Uterine Relations Endurance Of Calamity
Righteous People The Light Of Face Supplicating And Hoping Judging Others Remembrance Of Allah Our Notions Of Allah Fear Stands For Safety Spending Out Of The Surplus Seeking Refuge With Allah What A Great Righteous Deed!
The Lovers Of Allah The Statement Of Monotheism Beware Of The Righteous
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“The Sacred Hadiths” means sacred exalted
sayings as the source of them is Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, and
He announced them to the Prophet, Allah’s Prayers and Peace be upon him,
through Gabriel, Allah’s
Peace be upon him,
by inspiration, or during sleep. So, the Prophet, Allah’s
Prayers and Peace be upon him, expressed them by his wording, attributing them to Allah, Praise
and Glory be to Him,.
As for the Prophet’s Hadiths, he did not
attribute them to Allah as the wording and the meaning are by the
Prophet, Allah’s
Prayers and Peace be upon him,.
The difference between the Sacred Hadiths and
the Holy Qur’an is that the descent of the Qur’an must be through Gabriel
and restricted to the wording descending from the Preserved Tablet. The wording
of the Qur’an is a miracle, as for the Sacred Hadiths, their wording is not a
miracle though the Prophet, Allah’s
Prayers and Peace be upon him, was endowed with the most perfect ability of speech and was the most
eloquent of all Arabs. That’s why Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him,
challenged the heathens with the Holy Qur’an and not with
the Prophet’s Hadiths.
In addition, we worship Allah by
reciting verses of the Holy Qur’an in our prayers and only the purified are
allowed to touch or recite it. Anyone who negates anything that comes in the
Holy Qur’an is heathen; moreover it’s kept and saved from change and
alteration; all this does not apply to the Sacred Hadiths. Furthermore, the Holy
Qur’an is the legislation, (al-sharî’a);
it includes
orders and prohibitions, and events and stories; it is divided into sűrahs
and verses by inspiration from Allah and was not set by the Prophet, Allah’s
Prayers and Peace be upon him,.
The sűrahs
and verses are organized in a restricted manner. i.e. Gabriel, Allah’s
Peace be upon him,
restricted the Holy Prophet, Allah’s
Prayers and Peace be upon him,
to its specific order.
As for the Sacred Hadiths they include no
order or prohibition, and no legislations. They are advices and wise sayings, in
them are guidance, teachings, and purification. They have great light that could
benefit the worshipper if he understood them and could act according to them.
People are rewarded by recitation of the
Qur’an whether they understand the meaning or not. When one reads verses of
the Qur’an one is rewarded ten fold for every letter and twenty five fold for
every letter if the reading is during prayer, and Allah multiplies His
Bounty for whom He pleases.
We ask Allah, Praise and Glory be to
Him, to deliver us the boons of those Hadiths, to endow us with Paradise and its
Grace, and to endow us with the Grace of looking at His Face and gather us with
Prophets, truthfuls, martyrs and the righteous.
(1) [O son of Adam, you have your sufficiency yet you
ask for what will tyrannize you.. Never have you been satisfied with scantiness
nor have you been gratified with abundance.. If you enter upon the morning
healthy in your body, safe in your throng of people having victuals for this day
then let annihilation befalls this world](1)
Explanation:
This Hadith draws the attention of the human
being to his traits:[…you have your sufficiency..]:Because
Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, gave every human being his
sufficiency, since eternity, Allah had preordained our sustenance before
the creation of heavens and earth for He says: (Say
(O Muhammad Allah's
Prayers and Peace be upon him): Do you verily disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two Days?
And you set up rivals (in worship) with Him? That is the Lord of the ‘Alamîn
(mankind, jinn and all that exists). He placed therein (i.e. the earth) firm
mountains from above it, and He blessed it, and measured therein its sustenance
(for its dwellers) in four Days equal (i.e. all these four days were equal in
the length of time)for all those who ask (about its creation). Then He rose over
(Istawâ) towards the heaven when it was smoke, and said to it and to the earth:
“Come both of you willingly or unwillingly”. They both said: “We come
willingly”)
(Fussilat
“They are explained in detail”, 9-11).
The human being always wants more and more,
always yearns for the surplus and for more grants and favours without ever
knowing what will these grants do with him. When Allah chooses luxury or
poverty for someone then he's opted for his welfare and goodness.
The Hadith proves that there are three very
significant favours Allah granted to us, if we know them very well then
we will bother about nothing, and these three things are:
1. If the human being enters upon the morning healthy and sound.
2.
[..safe
in your throng of people ..]:If
he is safe in his way of life among his people; imagine that we are a minority
of Muslims among a majority of pagans, then we can be fully aware of the meaning
of "being safe"(....and
the hearts reached to the throats, and you were harbouring doubts about Allâh.
There, the believers were tried and shaken with a mighty shaking)
(Al-Ahzâb “The
Confederates”,10-11).
