Reminding of some of the hadiths in which Allah (Mighty and Majestic) guides His believing, pious servant, and explaining the greatness of the rank of taqwa (mindfulness of Allah).
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The Shaykh : And there are wonderful hadiths that show the extent of the impact of a Muslim’s fear of his Lord, and how our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) subdues for this pious Muslim matters that He does not usually subdue for people; that is, in precise jurisprudential terms: Allah (Mighty and Majestic) breaks the system of the universe in order to preserve the wealth of this Muslim. The system of the universe about which our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) said in this system is the Sunnah of Allah [Al-Ahzab 33:62].
We have some incidents and evidence for this. For example, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:. The cloud was moving this way, for example, and then it turned this way. This man who heard the voice walked with the cloud for a short distance, and then the cloud discharged its load of rain onto a land. He looked out over it and found a man working with his pickaxe. He greeted him, as if to say, for example: Peace be upon you, and O so-and-so. The man was surprised because he recognized him as a stranger; from where did he know his name? He said to him: I was walking in the desert, and I heard a voice from the cloud saying: Water the land of so-and-so. So I came with the cloud until it brought me to you, and I knew that you were the one intended. This is the evidence. So by what did you deserve this care from Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He)? He said: By Allah, I do not know, except that I have this land, so I plant it, and then I divide its produce and harvest into three parts: a part I spend on myself and my family, a part I return to my land, and the third part I spend on the poor and needy around me. He said: That is it.
Look now; have you ever heard that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) subdues the sky for a specific land? No, but this happened because he feared Allah, so Allah (Mighty and Majestic) singled him out for special care from Him, unlike all other people.
Of this nature is also what came in this hadith in "Sahih Muslim," and of this nature is also what came in "Sahih al-Bukhari" that a man needed some money as a loan, so he went to a rich man and said to him: O so-and-so, lend me one hundred dinars. He said: Bring a witness. He said: Allah is the witness. He said: Bring a guarantor. He said: Allah is the guarantor. A man, as they say in our region of Sham, apparently he was blessed, and by blessing they mean a pure heart, a good heart, one who does not know deception, one who does not know treachery. You want a witness? I have no witness; Allah is sufficient as a witness between us. You want a guarantor? I have no guarantor; Allah is the guarantor. And it seems that the case here was as it is said: "Birds fall according to their kind"; that this rich man was also blessed. So he accepted this answer from the borrower, saying: Since Allah is the witness and Allah is the guarantor, please. He gave him one hundred gold dinars, and they agreed on a day for repayment. The man took the one hundred dinars and set out for trade. The appointed time came and he was far from the town; what did he do? He took, and Allah blessed him in his wealth, and he took the one hundred dinars and stuffed them into a piece of wood, dug a hole and packed them in tightly and sealed it, and came to the seashore and said: O Allah, You were the witness and You were the guarantor, "..." and he threw the piece of wood into the sea.
This is madness, but this man was overcome by his love for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and his love for fulfilling the promise he made to him. There was no one but Allah as witness and Allah as guarantor. And our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) is capable of everything; He commanded the waves to take this piece of wood from this shore to the distant shore where the rich man was. The rich man went out to inspect the shore of the man who had lent him one hundred dinars, and waited a little, and then he saw this piece of wood being tossed by the waves, sometimes from far away, sometimes from near, until it came close to him. He took it to the house, and there he broke it open, and there the dinars fell to the ground... After a period, the borrower came. Look, again the goodness of heart, again the goodness of heart. So he counted out for him one hundred dinars. He did not rely on that event; because it was an extraordinary matter, it is not possible for a person to rely on it. So he presented to him the one hundred dinars. Look also at the purity of this rich man. He told him the story, saying to him: By Allah, my story is such and such. I went out at the appointed time to wait for you, and I found this piece of wood and took it and broke it open, and there were one hundred dinars in it. He said: By Allah, I tell you the truth that when the appointed time caught up with me, and I was unable to present it to you at the specified time, I did such and such. So the piece of wood is the one I threw, relying on Allah. He said to him: So Allah has fulfilled it for you, and may Allah bless you in your wealth. What could be a greater help from Allah to His pious servants than this help?
And it may be of this nature also the story of the three who took refuge in the cave, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 2743a. Look for deeds you have done that are righteous for Allah, and call upon Allah with these righteous deeds, perhaps Allah will relieve you. . A rock, meaning a mountain in a large cave.
The second said:.
