Story about Juraij

Story about Juraij

Muslim :: Book 32 : Hadith 6188

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying:

None spoke in the cradle but only three (persons), Christ son of Mary, the second one the companion of Juraij. Juraij had got constructed a temple and confined himself in that. His mother came to him as he was busy in prayer and she said: Juraij.

He said: My Lord, my mother (is calling me while I am engaged in) my prayer. He continued with the prayer. She returned and she came on the next day and he was busy in prayer, and she said: Juraij.

And he said: My Lord, my mother (is calling me while I am engaged) in prayer, and he continued with the prayer and she went back, and then on the next day she again came and he was busy in prayer and she said: Juraij.

And he said: My Lord, my mother (is calling me while I am engaged in my prayer, and he continued with the prayer, and she said: My Lord, don't give him death unless he has seen the fate of the prostitutes. The story of Juraij and that of his meditation and prayer gained currency amongst Bani Isra'il.

There was a prostitute who had been a beauty incarnate. She said (to the people): If you like I can allure him to evil. She presented herself to him but he paid no heed (to her). She came to a shepherd who lived near the temple and she offered herself to him and he had a sexual intercourse with her and so she became pregnant arid when she gave birth to a child she said: This is from Juraij. So they came and asked him to get down and demolished the temple and began to beat him.

He said: What is the matter? They said: You have committed fornication with this prostitute and she has given birth to a child from your loins. He said: Where is the child? They brought him (the child) and he said: just leave me so that I should observe prayer. And he observed prayer and when he finished, he came to the child. He struck his stomach and said: O boy, who is your father? lie said: He is such shepherd. So they turned towards Juraij, kissed him and touched him (for seeking blessing) and said: We are prepared to construct your temple with gold. He said. No, just rebuild it with mud as it had been, and they did that. Then there was a babe who was sucking his mother that a person dressed in fine garment came riding upon a beast. His mother said: O Allah, make my child like this one. He (the babe) left sucking and began to see towards him, and said: O Allah, don't make me like him. He then returned to the chest and began to suck the milk of his mother.

He (Abu Huraira) said: I perceived as if I am seeing Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as he is explaining the scene of his sucking milk with his forefinger in his mouth and sucking that. He (Abu Huraira) further reported Allah's Apostle (may be peace upon him) as saying: There happened to pass by him a girl who was being beaten and they were saying: You have committed adultery and you have committed theft and she was saying: Allah is enough for me and He is my good Protector, and his mother said: O Allah, don't make my child like her and he left sucking the milk, and looked towards her and said: O Allah, make me like her, and there was a talk between them. She said: O with shaven head, a good-looking person happened to pass by and I said: O Allah, make my child like him, and you said: O Allah, don't make me like him, and they passed by a girl while they were beating her and saying: You committed fornication and you committed theft, and I said: O Allah, don't make my child like her, and you said: O Allah, make me like her. Thereupon he said: That person was a tyrant, and I said: O Allah, don't make me like him, and they were saying about her: You committed fornication whereas in fact she had not committed that and they were saying: You have committed theft whereas she had not committed theft, so I said: O Allah, make me like her.

Kisah Juraij

Hadis riwayat Abu Hurairah ra., ia berkata:

Seorang yang bernama Juraij sedang salat di sebuah tempat peribadatan, lalu datanglah ibunya memanggil. (Kata Humaid: Abu Rafi` pernah menerangkan kepadaku bagaimana Abu Hurairah ra. menirukan gaya ibu Juraij memanggil anaknya itu, sebagaimana yang dia dapatkan dari Rasulullah saw. yaitu dengan meletakkan tapak tangan di atas alis matanya dan mengangkat kepala ke arah Juraij untuk menyapa.)

Lalu ibunya berkata: Hai Juraij, aku ibumu, bicaralah denganku! Kebetulan perempuan itu mendapati anaknya sedang melaksanakan salat. Saat itu Juraij berkata kepada diri sendiri di tengah keraguan: Ya Tuhan! Ibuku ataukah salatku.

Kemudian Juraij memilih meneruskan salatnya. Maka pulanglah perempuan tersebut. Tidak berapa lama perempuan itu kembali lagi untuk yang kedua kali. Ia memanggil: Hai Juraij, aku ibumu, bicaralah denganku! Kembali Juraij bertanya kepada dirinya sendiri: Ya Tuhan! Ibuku atau salatku. Lagi-lagi dia lebih memilih meneruskan salatnya.

Karena kecewa, akhirnya perempuan itu berkata: Ya Tuhan! Sesungguhnya Juraij ini adalah anakku, aku sudah memanggilnya berulang kali, namun ternyata dia enggan menjawabku. Ya Tuhan! Janganlah engkau mematikan dia sebelum Engkau perlihatkan kepadanya perempuan-perempuan pelacur.

Dia berkata: Seandainya wanita itu memohon bencana fitnah atas diri Juraij niscaya ia akan mendapat fitnah. Suatu hari seorang penggembala kambing berteduh di tempat peribadatan Juraij. Tiba-tiba muncullah seorang perempuan dari sebuah desa kemudian berzinalah penggembala kambing itu dengannya, sehingga hamil dan melahirkan seorang anak lelaki. Ketika ditanya oleh orang-orang: Anak dari siapakah ini? Perempuan itu menjawab: Anak penghuni tempat peribadatan ini.

Orang-orang lalu berbondong-bondong mendatangi Juraij. Mereka membawa kapak dan linggis. Mereka berteriak-teriak memanggil Juraij dan kebetulan mereka menemukan Juraij di tengah salat. Tentu saja Juraij tidak menjawab panggilan mereka.

Akhirnya mulailah mereka merobohkan tempat ibadahnya. Melihat hal itu Juraij keluar menemui mereka. Mereka bertanya kepada Juraij: Tanyakan kepada perempuan ini! Juraij tersenyum kemudian mengusap kepala anak tersebut dan bertanya: Siapakah bapakmu? Anak itu tiba-tiba menjawab: Bapakku adalah si penggembala kambing. Mendengar jawaban anak bayi tersebut, mereka segera berkata: Kami akan membangun kembali tempat ibadahmu yang telah kami robohkan ini dengan emas dan perak. Juraij berkata: Tidak usah. Buatlah seperti semula dari tanah. Kemudian Juraij meninggalkannya.

(Shahih Muslim No.4625)