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Heart-Softening Narrations

Hadith 5076

Chapter on Reliance on Allah and Patience

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Heart-Softening Narrations

Chapter on Reliance on Allah and Patience

Zujajat al-Masabih 5076Volume 4

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Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Seventy thousand 1 from my Ummah will enter Paradise without reckoning, those who do not seek ruqyah 2, nor practice augury, and upon 3 their Lord they rely."

Qur’an-related source paragraphs

And the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: And whoever relies upon Allah—then He is sufficient for him. Indeed, Allah will accomplish His purpose. Allah has already set for everything a [decreed] extent (At-Talaq: 65:3), and His saying, the Exalted: And be patient, and your patience is not but through Allah (An-Nahl: 16:127)

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  • Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 6472 (unverified) 99% confidence
  • Candidate: Sahih Muslim 220a (unverified) 94% confidence

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Commentary and footnotes (5)

Note 1

Nor practice augury,

(1) His statement: Seventy thousand from my Ummah will enter Paradise without reckoning: Meaning independently without considering their followers, so it does not contradict what is narrated that with each of them are seventy thousand. This was said in Al-Mirqat. Al-Kirmani said: If you ask: Do they not have a specific number? I say: Allah knows best about that, with the possibility that seventy means a large number. (2) His statement: Do not seek ruqyah: Abu Al-Hasan Al-Qabisi said: He means the ruqyah they used to seek in the pre-Islamic period, but as for ruqyah with the Book of Allah, it was done and commanded, and it does not negate reliance. His statement: "Nor practice augury," meaning they do not take omens from birds and the like as was their custom before Islam. Augury is what pertains to evil, and good omen is what pertains to good, and he did not like good omens. His statement: "Nor cauterize," meaning they do not believe healing is from cauterization as the pre-Islamic people believed, and reliance is delegating matters to Allah in arranging causes with their effects. This was said in Umdat al-Qari. (3) His statement: And upon their Lord they rely: It was said in Al-Mirqat: Reliance on someone is to take him as an agent handling his affairs and managing his state according to his capacity. Ibn Al-Malik said: The intended meaning of reliance is to be certain that nothing befalls him except what Allah has decreed for him of benefit or harm. (As stated in Al-Mirqat).

Note 2

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Note 3

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Chapter-heading commentary

قوله

(۳) قوله: وعلى ربهم يتوكلون: قال في المرقاة»: التوكل على أحد هو أن يتخذه بمنزلة الوكيل القائم بأمره المتكفل بإصلاح حاله على قدره. وقال ابن الملك: المراد بالتوكل هو أن يتيقن أنه لا يصيبه إلا ما كتب الله عليه من النفع والضر، انتهى.

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله: يدخل الجنة من أمتي سبعون ألفا بغير حساب أي مستقلا من غير ملاحظة أتباعهم، فلا ينافي ما ورد من أن مع كل واحد منهم سبعون ألفا. قاله في المرقاة». وقال الكرماني: فإن قلت: فهم لا يختصون بهذا العدد؟ قلت: والله أعلم بذلك مع احتمال أن يراد بالسبعين الكثير.

Note 2

قوله

(۲) قوله : لا يسترقون: قال أبو الحسن القابسي يريد بالاسترقاء الذي كانوا يسترقون به في الجاهلية، وأما استرقاء كتاب الله فقد فعله وأمر به، وليس بمخرج عن التوكل قوله : ولا يتطيرون» أي لا يتشاءمون بالطيور ونحوها كما كانت عادتهم قبل الإسلام، والطيرة ما يكون بالشر، والفال ما يكون بالخير، وكان لا يحب الفال. قوله: «لا يكتوون يعني لا يعتقدون الشفاء من الكي على ما كان اعتقاد أهل الجاهلية والتوكل هو تفويض الأمر إلى الله تعالى في ترتيب المسببات على الأسباب. قاله في عمدة القاري».

Note 3

قوله

(۳) قوله: وعلى ربهم يتوكلون: قال في المرقاة»: التوكل على أحد هو أن يتخذه بمنزلة الوكيل القائم بأمره المتكفل بإصلاح حاله على قدره. وقال ابن الملك: المراد بالتوكل هو أن يتيقن أنه لا يصيبه إلا ما كتب الله عليه من النفع والضر، انتهى.