Then
safety and security have tremendous significance nobody can know its value
except those who savoured the taste of fear: (Allâh
has promised those among you who believe and do righteous good deeds, that He
will certainly grant them succession to (the present rulers)in the land, as He
granted it to those before them, and that He will grant them the authority to
practise their religion which He has chosen for them (i.e. Islâm). And He will
surely give them in exchange a safe security after their fear (provided) they
(believers) worship Me and do not associate anything (in worship) with Me....).
(An-Nűr “The Light”,55).
3.
If he
possesses his means of living for the day, so he does not pass the night hungry,
for tomorrow's livelihood accords with Allah's Will; in Allah's
Hand is all good. If the human being possesses his livelihood for his day this
suffices him because may be in the morning he will depart this life; for death
is not far away from us, on the contrary it is too near to be forgotten by us (And
no moving (living) creature is there on earth but its provision is due from Allâh....).(Hűd
“Prophet Hűd”,6).
So if the human being feels the availability
of these three favours, he must, thankfully, say:[…Let annihilation befalls
this world]:
Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, says in other Hadiths:[O
son of Adam, devote yourself to worshipping Me; and I will enrich your heart and
suffice your poverty; but if you do not do so, I will fill your heart with
preoccupation and I will not suffice your poverty]:
[O
My Worshipper, I created you to worship Me so do not act with levity and I have
alloted your livelihood so do not toil; if it decreases do not grieve over it
and if it increases do not rejoice. And if you are content with your portion
then you will relieve your body and mind and in the sight of Me, your Lord, you
will be raised and be one of the praised.. and if you are not content with your
portion I will exhaust your body and mind and in the sight of Me, you will be
debased and be dispraised.. By My Exaltedness and Sublimity, I will give this
world mastery over you, and you will race therein like the wild beast in the
open space, then you will not obtain except what I had alloted for you].
In the Holy Qur'an, Allah says:(....We
ask not of you a provision (i.e. to give Us something: money): We provide for
you....)
( Tâ - Hâ,
132 ) .
(....and
to Him return all affairs (for decision). So worship Him (O Muhammad Allah's
Prayers and Peace be upon him ) and put your trust in Him. And your Lord is not unaware of what you
(people) do).
(Hűd “Prophet
Hűd”,123).
And this means that the worshipper has only to
worship Allah sincerely then put his trust in Him in all worldly affairs
and matters.
(2)
[My Exalted Self, the jinn and mankind are in a great tiding: I create and they
worship and ascribe equals to Me and I sustain them and they praise others than
Me] (1)
Explanation:
Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, says:(What
are they asking (one another) about?. About the great news, (i.e. Islâmic
Monotheism, the Qur’ân, which Prophet Muhammad, Allah's Prayers and Peace be upon him
brought and the Day of Resurrection)).(An-Naba’
“The Great News”,1-2).
So when Allah says:[My Exalted Self,
the jinn and mankind are in a great tiding...]:And mentions the two words:[great
tiding]:then the matter is very serious, and it can be summed up in two
points:
1.
Allah,
Praise and Glory be to Him, is the Creator, but others than His Exalted Self are
worshipped.
2.
Allah,
Praise and Glory be to Him, is the Great Sustainer yet others than His
Exalted Self are praised.
Worshipping means (humiliation, submission, obedience, acknowledgement of monotheism and praying).
In the Hadith, the phrase [..they worship
and ascribe equals to Me..]:Encompasses all sorts of worship: Prostration to
idols and obedience to anyone save Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, for
He says:(O
Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to
draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies (i.e. screen themselves
completely except the eyes or one eye to see the way)...)(Al-Ahzâb
“The Confederates”,59).This
is Allah's Order, yet women of our time do not obey it but they have
obeyed designers of fashion and go around wearing dresses yet they are well nigh
bare of them, they are robed yet well nigh disrobed, trying to attract to them
passers-by,.. this is worship in the sense of obeying Allah.
As for monotheism, so people have appointed
partners of Allah and falsely attributed to Him sons and daughters
without any knowledge-Holy is He and Exalted far above that which they attribute
to Him- The Jews say: “’Uzayr (Ezra)is the son of Allâh,”
ands the Christians say: “Messiah is the son of Allâh,” and
the Atheist Arabs say: Angels are the daughters of Allâh, Holy is He and
Exalted far above that which they attribute to Him.
As for worship in the sense of calling on Allah,
this has been neglected by many people:(Nay!
Verily, man does transgress (in disbelief and evil deed). Because he considers
himself self-sufficient)
(Al-‘Alaq
“The Clot”,6-7).
Even calling on Allah is neglected, for
some people think that power and glory help in carrying out their affairs.
As for[..I sustain them and they praise
others than Me]:Allah is the Sustainer, Lord of Power, the Strong
(....We
ask not of you a provision (i.e. to give Us something: money):We
provide for you..)(Tâ-Hâ,132).
Let's have a look at
the various kinds of sustenance and bestowments: Allah is the Creator of
them all; in the very start Allah created water then he made it the basic
composer of every alive thing.(Then
tell Me about the seed that you sow in the ground. Is it you that make it grow,
or are We the Grower?)(Al-Wâqi‘ah
“The Event”,63-64).
