The thief seeks pardon for theft, the prostitute for fornication, and the rich man reflects and gives charity without being stingy.

The Shaykh : The thief seeks pardon for theft, the prostitute for fornication, and the rich man reflects and gives charity without being stingy.
In this hadith is evidence that if a person intends good and strives for it but misses it, it is written for him and it does not harm him. For this reason, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: "If he gives his zakah to one he thinks is among the people of zakah, and it turns out that he is not among the people of zakah, then it suffices him". For example, if you see a man in tattered clothes, wearing tattered garments, and you think he is poor, so you give him zakah, and then the people say: So-and-so is rich, he has much wealth. Does your zakah suffice you? The answer?
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : Your zakah suffices you, because it was said to this man: , your zakah suffices you. And likewise, if you give it to someone else whom you thought was deserving but he was not deserving, then it suffices you. And success is from Allah.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions:
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted in his book *Riyad al-Salihin*: "Narrated by Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at a feast, and a shoulder of meat was brought to him, and it pleased him. So he took a bite from it and said: "I am the master of people on the Day of Resurrection. Do you know why that is? Allah will gather the first and the last in one plain, so the one who looks will see them, and the one who calls will hear them, and the sun will be brought close to them. The people will be afflicted with grief and distress that they cannot bear or endure. So the people will say: 'Do you not see what you are in, and what has befallen you? Do you not look for someone to intercede for you to your Lord?' So some of the people will say to others: 'Your father Adam.' So they will come to him and say: 'O Adam, you are the father of mankind. Allah created you with His Hand and breathed into you of His Spirit, and He commanded the angels and they prostrated to you, and He settled you in Paradise. Will you not intercede for us to your Lord? Do you not see what we are in and what has befallen us?' So he will say: 'My Lord was angry today with an anger like which He was not angry before, and He will not be angry with such an anger after. And He forbade me from the tree, so I disobeyed. Myself, myself, myself. Go to someone other than me. Go to Noah.' So they will come to Noah and say: 'O Noah, you are the first of the messengers to the earth, and Allah has named you a grateful servant. Do you not see what we are in? Do you not see what has befallen us? Will you not intercede for us to your Lord?' So he will say: 'My Lord was angry today with an anger like which He was not angry before, and He will not be angry with such an anger after. And I had a supplication which I made against my people. Myself, myself, myself. Go to Ibrahim.' So they will say: 'O Ibrahim! You are the Prophet of Allah and His intimate friend from among the people of the earth. Intercede for us to your Lord. Do you not see what we are in?' So he will say to them: 'My Lord was angry today with an anger like which He was not angry before, and He will not be angry with such an anger after. And I told three lies. Myself, myself, myself. Go to someone other than me. Go to Musa.' So they will come to Musa. So they will say: 'O Musa, you are the Messenger of Allah, and Allah has preferred you over the people with His messengership and His speech. Intercede for us to your Lord. Do you not see what we are in?' So he will say: 'My Lord was angry today with an anger like which He was not angry before, and He will not be angry with such an anger after. And I killed a soul for which I was not commanded to kill it. Myself, myself, myself. Go to someone other than me. Go to Isa.' So they will come to Isa, and they will say: 'O Isa, you are the Messenger of Allah and His word which He cast to Maryam, and a spirit from Him. You spoke to the people in the cradle. Intercede for us to your Lord. Do you not see what we are in?' So Isa will say: 'My Lord was angry today with an anger like which He was not angry before, and He will not be angry with such an anger after. And he did not mention a sin. Myself, myself, myself. Go to someone other than me. Go to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)."

