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Monday, April 6, 2009
Uwais al-Qarni
Uwais al-Qarni - known by the people of the heavens, doesn't known by the people on the earth
by Shaykh Muhammad Sa'id al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i
from his book, The Children Around the Table of Allah
In a Hadith Qudsi recorded by the Companion Abu Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, the Prophet Muhammad (s) said speaking from his Lord:
"Allah, Exalted and Mighty is He, loves of His creation the God-fearing, the pure in the heart, those who are hidden, and those who are innocent, whose face is dusty, whose hair is unkempt, whose stomach is empty, and who, if he asks permission to enter to the rulers, is not granted it, and if he were to ask for a gentle lady in marriage, he would be refused, and when he leaves the world it does not miss him, and if he goes out, his going out is not noticed, and if he falls sick, he is not attended to, and if he dies, he is not accompanied to his grave."
They asked him, "O Messenger of Allah, how can we find someone like that?" He, (s), said, "Uwais al-Qarani is such a one." They asked him, "and who is Uwais al-Qarani?" He, (s), answered, "He is dark skinned, wide shoulder, and of average height. His complexion is close to the color of earth. His beard touches his chest. His eyes are always looking downwards to the place of prostration, and his right hand is on his left hand. He weeps about himself with such a flow of tears that his lips are swollen. He wears a woolen garment and is know to the people of the heavens. If he makes a promise in the Name of Allah, he keeps it. Under his left shoulder there is a white spot. When the Day of Resurrection comes and it is announced to the slaves, "Enter the Garden," it will be said to Uwais, 'Stop and intercede.' Allah, Mighty and Exalted is He, will then forgive them to the same number as are the people of Rabi'a and Mudhar. (These are the two tribes that Uwais, (RA), belonged to). So, O Umar and O Ali, if you can find him, ask him to intercede for you. Then Allah will forgive you."
Ten years passed by which they inquired about him, but without being able to find him. In the year 21H./644CE, the same year that Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA), the Second Righteous Caliph after the Prophet's death, (s), Umar (RA) went to the Mountains of Abu Qubays (mountain overlooking Makka) and called in his loudest voice, "O people of the Yemen, is there anyone up there called Uwais?"
An old shaykh with a long beard stood up and replied, "We do not know who this Uwais is about whom you ask, but my brother's son is called Uwais. But he is too unimportant to be asked about, and too poor and submissive that he should be raised up to your level. He is our camel-herder, and he has no standing amongst our people." But Umar again asked him if he knew Uwais.
The man answered, "Why do you ask about him, O Commander of the Faithful, for by Allah there is not one of us who is more foolish and more needy than he."
Umar, (RA), then wept and said to him, "You are so, but not he. For I heard the Messenger of Allah. (s), say, "Those who enter the Garden through Uwais, asking for forgiveness for them, are the people of the tribe of Rabi'a and Mudhar." Umar, (RA), asked him where he could find him, and was told, "On the Mount of 'Arafat."
Umar and Ali, (RAA), then went quickly to Arafat where they found Uwais praying under a tree with camels grazing around him. They approached him and greeted him, saying, "As-salaamu Alaikum wa Rahmut Allahi wa Barakatuh." Uwais cut his prayer short, and when he had finished it, returned their greeting. They asked him, "Who are you?" He replied, "A herdsman of camels and a hired workman for a tribe." They said, "we do not ask you about your tending of animals, nor about your being a hired worker, but what is your name?" He answered, "Abdullah." They said, "All the people of the heavens and the earth are the slaves of Allah, but what is the name in which your mother named you?" He said, "O you two, what do you want from me?" They said, "The Messenger of Allah (s) once spoke to us about Uwais al-Qarani. He gave us a description of the bluish-black color of his eyes, and he told us that he has a white mark under his left shoulder. So please show us if you have this mark, for then it is you for whom we are searching."
Uwais then bared his left shoulder, and they saw a white mark. They then embraced him and kissed him and said, "We declare that you are Uwais al-Qarani, so ask for forgiveness for us and May Allah forgive you."
He answered, "I cannot even forgive myself, nor one of Adam's children. But there are on land and in the seas believing men and women, Muslim men and women, whose invocations to Allah are answered." They replied, "Surely this is so." Then he said, "O you two, you know about me and I know about my state, but who are you?"
