Chapter 44: About Accompanying and Love of the Righteous People

Translation: [ Imam Al-Ghazali elaborated on this subject in his book entitled Ihya'a Ulum Al-Din (Revival of the Religious Sciences) '

Translation: Below is a quotation from this work hoping that it will benefit the reader on this topic. ' Brotherhood and Harmony

Translation: Please be informed that harmony is the fruit of a noble character and disunity is the fruit of evil characters. Noble characters create harmony and unity, while evil characters create disunity and separation, and noble characters are praised in Allah's Book as when Allah has praised His Prophet. He says:

Translation: " And you stand on an exalted standard of character. ** (68: 4)

Translation: From the Messenger of Allah:

Translation: Narrated Abu-Huraira: ' The Prophet said: " Do you know what admits people into Paradise most? It is fearing Allah and a noble character. " And

Translation: Narrated Osama ibn Shareek:... they said: " What is the best thing one is given? " He said: " A noble character. " And

Translation: Narrated Abu-Huraira: ' The Messenger of Allah said: " I have been sent to perfect the best morals " And

Translation: Narrated Abu Al-Darda'a: ' The Prophet said: “ There is nothing weightier on the believer's scale's than a noble character. " And

Translation: It is crystal clear that nobleness of character creates sociability and harmony. There are many textual proofs praising intimacy and harmony based on piety and religion. Allah says reminding the believers of His favor to them:

Translation: “... Had you spent all that is on the earth, you would not have produced that affection, but Allah has done it... * (8: 63) And

Translation: "... So that by His Grace, you have become brothers... * " (3: 103)

Translation: The Messenger of Allah said: " The believer befriends and is easily befriended and there is no good in him that does not befriend or is not easily befriended. "

Abu-Muslim Al-khawlani said to Mo'az: " I love you for Allah's sake. " He said to him: " Have good tidings! I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: ،

Translation: Narrated Abu-Muslim Al-khawlani; ' Mo'az ibn Jabal said to me: ' I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: " Allah says: ' Those who love each other for My sake have pulpits of light. The Prophets and the martyrs wish eagerly for their statuses. " The other narrative comprises the words: " Their faces are like the full moon. People will be concerned and they will not. They are Allah's devotees who will have no fear nor shall they grieve. "

Abu-Huraira said: " The Messenger of Allah said: " There are pulpits of light around the Throne where people whose faces and clothes are like light will sit. These people are neither prophets nor martyrs, but the prophets and the martyrs are envious of their status. ” They said: " Describe them to us, Messenger of Allah! " He said: " They are those who love each other, sit with each other, and visit each other for Allah's sake. " " " And " There are no two persons who love each other except that the one who loves his brother more is the more beloved to Allah. "

It is inferred from the following verse that when one Muslim brother loves his brother more than his brother loves him, the one having less love is raised to the rank of the other, similarly to the way that children's statuses are raised up to join their fathers. Allah says:

Translation: "... (those who believed and their progeny who followed strictly their footsteps) We shall let their progeny join them. We shall not deprive them (of the fruit) of aught of their works... * " (52:21)

Translation: From the sayings of the Messenger of Allah:

Translation: The Messenger of Allah said: " Allah says: ' My love is duly deserved for those who love each other for My sake. My love is duly deserved for those who visit each other for My sake. My love is duly deserved for those who spend for My sake. My love is rightful for those who support each other for My sake. " And

Translation: Narrated Abu-Huraira: ' The Messenger of Allah said: " On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will say: ' Where are those who loved each other for My sake? This Day I take them in My shade where there is no shade except Mine. " " " And

Translation: Narrated Abu-Huraira ' The Prophet said: " Allah will give shade to seven people on the Day when there will be no shade but His. (These seven persons are): A just ruler, a young person who has been brought up in the worship of Allah (i.e. worships Allah alone sincerely from his childhood), a man whose heart is attached to the mosque (i.e. who offers the five compulsory congregational prayers (in the mosques)), two people who love each other only for Allah's sake and they meet and part in Allah's cause only, a man who refuses the seduction of a charming woman of noble birth and says: ' I am afraid of Allah, ' a man who gives charitable gifts so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given, and a person who remembers Allah in privacy and his eyes become flooded with tears. "

The Messenger of Allah said: " A man went out to visit a (Muslim) brother whom he loves for the sake. Allah assigned an angel who said to him: ' Where are you going? ' He said: ' I am going to visit my brother so and so. ' The angel said: ' Have you anything to request from him? ' The man said: ' No. ' The angel said: " Are you relatives? " The man said: ' No. ' The angel said: ' Has he done any favor to you? ' The man said: ' No. ' The angel said: ' Then, why do you visit him? ' The man said: ' I love him for Allah's sake. ' The angel said: ' Indeed, Allah has sent me to inform you that Allah loves you for your love to him and He has made Paradise your rightful share. "

