Sat 21 Sep 2019
Abu Arwa Ali
Hadith
- On the authority of Abu Malik al-Harith bin Asim al-Asharee (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Purification is half of iman (faith). ‘Al-hamdu lillah’ fills the scales, and ‘subhan-Allah and ‘Al-hamdulillah’ fill that which is between heaven and earth. And the Prayer is a Nuur (light), and charity is a proof, and patience is a Dhiyaa (light), and the Qur’an is a proof for you or against you. Every person starts his day as a vendor of his soul, either freeing it or destroying it.” [Muslim]
- The explanation of this hadith is split into 8 parts
Recap
- Previous lesson we covered (Parts 1-5)
- The virtue of Praising Allah and Glorifying Allah
- The importance and virtue of the Prayer
- Charity
- Patience
Part 6: “…and the Qur’an is a proof for you or against you”
- Why was the Qur’an revealed?
- The primary objective behind the Qur’an was not just to recite it, rather it requires one to understand its verses and act upon them
- To some Muslims, the Qur’an is just a decoration in the house or sometimes people recite it to commit innovation, this is incorrect
- Importance of acting upon the Qur’an
- What did the Prophet (ﷺ) mean by this statement?
Part 7: “Every person starts his day as a vendor of his soul, either freeing it or destroying it.”
- What does it mean that everybody starts their day as a vendor of their soul?
- How do you free you soul?
- How does one destroy his or her soul?
Part 8: Summary of Benefits
- 1. The virtue of Purification
- 2. The Prophet (ﷺ) highlighted the virtue of praising Allah and glorifying Him
- 3. Belief in the Scales on the Day of Judgement has been affirmed
- 4. The virtue of the Prayer
- 5. The virtue of Charity
- 6. The virtue of Patience
- 7. Encouragement to give importance to the Qur’an
- 8. Cautioning against being neglectful concerning the Qur’an
- 9. An encouragement towards every righteous deed
- 10. A warning against every evil action
Hadith 24
- On the authority of Abu Dharr al-Ghifaree (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (ﷺ) concerning what he related from his Lord, that He (Allah) said: “O My servants! Indeed I have forbidden oppression upon Myself, and I have made it forbidden amongst you, therefore do not oppress one another. O My servants, all of you are astray except the one whom I have guided, therefore seek guidance from Me and I shall guide you. O My servants, all of you are hungry except the one whom I have fed, therefore seek food from Me and I shall feed you. O My servants, all of you are naked except the one whom I have clothed, therefore seek clothing from Me and I shall clothe you. O My servants, you commit mistakes (sins) by day and by night, and I forgive all sins, therefore seek forgiveness from Me and I shall forgive you. O My servants, you will never attain harming Me so as to harm Me, and you will never attain benefiting Me so as to benefit Me. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the human of you and the jinn of you, had the most pious heart of any man amongst you, that would not increase My Kingdom in anything. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the human of you and the jinn of you, had the most evil heart of any man amongst you, then this would not decrease My Kingdom in anything. O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the human of you and the jinn of you, were all to stand together in one open ground and ask of Me, and I were to give everyone what he requested, that would not decrease what is with Me, except what is decreased of the ocean when a needle is dipped into it. O My servants, it is only your deeds that I account for you, and then recompense you for. So whoever finds good, then let him praise Allah, and whoever finds other than that, then let him blame no one but himself.” [Muslim]
- The explanation of this hadith is split into 10 parts