Ali, (RA), answered, "This is the Commander of the Faithful (al-amir al-muminin), Umar ibn al-Khattab, and I am Ali ibn Abu Talib."
Uwais stood up straight and said, "As-salaamu alaikum ya 'amir al-mumminin. And you, O Ali, may Allah repay you with goodness for this Community (Ummah)." They said, "May Allah repay you for yourself and your goodness."
Then Umar, (RA), said to Uwais, "Your place is here until I return to Madinah, and may Allah have mercy upon you. Then I will bring you help from my provision and some of my clothes. This has been the meeting place between you and me."
But Uwais, (RA), answered him, "O Commander of the Faithful, there will be no other meeting place, in the knowledge of Allah, between you and me, but this one. So tell me, what should I do with your provision, and what should I do with your clothes? Do you not see that I am wearing a woolen gown and a woolen wrapper, so when do you see me tearing them? Or do you see that my sandals are worn out and torn? When do you see me out wearing them? Between your hand and mine there is a higher barrier which cannot be crossed by a weighty person, So leave these things, and Allah will have mercy upon you."
When Umar, (RA) heard these words, he struck the ground with his stick and shouted out at the top of his voice, "O would that Umar had not been born by his mother, and that she had been sterile!"
Then Umar (RA), returned to Al-Madinah, and Uwais (RA), herded his camels back to his tribe.
Not long after this, Uwais left his work as a herdsman and went to Kufah where he continued in his bondsmandship until Allah, Glory be to Him took him back to Himself.
When Umar ibn al-Khattab, (RA), heard that Uwais wanted to go back to Kufah, he said tho him, "Where do you want to go to?" Uwais said, "to Kufah." Umar, (RA), then said, "Shall I write a letter for you to its Governor?" Uwais replied, "I would rather be with the people who are near to my heart."
In a sahih hadith of Muslim, it is recorded that Umar (RA) said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, (s), say, "Uwais ibn 'Amir will come with a number of the people of the tribe of Mudar from the region of Qarn as if he had a sickness on his skin. He had a mother to whom he was most perfectly devoted, and if he asked anything of Allah it would be granted to him. If you meet him, ask him to ask forgiveness for you."
It was said of the Companion 'Alqama ibn Marthid, (RA), that he said, "Asceticism is specially associated with eight people, one of whom is Uwais al-Qarani. His family thought that he was mad, and they built him a room near the door of their house. Days would pass by when they would not see him, and his food was what he took from plants and herbs of the earth which he would sell to buy food for himself.
Also the Companion 'Amar ibn Saif, (RA) said, "When a man once asked Uwais al-Qarani, "How did you begin the morning and how did you finish the evening?" He (RA) answered, 'I began in the morning by loving Allah, and I finished the evening in praising Him. Do not ask about the state of a man who, when he wakes up in the morning thinks that he will not see the evening, or when he is alive in the evening thinks that he will not wake up in the morning. Death and its mentioning and remembering does not leave the believer any space for happiness." For, as he then said, "In Allah's Eyes, Exalted is He, what a Muslim possesses does not gather any silver or gold, for one should only be doing what is permitted and avoiding what is forbidden, and whatever does not have leave a believer with a single friend. When we ask them to do what is permitted they insult us, and in that they are helped by the unbelievers and sinful people. By Allah they have thrown terrible things at me, but O Allah I will not leave them until I show them the right way."
One of them said, "A number of people had spoken to me about Uwais al-Qarani, so hearing that he was then living in Kufah, I went there to find him, for I had no other desire except to see him. I found him sitting by the shore of the Tigris, and I recognized him by the description that I had been given of him. A thin man looked at me, and I stretched out my hand to greet him, but he did not return my greeting. I felt discouraged but I asked him, "Are you Uwais:"
His clothes were poor, and he seemed to be in a state of unwrapped isolation, for it was this state of his which led the ignorant people to say about him that he was mad and deranged. But I knew that his ascetic and surrendered state was that of the true faqir, who does not listen to those who say that such a state is contrary to the Sunnah. Such people are ignorant of the true Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, (s), which is to leave the material world and the business of creation, and to draw near to one's Lord; to leave all bonds which are other than to Allah, Exalted and Mighty is He."
