(Exhortation to Hold Firm to Revelation and Be Patient with It) O man who seeks his salvation*** Listen to the words of an advising helper Be steadfast in all your matters***
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The Shaykh : In this passage, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) calls out to the man who wants to be saved from the punishment of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to listen to the words of this advising helper, meaning one who is worthy of assistance and support, because he (may Allah have mercy on him) is sincere to his brothers. He commands that a person should be steadfast in all matters—in creed, in deeds, in acts of worship, in transactions, and in morals... He should be steadfast in what? In Revelation, which encompasses the Book and the Sunnah. He also commands that we support the Book of Allah and the Sunnahs that came from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the one sent with the Criterion, and that we strike with the sword of Revelation—and what a great sword it is—and what... for falsehood, and it severs it for every denier of the divine attributes. "The mujahid strikes above every finger" This is taken from the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Anfal 8:12] ... the fingers, He cut them off, cut them off, and strike from them every finger
"And carry on with the resolve of truth" Then he also commands that we carry on with the resolve of truth, "a charge of a sincere one, pure for Allah" not for desire, ... but pure for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), seeking nothing by it but the Face of Allah. He also commands patience under the banners of guidance, and "al-wiyah" is the plural of "liwah," which are the standards. Be patient under the banners of guidance. If it is decreed that you are struck, that is in the pleasure of the Most Merciful. Being struck in the pleasure of Allah is, in reality, not a loss, but this is the ultimate thing a person hopes for. If one is struck for Allah, in the pleasure of Allah... he has obtained the reward... and this is something that we should always keep with us: that we stand firm under the banners of guidance. If we are attacked, struck, humiliated, or if what was done to us is done to us, all of this is in the pleasure of the Most Merciful. This is like the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when his finger was bleeding:Sahih Muslim 1796a Yes.
and strike from them every fingertip."
واضربوا منهم كل بنان"And carry on with the resolve of truth" Then he also commands that we carry on with the resolve of truth, "a charge of a sincere one, pure for Allah" not for desire, ... but pure for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), seeking nothing by it but the Face of Allah. He also commands patience under the banners of guidance, and "al-wiyah" is the plural of "liwah," which are the standards. Be patient under the banners of guidance. If it is decreed that you are struck, that is in the pleasure of the Most Merciful. Being struck in the pleasure of Allah is, in reality, not a loss, but this is the ultimate thing a person hopes for. If one is struck for Allah, in the pleasure of Allah... he has obtained the reward... and this is something that we should always keep with us: that we stand firm under the banners of guidance. If we are attacked, struck, humiliated, or if what was done to us is done to us, all of this is in the pleasure of the Most Merciful. This is like the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when his finger was bleeding: