Brief biographies of Abu Nawas
Certainly is not foreign to our ears in the name of the character's hilarious "Abu Nawas" so masyhurnya name until sometimes we do not know who he really is the original name. Abu Nawas original name was Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami. He was born in 145 AH (747 AD) in the city of Ahvaz in Persia (now Iran), with the blood of the father of Arab and Persian mother running down its body. His father, Hani al-Hakam,
a member of the military legions of Marwan II. While his mother was Jalban, Persian woman who worked as a wool wash cloth. Since childhood she has been orphaned. The mother then took him to Basra, Iraq. In this city of Abu Nawas studied various sciences.
Youth full of controversial behavior that makes Abu Nawas appear as a unique figure in the Arab literary heritage of Islam. Even so, his poetry is also loaded with a value sprirtual, in addition to the taste of humanity and justice. Abu Nawas studied Arabic literature to Abu Zaid al-Ansari and Abu Ubaydah. He is also studying the Koran to Ya'qub al-Hadrami. While in the Science of Hadith, he studied the Abu Walid ibn Ziyad, Muktamir bin Sulaiman, Yahya bin Said al-Qattan, and Azhar bin Sa'ad al-Samman. His meeting with the poet of Kufa, Walibah Habab bin al-Asadi, has refined the style of language and Arabic literature took him to the top. Walibah very interested in the Abu Nawas talent who then took him back to Ahwaz, and then to Kufa. In Kufa Abu Nawas trained talent. Ahmar told Abu Nawas dwell in the interior, living with Bedouin Arabs to deepen and refine the Arabic language.
Then he moved to Baghdad. Abbasid dynasty at the center of civilization where he was gathered with the poets. Thanks to his brilliance to write poetry, Abu Nawas can get acquainted with the nobility. However, due to its proximity to the nobility is his poetry of the time change, which tends to worship and lick the ruler.
In Al-fil Wasith Adabil 'Arabi wa Tarikhihi, described as the poet Abu Nawas multivisi, humorous, sharp tongued, brilliant visionary, and leading literary figures of new generation. Unfortunately, these works are rarely known precisely scientific intellectuals in the world. He is only seen as someone who likes to act cute and unusual. Genius wrote poetry attracted the attention of the Caliph Harun al-Rashid. Through a court musician, Ishaq al-Wawsuli, Abu Nawas was called to be a court poet (sya'irul bilad).
His humor makes the journey of his life is really colorful. His passion to play word games with a great sense of humor seemed to be its own legend in the literatures of the world civilization. Proximity to power has also plunge into the prison. The reason is, once Abu Nawas read poetry caravan Bani Mudar deemed offensive Caliph. Of course the Caliph's wrath, then imprisoned him. Once free, he turned away from the Caliph and served to the Prime Minister Barmak. He left Baghdad after Barmak family falls in the year 803 AD After that he went to Egypt and composing poems to the Governor of Egypt, Khasib bin Abdul Hamid al-Ajami. However, he returned to Baghdad after Harun al-Rashid died and was replaced by Al-Amin.
Since in prison, Abu Nawas poems changed, becoming religious. If earlier he was very arrogant with the worldly life full of glamorous and rah-rah, now he is more resigned to the power of God.
Indeed, its achievements in writing poetry inspired by his love of do immoral. Yet it is precisely in that dark street, Abu Nawas find values of divinity. Poems can ditafisrkan repentance as the long road to God. Although close to the Sultan Harun al-Rashid, Abu Nawas kegemerlapan not forever live in the flesh. He once lived in darkness - but that brings its own blessings.
A friend, the son of Yusuf ibn Abu Hifan Dayah, testify, end of life of Abu Nawas is tinged with religious activities. Some poems strengthen it. One of the most beautiful stanza poem is an expression of remorse to his past.
Regarding meningalnya years, many different versions of each other. There is no mention in 190 H/806 AD, some are 195H/810 M, or 196 H/811 AD While others in 198 H/813 AD and in 199 H/814 AD It is said that Abu Nawas died persecuted by someone who was told by family Nawbakhti - the grudge him. He was buried in Syunizi in the heart of Baghdad.
