نعم.. وقد تأخرت في التعبير والكتابة.. ولكنه الشتات الفكري الذي تسبب فيه سماع الفراق.. أو ربما أنه إنسان غير عادي في جمال الخلق.. بل وقد لا يوجد الكثير من أمثاله في أيامنا هذه.. وقد لا تجد أحداً بين لابتي المدينة يشكو «أحمدنا».. ولو تجرأ أحدٌ أيّاً كان في ذلك لما وجد له صديق في المدينة.
اتصل بي من المدينة المنورة وكنت في جدة ليلة سفري إلى خارج المملكة وذلك قبل وفاته بأيام معدودة وكأنما كانت مكالمة مودع ليسألني: متى تأتينا؟ فأجبته قريباً فعقب: لا تتأخر.
فكان آخر حديث لنا. وبعد أن أديت صلاة الفجر في مدينة ڤيينا بالنمسا، وأكملت ما تيسر من ذكر قبل وبعد الصلاة أمسكت بهاتفي لأتجمد عند رسائل العزاء في جاري وحبيبي في حي الخاتم بالمدينة المنورة ورفيقي في صلاة فجر كل يوم. ذلك الحبيب الذي كنت أتجادل معه في كيفية علاجه الذي لم يقبل كافة رجائي له بأن نرحل سويّاً غرباً كان أم حتى إلى مدينة جدة بحثاً عن علاج أوثق لمرض القلب الذي أحل به.. فيصمت غير راغب في الخروج من المدينة وكأني أسمعه يردد في صمت حديث سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم أو بما معناه:
من استطاع منكم أن يموت في المدينة فليفعل. وتوقفت أنفاسي لحظة بينما تجمد تفكيري، وهطلت دمعة حزن الفراق بينما تقطع صوتي قائلاً لزوجتي «مات» ثم لم أستطع القول بأكثر من «مات أحمد» فعرفت على الفور من عنيت في كلمتي هذه. وواله هي دمعة تأتيني متى أتذكره كل يوم. وبعد شيء من الهدوء قلت لها: لم أعرف إنساناً في أحبتي يتحلى بمثل ابتسامته الصافية وإقباله الخلوق وصدق حاله وصبره الجميل وجيرته الغنّاء وكرمه المتوالي وحلاوة لسانه وعطفه الحنون وعطر شيمته.
وأديت صلاة الغائب عليه بعد فجر اليوم التالي لأراه في منامي في ثياب زاهية بيضاء مسروراً مشرقاً بابتسامته الجميلة المعهودة كأنه يتغنّى فيها بحاله ومآله الحديث.. وحمدت الله في ذلك..
وذهبت في تفكيري ولا أزال أذهب لأتذكر نماذج من علاقته معي بما لا يعلمه الآخرون..
والتي كونها آباؤنا في محبتهم بعضهم الآخر في الله.
لقد عرفت قبله أخاه الوفي والخلوق إبراهيم يرحمه الله الذي ما أن يأتي ذكره معه إلا ويذرف دمعة صامتة.. ثم تزايد تواصلي مع «أحمدنا» إلى أن أسررنا إلى بعضنا الآخر في عديد من المسائل واستعنّى سويّاً بشيء من المشورة سواءً في ما يخصنا أم ما يخص بعض أحبائنا. وعندما أتغيب عن مجلسه لم يكن يسألني عن الغياب بل كان يوبخني كما فعل عند صلاة فجر في المسجد حيث نتجاور في الجلوس بصوت كسر به صمت المسجد: «ليش ما جيت المجلس البارحة؟» أذهلني ووقع في قلبي معنى حبه لي.. فما كان مني إلّا أن ضحكت مقهقهاً ومسروراً ومقدراً مشاعره نحوي فجاوبني بذات الضحكة مع ابتسامة أشرقت على محياه الجميل. ثم سألني: هل وصلك التمر الذي تحبه؟ فأجبته وكيف لا يكون وأنت التمر اللذيذ بجانبي. فهذه كانت عادة الجار يزود جاره بما يحب بين كل يوم وآخر. هذا حالي مع جاري وحبيبي في المدينة «علاقة تمرية في ثناياها وأطرافها وقالبها وقلبها».
نعم.. فإن في الفراق ألماً وذكراً عطراً يغلفه الحب والدعاء المستمر له وغيره من الأحباء في سجدة كل فجر وفي كل يوم وفاءً وحبّاً لما يستحقه «أحمدنا» من صدق مشاعر.