Water and land are created by Allah; cattle that provide milk and
meat are created by Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, not to mention
fish and all marine creatures; gold (the base of all financial dealings),
petroleum. In a word, everything in the universe is created by Allah, and
He is the One and Only Sustainer. He granted us intellectual powers so have we
ever praised our Lord for all these bestowments?!.
That’s why: We find the saying: (Man will be
accounted for his high intellectual faculties in his subsistence!). It is not
only to say:(Praise be to Allah), but all your acts should bespeak this
praise and gratitude for Allah says:(...Work
you, O family of Dâwűd (David), with thanks!...)(Saba
“Sheba’”,13).
Some people, when abundantly provided by Allah, become
miser on the pretext that they had laboured and exerted strenuous effort to be
well-off, so do they ask themselves: Why many people toiled and laboured yet
they achieved nothing?!. People are sustained yet they neglect the Great
Sustainer:(...And
Allâh is the Owner of Great Bounty)(Al-Hadîd
“Iron”,21).
A man might ask: Why does Allah ask
those who worship idols and praise partners with Him and put them in the domain
of His Forbearing and provide for them?!.
[If it were not for worshippers bowing, and
babies lactating, and cattle grazing, then annihilation would be poured down on
earth (or on people)]:
The Prophet, Allah's Prayers and Peace be upon him, said:
“The righteous man makes Allah has Mercy on the people of his house,
neighbours and his people and he intercedes for seventy individuals from his
relatives and neighbours”..
The existence of some people on earth is a
mercy, for grievous sins might be committed in broad daylight and we might think
that people do not deserve a drop of rain. But because of the presence of a man
calling on Allah by night, Allah has Mercy on all people in the
area.
Some say on calling on Allah: O
my Lord, eyes have slept, stars are set, yet you are the Ever-Living, the
All-Sustaining has Mercy on us.
So Allah has Mercy on people. The
Prophet, Allah's
Prayers and Peace be upon him, said: “Perhaps a worshipper disheveled, dust-coloured neglected by
everybody- if he swears by Allah on something, Allah will not fail
him”. How
many righteous people!!
(3)
[Surely I accept the prayer of anyone who humbles himself to My Exaltedness and
never lifts a hand against My Creatures..
and does not pass the night persisting knowingly in that of which he has been
guilty.. and spends his day in remembrance of Me.. having mercy on the poor, the
wayfarer, the widow, and the afflicted..
Whoever does so has light that resembles the light of the sun.. I will preserve him by My Sublimity, My Angels will protect him.. and in every darkness, light will encompass him.. and in every ignorance forbearing will embrace him..
And amongst My Creation, he resembles Paradise
in heaven].(1)
Explanation:
There
are very significant things underscored by the Hadith: The great significance of
praying -the second pillar of Islam- it is the practical core of Islam because
the first pillar is the profession:(There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is
the Messenger of Allah)..It is the belief and what follows is the practical
pillar because monotheism is an acknowledgment uttered by the tongue, and a
belief settled deeply in the heart and the first practical pillar is praying.
[..I accept the prayer..]:The
Hadith puts a very important stipulation so that Allah accepts the
worshipper’s prayers and that is: He never lifts a hand against any of Allah's
Creatures, he must humble himself to Allah and put the most noble part of
man -i.e. his face- on the meanest thing on earth -that is dust- to debase
himself to Allah and it is the most honourable thing in the world a
worshipper can ever do and the one who humbles himself to Allah will be
raised and honoured by Him.
There are some people who are actually prayers
but disrespect others, and although praying is the pillar of Islam whoever
observes it has observed religion, and whoever disrespects them disrespects
religion but no one knows what is folded in the secret of days.. (...and
say not to anyone who greets you (by embracing Islâm):“You are not a
believer” seeking the perishable goods of the worldly life. There are much
more profits and booties with Allâh. Even as he is now, so were you yourselves
before till Allâh conferred on you His Favours (i.e. guided you to Islâm),...)(Al-Nisâ’
“The Women”,94)..
Praying is the pillar of Islam and if you didn't observe prayer before, and did
not observe it at its appointed time, then Allah has guided you, then He
has the power to guide others than you. Similarly, if you today observe prayer
at its appointed time, you do not know what will Allah do with you
tomorrow, the praying worshipper has to call on Allah to endow him
forever and ever with the blessing of being able to pray and never let him lift
a hand against any of Allah's Creatures.
Others might pride themselves on people by
their knowledge and learning so they should not get conceited Allah says:(...and
taught you that which you knew not...)(Al-Nisâ’
“The Women”,113).
So knowledge is granted by Allah, the ability to pray is bestowed by Allah.
[..and does not pass the night persisting
knowingly in that of which he has been guilty..]:If
the worshipper committed a sin, then he repented and asked for Allah's
Forgiveness, he will be forgiven even if he re-committed the same sin the Sacred
Hadith says:[If the worshipper committed a sin then asked for his Lord's forgiveness,
Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, would say: My Worshipper knows that there is
a Great Lord punishes for sins and forgives sins: O My Angels,
I have forgiven him; so if the worshipper sinned again then asked for his Lord's
forgiveness, Allah, Praise and
Glory be to Him, says: My Worshipper knows that there is a Great Lord punishes
for sins and forgives sins .. O My Angles, bear witness I've forgiven him]:So
the only stipulation is that he does not persist knowingly in his sins, this
persistence means that he does not repent and passes the night forgetting that
he has committed a sin and intending to re-commit it again.
The youth who watches closely the erring women
who do not wear the Islamic style of dress and they represent a great charm and
trial for him at the same time,.. for the Prophet, Allah's
Prayers and Peace be upon
him,
said: “Never have I left after me a trial more harmful for men than
women”. He darts his glances though he knows for sure that a glance is one
of Iblis's venomous arrows he who deserts it will savour the sweetness
and bliss of faith in his heart, so he asks for his Lord's Forgiveness and
intends persistently that he will never repeat it again then he watches them
again, even if he does so for a hundred times: Every time he looks, repents and
asks for his Lord's Forgiveness and intends with a sincere heart never to repeat
it again, then Allah Willing, every sin will be forgiven so long as he
intended never to repeat it.(And
whoever does evil or wrongs himself but afterwards seeks Allâh’s Forgiveness,
he will find Allâh Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful)
(Al-Nisâ’ “The Women”,110).
And on seeing another youth lies in wait for
young women and heads for certain specific places, then he persists in
committing sins.
Then both youths commit the same sin, yet the
former repents and asks forgiveness of Allah, but the latter does not
repent and does not ask forgiveness of Allah, that's why the Prophet, Allah's
Prayers and Peace be upon him, says:
“Observing one prayer after another is an expiation for sins”. That
is because if the worshipper has finished performing the noon prayer and commits
minor faults then comes the appointed time for performing ablution to ready
himself for the afternoon prayer, he remembers, at this moment, his faults
henceforth those minor faults fall down with the drops of water that drop from
the cleansed parts of his body, then on standing before the Qiblah (The
direction to which Muslims turn in praying i.e. towards the Ka'bah) he
stands pure and cleansed. So, as prayer is the mirror of the worshipper, on
standing between the Hands of his Lord, he remembers the rest of his sins and
feels ashamed of himself. On bowing and prostrating before his Lord, his faults
and minor sins fall down and hence forth he leaves his prayer as if he has
committed no faults. i.e. pure of his faults.
As for those who perform their prayers without
remembering their sins and minor faults and hence do not ask forgiveness of Allah
then his praying is not an expiation for his sins because Allah says:(...Verily,
As-Salât (the prayer) prevents from Al Fahshâ’ (i.e. great sins of every
kind, unlawful sexual intercourse) and Al-Munkar (i.e. disbelief, polytheism,
and every kind of evil wicked deed)...)
(Al-‘Ankabűt “The Spider”,45).
[..and spends his day in remembrance of Me..]:This
does not mean that he spends his entire day praising Allah but during the
vicissitudes of life he calls Allah to remembrance, feeling His Favours:
Food for instance, the power to chew and digest; it is one of Allah's
sundry favours. On finishing one's meal and feels satiated he should praise Allah
-this is one of the manifestations of calling Allah to remembrance-. On
seeing an exquisite beautiful thing in the universe he remembers Allah
and says (Praise be to Allah), and on seeing a disabled man he will
glorify and praise Allah for preserving him from what He has afflicted
others with. On seeing a disobedient sinner he will thank Allah for the
favour of his being obedient. Then any time and all the time he remembers Allah
in his heart and soul.
[..having mercy on the poor, the wayfarer, the
widow and the afflicted..]:After performing prayers and calling on Allah,
mercy emerges because praying, first of all, appears on one's face, secondly: It
gives the heart the stamp of compassion and mercy and this description is
conspicuous in the Holy Qur'an:(…And
those who are with him are severe against disbelievers, and merciful among
themselves. You see them bowing and falling down prostrate (in prayer),..)(Al-Fath
“The Victory”,29).
So mercifulness (i.e.mercy) is linked with bowing and prostrating in this
Qur'anic verse; for prayers have two impacts: One overt and the other covert,
the overt is the light that beams on one's face; the covert is the compassion
and mercifulness. The Prophet, Allah's
Prayers and Peace be upon him, says:
“Allah has mercy on the merciful of His Worshippers”.. “Have
mercy on those (creatures) on earth, Allah, (the Lord of heavens), will
have mercy on you”. The Prophet, Allah's Prayers and Peace be upon him, was compassionate and merciful with the
believers as Holy Qur’an describes him.
As far as the Prophets are concerned, mercy is
all-prevalent more in the friends of Allah, most then the pious, then the
pious. The more the worshipper become pious, the more he acquires more moral
excellences and have mercy on his relatives, neighbours then on his people. In
the hereafter, those merciful people intercede for their relatives and people.