Haram ibn Hayyan continued his account of this meeting by saying, "Then I addressed him saying, 'May Allah have mercy upon you, O Uwais, and forgive you, How are you?' "Then my voice halted. For I could not speak my heart which was moved with deep gentleness towards him when I saw his state and that he had started weeping. I found myself also weeping. "Then Uwais said to me, 'May Allah greet you. How are you my brother, ibn Hayyan, and who showed you the way to me?" "I answered him, 'It was Allah." "He said, 'There is no God but Allah, praise be to our Lord. If it is the Wish of Allah, a thing is done. So this is Allah's Wish." I said, 'How did you know my name, andmy father's named? For my name was Haram ibn Hayyan.' Uwais said, 'The Knower told me, for my soul knows your soul when my self talks to your self.' For the believers know each other in their love for Allah, even if they never met; and when they come to our resting place, they know each other even if they come from somewhere far distant. "I said, 'Tell me about the Messenger of Allah, (s).' "Uwais said, 'I have never seen the Messenger of Allah face to face and I have never been in his presence, but I would give my life for him. But I do not like to talk about that.' "I said to Uwais, 'Recite me some verses of the Book of Allah, so that I may hear it from you and so that I may learn them by heart from you. For know that I love you in Allah.' "Uwais took my hand, and said, 'I seek refuge in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from the accursed shaytan.' Then he recited, 'We created not the heavens and the earth and what is between them for mere play.' (44:38) . Then he sighed a deep sigh, and I looked at him with they eye of the Love, for he had become absent.
"A little while later he said to me, 'O son of Hayyan, your father has died and soon you will die, going either to the Garden or the Fire. My brother and friend Umar ibn al-Khattab has died.' I said to him, 'May Allah forgive you, but Umar has not died." "Uwais said, 'Yes, and the people have announced his death, and so has Allah, Mighty and Exalted is He, and He has announced my own death. For you and I are both of the dead." "Then he prayed upon the Prophet, (s), and murmured some short invocations. "Then he said, 'This is what I leave you, the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Prophet, (s), and you should always remember death, and this should never ever leave your heart for a moment. And warn your people when you go back to them, and say to the whole Community, 'Do not forsake the people, for if you do, you will forsake your religion without being aware of it, and you will enter the Fire. So pray for me and yourself.'
Then Uwais, (RA), said to me, 'O Lord this is a claim, for he loves me in You, and he has visited me because of You, and permit me to see his face in the Garden, and make him enter the Home of Peace, and protect him in this world, as long as he is alive. Keep him from the material world (dunya) through the walking on the Path, and make him to be thankful for the blessings YOU give him, and give him goodness from me.'
Then he, (RA) said, 'As-salaamu alaikum wa Rahmutullahi wa Barakatuh, for I will not see you after this day. May Allah have mercy upon you, but I do not like to be known, and I love to be solitary, for I am in deep anxiety when I am with people. So do not ask about me, and do not call upon me, but know that you are in my heart even if I do not see you nor you see me. Mention me and pray for me, for I will mention you and pray for you, if Allah, Exalted is He, so wishes. So go away from here.'"
Haram ibn Hayyan said, " I deeply wanted to walk with him for an hour, but after that he did not allow me anymore, so I left him and I started to weep, and he also wept.
I kept watching him until he went into a road...After that I asked about him, and I called to him, but no one could tell me anything about him. But then, after a week or so had passed by, I saw him once or twice in my sleep. Uwais said, 'The Messenger of Allah died,' but he did not say, 'The Messenger of Allah, sall-Allahu `Alayhi wa sallam,' although he said it about the Prophets before him. By this he meant that the grace of the Messenger of Allah is well known, and he is known for the perfection of his honor, and he does not need to be praised by people."
Some said that when night came, Uwais, (RA) would say, "This night is for prostrating." Then he would prostrate until morning. And also when night came he would distribute the food in his house to the poor, and he would say, "O Lord, if someone dies this night out of hunger, excuse me, and if someone dies naked, excuse me."
Abdullah ibn Salma, the Companion, (RA) said, "We went to Azerbaijan in the company of our Mater Umar ibn al-Khattab, (RA), and Uwais was with us. On our way back he became ill and we carried him, but he did not last long and he died. We went to bury him and found a grave that was already dug. Water was available and everything was ready to receive a dead body. We washed him, put him in a shroud, prayed over him, and then we left. Some of us said that we should go back and mark the grave so that we would be able to find it later. So we returned to the place, but there was no trace of the grave to be found."
