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Heart-Softening Narrations · Chapter 1

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Hadith 4975

Volume 4

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Umm ad-Darda narrated that she said to Abu ad-Darda: “Why don’t you seek 1 as so-and-so seeks?” He replied: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Before you is a steep ascent 2 that the heavily burdened will not cross.’ So I wish to lighten myself for that ascent.”

[Narrated by Al-Bayhaqi in Shu’ab al-Iman]

Commentary and footnotes (4)

Note 1

Seek

(1) Her statement: “Seek”: This means wealth or status. (As stated in Al-Mirqat.)

Note 2

Before you is a steep ascent

(2) His statement: “Before you is a steep ascent”: This refers to death, the grave, the resurrection, and their terrors and hardships, likened to climbing a steep pass and enduring its challenges. (As stated in Al-Mirqat.)

Note 1

قوله

(١) قوله : مالك لا تطلب : أي مالا أو منصبا. قاله في «المرقاة».

Note 2

قوله

(۲) قوله : أمامكم عقبة : المراد بها الموت والقبر والحشر وأهوالها وشدائدها شبهها بصعود العقبة ومكابدة ما يلحق الرجل من قطعها. كذا في «المرقاة»

Hadith 4976

Volume 4

English

Jubayr ibn Nufayr narrated, as a mursal hadith, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “It was not revealed to me to amass wealth or be among the traders, but it was revealed to me: ‘So glorify the praise of your Lord and be among those who prostrate, and worship your Lord until certainty comes to you.’ (Al-Hijr: 98-99)”
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Hadith 4977

Volume 4

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Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “My Lord offered to turn the valley of Mecca into gold for me. I said: ‘No, O Lord, but let me be sated one day and hungry another. When I am hungry, I will supplicate to You and remember You, and when I am sated, I will praise You and thank You.’”
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Hadith 4978

Volume 4

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Ibn Ka’b ibn Malik, from his father (may Allah be pleased with him), narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Two hungry wolves sent into a flock of sheep are not more destructive to it than a man’s greed for wealth and status is to his religion.” 1
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Commentary and footnotes (2)

Note 1

To his religion

(1) His statement: “To his religion”: This relates to “more destructive.” The meaning is that a man’s greed for them is more destructive to his religion, likened to a weak flock, than the wolves’ destruction of the sheep. (As stated in Al-Mirqat.)

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله: لدينه متعلق بـ «أفسد»، المعنى أن حرص المرء عليهما أكثر إفسادا لدينه المشبه بالغنم لضعفه بجنب حرصه من إفساد الذئبين للغنم. كذا في «المرقاة».

Hadith 4979

Volume 4

English

Abu Sa’id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “What I fear for you after me is what will be opened to you of the world’s splendor and adornment.” A man said: “O Messenger of Allah, does good bring evil?” He was silent until we thought revelation was descending upon him. He wiped the sweat from himself and said: “Where is the questioner?” It was as if he praised him. He said: “Good does not bring evil. What the spring brings forth may kill with bloating or nearly so, except for the eater of green, who eats until its flanks are full, faces the sun, chews its cud, and relieves itself, then eats again. This wealth is green and sweet. Whoever takes it rightfully and uses it rightfully, it is an excellent aid. But whoever takes it wrongfully is like one who eats but is never satisfied, and it will be a witness against him on the Day of Resurrection.”
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Hadith 4980

Volume 4

English

Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “What I fear most for my nation is desire and prolonged hopes. Desire turns one away from the truth, and prolonged hopes make one forget the Hereafter. This world is departing, and the Hereafter is approaching. Each has its children. If you can, do not be among the children of this world, for today you are in the abode of action without reckoning, and tomorrow you will be in the abode of the Hereafter without action.”