كنا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في دعوة ، فرُفع إليه الذراع وكانت تعجبه ، فنهس منها نهسة ، وقال : أنا سيد الناس يوم القيامة، هل تدرون مم ذاك ؟ يجمع الله الأولين والآخرين في صعيد واحد ، فيبصرهم الناظر ، ويُسمعهم الداعي ، وتدنو منهم الشمس ، فيبلغ الناسَ من الغم والكرب ما لا يطيقون ولا يحتملون ، فيقول الناس : ألا ترون ما أنتم فيه إلى ما بلغكم ؟! ألا تنظرون من يشفع لكم إلى ربكم ؟! فيقول بعض الناس لبعض : أبوكم آدم ، فيأتونه فيقولون : يا آدم أنت أبو البشر خلقك الله بيده ونفخ فيك من روحه ، وأمر الملائكة فسجدوا لك ، وأسكنك الجنة ، ألا تشفعُ لنا إلى ربك ، ألا ترى إلى ما نحن فيه وما بلغنا ، فقال : إن ربي غضب اليوم غضباً لم يغضب قبله مثله ولن يغضب بعده مثله ، وإنه نهاني عن الشجرة فعصيت ، نفسي نفسي نفسي ، اذهبوا إلى غيري ، اذهبوا إلى نوح ، فيأتون نوحاً فيقولون يا نوح : أنت أول الرسل إلى الأرض ، وقد سماك الله عبدا شكورا، ألا ترى إلى ما نحن فيه، ألا ترى إلى ما بلغنا، ألا تشفع لنا إلى ربك ؟ فيقول: إن ربي غضب اليوم غضباً لم يغضب قبله مثله، ولن يغضبَ بعده مثله، وإنه قد كانت لي دعوة دعوت بها على قومي، نفسي نفسي نفسي، اذهبوا إلى إبراهيم.
فيقولون : يا إبراهيم ! أنت نبي الله وخليله من أهل الأرض، اشفع لنا إلى ربك، ألا ترى إلى ما نحن فيه ؟ فيقول لهم : إن ربي قد غضب اليوم غضبا لم يغضب قبله مثله، ولن يغضب بعده مثله، وإني كنت كذبت ثلاث كذبات، نفسي نفسي نفسي، اذهبوا إلى غيري، اذهبوا إلى موسى، فيأتون موسى. فيقولون : يا موسى أنت رسول الله، فضلك الله برسالاته وبكلامه على الناس، اشفع لنا إلى ربك، ألا ترى إلى ما نحن فيه ؟ فيقول: إن ربي قد غضب اليوم غضباً لم يغضب قبله مثله، ولن يغضب بعده مثله، وإني قد قتلت نفساً لم أومر بقتلها، نفسي نفسي نفسي ، اذهبوا إلى غيري، اذهبوا إلى عيسى. فيأتون عيسى، فيقولون: يا عيسى أنت رسول الله وكلمته ألقاها إلى مريم وروح منه، وكلمت الناس في المهد، اشفع لنا إلى ربك، ألا ترى إلى ما نحن فيه ؟ فيقول عيسى: إن ربي قد غضب اليوم غضباً لم يغضب قبله مثله، ولن يغضب بعده مثله، ولم يذكر ذنباً ، نفسي نفسي نفسي ، اذهبوا إلى غيري، اذهبوا إلى محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم

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And in another narration:

So they will come to me and say: 'O Muhammad, you are the Messenger of Allah, and the Seal of the Prophets, and Allah has forgiven you what came before of your sin and what came after. Intercede for us to your Lord. Do you not see what we are in?' So I will set out, and I will come under the Throne, and I will fall prostrate to my Lord. Then Allah will open for me from His praises and good words about Him something that He has not opened for anyone before me. Then it will be said: 'O Muhammad, raise your head, ask and you will be given, and intercede and you will be granted intercession.' So I will raise my head, and I will say: 'My Ummah, O my Lord, my Ummah, O my Lord, my Ummah, O my Lord.' So it will be said: 'O Muhammad, let enter from your Ummah those who have no reckoning upon them from the right gate of the gates of Paradise, and they will be partners with the people in the rest of the gates.' Then he said: 'By Him in whose Hand is my soul, the distance between the two doors of the doors of Paradise is like the distance between Makkah and Hajar, or like the distance between Makkah and Bussrah.'

فيأتوني فيقولون : يا محمد أنت رسول الله، وخاتم الأنبياء، وقد غفر الله لك ما تقدم من ذنبك وما تأخر، اشفع لنا إلى ربك، ألا ترى إلى ما نحن فيه ؟ فأنطلق ، فآتي تحت العرش ، فأقع ساجدًا لربي، ثم يفتحُ الله عليَّ من محامده، وحسن الثناء عليه شيئا لم يفتحه على أحد قبلي .
ثم يقال: يا محمد ارفع رأسك، سل تعطه، واشفع تشفع، فأرفع رأسي، فأقول : أمتي يا رب، أمتي يا رب، أمتي يا رب ، فيقال : يا محمد أدخل من أمتك من لا حساب عليهم من الباب الأيمن من أبواب الجنة ، وهم شركاء الناس فيما سوى ذلك من الأبواب ، ثم قال : والذي نفسي بيده إن ما بين المصراعين من مصاريع الجنة كما بين مكة وهَجر، أو كما بين مكة وبصرى

Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim".

