and cold water.” ( supplication of Dawud )
(Tirmidhi – Hasan)

Let it go.

Until next Thursday in sha Allah

— Aaira