The Lesson on "Encouragement and Warning," an explanation of the hadith of Khubayb ibn al-Urt, in which he said
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The Shaykh : Our hadith tonight is about Khubayb ibn al-Urt, a noble Companion. He said: "We emigrated with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) seeking the Face of Allah, so our reward is with Allah. Among us are those who have died and have not consumed any of their reward, such as Mus'ab ibn 'Umar, who was killed on the Day of Uhud. We found nothing to shroud him in except a cloak; when we covered his head with it, his feet were exposed, and when we covered his feet, his head was exposed. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us to cover his head and to place some ishkhar (a type of grass) on his feet. And among us are those whose fruit has ripened, and they are now reaping it." It was narrated by al-Bukhari, Muslim, al-Tirmidhi, and Abu Dawud, with some brevity.
The author explains some of the unusual words in this hadith, saying: Al-Birdah: A striped cloak made of wool, which is the namirah. Ayna'at: With a yaa following the alif; meaning it reached maturity and ripened. Yahdibuhaa: With a dhammah on the dhal and a kasrah; meaning both forms are correct: yahdubuhaa and yahdibuhaa; meaning he cuts it and gathers it.
Khubayb (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We emigrated with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) seeking the Face of Allah." This means that they were striving in the path of Allah, sincere in their religion for Him. This is the standard of the Companions as a rule, though this does not preclude that some among them may have striven for other than the Face of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is the nature of humanity; it is not possible for all of them to be on one heart in sincerity and obedience to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). But there is no doubt that the majority of the Companions are described this way, as Khubayb ibn al-Urt (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "They sought nothing but the Face of Allah." So what is said in some historical books of the present age about those who have no worth or no religion, accusing them that the motive for the early Islamic conquests was the love of this world and the accumulation of wealth—this is a baseless claim with no evidence for it. In fact, reality testifies that the matter was exactly the opposite, and there is much evidence for this in authentic Islamic history. This hadith that is before us now is among those proofs, as it explicitly states: "We emigrated with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) seeking the Face of Allah, so our reward is with Allah."
The author explains some of the unusual words in this hadith, saying: Al-Birdah: A striped cloak made of wool, which is the namirah. Ayna'at: With a yaa following the alif; meaning it reached maturity and ripened. Yahdibuhaa: With a dhammah on the dhal and a kasrah; meaning both forms are correct: yahdubuhaa and yahdibuhaa; meaning he cuts it and gathers it.
Khubayb (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We emigrated with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) seeking the Face of Allah." This means that they were striving in the path of Allah, sincere in their religion for Him. This is the standard of the Companions as a rule, though this does not preclude that some among them may have striven for other than the Face of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is the nature of humanity; it is not possible for all of them to be on one heart in sincerity and obedience to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). But there is no doubt that the majority of the Companions are described this way, as Khubayb ibn al-Urt (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "They sought nothing but the Face of Allah." So what is said in some historical books of the present age about those who have no worth or no religion, accusing them that the motive for the early Islamic conquests was the love of this world and the accumulation of wealth—this is a baseless claim with no evidence for it. In fact, reality testifies that the matter was exactly the opposite, and there is much evidence for this in authentic Islamic history. This hadith that is before us now is among those proofs, as it explicitly states: "We emigrated with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) seeking the Face of Allah, so our reward is with Allah."
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