Here's one of the witty story of Abu Nawas.
For the sake of Tata Krama To the King
It is said in the Age of King Harun al-Rashid once there are no toilets, there's just time for the river or defecating. Once when the king felt his stomach is sick, and was no longer able to cooperate. At once the king asked the guards to finish with him into the river for his business. Incidentally there the river flows to the south. And already famous among the public, if the king were buag lavatory on the river, the people are strictly forbidden in the north king shit, because the worry about dirt will flow toward the south and on the body of the king. And if there is a violation, it will get a severe punishment from the king.
But this time, the laws are not in the character's hilarious heed by Abu Nawas, Abu Nawas casually also defecate in the north at some distance from the position of the king, so that the king did not see it. While engrossed in defecating, arrived - arrived there was an object that is nudging the buttocks of the king, without thinking, the object is held and viewed directly by the king, what a surprise, it turns out the object is human waste. cash only thing that made the king furious. immediately the king ordered his guards to search the river in the north, and arrest people who defecate. Sure enough, on the north at some distance from the position of the king, seen the figure of Abu Nawas was casually defecating. It was also the guards immediately arrested and brought before the king to the law.
When faced with the king, Abu Nawas protested to the king why he was arrested and will be punished. The king replied:
"Do not you know, O Abu Nawas, doings that have been harassing my privacy, you have stepped - stepped on my pride, you do not have manners! snapped the king.
"Dare - dare you defecate next to utaraku, so kotoranmu about my body, so far none of my people never dare do something like" O Abu Nawas "Add the king with a very annoyed tone.
"Now you must accept the punishment from me"
"Sorry, wait a minute, O king" broke Abu Nawas.
"What is it? asked the king, "this time there is no forgiveness for you Abu Nawas"
"Wait a minute, please give me a chance to explain.
"I do it all, because I have great respect for thee, O king"
mendegar it, the king harun Al Rashid directly a little stunned by what is delivered by Abu Nawas.
"Why act like that, you say even to respect me?" Asked the king to look a bit surprised.
"Yes King" replied Abu Nawas with specifically.
Rajapun increasingly puzzled and intrigued by the Abu Nawas.
"Well this time I love you a chance to explain why, if your excuse is unreasonable then I do not hesitate - hesitate to aggravate the sentence."
"Let the king, here's why. King knew all this when the king was traveling with people or with a bodyguard, none of the people or the guardian of the king who dared to precede the course of the king, so did I, when I joined the king's entourage, my position when it dared not walk ahead of the king, I lakuakan because I keep good manners and courtesy to the king "
"Oh good, LHA continues what to do with what you did that now?" Asked the king in a tone more curious with a sense cleverly Abu Nawas.
"Tell the king, I respect you do not half - half, but I respect you with all my heart. When I defecate, I chose the north of the king, and altogether, I dare not defecate in the south of the king. This I do because I'm afraid, if I shit in the south of the king, then later on my dirt applies disrespectful to dirt king, because they dare to walk mendahuli dirt king. so I chose to defecate on the north, so that dirt I did not until the dirt ahead of the king. This is all I lakuakan nothing else, just for me to excrement Manners king.
Frankly, O king, I dare not dirt dirt ahead of the king, for it is an act su'ul adab.
When the king goes, I dare not king of the road ahead, so when the dirt king of flow, then the dirt I did not dare to precede the dirt king. This is all I lakuakn due courtesies and manners of my heart to the king. "
"In fact that should be punished instead of me, O king, but you people who have no manners, because they dare to defecate next to selatanmu, so that they precede kotoranmu dirt. "
Hearing the explanation of Abu Nawas, the king was tersennyum. he did not become angry and punish Abu Nawas, but by the king of Abu Nawas even rewarded for sensible reasons. Since the incident, the king had instructed his people to defecate in the north of the king, in order to maintain decorum to the dirt king ...
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