[Narrated by Al-Bayhaqi in Shu’ab al-Iman]

Hadith 4981

Volume 4

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Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: “The world has departed, turning its back, and the Hereafter is approaching, coming forward. Each has its children. Be among the children of the Hereafter, not the children of this world, for today is for action without reckoning, and tomorrow is for reckoning without action.”
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Hadith 4982

Volume 4

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Amr ibn Awf narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “By Allah, I do not fear poverty for you, but I fear that the world will be spread out for you as it was for those before you, and you will compete for it as they did, and it will destroy you as it destroyed them.”
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Hadith 4983

Volume 4

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Amr narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) delivered a sermon one day, saying: “Indeed, the world is a present provision, from which the righteous and the wicked eat. Indeed, the Hereafter is a true promise, judged by a Mighty King. Indeed, all goodness, in its entirety, is in Paradise. Indeed, all evil, in its entirety, is in the Fire. So act while you are cautious of Allah, and know that your deeds will be presented to Me. ‘Whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it, and whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it.’ (Az-Zalzalah: 7-8)”

Hadith 4984

Volume 4

English

Shaddad ibn Aws narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “O people, the world is a present provision, from which the righteous and the wicked eat. The Hereafter is a true promise, judged by a Mighty King who establishes truth and nullifies falsehood. Be children of the Hereafter, not children of the world, for every mother is followed by her child.”

Hadith 4985

Volume 4

English

Malik narrated that Luqman said to his son: “O my son, what people are promised has long been delayed, yet they hasten toward the Hereafter. You have turned your back on the world since you were born and faced the Hereafter. A home you are heading toward is closer to you than a home you are leaving.”

Hadith 4986

Volume 4

English

Abu Musa al-Ash’ari narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever loves his world harms his Hereafter, and whoever loves his Hereafter harms his world. So prefer what endures over what perishes.”
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Hadith 4987

Volume 4

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Al-Mustawrid ibn Shaddad (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “By Allah, the world compared to the Hereafter is like one of you dipping his finger in this.”
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Hadith 4988

Volume 4

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Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed by a dead, scrawny kid and said: “Which of you would like to have this for a dirham?” They said: “We wouldn’t want it for anything. What would we do with it?” He said: “By Allah, the world is more insignificant to Allah than this is to you.”
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Hadith 4989

Volume 4

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Sahl ibn Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “If the world were worth a mosquito’s wing to Allah, He would not give a disbeliever a sip of its water.”
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Hadith 4990

Volume 4

English

Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Indeed, Allah does not wrong a believer regarding a good deed; 1 he is rewarded for it in this world and the Hereafter. As for the disbeliever, he is fed for his good deeds done for Allah in this world, so when he reaches the Hereafter, he has no good deed to be rewarded for.”
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Commentary and footnotes (2)

Note 1

Indeed, Allah does not wrong a believer…

(1) His statement: “Indeed, Allah does not wrong a believer…”: The meaning is that Allah rewards the believer with favor and the disbeliever with justice, and He is not questioned about what He does. (As stated in Al-Mirqat.)

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله : إن الله لا يظلم مؤمنا حسنة إلخ : حاصله: أن الله يقابل عبده المؤمن بالفضل ، والكافر بالعدل، ولا يُسأل عما يفعل. كذا في «المرقاة».

Hadith 4991

Volume 4

English

Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever.” 1
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Note 1

A prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever

(1) His statement: “A prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever”: It is like a prison for the believer compared to the reward and eternal bliss prepared for him in the Hereafter, and like a paradise for the disbeliever compared to the punishment and painful torment prepared for him in the Hereafter. (As stated in Al-Mirqat.)

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله: سجن المؤمن وجنة الكافر : أي كالسجن للمؤمن في جنب ما أعد له في الآخرة من الثواب والنعيم المقيم، وكالجنة للكافر في جنب ما أعد له في الآخرة من العقوبة والعذاب الأليم. كذا في «المرقاة».

