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Riyad al-Salihin

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From the words of the Master of the Messengers

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Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him

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Chapter: Miscellaneous and Rare Narrations

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Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:

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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

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"By Him in Whose hand is my soul,

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the world will not pass away until a man passes by a grave,

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rolls over it, and says,

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'Would that I were in the place of the occupant of this grave!'

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It is not religion that causes him to say this,

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but rather the trials he faces."

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Agreed upon.

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"Rolls over it"

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means he tosses and turns in the dust.

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"But rather the trials he faces"

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means that which drives him to wish for death

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is the affliction and the abundance of trials and tribulations.

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From the benefits of the hadith:

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The abundance of tribulations and the intensification of afflictions,

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and the increase of evils and sins at the end of time.

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A man wishing for death is not due to a religious matter,

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but rather due to the intensity of the tribulations in that time.

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The hadith does not permit wishing for death;

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rather, it is an informing of what will occur at the end of time.

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If tribulations appear and afflictions intensify,

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and the servant feels he has no strength to bear them,

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then he should say:

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"O Allah, keep me alive as long as life is better for me,

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and take my life when death is better for me."

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Visiting graves reminds one of death and what follows it,

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and that is why visiting them was legislated,

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for the purpose of reflection and seeking forgiveness for the believers.

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Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:

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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

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"The Hour will not be established until the Euphrates uncovers a mountain of gold,

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over which people will fight;

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ninety-nine out of every hundred will be killed,

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and every man among them will say,

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'Perhaps I will be the one who survives.'"

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In another narration:

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"The time is near when the Euphrates will uncover a treasure of gold,

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so whoever is present at it, let him not take anything from it."

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Agreed upon.

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"The time is near" means it is approaching.

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"Uncovers" means it reveals.

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From the benefits of the hadith:

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An alert to the nearness of the Hour,

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and that people are heedless of the horrors it contains.

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An indication of people's love for and competition over the treasure of gold,

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and that they are naturally inclined toward greed and avarice.

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For if one of them had a valley of gold,

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he would wish to have another one.

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Competition over the fleeting goods and adornments of this world

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leads to transgression and fighting.

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It is an informing of an unseen matter

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whose reality has not yet been revealed,

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and therefore we believe in it according to its literal meaning,

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and that it is a reality as the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, informed us,

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without interpreting it otherwise.

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The prohibition of taking from that wealth and gold,

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due to his saying, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him:

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"So whoever is present at it, let him not take anything from it."

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Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:

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I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, say:

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"They will leave Madinah in its best state,

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with none frequenting it except the wild beasts,"

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meaning the beasts of prey and birds.

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"And the last to be gathered will be two shepherds from the Muzaynah tribe,

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heading toward Madinah, calling out to their sheep,

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only to find it full of wild beasts,

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until, when they reach Thaniyat al-Wada',

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they will fall on their faces."

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Agreed upon.

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"Frequenting it" means intending to visit it.

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"Calling out" means shouting to them.

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"Thaniyah" means the mountain pass.

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From the benefits of the hadith:

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The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, informs us

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of an unseen matter that will occur at the end of time,

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which is among what Allah revealed to him.

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It is that Madinah will be in its most prosperous and excellent state,

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then its inhabitants will abandon it for elsewhere,

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until nothing remains in it but wild beasts.

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An account of the last people to be gathered,

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and a precise description of their state,

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as he informed us of their profession,

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which is shepherding,

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and of their tribe, which is Muzaynah,

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and of their destination, which is Madinah,

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and of the last place they reach,

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which is Thaniyat al-Wada'.

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“Nor doth he speak of (his own) desire.” (53:3)

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“It is naught save an inspiration that is inspired,” (53:4)

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Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:

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The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

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"There will be a caliph among your caliphs at the end of time

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who will distribute wealth in handfuls without counting it."

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Narrated by Muslim.

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"Distribute in handfuls"

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means he will scoop it up with his hands.

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From the benefits of the hadith:

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Good tidings for the believers of the abundance of wealth in their hands,

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as well as the spoils of war from their enemies.

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And that their caliphs at the end of time will spend wealth without counting or calculation.

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An indication of the return of the Rightly-Guided Caliphate at the end of time.

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Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:

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The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

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"A time will come upon people when a man will walk about with charity of gold,

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and will not find anyone to accept it from him.

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And a man will be seen followed by forty women, seeking his protection,

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due to the scarcity of men and the abundance of women."

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Narrated by Muslim.

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"Seeking his protection"

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means they will cling to him for safety.

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From the benefits of the hadith:

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Encouragement to be prompt in giving charity,

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before one finds no one to accept it.

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An indication of the abundance of wealth in people's hands,

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to the point that no one is seen accepting charity.

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An indication of the abundance of wars and great battles at the end of time,

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which leads to the killing of men,

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leaving only women.

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Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:

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The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

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"A man bought a property from another man,

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and the one who bought the property found a jar containing gold in his property.