All of this is support from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for His pious servants, in verification of the saying of the Lord of the Worlds:[At-Talaq 65:2-3]. We are in need of this kind of upbringing to be truly believers, if Allah wills.
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Another questioner: ... without exerting the means and preparing the conditions that ... the meats ... that we start ... .
The Shaykh : It is necessary.
Another questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
and you will not find in the way of Allah any change.
وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًاWe have some incidents and evidence for this. For example, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
While a man from those before you was walking in a desolate part of the land, he heard a voice from the cloud saying: Go and water the land of so-and-so.
بينما رجل فيمَن قبلكم يمشي في فلاةٍ من الأرض ؛ إذ سمعَ صوتًا من السحاب يقول : اذهب واسْقِ أرض فلانLook now; have you ever heard that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) subdues the sky for a specific land? No, but this happened because he feared Allah, so Allah (Mighty and Majestic) singled him out for special care from Him, unlike all other people.
Of this nature is also what came in this hadith in "Sahih Muslim," and of this nature is also what came in "Sahih al-Bukhari" that a man needed some money as a loan, so he went to a rich man and said to him: O so-and-so, lend me one hundred dinars. He said: Bring a witness. He said: Allah is the witness. He said: Bring a guarantor. He said: Allah is the guarantor. A man, as they say in our region of Sham, apparently he was blessed, and by blessing they mean a pure heart, a good heart, one who does not know deception, one who does not know treachery. You want a witness? I have no witness; Allah is sufficient as a witness between us. You want a guarantor? I have no guarantor; Allah is the guarantor. And it seems that the case here was as it is said: "Birds fall according to their kind"; that this rich man was also blessed. So he accepted this answer from the borrower, saying: Since Allah is the witness and Allah is the guarantor, please. He gave him one hundred gold dinars, and they agreed on a day for repayment. The man took the one hundred dinars and set out for trade. The appointed time came and he was far from the town; what did he do? He took, and Allah blessed him in his wealth, and he took the one hundred dinars and stuffed them into a piece of wood, dug a hole and packed them in tightly and sealed it, and came to the seashore and said: O Allah, You were the witness and You were the guarantor, "..." and he threw the piece of wood into the sea.
This is madness, but this man was overcome by his love for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and his love for fulfilling the promise he made to him. There was no one but Allah as witness and Allah as guarantor. And our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) is capable of everything; He commanded the waves to take this piece of wood from this shore to the distant shore where the rich man was. The rich man went out to inspect the shore of the man who had lent him one hundred dinars, and waited a little, and then he saw this piece of wood being tossed by the waves, sometimes from far away, sometimes from near, until it came close to him. He took it to the house, and there he broke it open, and there the dinars fell to the ground... After a period, the borrower came. Look, again the goodness of heart, again the goodness of heart. So he counted out for him one hundred dinars. He did not rely on that event; because it was an extraordinary matter, it is not possible for a person to rely on it. So he presented to him the one hundred dinars. Look also at the purity of this rich man. He told him the story, saying to him: By Allah, my story is such and such. I went out at the appointed time to wait for you, and I found this piece of wood and took it and broke it open, and there were one hundred dinars in it. He said: By Allah, I tell you the truth that when the appointed time caught up with me, and I was unable to present it to you at the specified time, I did such and such. So the piece of wood is the one I threw, relying on Allah. He said to him: So Allah has fulfilled it for you, and may Allah bless you in your wealth. What could be a greater help from Allah to His pious servants than this help?
And it may be of this nature also the story of the three who took refuge in the cave, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Three persons set out on a journey. They were overtaken by rain and they had to find protection in a mountain cave where at its mouth there fell a rock of that mountain and thus blocked them altogether. One of them said to the others: Look to your good deeds that you performed for the sake of Allah and then supplicate Allah, the Exalted, that He might rescue you (from this trouble).
بينما ثلاثة نفرٍ ممَّن قبلكم يمشون ؛ إذ أصابَهم المطر ، فأووا إلى غار في جبل ، فانحطَّت على فم غارهم صخرة من الجبل ، فانطبقت عليهم ، فقال بعضهم لبعض : يا هؤلاء ، انظروا أعمالًا عملتموها صالحةً لله فادعوا الله بها لعلَّ الله يفرجها عنكمOne of them raised his hands and said: “O Allah, if You know that I had two old, aged parents and a wife, and I had small children whom I was tending, and when I came back from grazing, I would milk the camels and bring the milk, and I would start with my parents before my children, so one day the trees took me far away, and I returned in the evening. I milked as I used to and brought the milk to them, but I found them asleep. I stood by their heads, hating to wake them from their sleep, and hating to give the children milk before them, while the children were crying from hunger at my feet. So that remained my habit and their habit until the dawn appeared. If You, O Allah, know that I did that seeking Your pleasure, then open for us a way out from it so that we can see the sky from it.” So the rock moved aside a little, and they saw the sky.