Hadith 4992

Volume 4

English

Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The Fire is veiled by desires, and Paradise is veiled by hardships.”
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Hadith 4993

Volume 4

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Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) slept on a mat, and when he rose, it had left marks on his body. Ibn Mas’ud said: “O Messenger of Allah, if you had ordered us, we would have spread something for you and prepared it.” He said: “What have I to do with the world? I am with the world only like a rider who rests under a tree, then departs and leaves it behind.”
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Hadith 4994

Volume 4

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Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The world is a home for those without a home, wealth for those without wealth, and gathered by those without sense.”
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Hadith 4995

Volume 4

English

Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say in his sermon: “Wine is a gathering of sin, women are the snares of Satan, and love of the world is the root of every sin.” He said: “And I heard him say: ‘Keep women in their place as Allah has placed them.’” [Narrated by Razin] 1 Al-Bayhaqi narrated from Al-Hasan, as a mursal hadith, in Shu’ab al-Iman: “Love of the world is the root of every sin.” Ali al-Qari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Our scholars cite the Prophet’s (ﷺ) statement: “Keep women in their place as Allah has placed them,” to refute the permissibility of women aligning with men under specific conditions, as established by them and verified by the scholar Ibn al-Humam (may Allah have mercy on him).
Commentary and footnotes (3)

Note 1

Narrated by Razin…

(1) His statement: “Narrated by Razin…”: In At-Tamyiz by Ibn ar-Rabi’, the hadith: “Keep them in their place as Allah has placed them,” refers to women. Our teacher mentioned in Musannaf Abdul-Razzaq and cited hadiths with similar meanings from At-Tabarani’s chain, then said: “We will not elaborate on them.” He referenced some in the abridged Takhrij al-Hidayah. The hadith is well-known among hadith scholars, but in the linguistic sense, not the technical sense, as it is applied to what is near certain or in the linguistic sense, as per the author of Al-Hidayah: “And for us is the well-known hadith.” (As stated in Al-Mirqat.)

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله: رواه رزين الخ: وفي التمييز» لابن الربيع حديث: أخروهن من حيث أخر هن الله»، يعني النساء. قال شيخنا في مصنف عبد الرزاق الله وذكر أحاديث بمعناه من طريق الطبراني، ثم قال: ولا نطيل بها، وأشار شيخنا لبعضها في مختصر تخريج الهداية، انتهى. فالحديث مشهور عند المحدثين، لكن بالمعنى اللغوي لا بالمعنى الاصطلاحي؛ فإنه يطلق على القريب من المتواتر القطعي، وعلى المعنى اللغوي قول صاحب الهداية». ولنا الحديث المشهور. كذا في «المرقاة».

Note 1

حضرت ملا علی قاری رحمہ اللہ الباری نے کہا: کہ ہمارے اصحاب نے اپنے پاس طے شدہ اصول کے تحت اور محقق کبیر حضرت ابن ہمام کی تحقیق کے مطابق حضور اکرم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کے ارشاد ”اخروا النساء حيث اخرهن الله“ سے عورت کے محاذات میں اس کے معتبر شروط کے ساتھ نماز کے باطل ہونے پر استدلال کیا ہے۔

Hadith 4996

Volume 4

English

Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Can anyone 1 walk on water without his feet getting wet?” They said: “No, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “Likewise, the one who engages with the world does not escape sins.”

[Narrated by Al-Bayhaqi in Shu’ab al-Iman]

Commentary and footnotes (2)

Note 1

Can anyone…

(1) His statement: “Can anyone…”: This means, can anyone walk on water in any state without getting wet? The essence is: Can walking on water occur without wetness? (As stated in Al-Mirqat.)

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله: هل من أحد إلخ أي هل يمشي على الماء في حال من الأحوال إلا في حال الابتلال، وحاصل معناه: هل يتحقق المشي على الماء بلا ابتلال. كذا في «المرقاة».

Hadith 4997

Volume 4

English

Uqbah ibn Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “If you see Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, granting a servant worldly things he loves despite his sins, it is only a gradual drawing in.” Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited: “So when they forgot what they had been reminded of, We opened to them the gates of everything until, when they rejoiced in what they were given, We seized them suddenly, and they were in despair.” (Al-An’am: 44)
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Hadith 4998

Volume 4

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Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Do not take to estates, 1 lest you become attached to the world.”
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Note 1

Do not take to estates…

(1) His statement: “Do not take to estates…”: This prohibits preoccupation with estates or similar things that hinder fulfilling the Lord’s worship or attending to matters of the Hereafter as required. (As stated in Al-Mirqat.)