May Allah be pleased with him, and for he himself alone was equal to an entire Ummah (Community)
Al Bukhari
Ahli Hadits Terbesar Sepanjang Masa
Nama lengkap beliau Abu Abdillah Muhammad bin Ismail bin Ibrahim bin Mughirah bin Bardizbah Al Ju’fi Al Bukhari. Dilahirkan pada bulan Syawwal tahun 194 H/809 M di negeri Bukhara, yang sekarang menjadi bagian dari Negara Rusia. Beliau adalah seorang yang sangat alim di bidang hadits danmenyusun sebuiah kitab yang keshahihannya telah disepakati oleh umat Islam dari jaman dahulu hingga sekarang.
Imam Al Bukhari mulai menghafal hadits sejak berumur 10 tahun. Beliau berkelana dari Baghdad, Basrah, Kuffah, Makkah, Madinah, Syam, Homs, Askalan, Naisabur dan Mesir untuk mendapatkan hadits. Beliau digelari Amirul Mu’minin fil Hadits (pemimpin kaum mu’minin dalam bidang hadits), sedangkan imam Muslim menyebutnya sebagai doctor ahli hadits dan kepala para ahli hadits karena keahliannya membedakan antara hadits shahih dengan yang tidak shahih meskipun sanad (susunan orang-orang yang meriwayatkan hadits) dan matan (isi) nya dibolak-balik.
Imam Al Bukhari pernah berkata, “Suatu kali ketika aku sedang bersama Ishaq bin Rahawaih, ada sejumlah kawan yang berkata kepadaku, “Alangkah baiknya kalau sekiranya engkau kumpulkan sunnah Nabi Shallallahu ‘Alaihi wa Sallam dalam sebuah kitab yang singkat.” Hal tersebut mengena dalam hatiku, maka aku mulai mengumpulkannya dalam kitab ini (Kitab Shahih Bukhari/Al-Jami’ush Shahih).”
Beliau berkata, “Kitab ini aku pilihkan dari 600 hadits.” Setiap kali akan menulis hadits-hadits itu, beliau sholat 2 rakaat dan beristikharoh kepada Allah.
Kitab Al-Jami’ush Shahih telah menyita waktu beliau selama 16 tahun. Kitab tersebut menjadi kitab hadits yang paling shahih diantara kitab-kitab hadits yang lain.
Adz-Dzahabi berkata, “Shahih Al Bukhari adalah sebuah buku Islam yang paling agung sesudah Al Quran.” Ibnu Hajar Al-Atsqalani berkata, “Para ulama sepakat menyatakan bahwa Shahih Al-Bukhari lebih istimewa daripada Shahih Muslim.” Ad Daruquthni berkata, “Tanpa Shahih Bukhari maka Shahih Muslim tidak akan muncul.” Imam Al Bukhari berkata, “Aku menulis hadits dari 1000 orang alim atau lebih. Tidak ada satupun hadits yang ada padaku kecuali kusebutkan sanadnya.”
Ketika pulang ke negerinya, Beliau difitnah orang tentang masalah agama sehingga wali negeri Bukhara mengusirnya dari negeri itu. Imam Al Bukhari meninggal pada tahun 256 H/869 M pada malam Idul Fitri. Beliau dikuburkan di Khartanak sekat Samarkand.
Biografi Imam Ibnu Hibban
(sejarah dan biografi)
Tags: sejarah, biografi, sirah, ulama, riwayat hidup, ahli hadits, tokoh islam, ibnu hibban, shahih ibnu hibban
Pengarang kitab Shahih Ibnu Hibban adalah imam Ibnu Hibban. Nama lengkapnya adalah Muhammad bin Hibban bin Ahmad bin Hibban. Ia juga memiliki kunyah yaitu Abu Hatim al-Busti. Sebagai seorang ahli hadits ternama, ia mendapatkan gelar al-hafizh, sebuah gelar kehormatan yang hanya disematkan pada pakar hadits yang pilih tanding.
Ibnu Hibban lahir di desa Busta (Afganistan). Ia dilahirkan di tengah-tengah keluarga yang sangat kental dengan nuansa religius, sehingga ia menjadi seorang muslim yang taat beribadah. Disamping itu, ia juga mendapat bimbingan langsung dari orangtuanya mengenai dasar-dasar agama. Karenanya tak heran jika sejak kecil ia sudah menguasai berbagai disiplin keilmuan Islam, seperti fikih, tafsir, akhlak, sejarah dan hadits.
