From the lessons of "Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib" by Al-Mundhiri, Chapter: "Encouraging the remembrance of death, shortening one's hopes, and hastening in deeds"
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The Shaykh : ... [An-Nisa 4:1], [Al-Ahzab 33:70-71], As for what follows:
Indeed, the best of speech is the speech of Allah, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and the worst of matters are their innovations, and every innovation is a religious innovation, and every religious innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire. And after that:
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said—and this is the twenty-fifth hadith: It was narrated from Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:. Al-Tabarani narrated it, and his narrators are relied upon in "Al-Sahih," and Al-Hakim said: "The chain is authentic," and his wording is: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 42:80. This hadith is hasan (good), and it has two wordings as you have seen, and the second wording is more complete than the first in both wording and meaning.
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:, and this phrase—as you all know—is taken from the text of the Noble Qur'an: [Al-Qamar 54:1]. This verse in its entirety will come in a later hadith, if Allah wills: [Al-Qamar 54:1]. But the Messenger (peace be upon him) mentioned here the first part of the verse, so he said: Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 42:80.
If one of you has a copy of "Al-Targhib," your copy may be like mine here:, and that is a mistake. The correct version, as indicated by the context and by referring to the original sources, is: ; that is, the people who were explicitly mentioned earlier in the hadith, where he (peace be upon him) said: Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 42:80. The purpose of the hadith is clear: that although the Hour has drawn near, as our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) informed us in the verse, people are contrary to this warning with which Allah (Mighty and Majestic) warned them when He said: . So instead of being concerned with the occurrence and establishment of the Hour—and this concern necessitates preparing for death before it descends—what do people do instead of this preparation? Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 42:80; that is, as if the Hour had moved away from them and not drawn near to them. Therefore, in the first narration, when it said: Therefore, they are not concerned, but rather they are concerned with the opposite of what this divine warning necessitates from them, from His saying: , which is preparing for death through righteous deeds. So they are contrary to that; they do not increase except in greed for this world, gathering it, and competing for it. And by that, they do not increase in distance from Allah.
It must be known by every Muslim that when Allah (Mighty and Majestic) informs us of the nearness of the Hour and the approach of its minor signs, let alone the major ones, He means thereby to warn the living that the Hour may overtake them before the repentant among them repents, and before the wretched one turns from his evil deeds to righteous deeds. So His saying (Mighty and Majestic): is in the meaning of "Prepare for it, for the Hour is near." But people—that is, most people—as came in this hadith: Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 42:80. This is a hasan (good) hadith, as we said.
O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَاءً وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءَلُونَ بِهِ وَالْأَرْحَامَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا(70) O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice. (71) He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا * يُصْلِحْ لَكُمْ أَعْمَالَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًاIndeed, the best of speech is the speech of Allah, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and the worst of matters are their innovations, and every innovation is a religious innovation, and every religious innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire. And after that:
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said—and this is the twenty-fifth hadith: It was narrated from Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The Hour is near, and they do not increase except in distance from it
اقتربت الساعة ولا تزداد منهم إلا بُعْدًاThe Hour is near, and people do not increase in their attachment to this world except in greed, and they do not increase in distance from Allah
اقتربت الساعة ولا يزداد الناس على الدنيا إلا حرصًا ، ولا يزدادون من الله إلا بُعْدًاThe Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The Hour has drawn near
اقتربت الساعةThe Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].
اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُThe Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].
اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُThe Hour is near, and people do not increase in their attachment to this world except in greed, and they do not increase in distance from Allah
اقتربت الساعة ولا يزداد الناس على الدنيا إلا حرصًا ، ولا يزدادون من الله إلا بُعْدًاIf one of you has a copy of "Al-Targhib," your copy may be like mine here:
and they do not increase
ولا تزدادونand they do not increase
ولا يزالونThe Hour is near, and people do not increase in their attachment to this world except in greed, and they do not increase in distance from Allah
اقتربت الساعة ولا يزداد الناس على الدنيا إلا حرصًا ، ولا يزدادون من الله إلا بُعْدًاThe Hour has drawn near
اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُThey do not increase in their attachment to this world except in greed
لا يزدادون على الدنيا إلا حرصًاThe Hour is near, and they do not increase except in distance from it
اقتربت الساعة ولا تزداد منهم إلا بُعْدًاThe Hour has drawn near
اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُIt must be known by every Muslim that when Allah (Mighty and Majestic) informs us of the nearness of the Hour and the approach of its minor signs, let alone the major ones, He means thereby to warn the living that the Hour may overtake them before the repentant among them repents, and before the wretched one turns from his evil deeds to righteous deeds. So His saying (Mighty and Majestic):
The Hour has drawn near
اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُThe Hour is near, and people do not increase in their attachment to this world except in greed, and they do not increase in distance from Allah
اقتربت الساعة ولا يزداد الناس على الدنيا إلا حرصًا ، ولا يزدادون من الله إلا بُعْدًا
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