عزاؤنا فيه أننا نثق في أن محبة الله عز وجل له أكبر وأوفى من محبتي ومحبتنا له. أراجع ذكره في نفسي بينما أكتب هذه الكلمات ولا أزال خارج البلاد حين أنّي على ثقة في أن كثيراً من الأوفياء يتعاملون مع ذكره بالدعاء الطيب بأكثر مني.
اللهم ارحم «أحمدنا» فأنت حبه الكبير الذي لا ينقطع. والمحبة تستمر في من عقب.. وهم يكنزون ثروة جميلة من محبة الأوفياء له رسمتها بسمته الجميلة في صدورهم.
اللهم أجزل عطاءك الكريم في الجنات العلى في الفردوس الأعلى واجعله في معية سيدنا محمد بن عبدالله صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم، واجمعنا به في رفقة النبيين والصديقين والشهداء تحت ظل عرشك الكريم.
«أحمدنا - أحمد عبدالحميد عباس» يرحمه الله
20 مايو 2025 - 01:31
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فؤاد بن محمد عمر توفيق.
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فؤاد بن محمد عمر توفيق
Yes.. I have delayed in expressing and writing.. but it is the intellectual disarray caused by the sound of separation.. or perhaps he is an extraordinary person in the beauty of creation.. and there may not be many like him in our days.. and you may not find anyone among the people of the city complaining about "our Ahmad".. and if anyone dared to do so, they would find no friend in the city.
He called me from Medina while I was in Jeddah on the night of my travel outside the Kingdom, just a few days before his death, as if it were a farewell call to ask me: When will you come to us? I answered him soon, and he replied: Do not be late.
That was our last conversation. After I performed the Fajr prayer in Vienna, Austria, and completed what was easy of remembrance before and after the prayer, I held my phone to freeze at the condolence messages for my neighbor and beloved one in the Al-Khatim neighborhood of Medina, my companion in the Fajr prayer every day. That beloved one with whom I used to argue about how to treat him, who did not accept all my hopes for us to travel together, whether westward or even to Jeddah in search of a more effective treatment for the heart disease he suffered from.. he would remain silent, unwilling to leave the city, as if I could hear him silently repeating the words of our Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, or something to that effect:
Whoever among you can die in Medina, let him do so. My breath stopped for a moment as my thoughts froze, and a tear of sadness from separation fell as my voice broke, saying to my wife, "He died," and then I could not say more than "Ahmad died," and I immediately knew who I meant with this word. And it is a tear that comes to me whenever I remember him every day. After a moment of calm, I said to her: I have never known a person among my loved ones who possesses such a pure smile, a gracious demeanor, genuine character, beautiful patience, rich neighborliness, continuous generosity, sweet speech, tender compassion, and fragrant virtues.
I performed the funeral prayer for him after the Fajr prayer the next day, and I saw him in my dream in bright white clothes, happy and radiant with his beautiful, familiar smile as if he were singing about his state and his fate in the afterlife.. and I thanked God for that..
I went on thinking, and I still do, to remember examples of his relationship with me that others do not know..
Which our fathers formed in their love for one another for the sake of God.
I knew before him his loyal and gracious brother Ibrahim, may God have mercy on him, who whenever his name is mentioned, a silent tear falls.. then my communication with "our Ahmad" increased until we confided in each other about many matters, and we sought advice together, whether regarding ourselves or concerning some of our loved ones. When I would miss his gathering, he would not ask me about my absence, but would reproach me as he did during the Fajr prayer in the mosque where we sat next to each other, breaking the silence of the mosque with a voice: "Why didn’t you come to the gathering yesterday?" He amazed me, and the meaning of his love for me settled in my heart.. so I could only laugh joyfully, appreciating his feelings towards me, and he responded with the same laughter and a smile that brightened his beautiful face. Then he asked me: Did the dates you love reach you? I answered him, how could it not be when you are the delicious dates beside me? This was the custom of neighbors, providing each other with what they love from time to time. This was my relationship with my neighbor and beloved one in the city, "a relationship of dates in its folds, edges, form, and heart."
Yes.. for in separation there is pain and a fragrant memory wrapped in love and continuous prayers for him and others among the beloved ones in every Fajr prostration and every day, in loyalty and love for what "our Ahmad" deserves from sincere feelings.
