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Riyad-us-Saliheen

Chapter 50: About Longing for Allah's Forgiveness

Chapter Introduction

٥٠ ـ باب في الرجاء
الْقُرْآنُ الْكَرِيمُسُورَةُ الزُّمَرِ (39:53)
قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِن رَّحْمَةِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ
( سُورَةُ الزُّمَرِ (39:53) )

Translation: " Say: " My servants who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah. Verily, Allah forgives all sins. Truly He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. " * (39: 53) And

الْقُرْآنُ الْكَرِيمُسُورَةُ سَبَإٍ (34:17)
ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَاهُم بِمَا كَفَرُوا ۖ وَهَلْ نُجَازِي إِلَّا الْكَفُورَ
( سُورَةُ سَبَإٍ (34:17) )

Translation: " Like this, We requited them because they were ungrateful disbelievers. And never do We requite in such a way except those who are ungrateful (disbelievers). * " (34: 17) And

الْقُرْآنُ الْكَرِيمُسُورَةُ طه (20:48)
إِنَّا قَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْنَا أَنَّ الْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
( سُورَةُ طه (20:48) )

Translation: " Truly, it has been revealed to us that the torment will be for him who denies (believing not in the Oneness of Allah, and in His Messengers) and turns away (from the truth and obedience of Allah). * " (20: 48) And

الْقُرْآنُ الْكَرِيمُسُورَةُ الأَعۡرَافِ (7:156)
وَاكْتُبْ لَنَا فِي هَٰذِهِ الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ إِنَّا هُدْنَا إِلَيْكَ ۚ قَالَ عَذَابِي أُصِيبُ بِهِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ ۖ وَرَحْمَتِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ ۚ فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَاةَ وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِآيَاتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
( سُورَةُ الأَعۡرَافِ (7:156) )

Translation: " And ordain for us good in this world, and in the Hereafter. Certainly we have turned unto You. " He (Allah) said: " (As to) My Punishment I afflict therewith whom I will and My Mercy embraces all things. That (Mercy) I shall ordain for those who are the pious, those who give Zakat; and those who believe in signs. * " (7: 156)

Translation: As to the Hadiths, they are too many to count, thus we mention only a few of them:

Hadith 210: Hadith 210

۲۱۰ - عَنْ عُبَادَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ، عَنِ النَّبِيََََُُِِّّّّّّّّ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : : ( مِنْ شَهِدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَريكَ لَهُ ، وَأَنَ مُحَمَدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ، وَأَنَّ عِيسَى عَبْدُ اللَّهُ ) . وَرَسُولُهُ ، وَكَلِمَتُهُ أَلْقَاهَا إِلَى مَرْيَمَ وَرُوحٌ مِنْهُ ، وَالجِنَّةُ حَقَّ ، وَالنَّارُ حَقَّ ، أَدْخَلَهُ الله الجُنَّةٌ عَلَى ما كانَ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ ) . رواه البخاري

Translation: 210. Narrated Obada ' The Prophet said, " If anyone testifies: La ilaha illa Allah (None has the right to be worshipped except Allah) Who has no partners, and that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger, and that Jesus is Allah's servant and His Messenger and His Word (Be! And he was) which He bestowed on Mary and a Spirit created by Him, and that Paradise is the truth, and Hell is the truth, ' Allah will admit him into Paradise no matter what deeds he had done, even if those deeds were few. " (Bukhari)

Hadith 211: Hadith 211

٢١١- حديث عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رضي اللَّهِ عنه ، قَالَ : قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَبْيٍّ ، فَإِذَا امْرَأَةٍ مِن السني قَدْ تَحلُبْ ثَدْيَهَا ، تَسْقِي إِذَا وَجَدَتْ صَبِيًا فِي السني ، أخَذَتْهُ ، فَأَلْصَقَتْهُ بِبَطْنِهَا وَأَرْضَعَتْهُ فَقَالَ لَنَا النَّبِيِّ : أَتَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ طَارِحَةٌ وَلَدَهَا فِي النَّارِ قُلْنَا : لَا وَهِيَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى أَنَّ لَا تَطْرَحَهُ فَقَالَ : اللَّهُ أَرْحَمُ بِعِبَادِهِ ، مِنْ هَذِهِ بولدها أخرجه البخاري

Translation: 211. Narrated Omar ibn Al-Khattab: Some war prisoners, (children and women only) were brought before the Prophet and behold, a woman amongst them was offering her breasts to feed [ the babies] and whenever she found a child amongst the captives, she took it to her breast and nursed it (she had lost her child but later she found him). The Prophet said to us: " Do you think that this lady could throw her son into the fire? " We replied: " No, except in case she cannot do. " The Prophet then said: " Allah is more Merciful to His servants than this lady is to her son. " (Bukhari)

Hadith 212: Hadith 212

۲۱۲ - حديث أَبي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : جَعَلَ اللَّهُ الرَّحْمَةَ مَائَةَ جُزء فَأَمْسَكَ عِنْدَهُ تسْعَةً وتسعين جُزْءًا وَأَنْزَلَ فِي الْأَرْضِ جُزْءًا وَاحِدًا فَمِنْ ذلكَ الْجُزْءِ يَتَرَاحَمُ الخَلْقَ ، حَتّى تَرْفَعَ الْفَرَسُ حَافِرَهَا عَنْ وَلَدِهَا ، خَشْيَةَ أَنْ تُصِيبَهُ أخرجه البخاري

Translation: 212. Narrated Abu-Huraira: ' I heard Allah's Messenger ﷺ saying: “ Allah has divided Mercy into one-hundred parts and He kept ninety-nine parts with Him and sent down one part to the earth, and because of that one single part, His creatures are merciful to each other. So that even the mare lifts up its hoof away from its foal, lest it should trample on it. " (Bukhari)

الْقُرْآنُ الْكَرِيمُسُورَةُ هُودٍ (11:18)
وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ وَيَقُولُ الْأَشْهَادُ هَٰؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ ۚ أَلَا لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَ
( سُورَةُ هُودٍ (11:18) )

Translation: " And who does more wrong than he who invents a lie against Allah. Such will be brought before their Lord, and the witnesses will say: " These are the ones who lied against their Lord! " No doubt, Allah's curse is on the wrong-doers. * " (11:18)