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Chapter 32: About the Supremacy of the Weak Muslims

Chapter Introduction

٣٢ ـ باب في فضل ضعفة المسلمين
الْقُرْآنُ الْكَرِيمُسُورَةُ الكَهۡفِ (18:28)
وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ ۖ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُ فُرُطًا
( سُورَةُ الكَهۡفِ (18:28) )

Translation: " (O Muhammad!) adhere yourself patiently with those who call on their Lord (i.e. your companions who remember their Lord with glorification, praising in prayers, and other righteous deeds) morning and afternoon seeking His Face; and let not your eyes overlook them, desiring the pomp and glitter of the life of the world; and obey not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our Remembrance, and who follows his own lusts, and whose affair (deeds) has been lost. * " (18:28)

Hadith 156: Hadith 156

١٥٦- حديث حارِثَةَ بْنِ وَهْبِ الْخُزَاعِي قَالَ : : سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيََََُُِِّّّّّّّّ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : أَلَا أخبركُمْ بِأَهْلِ الْجَنّة كُلّ ضَعِيفَ مَتَضَعَفِ ، لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهُ ) . لَأَبَرَهُ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ النَّارِ كُلَّ عَتُلَ جَوَاطٍ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ أخرجه البخاري

Translation: 156. Narrated Haritha ibn Wahb Al-Khozae'e: ' I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying: " May I tell you of the people of Paradise? (They include) every weak, poor, and obscure person looked down upon by the people. If such a person takes an oath that Allah would do anything, his oath would be fulfilled by Allah.And may I inform you about the people of the Hellfire? They are all those violent, arrogant, and stubborn people. " (Bukhari)

Hadith 157: Hadith 157

١٥٧- عَنْ سَهْلِ قالَ : مَرَ رَجُلٌ غَنِيّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ : ( ما تَقُولُونَ في هَذَا .. قالُوا : حَرِي إِنْ خَطَبَ أَنْ يُنْكَحَ ، وَإِنْ شَفَعَ أَنْ يُسْفَعَ ، وَإِنْ قَالَ أَن يُسْتَمَعَ . قالَ : ثُمَََّّّ سَكَتَ ، فَمَرَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ فُقَرَاءِ المُسْلِمِينَ ، فَقَالَ : ( ما تَقُولُونَ في هذا .. قالُوا : حَرِي إِن خَطَبَ أَنْ لَا يُنْكَحَ ، وَإِنْ شَفَعَ أَنْ لَا يُشفَعَ ، وَإِنْ قَالَ أَن لَا يُسْمَعَ فَقَالَ رَسُوَلَالله : ( هَذَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ مِلْءٍ الأرض مثل هذا ) . رواه البخاري

Translation: 157. Narrated Sahl ' A wealthy man passed by Allah's Messenger and Allah's Messenger asked (his companions): " What do you say about this (man)? " They replied: " If he asks for a lady's hand, he ought to be given her in marriage; and if he intercedes (for someone) his intercession would be accepted; and if he speaks, he would be listened to. " Allah's Messenger kept silent, and then a poor man from among the Muslims passed by, and Allah's Messenger asked: " What do you say about this man? " They replied: ' If he asks for a lady's hand in marriage, no one would accept him; and if he intercedes (for someone), his intercession would not be accepted; and if he speaks, he would not be listened to. " Allah's Messenger said: " This poor man is better than so many of the first as to fill the earth. " (Bukhari)

١٥٨ - وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فِي قِصَّةِ المَرأَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَقُمْ المَسجِدَ قَالَ : فَسَأَلَ عَنْهَا النَّبِيََََُُِِّّّّّّّّ ، فَقَالُوا : مَاتَت فَقَالَ : أَفَلَا كُنْتُمْ آذَنْتُمُونِي فَكَأَنََّّهُمْ صَغَرُوا أَمْرَهَا فَقَالَ : دُلُونِي عَلَى قَبْرِهَا ، فَدَلَوْهُ ، فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ وَزَادَ مُسلِمٌ : ثُمََّّّ قَالَ : إِن هَذه القُبُورَ مَمَلُوْعَةٌ ظُلْمَةً عَلَى أَهْلِهَا ، وَإِنَّ اللَّهُ ) . يُنَوِّرُهَا لَهُمْ بِصَلَاتِي عَلَيْهِمْ

Translation: 158. Abu-Huraira narrated the story of the woman who used to sweep the mosque. He said that the Prophet asked about her and they (the companions) told him that she had died. The Messenger of Allah then said: “ Why did you not inform me? " Abu-Huraira said that it appeared as if they had treated her as of little importance. The Messenger of Allah said: " Show me her grave. " They did as he requested and the Prophet ﷺ performed the funeral prayer for her.