[..having mercy on the poor, the wayfarer, the
widow and the afflicted..]:We must have mercy on the poor and the wayfarer
because the wayfarer might become short of money during his journey and so needs
help. The widow: A woman whose husband is dead she may be rich or poor, for the
Hadith does not specify the financial status of the widow. A married man should
fear Allah because may be next morning his wife becomes a widow so he has
to be God-fearing:(And
let those (executors and guardians) have the same fear in their minds as they
would have for their own, if they had left weak offspring behind. So let them
fear Allâh and speak right words)(An-Nisâ’
“The Women”,9).
[..the afflicted..]:He
might be afflicted in his body, his money or his son so he needs condolence and
support. No one knows what might afflict us tomorrow. [..Whoever does so has
light that resembles the light of the sun..]:That is to say, in this life
his light attains the seven heavens, till angels see his light on earth as you
see the sunlight and this will continue after his death in his grave and when
resurrected on Doomsday:(...their
light running forward before them and by their right hands. Glad tiding for you
this Day! Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise),...)
(Al-Hadîd
“Iron”,12).
[..I will preserve him by My Sublimity, My Angels
will protect him..]:That
is to say, Allah appoints a guard from amongst angels, Allah, Praise
and Glory be to Him, says:(For
him (each person),there are angels in succession, before and behind him. They
guard him by the Command of Allâh...)(Ar-Ra‘d
“The Thunder”,11). The
Prophet, Allah's
Prayers and Peace be upon him, was guarded by his companions at the beginning of the revelation till
the following verse descended on him:(O
Messenger (Muhammad, Allah's
Prayers and Peace be upon him)!
Proclaim (the Message) which has been sent down to you from your Lord. And
if you do not, then you have not conveyed His Message. Allâh will protect you
from mankind....)(Al-Mâidah
“The Table spread with Food”,67).
So he, Allah's
Prayers and Peace be upon him, dismissed the guards, so if they walked behind him guarding him, the
Prophet, Allah's
Prayers and Peace be upon him, used to say to them: “Leave me, my back is guarded by angels”,
and the angels are the most honoured guards they never disobey Allah and
obey all orders.
[..and in every darkness, light will encompass
him..]:Light is overt and covert; as for the covert light: It is the ability
to see in the darkness as it happened with some of the companions of the
Prophet, Allah's
Prayers and Peace be upon him, as Osaid Ibn Hudair and Abad Ibn Bishr, may Allah be pleased with them,
as light used to be emitted from the staff of everyone when walking in the
darkness. As for the covert aspect of light: Nothing blinds their insight no
matter how false things increase, and things become concealed and
incomprehensible for them and Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, said:(Is
he who was dead (without Faith by ignorance and disbelief) and We gave him life
(by Knowledge and Faith) and set for him a light (of Belief) whereby he can walk
amongst men-like him who is in the darkness (of disbelief, polytheism and
hypocrisy) from which he can never come out..?)(Al-An‘
âm “The Cattle”,122).
It is Divine Light of Insight.
[..and in every ignorance forbearing will
embrace him..]:
[.. and amongst My Creation, he resembles
Paradise in heaven.]:Creation: Means the righteous people. Paradise: Is the highest place in
heaven, rivers will spurt therefrom in other gardens, its roof is the Throne of
the Most Gracious; its fruits are ever- yielding.
(4) [I have forbidden Myself to be unjust, and made injustice forbidden amongst you, so do not be unjust to each other..
O
My Servants, you are all straying
save whoever I guide to the right way; so ask for My Guidance and I will guide
you to the right way..
O
My Servants, you are all hungry save
whoever I feed so ask for My Nourishment and I will feed you..
O
My Servants, you are all naked save
whoever I clothe so ask Me to clothe you and I will clothe you.. O My Servants, you do sin by night and
by day and I forgive all your sins except associating partners with Me.. so ask
for My Forgiveness and I will forgive you ..
O
My Servants, you will never be able
to inflict any harm on Me nor will you be able to grant Me any benefit..
O
My Servants, if the first and the
last of you, mankind and jinn have the faith that lurks in the heart of the most
pious man, this will never increase the dominion of My Sovereignty..
O
My Servants, if the first and the
last of you: Mankind and jinn have the heresy that lurks in the heart of the
most debauched man, this will never decrease the dominion of My Sovereignty..
O
My Servants, if the first and the
last of you: Mankind and jinn are gathered in the same time and ask for My
Endowments, and to everyone I give his need, this will never decrease what I do
have just as the needle will not decrease the sea if it's plunged therein then
taken away..
O My Servants, it is your deeds that I count for you and give you your due in full for them, so whoever finds good then he has to praise Allah and whoever finds otherwise then he has to blame no one save himself].(1)
Explanation:
When
Allah had forbidden Himself to be unjust, this was one of His Endowments
and favors:(He
cannot be questioned as to what He does, while they will be questioned.)
(Al-Anbiyâ’
“The Prophets”,23) .
Injustice meant here is that: The human does good deeds and then he is not
granted a reward, or he commits a sin and then he is not given his due, or in
other words: To add the sinner more sins he has not committed, or add to the
righteous sins he has not perpetrated. Though Allah, Praise and Glory be
to Him, is the Strong, the Accomplisher of whatever He likes, yet as an equity
from Him, He wants to prove that He will reward the righteous and punish the
sinner.
