the story of ottoman sultanate upon rasulullah

THE FONDNESS OF OTTOMAN SULTANATE TO RASULULLAH

The historical stage of ottoman sultanate was the one who brought Islamic norms and fought sincerely to put the flag of islam to all over the world. In every chance, the sultan of kingdom would participate the war straightly. The blessed human realized that saving islam was an obligation and did it with realization and carefully as a slave of Allah and prophet’s companions.

            The sultan of ottoman ustmaniyah grew up with the fondness toward rasulullah SAW. Most of them had a very deep and strong love in their heart. In another words, they spent their whole life on the horseback to spread rasulullah’s name. the love which was implanted in the deepest of their soul had made them very curious and seek everything particularly regarding to the prophet. Their love for rasulullah was as spiritual jihad. They had strengthened their love values in their heart before conquering.

            These noble men, had placed rasulullah in a very special part of their heart, they kept mentioning his name in daily life or in poems (nat’I serif), if they did not do it, it could not be mentioned  as true life. These honorable poems which was written with tears had become interprenter the fondness of rasulullah until today. This amazing writing had become sweet memory along the history

            Once, the sultan murad II lay powerlessly, his eyes were gazed with a term of hand, while his ears were locked with on the word that he would said, he moved his body slightly from his bed and said to prime minister

“ read ishak, read the testament of ours”. Ishak pasha, the minister began to read the testament with authority and adequately.

“ bismillahirrahmanirrahim ( in the name of Allah, the beneficent the merciful), all praises be to Allah jalla jallahu, peace and salutation be upon the great messenger Muhammad al Mustafa shallallahu’alaihi wassalam, my resignation is believing in god who orders everything, everyone will come to die. Thus, do not fall into the beauty of world and do not live with arrogance, distribute a third of my property to saruhan province, give 3500 of gold for the  poor in mecca, 3500 of gold for the poor in medina, 500 of gold for the citizen who lives around  ka’bah and for them who recites a whole  Al-quran, then ask them to recite the tauhid ‘laa ilaahailla Allah’ 70000 times, continue with reciting Al-quran many times in order the merit of goodness will be given to those who are involved in this testament. Also, give 2500 of it for society around mesjidil aqsa in kubbah sadra who recite tauhid laa ilahailla Allah 70000 times and continue with reciting Al-quran many times”.

If it is taken note of the testament thoroughly, it is able to know the fondness of sultan murad han to Allah dan rasulullah. Because, either Hijaz ( mecca and medina ) or kuds ( al-aqsa) was not the territory of ottoman ustmaniyah. The love in his heart was very great, he respected the citizen in both cities, he did not want to see them in poverty.

            In 1453, there was a young commander  stood in front of war formation of ottoman. He built a big tent before the Istanbul fortification in order to get good news from rasulullah SAW. Allah who the almighty, blessed him with a submission over constantinopel in the morning of  Friday. The blessed commander got out at midnight to visit his teacher, a great noble teacher aksemseddin. He wanted to find the grave of Ayyub Al-anshori ra, one of anshor companion whose house had been stayed by rasulullah after the flight to madinah until the mosque of nabawi was completely built, in the beginning of konstantinopel submission ( before it became Istanbul), this companion had passed away there. The sultan asked for the teacher’s help to solve the problem, aksemseddin held his hands and guided him to the edges of halic  gulf, then he signed by his finger and said:” well, this is the place that you are looking for”. After that sultan fatih mehmed ordered to build a mosque and a grave there immediately, that place remains today can be visited as mosque and a grave of ayyub al-anshori in Istanbul. We can see their love not only for  rasulullah but also for the companions who continue prophet’s dakwah.

            The fondness of sultan fatih befell to his son, sultan bayezid II. Once, he met his friend yusuf, one who also had really loved Allah, before yusuf went to do hajj, sultan delivered him a plenty of gold and said: “ these are my own property and I got them by lawful means, I separated them out for the lamps in holy raudhah”, he said that if the companion had arrived to the grave, he might tell him: “ O rasulullah, sultan bayezid II who has a lot of sin entrusted these gold to buy the fuel oil for the lamps on your grave, I beg you to receive this all.”

            In the era of sultan yavuz salim, this fondness was as hereditary heir. After sultan yavuz salim succed in conquering mecca, he was named as ‘hakimul haramain’( The ruler of mecca and medina) by the khatib and imam in jumat praying, actually that name hurted him very much. One day, when khatib and imam remained to mention him as hakimul haramain, the sultan corrected by saying: “ it is not hakimul haramain but hadimul haramain( the server of mecca and medina), that’s the right one.”  Since that time, the khatib called him with hadimul haramain. After praying the sultan gave khatib a kaftan as a gift. This event shows how big his love to rasulullah.

