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Riyad-us-Saliheen

Chapter 51: About the Superiority of Yearning for What is with Allah

Chapter Introduction

٥١ ـ باب في فضل الرجاء

Translation: Allah said:

الْقُرْآنُ الْكَرِيمُسُورَةُ غَافِرٍ (40:44)
فَسَتَذْكُرُونَ مَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ ۚ وَأُفَوِّضُ أَمْرِي إِلَى اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَصِيرٌ بِالْعِبَادِ فَوَقَاهُ اللَّهُ سَيِّئَاتِ مَا مَكَرُوا ۖ وَحَاقَ بِآلِ فِرْعَوْنَ سُوءُ الْعَذَابِ
( سُورَةُ غَافِرٍ (40:44) )

Translation: " And you will remember what I am telling you, and I confide my affairs to Allah. Verily, Allah is the All-Seer of (His) slaves. So Allah saved him from the evils that they plotted (against him), while an evil torment encompassed Pharaoh's subordinates. * " (40: 44-45)

Hadith 214: Hadith 214

٢١٤- عَنْ أَبِي هريرة قال : قال النبي صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : ( يَقُوَلَاللَّهُ ) . تَعَالَى : أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنَ عَبْدِي بِي ، وَأَنا مَعَهُ إِذَا ذَكَرَنِي ، فَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي نَفْسِهِ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي نَفْسِي ، وَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي في مَلَإٍ ذَكَرْتُهُ في مَلَإٍ خَيْرٍ مِنْهُمْ ، وَإِنْ تَقَرَبَ إِلَيَّ شِبْرًا تَقَرَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ ذِرَاعًا ، وَإِنْ تَقَرَبَ إِلَيَّ ذِرَاعًا تَقَرَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ بَاعًا ، وَإِنْ أَتَانِي يَمْشِي أَتَيْتُهُ هَرْوَلَةً ) . رواه البخاري

Translation: 214. Narrated Abu-Huraira: Allah's Messenger said: " Allah says: ' I am just as My slave thinks of Me, (I am Able to do for him what he thinks I can do for him) and I am with him if he remembers Me. If he remembers Me in himself, I too remember him in Myself. and if he remembers Me in a group of people I remember him in a group that is better than his. and if he comes one span nearer to Me I go one cubit nearer to him, and if he comes one cubit nearer to Me I go a distance of two outstretched arms nearer to him. and if he come s to Me walking I go to him running. ' (Bukhari)

Hadith 215: Hadith 215

٢١٥ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْب حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بُرْقَانَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَصَمُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُوَلَاللهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَََََّّّّّْ اللهَ يَقُولُ أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا دَعَانِي قَالَ أَبو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ

Translation: 215. Narrated Abu-Huraira: ' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “ I will be as My servant thinks of Me and I will be with him when he invokes Me. "

Hadith 216: Hadith 216

٢١٦ - حديث عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُود عَن النبي صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : اللَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَة عَبْدِهِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ نَزَلَ مِنْزِلَاً وَبِهِ مَهْلَكَةٌ وَمَعَهُ رَاحِلَتُهُ عَلَيْهَا طَعَامُهُ وَشَرَابُهُ فَوَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَنَامَ نَوْمَةً فَاسْتَيْقَظَ وَقَدْ ذَهَبَتْ رَاحِلَتُهُ حَتَّى اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الْحَرَ وَالٍعَطَسُ أَوْ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ قَالَ : أَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَكَانِي فَرَجَعَ فَنَامَ نَوْمَةً ثُمَََّّّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَإِذَا رَاحِلَتُهُ عنده . البخاري

Translation: 216. Narrated Anas ibn Malek: ' The Messenger of Allah

صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said : " Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His

Translation: servant than any one of you who descends into a dangerous place where he is most likely to perish. He had his luggage, food, and drink on his mount, but he slept ", and when he awoke he did not find his mount. When the heat and his thirst became more intense, he said to himself: ' I will return to my [ starting] place. He slept there for a while and awoke to find his mount. "