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The one who bought the property said to the other,

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'Take your gold,

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for I only bought the land from you,

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and I did not buy the gold.'

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The one who owned the land said,

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'I sold you the land and everything in it.'

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So they took their case to a man,

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and the one to whom they took their case said,

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'Do you both have children?'

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One of them said,

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'I have a son,'

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and the other said,

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'I have a daughter.'

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He said,

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'Marry the son to the daughter,

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and spend on yourselves from it, and give charity.'"

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Agreed upon.

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"Property" (al-'aqar)

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refers to any fixed asset with a foundation,

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such as a farm or a house.

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From the benefits of the hadith:

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A demonstration of the virtue of piety and avoiding wealth that is doubtful.

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The obligation to return rights to their owners when they are found and known.

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Encouragement to be truthful in dealings.

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A sale is based on what is in the contract concluded between the two parties.

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It is incumbent upon disputing parties

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to carry out the judgment of the arbiter they have agreed upon,

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provided it does not contradict the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

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It is permissible for a judge to reconcile between two disputants

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if their righteousness and piety are apparent to him.

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The desirability of marrying the children of righteous men to one another.

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A marriage is not valid without a guardian.

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Encouragement to give charity and spend in the way of Allah.

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Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:

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That he heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, say:

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"Two women were with their two sons,

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when a wolf came and took the son of one of them.

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The one said to her companion,

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'It took your son,'

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and the other said,

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'It took your son.'

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They took their case to Dawud, peace be upon him,

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and he judged that the boy belonged to the older woman.

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So they went out to Sulayman ibn Dawud, peace be upon him,

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and informed him.

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He said, 'Bring me a knife; I will split him between them.'

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The younger one said, 'Do not do it, may Allah have mercy on you,

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he is her son.'

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So he judged that the boy belonged to the younger one."

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Agreed upon.

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From the benefits of the hadith:

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Intelligence and talent are a blessing from Allah the Almighty,

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not dependent on age, whether old or young.

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The permissibility of investigating the truth through circumstantial evidence and clever methods

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to extract rights.

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Sulayman, peace be upon him, did not intend to overturn the judgment,

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but rather he used a clever and subtle ruse

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that revealed the reality of the matter.

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He called for the knife to split the child between them,

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but he did not intend to do so in reality;

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he only wanted to uncover the truth.

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The intended result was achieved

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through the display of distress,

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which indicated great compassion.

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He did not pay attention to her admission when she said, 'He is the son of the older one,'

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because he knew she preferred his life,

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and he did not find this evidence in the older woman,

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which led him to judge in favor of the younger one.

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Mirdas al-Aslami, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:

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The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

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"The righteous will pass away, one after another,

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and there will remain the dregs, like the dregs of barley or dates,

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to whom Allah will pay no attention."

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Narrated by al-Bukhari.

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Allah will have no regard for them.

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Meaning, He will not elevate their status.

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Nor will He give them any weight.

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They are the dregs.

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Meaning, the base and lowest of people.

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Among the benefits of this hadith:

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The death of the people of knowledge, righteousness, and virtue is one of the signs of the Hour.

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The encouragement to emulate the people of goodness and success and to imitate the noble.

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So that one does not become among those who oppose them, whom Allah does not regard.

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At the end of time, only the ignorant will remain.

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Those who neither recognize what is good nor forbid what is evil.

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And upon them the Hour will be established.

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On the authority of Rifa'ah Ibn Rafi' al-Zuraqi, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:

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Gabriel came to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and said:

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"How do you regard those among you who fought at Badr?"

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He replied, "As the best of the Muslims," or words to that effect.

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He said, "And likewise are those among the angels who witnessed Badr."

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Narrated by al-Bukhari.

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Among the benefits of this hadith:

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An explanation of the status of the people of Badr among the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them.

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Those Companions who witnessed Badr are among the most noble.

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They are among the elite of the Prophet's companions, peace be upon him.

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And likewise are the angels who witnessed Badr.

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This is evidence that the angels witnessed the Battle of Badr.

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It is evidence that the angels fight alongside the believers.

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And they make their feet firm in their battle against the enemies of Allah.

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An explanation of the importance of the Battle of Badr.

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Due to the victory it brought for Islam and the Muslims.

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At the beginning of the Islamic call.

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And the breaking of the power of those who disbelieved.

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On the authority of Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said:

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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:

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"When Allah, the Exalted, sends a punishment upon a people,

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the punishment strikes everyone who is among them,

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then they will be resurrected according to their deeds."

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Agreed upon.

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Among the benefits of this hadith:

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A stern warning and a great intimidation.

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For those who remain silent regarding enjoining the good.

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And forbidding the evil.

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The prohibition of sitting with the people of oppression, sin, and immorality.

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Punishment in this world,

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encompasses both the disbeliever and the believer who remains silent regarding the truth.

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On the Day of Resurrection, everyone will be resurrected according to their deeds.

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The believer will be resurrected based on his faith,

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and the disbeliever based on his disbelief.

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Riyad al-Salihin.