1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,200 Forty Hadiths on the Virtue of Charity 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:08,589 From Al-Harith Al-Ash'ari 3 00:00:08,589 --> 00:00:12,980 The Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 4 00:00:12,980 --> 00:00:18,179 Indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, commanded John son of Zechariah, peace be upon them both, 5 00:00:18,179 --> 00:00:19,940 with five commandments. 6 00:00:19,940 --> 00:00:21,699 To act upon them, 7 00:00:21,699 --> 00:00:25,940 and to command the Children of Israel to act upon them. 8 00:00:25,940 --> 00:00:28,179 And he was about to delay. 9 00:00:28,179 --> 00:00:30,620 So Jesus said to him: 10 00:00:30,780 --> 00:00:35,420 You have indeed been commanded with five commandments to act upon them, 11 00:00:35,420 --> 00:00:39,420 and to command the Children of Israel to act upon them. 12 00:00:39,420 --> 00:00:41,820 So either you convey them, 13 00:00:41,820 --> 00:00:44,700 or I shall convey them. 14 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:45,979 He said: 15 00:00:45,979 --> 00:00:47,340 My brother, 16 00:00:47,340 --> 00:00:49,820 I fear that if you precede me, 17 00:00:49,820 --> 00:00:52,929 I may be punished or swallowed by the earth. 18 00:00:52,929 --> 00:00:54,130 He said: 19 00:00:54,130 --> 00:00:58,369 So John gathered the Children of Israel in the House of the Sacred, 20 00:00:58,450 --> 00:01:00,929 until the mosque was filled. 21 00:01:00,929 --> 00:01:03,329 Then he sat on the elevated platform. 22 00:01:03,329 --> 00:01:06,129 He praised Allah and lauded Him. 23 00:01:06,129 --> 00:01:07,890 Then he said: 24 00:01:07,890 --> 00:01:11,890 Indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, commanded me with five commandments 25 00:01:11,890 --> 00:01:13,650 to act upon them, 26 00:01:13,650 --> 00:01:16,989 and commanded you to act upon them. 27 00:01:16,989 --> 00:01:18,349 The first of them 28 00:01:18,349 --> 00:01:22,590 is to worship Allah and associate nothing with Him. 29 00:01:22,590 --> 00:01:24,349 For the likeness of that 30 00:01:24,430 --> 00:01:30,269 is like a man who bought a slave from his own wealth with silver or gold, 31 00:01:30,269 --> 00:01:32,030 and the slave began to work 32 00:01:32,030 --> 00:01:36,030 and render his produce to someone other than his master. 33 00:01:36,030 --> 00:01:40,500 So which of you would be pleased for his slave to be like that? 34 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:44,659 And indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, created you and provided for you. 35 00:01:44,659 --> 00:01:48,500 So worship Him and associate nothing with Him. 36 00:01:48,500 --> 00:01:50,739 And He commanded you with prayer. 37 00:01:50,819 --> 00:01:57,299 Indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, turns His face towards His servant's face as long as he does not look away. 38 00:01:57,299 --> 00:02:01,219 So when you pray, do not look away. 39 00:02:01,219 --> 00:02:03,700 And He commanded you with fasting. 40 00:02:03,700 --> 00:02:05,620 For the likeness of that 41 00:02:05,620 --> 00:02:09,379 is like a man who has a pouch of musk 42 00:02:09,379 --> 00:02:13,620 among a group of people, all of whom can smell the musk. 43 00:02:13,620 --> 00:02:19,620 And indeed, the breath of the fasting person is more fragrant to Allah than the scent of musk. 44 00:02:19,699 --> 00:02:22,180 And He commanded you with charity. 45 00:02:22,180 --> 00:02:27,060 For the likeness of that is like a man captured by the enemy, 46 00:02:27,060 --> 00:02:29,860 and his hands were tied to his neck, 47 00:02:29,860 --> 00:02:33,139 and he was brought forward to have his neck struck. 48 00:02:33,139 --> 00:02:34,580 He said: 49 00:02:34,580 --> 00:02:38,259 Do you have a way for me to ransom myself from you? 50 00:02:38,259 --> 00:02:42,979 So he began to ransom himself from them with little and much. 51 00:02:42,979 --> 00:02:45,789 Until he ransomed himself. 52 00:02:45,949 --> 00:02:50,189 And He commands you to remember Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, often. 53 00:02:50,189 --> 00:02:52,110 And indeed, that is 54 00:02:52,110 --> 00:02:56,830 like a man pursued by an enemy, rushing after him. 55 00:02:56,830 --> 00:03:01,020 He came to a strong fortress and fortified himself within it. 56 00:03:01,020 --> 00:03:05,020 And indeed, the servant is most fortified against Satan 57 00:03:05,020 --> 00:03:08,960 when he is in the remembrance of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. 58 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:10,240 He said, 59 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:14,319 And the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 60 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,800 And I command you with five things, 61 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,199 Allah has commanded me with them: 62 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:20,719 Unity, 63 00:03:20,719 --> 00:03:22,800 and listening and obeying, 64 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,159 and migration, 65 00:03:24,159 --> 00:03:27,169 and striving in the cause of Allah. 66 00:03:27,169 --> 00:03:31,090 For whoever leaves the unity by a handspan 67 00:03:31,090 --> 00:03:34,689 has removed the rope of Islam from his neck, 68 00:03:34,689 --> 00:03:37,120 unless he returns. 69 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,000 And whoever calls with the call of ignorance, 70 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,069 he will be among the fuel of Hellfire. 71 00:03:43,069 --> 00:03:45,710 They said, "O Messenger of Allah, 72 00:03:45,710 --> 00:03:48,349 even if he fasts and prays?" 73 00:03:48,349 --> 00:03:49,469 He said, 74 00:03:49,469 --> 00:03:51,550 "Even if he fasts and prays, 75 00:03:51,550 --> 00:03:54,300 and claims to be a Muslim. 76 00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:56,780 So call the Muslims by their names, 77 00:03:56,780 --> 00:03:59,900 as Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has named them: 78 00:03:59,900 --> 00:04:02,460 Muslims, believers, 79 00:04:02,460 --> 00:04:05,819 servants of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic." 80 00:04:05,819 --> 00:04:08,139 Narrated by Ahmad and Tirmidhi, 81 00:04:08,139 --> 00:04:10,379 and authenticated by Al-Albani.