So Allah, though He cannot be
questioned concerning what He does, has forbidden Himself to be unjust, so it is
an undisputed truth that injustice is forbidden amongst mankind. There are
different kinds and grades of injustice; whatever the individual commits against
himself then his repentance will obliterate his sins. As for grievances: Such as
for instance, flogging or insulting someone or stealing someone's money then
asking for Allah's Forgiveness doesn't suffice but he has to be paid
back; that is why we find the Holy Qur’an mentions repentance in different
manners:(Except
those who repent and believe (in the Oneness of Allâh and His Messenger
Muhammad Allah's
Prayers and Peace be upon him),…)(Maryam
“Mary”,60).
So here disobedience is related to faith so he has to repent and declare his
faith.(Except
those who repent and believe (in Islâmic Monotheism), and do righteous
deeds;...)(Al-Furqân
“The Criterion”,70).
Here repentance is for sins related to himself
so he has to do righteous deeds to obliterate those sins.
(Except
those who repent and do righteous deeds, and openly declare (the truth which
they concealed)...)(Al-Baqarah
“The Cow”,160).
So here they have to throw light upon the
truths they make the truth known, the truth they once hid as a condition for
repentance.
(And
(as for) the male thief and the female thief, cut off (from the wrist joint)
their (right) hands as a recompense for that which they committed, a punishment
by way of example from Allâh. And Allâh is All-Powerfull, All-Wise. But
whosoever repents after his crime and does righteous good deeds (by obeying Allâh),...)(Al-Mâidah
“The Table spread with Food”,38-39).
So here what is dictated is reforming oneself by giving back the stolen thing.
So only asking for Allah's Forgiveness is not enough.
Then the most serious of sins and grievances
is man's injustice (iniquity) towards human beings and the Hadith: “All of
you are guardians and all of you are responsible for his subjects”. This
shows that injustice is graded, for the responsible man's injustice is more
serious than a common man's injustice, so the grade of injustice is according to
each person’s status in this world.
Then Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him,
tells us of a very significant matter:[..O My Servants,
you are all straying save whoever I guide to the right way..]:Then primarily, man is straying away from the right
path because he could never see Allah, angels nor the hereafter. Straying
has many manifestations: There is the one whom the Messengers' messages have not
reached him; and another who contemplates and thinks and reaches part of the
truth on his own; and a third one who listens to Messengers and is rightly
guided so Allah has bestowed on him guidance, and a fourth one who
listens to Messengers and does not follow them hence he incurs Allah's
Displeasure:(…those
who earned Your Anger (such as the Jews), nor of those who went astray (such as
the Christians))(Al-Fâtiha
h“The Opening”,7).
The only way out is expounded here in this
Hadith:[..so ask for My Guidance and I will guide you to the right way..]:So
it is very simple, we have to ask Allah sincerely to guide us to the
right way.
[..O My Servants,
you are all hungry save whoever I feed, so ask for My Nourishment and I will
feed you..]:Here
both the rich and the poor are being addressed, the rich person has to know that
what he owns is endowed to him by Allah; as for the poor person he has to
know that this rich person was hungry and has been fed by Allah; so the
poor person should ask Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, to feed him and
not the rich. Nourishment here means: All benefit one gains and Allah is
the Benefit-Giver to whom we have to resort.
[..O My Servants,
you are all naked save whoever I clothe, so ask Me to clothe you and I will
clothe you..]:
This divine statement bears two meanings: A manifest meaning: That is, hiding
the genitals and adornment, etc.. and an implicit hidden meaning: That is,
shielding against harm as by wearing armours.
Then the Hadith elaborates on the nature of
the human being:[..O My Servants,
you do sin by night and by day and I forgive all your sins except associating
partners with Me..]:Allah
mentioned night before day and this is worth contemplation; for daytime and
broad daylight is transitory, that's why we find the mention of night always
precedes that of daytime in the Holy Qur’an:(Allâh
causes the night and the day to succeed each other (i.e. if the day is gone, the
night comes, and if the night is gone, the day comes, and so on)....)(An-Nűr
“The Light”,44).(And
He it is Who has put the night and the day in succession, for such who desires
to remember or desires to show his gratitude.)
(Al-Furqân
“The Criterion”,62)..Night
always means silence and tranquility. Resorting to Allah is preferred at
night and the constant the repentants pray all the night till dawn, hence
committing sins by night is most grievous. Though we commit sins by day and by
night Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, expounds His Mercy.
[..I forgive all your sins..]:
So He asks us to ask for His Forgiveness.
[..so ask for My Forgiveness and I will
forgive you..]:
This grants great hope for all sinners; we should never despair of Allah’s
Mercy.. That's why the most grievous of all sins is to think that your sin is
too grievous for Allah’s Mercy to encompass..