            The sultan of ottoman did several submissions in a number of areas by command of rasulullah from their dreams. It was told by sultan kanuni suleyman, in his dream, the prophet ordered:” qonquer Belgrade, Rhodes, and Baghdad fortification, then  build my city” prophet said to him. Based on this command, sultan kanuni suleyman began to build haramain( mecca and medina) and wealthy project there. He even thought to build a special foundation to serve the drinking water for pilgrims by his own property. His daughter, mikrimah fulfilled her father’s passion and made some spouts in order the zubaidah’s spring water  which was in arafah could reach mecca.

            Sultan abdul aziz was a person who really loved prophet  SAW. One day, when he was lying down, a letter came from medina, even though an official hesitated to deliver the letter owing to the condition of sultan but he kept giving it because the official had known how sultan considered medina. Usually, the adjutant would read the letter then waited for sultan’s respond, but when he knew the letter was from medina, the sultan asked to sit before hearing to the adjutant.

“help me to have a seat, it is not possible if I listen to letter which come from holy city while lying down” He said. Although his legs had been trembled due to sickness and his hands were to reach the arms of sofa, he kept listen to the reading thoroughly and immediately afterwards he ordered what they had to do. They had to take an ablution before holding a letter come from medina. It was caused by everything  from that city had brought the aroma and dust where  rasulullah had lived. First of all he would kiss, touch the letter by using forehead, trying to smell the aroma and began to open the letter.

            Verily, in sultan abdul hamid’s era, he made some important achievements by providing trains in every countries. The important traffic lane was hijaz’s strip(mecca and medina). He facilitated all of traffic lane from Istanbul to medina for sake of safety of muslim pilgrims who were going to do hajj and also to protect the two cities(mecca and medina). When the construction of railway had come near to the haramain line, he only allowed muslim workers to finish the construction. On august 31^st 1908, the last 30 km of railway had reached the city of medina, sultan commanded to set some carpets made from wool on the railway on that traffic lane. Hence, when the locomotif approached the city, the speed of the train would be decreased gradually and the passengers would get off from train politely. on  certain days, the carpets on the railways would be cleaned with rose water.

Bit of what are told here trying to describe how big the fondness to rasulullah shallallahu alaihi wassalam which was brought by sultan ustmaniyah from the first generation to the last generation. This is also the most important testament for us to continue, to keep big love in our soul toward rasulullah Muhammad SAW

O Allah Give us sense of affection for the prophet as you have given them and hopefully we are including who receive the syafaat ( intercession) from the prophet Muhammad SAW.

red rose story> the translation

Proud Red Rose

One beautiful spring day a red rose blossomed in a forest. Many kinds of trees and plants grew there. As the rose looked around, a pine tree nearby said, “What a beautiful flower. I wish I was that lovely.” Another tree said, “Dear pine, do not be sad, we can not have everything.”

The rose turned its head and remarked, “It seems that I am the most beautiful plant in this forest.” A sunflower raised its yellow head and asked, “Why do you say that? In this forest there are many beautiful plants. You are just one of them.” The red rose replied, “I see everyone looking at me and admiring me.” Then the rose looked at a cactus and said, “Look at that ugly plant full of thorns!” The pine tree said, “Red rose, what kind of talk is this? Who can say what beauty is? You have thorns too.”

The proud red rose looked angrily at the pine and said, “I thought you had good taste! You do not know what beauty is at all. You can not compare my thorns to that of the cactus.”

“What a proud flower”, thought the trees.

The rose tried to move its roots away from the cactus, but it could not move. As the days passed,the red rose would look at the cactus and say insulting things, like: This plant is useless? How sorry I am to be his neighbor.

The cactus never got upset and he even tried to advise the rose, saying, “God did not create any form of life without a purpose.”

Spring passed, and the weather became very warm. Life became difficult in the forest, as the plants and animals needed water and no rain fell. The red rose began to wilt. One day the rose saw sparrows stick their beaks into the cactus and then fly away, refreshed. This was puzzling, and the red rose asked the pine tree what the birds were doing. The pine tree explained that the birds got water from the cactus. “Does it not hurt when they make holes?” asked the rose.