Our consolation in him is that we trust that God's love for him is greater and more fulfilling than my love and our love for him. I recall his memory within myself as I write these words, and I am still outside the country, while I am confident that many loyal ones are dealing with his memory with good prayers more than I do.
O Allah, have mercy on "our Ahmad," for You are his great love that never ceases. And love continues in those who follow.. and they treasure a beautiful wealth of the love of the loyal ones for him, drawn by his beautiful smile in their hearts.
O Allah, grant Your generous bounty in the highest gardens in the highest Paradise and place him in the company of our Prophet Muhammad bin Abdullah, peace be upon him and his family and companions, and gather us with him in the company of the prophets, the truthful, and the martyrs under the shade of Your glorious throne.
He called me from Medina while I was in Jeddah on the night of my travel outside the Kingdom, just a few days before his death, as if it were a farewell call to ask me: When will you come to us? I answered him soon, and he replied: Do not be late.
That was our last conversation. After I performed the Fajr prayer in Vienna, Austria, and completed what was easy of remembrance before and after the prayer, I held my phone to freeze at the condolence messages for my neighbor and beloved one in the Al-Khatim neighborhood of Medina, my companion in the Fajr prayer every day. That beloved one with whom I used to argue about how to treat him, who did not accept all my hopes for us to travel together, whether westward or even to Jeddah in search of a more effective treatment for the heart disease he suffered from.. he would remain silent, unwilling to leave the city, as if I could hear him silently repeating the words of our Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, or something to that effect:
Whoever among you can die in Medina, let him do so. My breath stopped for a moment as my thoughts froze, and a tear of sadness from separation fell as my voice broke, saying to my wife, "He died," and then I could not say more than "Ahmad died," and I immediately knew who I meant with this word. And it is a tear that comes to me whenever I remember him every day. After a moment of calm, I said to her: I have never known a person among my loved ones who possesses such a pure smile, a gracious demeanor, genuine character, beautiful patience, rich neighborliness, continuous generosity, sweet speech, tender compassion, and fragrant virtues.
I performed the funeral prayer for him after the Fajr prayer the next day, and I saw him in my dream in bright white clothes, happy and radiant with his beautiful, familiar smile as if he were singing about his state and his fate in the afterlife.. and I thanked God for that..
I went on thinking, and I still do, to remember examples of his relationship with me that others do not know..
Which our fathers formed in their love for one another for the sake of God.
I knew before him his loyal and gracious brother Ibrahim, may God have mercy on him, who whenever his name is mentioned, a silent tear falls.. then my communication with "our Ahmad" increased until we confided in each other about many matters, and we sought advice together, whether regarding ourselves or concerning some of our loved ones. When I would miss his gathering, he would not ask me about my absence, but would reproach me as he did during the Fajr prayer in the mosque where we sat next to each other, breaking the silence of the mosque with a voice: "Why didn’t you come to the gathering yesterday?" He amazed me, and the meaning of his love for me settled in my heart.. so I could only laugh joyfully, appreciating his feelings towards me, and he responded with the same laughter and a smile that brightened his beautiful face. Then he asked me: Did the dates you love reach you? I answered him, how could it not be when you are the delicious dates beside me? This was the custom of neighbors, providing each other with what they love from time to time. This was my relationship with my neighbor and beloved one in the city, "a relationship of dates in its folds, edges, form, and heart."
Yes.. for in separation there is pain and a fragrant memory wrapped in love and continuous prayers for him and others among the beloved ones in every Fajr prostration and every day, in loyalty and love for what "our Ahmad" deserves from sincere feelings.
Our consolation in him is that we trust that God's love for him is greater and more fulfilling than my love and our love for him. I recall his memory within myself as I write these words, and I am still outside the country, while I am confident that many loyal ones are dealing with his memory with good prayers more than I do.
O Allah, have mercy on "our Ahmad," for You are his great love that never ceases. And love continues in those who follow.. and they treasure a beautiful wealth of the love of the loyal ones for him, drawn by his beautiful smile in their hearts.
O Allah, grant Your generous bounty in the highest gardens in the highest Paradise and place him in the company of our Prophet Muhammad bin Abdullah, peace be upon him and his family and companions, and gather us with him in the company of the prophets, the truthful, and the martyrs under the shade of Your glorious throne.