The Meaning of the Hadith: “And I am upon my covenant with you and my promise to you as long as you are able”
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadith:
Answer:
Yes, by the covenant of Allah, where He covenanted with His servants to worship Him as[Ya-Sin 36:60-61] the covenant between the servant and his Lord: not to worship anyone but Him and not to seek help from anyone but Him, as in the saying of Allah the Exalted in Surat al-Fatihah: not to worship anyone but Him and not to seek help from anyone but Him. And Allah has promised the one who fulfills his covenant with Allah the best reward and the finest reward, and Allah does not fail to fulfill His promise, Glorified and Exalted is He.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadith:
And I am upon my covenant with you and your family as long as I am able.
وأنا على عهدك وأهلك ما استطعتAnswer:
Yes, by the covenant of Allah, where He covenanted with His servants to worship Him as
(60) Did I not enjoin upon you, O children of Adam, that you not worship Satan - [for] indeed, he is to you a clear enemy - (61) And that you worship [only] Me? This
أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يَا بَنِي آدَمَ أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوا الشَّيْطَانَ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ وَأَنِ اعْبُدُونِي هَٰذَاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، اللقاء الأسبوعي-22 من 32-لفضيلة الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان -حفظه الله- مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com (48:53)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.