Hadith 24 - The Forbiddance of Oppression

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Sharh Arba'een an Nawawî

Imam Nawawi’s Forty Hadeeth

Hadeeth 24

On the authority of Abu Dharr al-Ghifaree (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) from his Lord, that He said:

O My servants! I have forbidden dhulm (oppression) for Myself, and I have made it forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another.

O My servants, all of you are astray except those whom I have guided, so seek guidance from Me and I shall guide you.

O My servants, all of of you are hungry except those whom I have fed, so seek food from Me and I shall feed you.

O My servants, all of you are naked except those whom I have clothed, so seek clothing from Me and I shall clothe you.

O My servants, you commit sins by day and by night, and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness from Me and I shall forgive you.

O My servants, you will not attain harming Me so as to harm me, and you will not attain benefitting Me so as to benefit Me.

O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all as pious as the most pious heart of any individual amongst you, then this would not increase My Kingdom an iota.

O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all as wicked as the most wicked heart of any individual amongst you, then this would not decrease My Kingdom an iota.

O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you, and the humans of you and the jinn of you, were all to stand together in one place and ask of Me, and I were to give everyone what he requested, then that would not decrease what I Possess, except what is decreased of the ocean when a needle is dipped into it.

O My servants, it is but your deeds that I account for you, and then recompense you for. So he who finds good, let him praise Allah, and he who finds other than that, let him blame no one but himself.

It was related by Muslim.

Source: Arba'een an Nawawî

to be continued . . . .

Hadith 4 - Deeds are by Their Final Actions

Sharh Arba'een an Nawawî

Imam Nawawi’s Forty Hadeeth

Hadeeth 4

On the authority of Abdullah ibn Masood (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and he is the truthful, the believed, narrated to us, “Verily the creation of each one of you is brought together in his mother’s womb for forty days in the form of a nutfah (a drop), then he becomes an alaqah (clot of blood) for a like period, then a mudghah (morsel of flesh) for a like period, then there is sent to him the angel who blows his soul into him and who is commanded with four matters: to write down his rizq (sustenance), his life span, his actions, and whether he will be happy or unhappy (i.e., whether or not he will enter Paradise).

By the One, other than Whom there is no deity, verily one of you performs the actions of the people of Paradise until there is but an arms length between him and it, and that which has been written overtakes him, and so he acts with the actions of the people of the Hellfire and thus enters it; and verily one of you performs the actions of the people of the Hellfire, until there is but an arms length between him and it, and that which has been written overtakes him and so he acts with the actions of the people of Paradise and thus he enters it.”

It was narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim.

Source: Arba'een an Nawawî

to be continued . . . .

Hadith Qudsi 26 Most Favourable Believer

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Hadith Qudsi 26:

On the authority of Abu Umamah (may Allah [The Most High] be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah [The Most High]  said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said: 

Truly of those devoted to Me the one I most favour is a believer 

who is of meagre means and much given to prayer, 

who has been particular in the worship of his Lord 

and has obeyed Him inwardly (1), 

who was obscure among people and not pointed out, and 

whose sustenance was just sufficient to provide for him 

yet he bore this patiently. 

Then the Prophet rapped his hand and said:  

Death will have come early to him, 

his mourners will have been few, his estate scant. 

(1) i.e. he has not been ostentatious in his obedience. 

It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Ibn Majah). Its chain of authorities is sound.

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To Be Continued....