فرفع أحدهم يديه وقال : اللهم إن كنتَ تعلم أنه كان لي أبوان شيخان كبيران وامرأتي ، وكان لي صبيةٌ صغارٌ أرعى عليهم ، فإذا أرحْتُ حلبْتُ ، وجئت بالحلاب ، فبدأت بأبويَّ قبل بنيَّ ، فنأى بي ذات يوم الشجر فرجعتُ وقد أمسيت ، فحلبت كما كنت أحلب ، وجئت بالحلاب إليهما فوجدتُهما قد ناما ، فقمْتُ عند رؤوسهما أكرَهُ أن أوقِظَهما من نومهما ، وأكره أن أسقِيَ الصبية قبلهما ، والصبية يتضاغون من الجوع عند قدميَّ ، فلم يزَلْ ذلك دأبي ودأبهم حتى طلع الفجر ؛ فإن كنت اللهم تعلم أني فعلتُ ذلك ابتغاء مرضاتك ففرِّج عنَّا منها فرجةً نرى منها السماء ، فانزاحت الصخرة شيئًا قليلًا حتى رأوا السماءThe second said:
“O Allah, if You know that I had a cousin whom I loved as much as men love women, so I asked her for herself, but she refused until I gave her a hundred dinars. When I was between her legs, she said: ‘O servant of Allah, fear Allah and do not break the seal except with its right.’ So I got up from her. If You, O Allah, know that I did that seeking Your pleasure, then open for us a way out from it.” So the rock moved aside again a little, but they could not get out, until the third man stood up and said: “O Allah, if You know that I hired a worker for a farq of rice, and when he finished his work, I offered him his farq, but he was not pleased with it. So I kept planting it until I gathered from it a herd of cattle and their herders. Then he came to me and said: ‘O servant of Allah, give me my right.’ I said to him: ‘Look at those cattle and sheep; go and take them.’ He said: ‘O servant of Allah, fear Allah and do not mock me; I only have a farq of rice with you.’ He said: ‘Go and take them, for those cattle are from that farq.’ So he went and drove them away. If You, O Allah, know that I did that seeking Your pleasure, then open for us a way out from it.” So the rock moved aside and they walked out.
اللهم إنك كنت تعلم أنه كان لي ابنة عمٍّ أحبَبْتها كأشدِّ ما يحبُّ الرجال النساء ، فطلبتُ منها نفسَها ، فأبت حتى آتِيَها بمئة دينار ، فلما وقعتُ بين رجليها قالت : يا عبد الله ، اتَّق الله ولا تفتح الخاتم إلا بحقِّه . فقمْتُ عنها ؛ فإن كنت اللهم تعلم أني فعلتُ ذلك ابتغاء مرضاتك ففرِّج عنَّا منها فرجة ، فانزاحت الصخرة - أيضًا - شيئًا قليلًا ، لكن لا يستطيعوا الخروج ، حتى قام الثالث يقول : اللهم إن كنت تعلم أني كنت استأجرت أجيرًا على فَرَق من أرز ، فلما قضى عمله عرضتُ عليه فَرَقَه فرغب عنه ، فلم أزَلْ أزرعه حتى جمعتُ منه بقرًا ورعاءها ، ثم جاءني وقال : يا عبد الله ، أعطِني حقِّي . قلت له : انظر إلى تلك البقر والغنم ؛ فاذهب وخذها . قال : يا عبد الله ، اتق الله ولا تستهزئ بي ؛ إنما لي عندك فَرَق من أرز . قال : اذهب وخُذْها ، فإنما تلك البقر من ذاك الفَرَق . فذهب واستاقَها ؛ فإن كنت اللهم تعلم أني فعلتُ ذلك ابتغاء مرضاتك ففرِّج عنَّا ، فانزاحت الصخرة وخرجوا يتمشَّونAll of this is support from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for His pious servants, in verification of the saying of the Lord of the Worlds:
And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out (3) And will provide for him from where he does not expect.
وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا * وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ...
Another questioner: ... without exerting the means and preparing the conditions that ... the meats ... that we start ... .
The Shaykh : It is necessary.
Another questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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