“Yes, but the cactus does not like to see any birds suffer,” replied the pine.

The rose opened its eyes in wonder and said, “The cactus has water?”

“Yes you can also drink from it. The sparrow can bring water to you if you ask the cactus for help.”

The red rose felt too ashamed of its past words and behavior to ask for water from the cactus, but then it finally did ask the cactus for help. The cactus kindly agreed and the birds filled their beaks with water and watered the rose’s roots. Thus the rose learned a lesson and never judged anyone by their appearance again.

Mawar merah yang sombong                                              

          Pada suatu hari di musim semi yang indah, sekuntum  mawar merah mekar  di hutan, berbagai jenis  pepohonan dan tanaman tumbuh di sana.  ketika  mawar  tersebut sedang melihat sekelilingnya , pohon pinus  yang di dekatnya mengatakan , "sungguh bunga yg sangat indah. Andai saya juga seperti itu . " Pohon yang lain pun berkata , " oh pinus, jangan lah bersedih karena  tak setiap makhluk itu sempurna, masing- masing punya kekurangan sendiri.

           mawar menoleh kearah pinus sembari berujar, " sepertinya saya adalah yang paling cantik di hutan ini . " Sekuntum bunga matahari  bertanya sambil menyembulkan kelopaknya yang berwarna kuning , " oh ya? ? Di hutan ini ada banyak tanaman yang cantik nan indah . kamu hanyalah salah satu dari mereka . " si mawar merah  menjawab tak mau kalah, " aku melihat semua orang menatap dan mengagumi ku . " Kemudian mawar melirik kaktus lalu mencibir " lihatlah tanaman buruk yg penuh duri itu” Pohon pinus  berkata dengan tegas" mawar merah , bicara apa kamu ini? Siapa yang dapat berbicara tentang kecantikan ? kamu juga berduri”.

       Mawar merah yang sombong itu marah kepada pinus dan berkata , "Saya pikir  selera kamu keren ! ternyata tidak,  kamu bahkan tidak tahu sama sekali apa itu kecantikan .  dan jangan coba membanding-bandingkan duri saya dengan duri kaktus .

 " alangkah sombongnya bunga mawar ini " , gumam pohon pinus dalam hati. mawar berusaha untuk menjauh dari kaktus , tetapi ia tidak bisa bergerak dan tetap diam disana. hari-haripun berlalu , mawar merah  menatap kaktus dan mengejeknya , bukankah tanaman ini tidak berguna ? aku  sangat menyesal menjadi tetangganya

          Namun kaktus tidak pernah marah  dengan ucapan bunga tersebut  

dan ia bahkan mencoba untuk menasehati mawar  ,

 " Tuhan tidak akan menciptakan apapun  dalam hidup ini  tanpa tujuan . "

           Musim semi pun berlalu , dan cuaca menjadi sangat panas.

 kehidupan di hutan itu menjadi sulit , karena tanaman dan hewan 

membutuhkan air sedangkan  hujan tidak turun . Mawar merah pun mulai layu .

 Suatu hari , mawar melihat kawanan 

 burung pipit menempelkan paruh mereka kepohon  kaktus dan 

kemudian burung itu terbang dalam keadaan segar. 

  Hal ini menjadi tanda Tanya dalam benak mawar merah, sehingga

 ia bertanya  pada pohon pinus tentang  apa  yang burung-burung itu lakukan 

. Pohon pinus menjelaskan bahwa burung tersebut memperoleh air 

dari kaktus . " Apakah pohon kaktus tersebut tidak sakit 

 dan  terluka ketika burung itu melubanginya ? " Tanya mawar 

.

Tentu saja terluka, tetapi kaktus  tidak ingin melihat burung itu menderita” jawab pohon pinus

Bunga mawar terbelalak keheranan,”pohon kaktus itu mempunyai air?”

“ya, kamu juga bisa minum darinya, burung pipit bisa membawakan air untukmu jika kamu minta tolong pada kaktus

Bunga mawar merasa malu atas kata-kata yang pernah diucapkannya dan atas sikapnya terhadap kaktus, sehingga ia merasa sungkan untuk meminta pertolongan pada kaktus. Kaktus yang baik hati itu selalu memenuhi permintaanya dan burung burung pipit mengisi paruhnya dengan air untuk menyiram akar pohon bunga mawar. Dari sini bunga mawar mendapatkan pelajaran  dan tidak pernah lagi menilai siapapun dari penampilan lahiriahnya.

Nurridha sunni