Akan tetapi di kemudian hari, minatnya terfokus pada disiplin ilmu hadits. Iapun mengkonsentrasikan diri menekuni pelajaran hadits, tanpa mengabaikan bidang ilmu lainnya.
Setiap guru yang ahli di bidang keilmuan tertentu ia datangi. Ketika ingin belajar tafsir, ia mengunjungi guru tafsir. Ketika hendak mendalami disiplin ilmu fikih, ia menjambangi guru fiqih. Ketika berhasrat menekuni bidang hadits, iapun mendatangi guru hadits. Demikian seterusnya.
Itulah yang dijalankan oleh Ibnu Hibban ketika menuntut ilmu. Terlebih ketika berniat untuk menekuni ilmu hadits, ia berjuang mati-matian untuk mendapatkannya. Iapun mulai belajar hadits kepada guru-guru hadits didaerahnya. Setelah semua guru hadits didaerahnya ia datangi, ia memohon doa restu orangtuanya untuk mengembara ke negeri-negeri lain.
Dalam pengembaraannya mencari hadits, ia sempat menjadi salah seorang murid imam Ibnu Khuzaimah. Sungguh rute perjalanan keilmuan Ibnu Hibban sangat panjang. Ia menuntut ilmu sampai ke Khurasan, Syiria, Mesir, Irak, dan Semenanjung Arab.
Setelah dirasa cukup, Ibnu Hibban pun kembali ke tempat asalnya. Di daerahnya, dia didaulat sebagai guru besar hadits. Bahkan, ia diangkat oleh pemerintah di daerahnya sebagai hakim syariat.
Di tengah kesibukannya menangani persoalan peradilan agama, ia menyempatkan diri untuk menulis karya tulis. Salah satu karya terbesarnya adalah Taqasimul Anwa atau lebih dikenal dengan Shahih Ibnu Hibban. Kitab ini kemudian disusun kembali oleh Abi bin Balban dan hingga sekarang dikenal dengan nama al-Ihsan fi Taqrib Shahih Ibnu Hibban atau Taqrib Ibnu Balban ‘Ala Shahih Ibnu Hibban.
Disamping kitab tersebut, Ibnu Hibban juga memusatkan diri untuk menulis kitab mengenai kualitas perawi hadits. Diantara karyanya tentang hal ini adalah Majruhin minal Muhadditsin. Sayangnya, hingga sekarang kitab yang terakhir ini masih belum bisa sampai ke tangan kita, karena masih berbentuk manuskrip yang disimpan di perpustakaan Masjid Aya Sofya, Turki.
Karya Ibnu Hibban lainnya yang terkait dengan perawi hadits adalah al-Majruhin minal Muhadditsin wa ad-Du’afa wa al-Matrukin, sebuah kitab yang memuat daftar perawi hadits yang ditinggalkan perkataannya dan perawi dhoif yang terkena jarh (cela). Kitab ini tersusun dalam tiga jilid. Disamping itu ia juga menyusun kitab yang berjudul ats-Tsiqat setebal 9 juz yang memuat daftar para perawi hadits yang berkualitas terpercaya (tsiqah).
Diantara hadits yang diriwayatkan oleh imam Ibnu Hibban adalah sebuah hadits yang terkait dengan qiyamul lail di bulan Ramadhan. Diriwayatkan dari Jabir bin Abdullah bahwa Rasulullah Shallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam pernah shalat bersama kami di bulan Ramadhan sebanyak delapan rakaat, setelah itu beliau shalat witir. Pada malam berikutnya, kamipun berkumpul di masjid sambil berharap beliau akan keluar. Kami terus menantikan beliau hingga datang waktu fajar.
Pagi harinya, kami menemui beliau dan bertanya, “Wahai Rasulullah sesungguhnya kami menunggumu tadi malam dengan harapan engkau akan shalat bersama kami”. “Sungguh aku khawatir kalau akhirnya shalat itu menjadi wajib atas kalian”, jawab beliau.
Sebagai seorang pakar hadits, Ibnu Hibban menjadi panutan para ulama hadits. Adapun di bidang fiqih, ia menjadi penganut mahdzab Syafi’i. Bahkan biografinya termaktub dalam Thaqabat asy-Syafi’iyyah, sebuah kitab yang merekam biografi para ulama mahdzab Syafi’i.