[..you will never be able to inflict any harm
on Me nor will you be able to grant Me any benefit..]:Neither
the sinner's disobedience nor the obedience will affect Allah, Praise and
Glory be to Him. Hence, Allah never commands us to do but what will
benefit us then He gives us an example:
[..O My Servants,
if the first and the last of you, mankind and jinn have the faith that lurks in
the heart of the most pious man, this will never increase the dominion of My
Sovereignty.. O My Servants,
if the first and the last of you, mankind and jinn have the heresy that lurks in
the heart of the most debauched man, this will never decrease the dominion of My
Sovereignty..]:
Then piety lurks in the heart: The most pious man is Prophet Muhammad, Allah's Prayers and Peace be upon him,
then nothing can benefit nor harm Him; nobody can ever affect Allah's
Sovereignty.. Because Allah had been existing and there had been nothing
created yet.. So we perceive from the aforementioned divine statement the
Greatness of Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him.
[..If the first and the last of you, mankind
and jinn, are gathered in the same time and ask for My Endowments, and to
everyone I give his need, this will never decrease what I do have just as the
needle will not decrease the sea if it is plunged therein then taken away..]:
Glory be to Allah concerning whom different voices do not blend, and
languages don't matter, his treasure will never decrease, so if he gives
everyone his demand his treasure will not decrease as the needle plunged in the
sea then removed.
[..It is your deeds that I count for you and
give you your due in full for them, so whoever finds good then he has to praise
Allah and whoever finds otherwise then he has to blame no one save himself]:Whoever
finds good should praise Allah Who has rightly guided him, and whoever
finds otherwise has to blame none save himself because he should have said: (O
my Lord.. O my Lord) for the Hadith draws our attention to the fact that all the
affairs of this world and the hereafter are in the Hands of Allah and man
has to pray and Allah will accept his prayers. Therefore, whoever finds
good then it is granted by Allah and whoever finds otherwise has
neglected asking and praying Allah and has to blame no one save himself.
(5) [I do have worshippers who wear to people
the fur of sheep, yet their hearts are more bitter than aloes; their tongues
sweeter than honey, yet they deceive people into thinking they are pious.. Are
they exalting themselves on Me? Or do they dare Me?! By My Exaltedness I swear,
I will clad them in impiety and affliction that will baffle the forbearing] (1)
(6) [I have created worshippers whose tongues
are sweeter than honey, yet their hearts are more bitter than aloes; so by My
Exaltedness: I will encircle them in impiety and affliction that will make the
forbearing baffled. Are they exalting themselves on Me? Or do they dare Me?!] (2)
Explanation:
The Hadith mentions people whose faces and words
do not really reflect what lurk in their minds and hearts..
[..yet their hearts are more bitter than
aloes;...]:The
heart is the seat of faith, heresy and hypocrisy and even intentions. The
intention of the worshipper can never be fixed nor deeply settled except in
accordance with Allah's Will.
That's why the Prophet, Allah's
Prayers and Peace be upon him,
used to pray: “O my Lord.. Thou alter the intentions of the hearts,
strengthen my heart and plant it firmly in your religion”.
Their hearts are more bitter than aloes
because they are replete with hypocrisy, spite and envy.. Nevertheless, [..their
tongues sweeter than honey..]:Because their tongues speak honeyed words, and
golden gems; Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, says:(And
of mankind there is he whose speech may please you (O Muhammad Allah's
Prayers and Peace be upon him ), in this worldly life, and he calls Allâh to witness as to that
which is in his heart, yet he is the most quarrelsome of the opponents. And when
he turns away (from you O Muhammad Allah's
Prayers and Peace be upon him),
his effort in the land is to make mischief therein and to destroy the crops and
the cattle, and Allâh likes not mischief )(Al-Baqarah
“The Cow”,204-205) .
[..they deceive people into thinking they are
pious..]:
So they well nigh dazzle people with their
speech and prevarication.
[.. Are they exalting themselves on Me?..]:So
Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, threatens those people who exalt
themselves on life and their egoism blinds them; Allah knows what the
treachery of the eyes unreveal and what the minds conceal.
[..or do they dare Me..]:If
they are not fully aware that Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, is the
All-Knowing who knows every single detail in heaven and on earth, then they are
self-conceited, and if they are aware of His Omniscience then they are deceiving
His Worshippers hence they are daring Allah.
[..by My Exaltedness I swear, I will clad them
in impiety and affliction that will baffle the forbearing]:Allah
swears by His Exalted Self that He, alone will clad them in impiety, trial and
affliction, that will leave the most considerate baffled.
So let no sham appearances deceive you, let
behaviour bespeak the morality of the person. Sagacious men used to say:(Know
men through their truthfulness but not the other way round).
It was reported that a man went to ’Umar Ibn
El-Khattâb, Allah
be pleased with him, and told him: O commander of the faithful.. Judge my case.. So ’Umar
told him: Get me a witness.. So he brought him a man; whom ’Umar asked: Do you
know that man?.. The man said: Yes, I know him, O commander of the faithful..
’Umar said: You accompanied him in a journey?.. He said: No, I did not..