Translation: The version of Imam Muslim has the following words: ' And the Messenger of Allah then said: " These graves are full of darkness for their occupants, but Allah will illuminate them for their dwellers because of my prayer for them. "

Hadith 159: Hadith 159

١٥٩ - عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ : عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : ( لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ فِي المَهْدِ إِلَّا ثَلاثَةً : عيسى ، وكانَ في بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالَ لَهُ جُرَيْجٍ ، كَانَ يُصَلِّي ، جَاءَتْهُ أُمَّهُ فَدَعَتْهُ ، فَقَالَ : أُجِيبُهَا أَوْ أَصَلّي ، فَقَالَتْ : اللهم لا تُمِلهُ حَتَّى تُرِيَهُ وُجُوهَ المُومِسَاتِ ، وَكَانَ جُرَيْجٌ فِي صَوْمَعَتِهِ ، فَتَعَرَضَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ وَكَلَّمَتُهُ فَأَبِي ، فَأَتَتْ رَاعيًا فَأَمْكَنَتْهُ مِنْ نَفْسِهَا ، فَوَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا ، فَقَالَتْ : مِنْ جُرَيْجٍ ، فَأَتَوْهُ فَكَسَرُوا صَوْمَعَتَهُ وَأَنْزَلُوهُ وَسَبُوهُ ، فَتَوَضاً وَصَلّى ثُمّ أَتَى الْغُلامَ ، فَقَالَ : مِنْ أَبُوكَ يَا غُلَامُ قالَ : الرَّاعِي ، قَالُوا : نَبْنِي صَوْمَعَتَكَ مِنْ ذَهَب قَالَ : لا ، إِلَّا مِنْ طِينِ . وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةٌ تُرْضِعُ ابْنَا لَهَا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ، فَمَرَّ بِهَا رَجُلٌ رَاكِبٌ ذُو شَارَةٍ ، فَقَالَتْ : اللّهُمّ اجْعَلِ ابْنِي مِثْلَهُ ، فَتَرَكَ ثَدْيَهَا وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى الرَّاكِبِ ، فَقَالَ : اللَّهُ ) .مَّ لَا تَجْعَلْنِي مثْلَهُ ، ثُمّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى ثَدْيهَا يَمَصهُ ) قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ : كَأنّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمَصَ إِصْبَعَهُ ثُمّ مُرّ بِأمَةٍ ، فَقَالَتْ : اللهم لا تَجْعَلِ ابْنِي مِثْلَ هَذِهِ ، فَتَرَكَ ثَدْيَهَا ، فَقَالَ : اللّهُمّ اجْعَلْنِي مِثْلَهَا ، فَقَالَتْ : لِمَ ذَاكَ فَقَالَ : الرّاكِبُ جَبَارٌ مِنَ الجَبَابِرَةِ ، وَهَذِهِ الْأَمَة يَقُولُونَ : سَرَقْت زَنَيْتِ ، ولَمْ تَفْعَلْ . رواه البخاري

Translation: 159. Narrated Abu-Huraira: ' The Prophet said: " None spoke in the cradle but three: (The first was) Jesus, (the second was a child of Bano Israel whose story is as follows): There was a man from Bano Israel called Jorayj. While he was offering the prayer, his mother came and called him. He said (to himself): ' Shall I answer her or keep on praying? ' (He went on praying and did not answer her.) His mother prayed: ' O Allah! Do not let him die until he sees the faces of the prostitutes. ' So, while he was in his hermitage, a lady came and sought to seduce him, but he refused her. So she went to a shepherd and gave herself to him and later she gave birth to a child and claiming that it belonged to Jorayj. The people, came to him and dismantled his hermitage, threw him out of it, and abused him. Jorayj performed ablution and offered a prayer, and then went to the child and said: ' O child! Who is your father? The child replied: ' The shepherd. ' (After hearing this) the people said: ' We shall rebuild your hermitage with gold. ' He said: ' No. It should be built with nothing but mud. '

Translation: (The third was the hero of the following story): A lady from Bano Israel was nursing her child at her breast when a handsome rider passed by her. She said: ' O Allah! Make my child like him. ' At that the child left her breast, and facing the horseman, he said: ' O Allah! Do not make me like him. The child then started sucking her breast again. ' Abu Huraira further said: ' It is as if I were now looking at the Prophet sucking his finger (by way of demonstration). (The Prophet continued): " After a while they (some people) passed by with a lady -slave and she (i.e. the child's mother) said: ' O Allah! Do not make my child like this (slave-girl)! ' At that the child left her breast and said: ' O Allah! Make me like her. ' When she (the mother) asked: ' Why? ' The child replied: ' The horseman is one of the tyrants while this slave-girl is falsely accused of theft and illegal sexual intercourse. yet she has not done either. ' (Bukhari)