Sumber: Dzulmani, Mengenal Kitab-kitab hadits. Terbitan Pustaka Insan Madani, Yogyakarta. 2008.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Al-Hasan Al-Basri Rahimahullah
Al-Hasan Al-Basri Rahimahullah
Kelahiran dan riwayat hidup beliau:
- Nama penuh beliau ialah Al-Hasan bin Yasar. Beliau adalah merupakan maula (hamba lelaki yang telah dimerdekakan) milik seorang sahabat yang bernama Zaid bin Thabit r.a manakala ibu beliau yang bernama Khairat pula merupakan maulat (hamba perempuan yang telah dimerdekakan) milik Ummu Salamah isteri Nabi s.a.w.
- Al-Hasan dilahirkan di Madinah sekitar tahun 30 Hijrah dan dibesarkan di rumah isteri-isteri Nabi s.a.w terutamanya di rumah Ummu Salamah r.a. Beliau dididik di rumah Ummu Salamah r.a yang merupakan salah seorang wanita Arab yang memiliki kesempurnaan akal pemikiran, seorang yang mempunyai kelebihan dan kebijaksanaan, isteri Rasulullah s.a.w yang memiliki ilmu yang sangat luas, isteri Nabi yang paling banyak meriwayatkan hadis daripada baginda serta termasuk di kalangan kumpulan kecil wanita yang pandai menulis pada zaman jahiliah.
- Al-Hasan juga mendapat penghormatan kerana berpeluang menyusu dengan Ummul Mukminin Ummu Salamah r.a di mana peristiwa berlaku ketika ibu beliau keluar untuk menunaikan beberapa hajat. Pada masa tersebut beliau masih kecil dan dalam tempoh menyusu, ketika beliau menangis kelaparan Ummu Salamah r.a mengambil beliau masuk ke biliknya kemudian Ummu Salamah r.a membiarkan Al-Hasan menghisap buah dadanya walaupun tidak mempunyai susu supaya Al-Hasan tidak menangis dan juga sebagai pengganti kepada Al-Hasan semasa ibunya tiada. Oleh kerana Ummu Salamah terlalu sayang kepada Al-Hasan, tiba-tiba ditakdirkan Allah buah dadanya mengeluarkan susu menyebabkan dia dapat menyusukan Al-Hasan dengan baik dan berhenti menangis.
- Pada masa kecil Al-Hasan sentiasa hidup berpindah randah di antara rumah-rumah Ummul Mukminin malah kehidupan sedemikian menyebabkan Al-Hasan terdidik di dalam suasana yang murni dengan akhlak yang baik, agama, adab dan ilmu.
Kehidupan beliau menuntut ilmu:
- Al-Hasan belajar melalui sahabat-sahabat yang terkemuka di masjid Rasulullah s.a.w seperti Othman bin Affan, Abdullah bin Abbas, Ali bin Abu Talib, Abu Musa Al-Asy’ariy, Anas bin Malik, Jabir bin Abdullah dan Abdullah bin Umar.
- Setelah itu Al-Hasan berpindah ke Basrah bersama-sama dua orang ibu bapa beliau ketika beliau menjangkau umur 14 tahun seterusnya beliau menetap di sana bersama-sama dengan keluarganya. Pada masa tersebut Basrah merupakan salah satu kubu ilmu yang terbesar di mana masjidnya sering dikunjungi oleh para sahabat yang terkemuka terutamanya Abdullah bin Abbas sahabat yang sering didekati oleh Al-Hasan untuk mempelajari ilmu Tafsir, Hadis dan Qiraat.
- Selain dari belajar daripada Abdullah bin Abbas, Al-Hasan juga mempelajari ilmu Fekah, Bahasa dan Adab daripada para sahabat sehingga beliau muncul sebagai orang yang paling alim pada zaman beliau.
- Akhirnya ramai orang mengikuti pengajian beliau, kehebatan beliau mula tersebar dan kemasyhuran beliau juga semakin meningkat menyebabkan beliau sangat disayangi oleh orang ramai.
