Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Aghlab and Labid, the Poets
Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Aghlab and Labid, the Poets
Aghlab and Labid were two well known poets of the time of Umar. They resided at Kufa. They were allowed by Umar a stipend of 2,000 dirhams each.
When Mugheera bin Shaaba was the Governor of Kufa, Umar asked him to call these poets and hear from them the poetry they had written after conversion to Islam.
Mugheera called Aghlab and asked him to recite some verses which he had written since his conversion to Islam. He recited:
"Do you want a battle song or a panegyric,
Verily you have made a simple demand."
Then Mugheera called Labid, and asked him to recite some verses.
He said:
"If you like I could recite for you the verses that I wrote during the period of ignorance."
Mugheera said:
"No, let us hear something which you have written during the Islamic period."
Thereupon Labid recited some verses from the Holy Quran and said:
"Since I have become a Muslim, the Holy Quran is my poetry."
Mugheera reported to Umar what Aghlab and Labid had said.
Thereupon Umar wrote to Mugheera reducing the stipend of Aghlab from 2,000 dirhams to 1,500 dirhams, and raising the stipend of Labid from 2,0OO dirhams to 2,500 dirhams.
Aghlab felt grieved and he wrote the following verses to Umar:
" Umar asked me to recite my verses
I complied with his order
There was nothing wrong with my verses
But Umar reduced my stipend
That was a strange reward
For compliance with the orders of the Caliph."
Umar regretted the reduction in the stipend of Aghlab and passed orders for the restoration of the stipend of 2,000 dirhams to Aghlab. The stipend of Labid was not touched and he continued to enjoy the stipend of 2,500 dirhams.
When Mugheera bin Shaaba was the Governor of Kufa, Umar asked him to call these poets and hear from them the poetry they had written after conversion to Islam.
Mugheera called Aghlab and asked him to recite some verses which he had written since his conversion to Islam. He recited:
"Do you want a battle song or a panegyric,
Verily you have made a simple demand."
Then Mugheera called Labid, and asked him to recite some verses.
He said:
"If you like I could recite for you the verses that I wrote during the period of ignorance."
Mugheera said:
"No, let us hear something which you have written during the Islamic period."
Thereupon Labid recited some verses from the Holy Quran and said:
"Since I have become a Muslim, the Holy Quran is my poetry."
Mugheera reported to Umar what Aghlab and Labid had said.
Thereupon Umar wrote to Mugheera reducing the stipend of Aghlab from 2,000 dirhams to 1,500 dirhams, and raising the stipend of Labid from 2,0OO dirhams to 2,500 dirhams.
Aghlab felt grieved and he wrote the following verses to Umar:
" Umar asked me to recite my verses
I complied with his order
There was nothing wrong with my verses
But Umar reduced my stipend
That was a strange reward
For compliance with the orders of the Caliph."
Umar regretted the reduction in the stipend of Aghlab and passed orders for the restoration of the stipend of 2,000 dirhams to Aghlab. The stipend of Labid was not touched and he continued to enjoy the stipend of 2,500 dirhams.
Konular
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Saeed Bin Aamir
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Umair Bin Saad
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Mugheera Bin Shu'Ba
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Abdullah Bin Qart
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Abu Musa Ashari
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Trial Of Saad Bin Abi Waqas
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Amr Bin Al Aas
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Harith Bin Wahb Yashi
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Qadama Bin Mazaun
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Dismissal Of Khalid
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Ayad Bin Ghanam
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Abu Ubaid As Commander-In-Chief In Iraq
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Battle Of Namaraq
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Battle Of Kasker
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Battle Of The Bridge
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Battle Of Buwaib
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Campaings In South Iraq
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - S'aad Bin Abi Waqas
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Campus At Zarud And Sharaf
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - To Qadisiyya
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - To Qadisiyya
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Adventures Of Taleaha
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - The Muslims Carried The Earth Of Persia
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Rustam And Muslim Emissaries
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - The Battle of Qadisiyya
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Battle Of Qadisiyya The Second Day
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Exploits Of Abu Mihjan
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Battle Of Qadisiyya The Third Day
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - Battle Of Qadisiyya The Last Day
- Khalifa Umar bin al-Khattab - News Of The Muslim Victory Carried To Umar
Konular
Anahtar Kelimeler
- Aisha Stacey
- Abraham invites his father Azar (Terah or Terakh in the Bible) and nation to the Truth revealed to him from his Lord.
- An introduction to the person of Abraham and the lofty position he holds in Judaism
- Christianity
- and Islam alike.
- Abraham destroys the idols of his people in order to prove to them the futility of their worship.
- Abraham’s dispute with a king
- and the command of God to migrate to Canaan.
- Some accounts of Abraham’s journey to Egypt
- the birth of Ishmael