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
This long hadith which the author (may Allah have mercy on him) cited at the end of his book *Riyad al-Salihin* from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): : The shoulder means the shoulder of the sheep. It used to please the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) because its meat is the best of the body in terms of meat; it is soft, quickly digested, and beneficial. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to like to eat from it.
He took a bite from it, then he narrated to them this wonderful, long hadith and said: : So he presented to them an explanation of his (peace and blessings be upon him) honor and his excellence over all the sons of Adam.
It mentions that people will be gathered, meaning: they will be collected on the Day of Resurrection on a single plain, the first of them and the last of them, from the first one to the last one, as He (Mighty and Majestic) said: : They will be gathered on a single plain, and the earth on that day will be spread out, not as it is today. For today it is like a sphere, spherical; if you extend your gaze, you do not see the whole earth, you do not see except what faces you of its surface only. But on the Day of Resurrection, the earth will be spread out like the spreading of leather, the spreading of skin, and there will be no mountains, no valleys, no rivers, and no seas. It will be spread out in one stretch, and the world will be in it.
On that day, the sun will be brought close to the creatures by the distance of a mile, and they will be afflicted with distress and anguish that they cannot bear or endure. The earth will become narrow for them, and they will seek intercession, hoping that someone will intercede for them with Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to save them from this great standing, at the very least.
Allah, Mighty and Majestic, inspires them to come to Adam, the father of mankind, and they come to him and explain his virtue, hoping that he will intercede for them with Allah, Mighty and Majestic. They say to him: : All of mankind are from the children of Adam; all of mankind are the sons of Adam, male and female, until the Day of Resurrection. : As the Exalted said, rebuking Iblis: : He created him with His Hand, and He created the rest of mankind by the word: "Be, and it is." As for Adam, the Exalted and Majestic created him with His Hand. They say: , Allah the Exalted said: , : Allah the Exalted said: , : Allah the Exalted said: : All of this is known by creation, and especially the Ummah of Muhammad, to whom Allah the Exalted granted knowledge that He did not grant to any other nation. , then he mentions his sin: that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, forbade him to eat from a tree, but he ate. Allah the Exalted said: : A tree in Paradise; we do not know what this tree is, nor its type, nor its size, whether large or small. It is a tree that Allah has left ambiguous, so it is upon us to believe in it as it is. He was forbidden to eat from it, and it was made clear to him that if he and his wife ate from it, they would be among the wrongdoers. But their enemy, Shaytan, led them astray through delusion and whispered to them. : So he deceived them, and Adam forgot what he had covenanted with Allah, Mighty and Majestic: , he forgot and ate from the tree, so he was punished by being taken out of Paradise to the earth for a wisdom that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, intends. He mentions his disobedience and says: : meaning, perhaps I will save myself, and he repeats this and emphasizes it three times. : And Noah is the second father of humanity, because Allah drowned all the people of the earth who lied to Noah. , and Noah was the second father of mankind. , because the people are in severe distress and hardship, seeking someone to intercede for them with Allah, Mighty and Majestic. They mention Allah’s blessings upon him, that he was the first messenger Allah sent to the people of the earth, and that Allah named him a grateful servant. But he says, as Adam did regarding the anger of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: : Then he mentions the supplication he made against his people: : And in a narration: that he mentions the supplication he made for his son: .
He mentions his sin, and the intercessor does not intercede unless there is nothing between him and the one for whom he intercedes that causes alienation. The disobedience of the servant to his Lord causes his alienation from his Lord and his shame before Him. So he mentions his disobedience and says: , and he directs them to Ibrahim, peace and blessings be upon him. And, if Allah wills, the rest of the speech on this great hadith will come. We ask Allah the Exalted, by His grace and generosity, to include us and you in the intercession of our Prophet, for He is capable of all things.