BISMILLAH AR-RAHMAAN AR-RAHIIM
ASK ALLAH SUBHANAHU WATA'ALAA DIRECTLY AND GOOD DEEDS
(THE TALE OF THE CAVE)
Narrated Ibn 'Umar r.a.: Allah's Messenger S.A.W said, "Once three persons (from the previous nations) were travelling, and suddenly it started raining and they took shelter in a cave. The entrance of the cave got closed (suddenly by the falling of a huge rock) while they were inside. They said to each other, 'O You! Nothing can save you except the truth, so each of you should ask Allah's Help by referring to such a deed as he thinks he did sincerely (i.e. just for gaining Allah's Pleasure).' So one of them said, 'O Allah! You know that I had a labourer who worked for me for one Faraq (i.e. three Sa') of rice, but he departed, leaving it (i.e. his wages). I sowed that Faraq of rice and with its yield I bought cows (for him). Later on when he came to me asking for his wages, I said (to him): Go to those cows and drive them away. He said to me: But you have to pay me only a Faraq of rice. I said to him: Go to those cows and take them, for they are the product of that Faraq (of rice) so he drove them. O Allah! If You consider that I did that for fear of You, then please remove the rock.' The rock shifted a bit from the mouth of the cave. The second one said, 'O Allah, You know that I had old parents whom I used to provide with the milk of my sheep every night. One night I was delayed and when I came, they had slept, while my wife and children were crying with hunger. I used not to let them (i.e. my family) drink unless my parents had drunk first. So I disliked to wake them up and also disliked that they should sleep without drinking it, I kept on waiting (for them to wake) till it dawned. O Allah! If You consider that I did that for fear of You, then please remove the rock.' So the rock shifted and they could see the sky through it. The (third) one said, 'O Allah! You know that I had a cousin (i.e. my paternal uncle's daughter) who was most beloved to me and I saught to seduce her, but she refused, unless I paid her one hundred Dinars (i.e. gold pieces). So I collected the amount and brought it to her, and she allowed me to sleep with her. But when I sat between her legs, she said: Be afraid of Allah, and do not deflower me but legally. I got up and left the hundred Dinars (for her). O Allah, If You consider that I did that for fear of You then please remove the rock.' So Allah released them (removed the rock) and they came out (of the cave)." [This Hadith indicates that one can only asks Allah for help directly or through his performed good deeds. But to ask Allah through dead or absent (prophets, saints, spirits, holy men, angels) is absolutely forbidden in Islam and it is a kind of polytheism.] [Sahih Bukhari, 4/3465(O.P.671)
EVERYONE IS A GUARDIAN
Narrated Abdullah bin 'Umar r.a.: Allah's Messenger S.A.W. said, "Surely, everyone of you is a guardian and is responsible for the charges: The Imam (ruler) of the people is a guardian and is responsible for his subjects; a man is the guardian of his family (household) and is responsible for his subjects; a woman is the guardian of her husband's home and of his children and is responsible for them; and the slave of a man is a guardian of his master's property and is responsible for it. Surely, everyone of you is a guardian and responsible for his charges." [Sahih Al-Bukhari, 9/7138 (O.P.252)]
ALLAH WILL EXPOSE ONE'S INTENTIONS
Narrated Tarif Abu Tamimah r.a.: I saw Safwan and Jundub and Safwan's companions when Jundub was advising. They said, "Did you hear something from Allah's Messenger S.A.W.?" Jundub said, "I heard him saying, 'Whoever does a good deed in order to show- off, Allah will expose his intentions on the Day of Resurrection (before the people), and whoever puts the people into difficulties, Allah will put him into difficulties on the Day of Resurrection.' " The people said (to Jundub), "Advise us." He said, "The first thing of the human body to putrefy is the abdomen, so he who can eat nothing but good food (Halal and earned lawfully) should do so, and he who does as much as he can that nothing intervenes between him and Paradise by not shedding even a handful of blood (i.e. murdering), should do so." [Sahih Al-Bukhari, 9/7152 (O.P.266)]