Pujian ulama terhadap beliau:
- Salah seorang yang rapat dengan Al-Hasan iaitu Khalid bin Safuan menyifatkan beliau dengan berkata: “Beliau adalah seorang yang memiliki sifat batiniah yang sama dengan sifat lahiriah, kata-kata beliau sama dengan perbuatan beliau, apabila beliau memerintahkan supaya melakukan kebaikan, beliaulah orang yang paling banyak melakukannya, apabila beliau melarang dari melakukan kemungkaran, beliaulah orang yang paling banyak meninggalkannya malah aku berpendapat beliau adalah seorang yang tidak memerlukan kepada bantuan orang lain kerana beliau adalah seorang yang zuhud kepada apa yang ada bersama orang lain sebaliknya aku melihat orang lain yang memerlukan bantuan beliau kerana mereka sentiasa meminta apa yang ada bersama beliau.”
- Maslamah bin Abdul Malik berkata tentang beliau: “Bagaimana sesuatu kaum boleh tersesat sedangkan di kalangan mereka terdapat seseorang seperti Al-Hasan Al-Basri?!.”
Nasihat beliau kepada pemerintah:
- Al-Hasan A-Basri tidak pernah lupa untuk memberikan nasihat kepada pemerintah mengenai sesuatu perkara yang beliau anggap sebagai kebenaran walaupun nasihat yang diberikan itu agak pedih bagi mereka. Pernah berlaku suatu ketika di mana beliau diminta pendapat oleh Umar bin Hubairah mengenai sesuatu perkara yang diperintahkan oleh Khalifah Yazid bin Abdul Malik sedangkan Umar bin Hubairah sendiri tidak berpuas hati mengenai perkara tersebut, lalu beliau menjawab: “Wahai Ibnu Hubairah! Takutlah kepada Allah di dalam melaksanakan apa yang diperintahkan oleh Yazid dan janganlah kamu takut kepada Yazid di dalam melaksanakan perintah Allah. Ketahuilah bahawa Allah s.w.t berkuasa untuk melindungi kamu dari kemarahan Yazid sedangkan Yazid tidak berkuasa untuk melindungi kamu dari kemurkaan Allah. Wahai Ibnu Hubairah! Sedikit masa lagi malaikat yang sangat bengis dan tidak pernah melanggar perintah Allah akan datang kepada kamu. Ia akan memindahkan kamu dari katil kamu ini. Ia akan memindahkan kamu dari Istana kamu yang sangat luas ke kubur kamu yang sangat sempit, di sana kamu tidak akan bertemu dengan Yazid sebaliknya kamu akan bertemu dengan amalan perbuatan kamu yang melanggar perintah Tuhan Yazid. Wahai Ibnu Hubairah! Sekiranya kamu tetap bersama dengan Allah dan sentiasa berada di dalam keadaan melakukan ketaatan kepada-Nya, kamu akan terselamat dari malapetaka Yazid bin Abdul Malik di dunia dan di akhirat kelak, tetapi sekiranya kamu sentiasa bersama dengan Yazid di dalam melakukan maksiat kepada Allah s.w.t, Allah akan menyerahkan kamu kepada Yazid. Ketahuilah wahai Ibnu Hubairah, sesungguhnya kita tidak boleh mentaati kepada perintah seseorang makhluk di dalam perkara yang melanggar perintah Allah.” Mendengar kata-kata tersebut Ibnu Hubairah terus menangis sehingga tangisannya itu membasahi janggutnya.
Di antara pengajaran beliau:
- Pengajaran baik yang diberikan oleh Al-Hasan yang boleh menggegarkan hati, boleh menarik perhatian orang-orang yang lalai dan mengalirkan air mata orang-orang yang mendengar. Di antara pengajaran beliau ialah: “Sesungguhnya perumpamaan di antara dunia dan akhirat adalah seperti timur dan barat. Apabila kamu semakin hampir kepada salah satunya bererti kamu semakin jauh dari akhirat. Dunia merupakan suatu tempat di mana pada peringkat awalnya adalah kepenatan dan penghujungnya adalah kebinasaan. Perkara halalnya mengandungi perhitungan manakala perkara haramnya pula mengandungi pembalasan seksa. Sesiapa yang merasakan dirinya telah mencukupi dengan apa yang ada di dalamnya bererti dia telah tertipu dan sesiapa yang merasakan dirinya sangat memerlukan kepada apa yang ada di dalamnya dia akan bersedih.”
Kematian beliau:
Al-Hasan rahimahullah telah meninggal dunia pada tahun 110 Hijrah dan kesemua penduduk Basrah keluar mengiringi jenazah beliau pada hari Jumaat awal bulan Rejab. Semoga Allah merahmati beliau dengan rahmat yang sangat luas.