Translation: Narrated Abu-Zarr: ' The Messenger of Allah said: " The best of deeds is to love for Allah and hate for Allah. "

Wise sayings:

Translation: Ali said: ' Have (righteous) bothers for they are [ your] supporters in life and in the Hereafter. Have not you heard the cry of the inmates of Hellfire: " Now, we have none to intercede (for us), * Nor a single friend to feel (for us). * " (26: 100-101)

Translation: Abdullah ibn Omar may Allah be pleased with them (said: " By Allah! If I were to observe fasting all the time without breaking it, stand in the prayer all night without sleeping, and if I were to spend my wealth until the last penny for the sake of Allah, and I do not have love for the obedient people to Allah and hate for the disobedient people to Allah, such good deeds would not benefit me. "

When Ibn Al-Sammak was on his deathbed, he invoked Allah: " O Allah! You know that if I have committed some sins, I loved those who used to obey you. So, let this be an offering to You. "

Al-Hasan said: " Son of Adam! Do not be deluded by the saying: A man will be with him whom he loves. ' For you will not attain the status of the righteous unless you behave in the same way they behaved. The Jews and the Christians loved their prophets, but they will not be with them. "

It is inferred from this that there should be righteous deeds as well as love. Al-Fodhayl mocked those who claimed to be in the highest degree of Paradise with the prophets and martyrs as saying: " You want to be in the highest degree of Paradise with the prophets and martyrs! For which deed have you done! Which lust have you given up? Which anger have you suppressed? Which blood relation that severed ties with you, have you connected with? Which sin of your brother have you pardoned? Or which relative have you deserted for Allah's sake? '

Abdullah ibn Mas'oud said: " If a man were to stand for the prayer between the corner with the Black Stone of Ka'aba and Maqam for seventy years, Allah would gather him with those whom he loved on the Day of Resurrection. "

Al-Hasan said " " Deserting a rebellious one is an offering to Allah. "

A man said to Muhammad ibn Wasie'e: " I love you for Allah's sake. " He said: " I love you for Whom you loved me for. " Then he turned his face and said: " O Allah! I seek refuge with You lest I should love for Your sake while You detest me. "

Allah said:

Translation: " And (remember) when Moses said to his boy-servant: " I will not give up (traveling) until I reach the junction of the two seas or (until) I spent years and years in traveling. * But when they reached the junction of the two seas, they forgot their fish, and it took its way through the sea as in a tunnel. * So when they had passed further on (beyond that fixed place), Moses said to his boy-servant: " Bring us our morning meal; truly, we have suffered much fatigue in this journey " * He said: " Do you remember when we betook ourselves to the rock? I indeed forgot the fish; none but Satan made me forget to remember it. It took its course into the sea in a strange (way)! " * Moses said: " That is what we have been seeking. " So they went back retracing their footsteps. * Then, they found one of Our servants, on whom We had bestowed mercy from Us, and whom We had taught knowledge from Us.

Translation: Moses said to him (Khadir): " May I follow you so that you teach me something of that knowledge (guidance and true path) that you have been taught (by Allah)? * " (18: 60-66) And

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 Pleasure 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.

Translation: (18:28)

Translation: 193. Narrated Abu-Musa: The Prophet said: “ The example of a good righteous companion and an evil one is that of a person carrying musk and another blowing a pair of bellows. The one who is carrying musk will either give you some perfume as a present, or you will buy some from him, or you will get a good smell from him; but the one who is blowing a pair of bellows will either burn your clothes or you will get a bad smell from him. " (Bukhari)

Translation: 194. Narrated Jaber: The Prophet said: “ Indeed, a woman would be taken in marriage for being religious, wealthy, and for being beautiful. So, take in marriage the religious woman, otherwise you will be destitute ". " "

Translation: 195. Narrated Anas: ' A man came to the Messenger of Allah and said: " Messenger of Allah! When will the hour be established? " The Messenger of Allah rose up for the prayer. When he completed the prayer, he said: “ Where is the 9 The words used here are actually: taribat yadak, which literally mean ' your hands would be covered with dust. ' It is not a curse against him who does not take a religious woman in marriage as could be understood. It is a guide for us to the best way to have a happy marital life.

Translation: one asking about the Hour? " The man said: " Yes. Messenger of Allah! " The Messenger of Allah said: " What did you prepare for it? " The man said: " Messenger of Allah! I have not prepared much prayer or excessive fasting, save I love Allah and His Messenger. " The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “ Man will be with whom he loved. And you will be with whom you loved. " Anas said: " The Muslims did not get pleaser from anything like their pleasure with this. "