Sun 28 July 2019
Lesson 30:
Hadith 19
Recap of Part 1-2 of Hadith no. 19
From Abū al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh bin ʿAbbās (raḍiyallāhu ʿanhuma) who said:
I was behind the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wasallam) one day when he said, “Young man, I shall teach you some words. Be mindful of Allāh and Allāh will protect you. Be mindful of Allāh and you will find Him in front of you. When you ask, then ask only of Allāh, and when you seek aid, then seek aid from Allāh. Know that if the whole ummah gathered together to benefit you with something, they will not benefit you except with something that Allāh had written for you, and if they gathered together to harm you with something, they will not harm you except with something that Allāh had written for you. The pens have been lifted, and the scrolls have dried.” And in a narration from other than al-Tirmidhī (there occurs), “Be mindful of Allāh and you fill find him in front of you. Be acquainted with Allāh in prosperity and He will know you in hardship. Know that whatever passed you by was never going to befall you and whatever befell you was never going to pass you by. Know that aid comes alongside patience and that relief comes with difficulty and ease comes with hardship.”
[Related by Tirmidhī]
Part 2: Allah protects whoever has taqwah
- Allah protects whoever has taqwah and provide for him sources what he never think of it
Part 3: ‘If you ask, ask from Allah and if you seek aid seek aid from Allah’
- The means of obtaining the goal (worship Allah) is isti’aana (seek help from Allah)
- Other matters such as to help you is permissible to ask others, but still the sahaaba would not ask others for help
- The teachers of truth’s objective is to connect you to Allah, as the Prophet (ﷺ) did. The teacher of falsehood’s objective is to call you to themselves (story of a sufi shaykh) not to Allah.
- If everybody came together to benefit you with something, they will not be able to benefit you except what Allah has written for your favor. If they get together to harm you with something, they will not be able to harm you except what Allah has written against you.
- With hardship comes ease.
Part 4: Allah’s decree
- Allah’s decree – everything has been written down – the will of Allah
Part 5: ‘Come to know Allah in ease and He come to know you in times of hardship’
- Be sincere in your actions in times of ease then Allah protects you in hardship and give good to you
- Story of the three men in the cave – hadith in Bukhari and Muslim