’Umar said: Then you dealt with him in financial affairs.. He said: No, I
didn't.. ’Umar said: Then you are his neighbour, your door is beside his and
you know who enters therein and who comes out.. He said: No, I live far from
him.. So, ’Umar said: Then I think you have seen him in the mosque reciting
verses from the Holy Qur’an.. The man said: Yes, I often see him in the mosque
reciting the Holy Qur’an.. ’Umar said: Go away man, you do not know him.
Then ’Umar said to the first man: Go and get me a man who knows you well.
(7) Allah revealed to Moses:
[O Moses, amongst My Servants
there is someone, if asks Me to be granted Paradise with all its lofty sides, I
will grant it to him and if he asks Me to be given the cover of a whip I will
not give him, not because of My Humiliation to him.. but I want to reward him in
the hereafter and grant him from My Honour and deliver him from this world as
the shepherd who saves his sheep from the hazards of harmful pastures..
O Moses, never have I made the poor resort to
the rich because My Treasures are not ample for them nor that My Mercy cannot
encompass them, but I marked off in the money of the rich what will enrich the
poor and I meant to test the rich: How they will hasten to outdo each other in
what I marked off for the poor in their money.. O Moses, if they do so I will
complete My Favour unto them, and multiply for them in this world tenfold for
the righteous deed..
O Moses, be a treasure for the poor, a fort
for the feeble, and a succor for whoever seeks protection with you then, I will
take your side in hardship and be your companion in loneliness and I will
protect you by night and day] (1)
Explanation:
There are many aspects in the Hadith:
Endowments in this world accord with a certain divine wisdom and luxury does not
mean that Allah is pleased with the rich person. If certain people asked
for any of the worldly pleasures they will be deprived of them but if they asked
Allah to grant them Paradise, He, Praise and Glory be to Him, will grant
them though they are protected by Allah.[..not because of My
Humiliation to him..]:So if Allah does not grant them the cover of a
whip, this does not mean that they are humiliated by Him.[..I want to reward
him in the hereafter and grant him from My Honour..]:But it is a hoard saved
for them in the hereafter.
Why does Allah want to grant them of
His Honour in the hereafter?!.. Why does He save all these prayers and grant
good for them?!.. And why are they not granted a little part of it in this
world?!.. That is because He protects them as He said:[..and deliver him from
world as the shepherd who saves his sheep from the hazards of harmful
pastures..]:If for instance a shepherd grazes his cattle and all of a sudden
he finds a poisonous spot cultivated with harmful plants then he will inevitably
prevent his cattle from approaching this spot because they do not perceive and
will head for the verdant plant so he rebukes them to protect them, because if
they grazed in this place they will perish. Similarly, the worshipper who asks
and prays Allah for worldly pleasures, if Allah accepts his
prayers and grants him these pleasures, he will perish because he may misuse
these endowments and they may spoil him.
In another Hadith Allah, Praise and
Glory be to Him, says:[We have descended wealth for the performance of
prayers and almsgiving and if the son of Adam had a valley of money he would
wish to possess another one, and if he had two valleys he would wish to possess
three valleys and nothing can fill up the inside of the son of Adam except dust
then Allah will relent to whoever repents]:Money may make us tyrants and
power may allure us, consequently. Allah protects His Righteous worshipper in this world and deprives
him of all pleasures so as not to utilize it in disobeying Allah or in
committing sins and also so that he will not be called to account about this
money: “The son of Adam’s foot will not slip, till he will be called to
account for four things: For his lifetime, in what things did he pass it?.. His
money: From where did he earn it? And in what things did he spend it?.. And his
knowledge: How far did he make use of it in his deeds?.. And his youth: In what
things did he spend it?”.
Allah, Praise and Glory be to Him, answers the question
that baffled lots of people: Why has He made the poor resort to the rich?!.[..
never have I made the poor resort to the rich because My Treasures are not ample
for them nor that My Mercy cannot encompass them...]:
[..but I marked off in the money of the rich
what will enrich the poor..]:Everyone in the Omma (world) of Islam has a
share in the rich's money and this share will never complain of starvation nor
poverty but Allah tests the rich.[..I meant to test the rich; how they
will hasten to outdo each other in what I marked off for the poor in their
money..]:Who will hasten to outdo each other in paying the poor their due.
So paying the poor their due share does not suffice but it is mandatory to
hasten to outdo one another in this payment. Allah says:(And
in their properties there was the right of the Sâ’il (the beggar who asks)
and the Mahrűm (the poor who does not ask others ))(Adh-Dhâriyât
“The Winds that Scatter”,19).
It is a due share and not a favour.[O Moses, if they do so I will complete My
Favour unto them..]:This means the perfect pleasure in this world and in the
hereafter.[..and multiply for them in this world tenfold for the righteous
deed..]:
The Prophet, Allah's Prayers and Peace be upon him, says: “Charity never depletes money”. So almsgiving is multiplied tenfold; and one's money will be increased tenfold. Then the Divine order is given.[..O Moses, be a treasure for the poor,..]:This means give the poor more than he expects and make him blissful and happy.[..a fort for the feeble and a succor for whoever seeks protection with you..]:This means utter protection and succor as Allah succ