ASK ALLAH SUBHANAHU WATA'ALAA DIRECTLY AND GOOD DEEDS
(THE TALE OF THE CAVE)
Narrated Ibn 'Umar r.a.: Allah's Messenger S.A.W said, "Once three persons (from the previous nations) were travelling, and suddenly it started raining and they took shelter in a cave. The entrance of the cave got closed (suddenly by the falling of a huge rock) while they were inside. They said to each other, 'O You! Nothing can save you except the truth, so each of you should ask Allah's Help by referring to such a deed as he thinks he did sincerely (i.e. just for gaining Allah's Pleasure).' So one of them said, 'O Allah! You know that I had a labourer who worked for me for one Faraq (i.e. three Sa') of rice, but he departed, leaving it (i.e. his wages). I sowed that Faraq of rice and with its yield I bought cows (for him). Later on when he came to me asking for his wages, I said (to him): Go to those cows and drive them away. He said to me: But you have to pay me only a Faraq of rice. I said to him: Go to those cows and take them, for they are the product of that Faraq (of rice) so he drove them. O Allah! If You consider that I did that for fear of You, then please remove the rock.' The rock shifted a bit from the mouth of the cave. The second one said, 'O Allah, You know that I had old parents whom I used to provide with the milk of my sheep every night. One night I was delayed and when I came, they had slept, while my wife and children were crying with hunger. I used not to let them (i.e. my family) drink unless my parents had drunk first. So I disliked to wake them up and also disliked that they should sleep without drinking it, I kept on waiting (for them to wake) till it dawned. O Allah! If You consider that I did that for fear of You, then please remove the rock.' So the rock shifted and they could see the sky through it. The (third) one said, 'O Allah! You know that I had a cousin (i.e. my paternal uncle's daughter) who was most beloved to me and I saught to seduce her, but she refused, unless I paid her one hundred Dinars (i.e. gold pieces). So I collected the amount and brought it to her, and she allowed me to sleep with her. But when I sat between her legs, she said: Be afraid of Allah, and do not deflower me but legally. I got up and left the hundred Dinars (for her). O Allah, If You consider that I did that for fear of You then please remove the rock.' So Allah released them (removed the rock) and they came out (of the cave)." [This Hadith indicates that one can only asks Allah for help directly or through his performed good deeds. But to ask Allah through dead or absent (prophets, saints, spirits, holy men, angels) is absolutely forbidden in Islam and it is a kind of polytheism.] [Sahih Bukhari, 4/3465(O.P.671)
EVERYONE IS A GUARDIAN
Narrated Abdullah bin 'Umar r.a.: Allah's Messenger S.A.W. said, "Surely, everyone of you is a guardian and is responsible for the charges: The Imam (ruler) of the people is a guardian and is responsible for his subjects; a man is the guardian of his family (household) and is responsible for his subjects; a woman is the guardian of her husband's home and of his children and is responsible for them; and the slave of a man is a guardian of his master's property and is responsible for it. Surely, everyone of you is a guardian and responsible for his charges." [Sahih Al-Bukhari, 9/7138 (O.P.252)]
ALLAH WILL EXPOSE ONE'S INTENTIONS
Narrated Tarif Abu Tamimah r.a.: I saw Safwan and Jundub and Safwan's companions when Jundub was advising. They said, "Did you hear something from Allah's Messenger S.A.W.?" Jundub said, "I heard him saying, 'Whoever does a good deed in order to show- off, Allah will expose his intentions on the Day of Resurrection (before the people), and whoever puts the people into difficulties, Allah will put him into difficulties on the Day of Resurrection.' " The people said (to Jundub), "Advise us." He said, "The first thing of the human body to putrefy is the abdomen, so he who can eat nothing but good food (Halal and earned lawfully) should do so, and he who does as much as he can that nothing intervenes between him and Paradise by not shedding even a handful of blood (i.e. murdering), should do so." [Sahih Al-Bukhari, 9/7152 (O.P.266)]
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