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله : لا تتخذوا الضيعة إلخ : المراد النهي عن الاشتغال بها وبأمثالها مما يكون مانعا عن القيام بعبادة المولى، وعن التوجه، كما ينبغي إلى أمور العقبى. كذا في «المرقاة».

Hadith 4999

Volume 4

English

Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that they had a curtain with bird figures. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “O Aishah, move it, for when I see it, 1 I am reminded of the world.”
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Note 1

For when I see it…

(1) His statement: “For when I see it…”: He did not cite the prohibition of images or their preventing angels from entering, either because this was before their prohibition, the figures were too fine to be noticed, they were permissible on cushions or bedding, or to teach his household to avoid luxury and worldly pleasures, so they would not replace it with another curtain, even without images. (As stated in Al-Lama’at.)

Hadith 5000

Volume 4

English

Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “No expenditure of a believer is without reward, except what he spends on this dust.”
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Hadith 5001

Volume 4

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Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “All expenditure is in the path of Allah except building, for there is no good in it.”
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Hadith 5002

Volume 4

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Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went out one day with us and saw a prominent dome. He said: “What is this?” His companions said: “It belongs to so-and-so, a man from the Ansar.” He remained silent but kept it in his heart. 1 When the man came and greeted him among the people, he turned away from him. He did this several times until the man recognized his anger and avoidance. He complained to his companions, saying: “By Allah, I find the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) strange.” They said: “He went out and saw your dome.” The man returned to his dome and razed it to the ground. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went out another day and did not see it. He said: “What happened to the dome?” They said: “Its owner complained of your avoidance, so we told him, and he demolished it.” He said: “Indeed, every building is a liability 2 for its owner except what is necessary, except what is unavoidable.”
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Note 1

Kept it in his heart

(1) His statement: “Kept it in his heart”: This means he harbored anger toward its builder for the act. In Asas al-Balaghah: “I harbored resentment against him” means to hold it inwardly. (As stated in Al-Mirqat.)

Note 2

Indeed, every building is a liability…

(2) His statement: “Indeed, every building is a liability…”: This refers to buildings for pride and luxury beyond need, not buildings for good, like mosques, schools, or hospices, which belong to the Hereafter, nor essential provisions, clothing, or housing. (As stated in Al-Mirqat.)

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله: حملها : أي أضمر تلك الفعلة في نفسه غضبا على فاعلها في فعلها، ففي أساس البلاغة: حملت الحقد عليه إذا أضمرته. كذا في «المرقاة».

Note 2

قوله

(۲) قوله: أما أن كل بناء وبال إلخ أراد ما بناه للتفاخر والتنعم فوق الحاجة، لا أبنية الخير من المساجد والمدارس والرباطات؛ فإنها من الآخرة، وكذا ما لا بد منه للرجل من القوت والملبس والمسكن. كذا في «المرقاة».

Hadith 5004

Volume 4

English

Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Beware of the forbidden in building, for it is the foundation of ruin.” 1

[Narrated by Al-Bayhaqi in Shu’ab al-Iman]

Commentary and footnotes (2)

Note 1

For it is the foundation of ruin

(1) His statement: “For it is the foundation of ruin”: The implied meaning is the foundation of the ruin of religion or the ruin of the building. The first implies the permissibility of spending lawful wealth on building, while the second does not. The latter is more fitting for this chapter. (As stated in Al-Mirqat.)

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله: فإنه أساس الخراب التقدير : أساس خراب الدين، أو أساس خراب البنيان، فعلى الأول يدل على جواز إنفاق الحلال في البنيان، وعلى الثاني لا . وهذا أنسب بالباب. كذا في «المرقاة».