Part of Forty hadiths on the virtue of charity (37 hadiths)
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Forty hadiths on the virtue of charity | Hadith No. (27)
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Forty Hadiths on the Virtue of Charity
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From Al-Harith Al-Ash'ari
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The Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
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Indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, commanded John son of Zechariah, peace be upon them both,
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with five commandments.
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To act upon them,
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and to command the Children of Israel to act upon them.
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And he was about to delay.
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So Jesus said to him:
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You have indeed been commanded with five commandments to act upon them,
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and to command the Children of Israel to act upon them.
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So either you convey them,
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or I shall convey them.
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He said:
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My brother,
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I fear that if you precede me,
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I may be punished or swallowed by the earth.
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He said:
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So John gathered the Children of Israel in the House of the Sacred,
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until the mosque was filled.
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Then he sat on the elevated platform.
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He praised Allah and lauded Him.
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Then he said:
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Indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, commanded me with five commandments
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to act upon them,
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and commanded you to act upon them.
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The first of them
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is to worship Allah and associate nothing with Him.
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For the likeness of that
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is like a man who bought a slave from his own wealth with silver or gold,
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and the slave began to work
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and render his produce to someone other than his master.
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So which of you would be pleased for his slave to be like that?
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And indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, created you and provided for you.
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So worship Him and associate nothing with Him.
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And He commanded you with prayer.
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Indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, turns His face towards His servant's face as long as he does not look away.
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So when you pray, do not look away.
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And He commanded you with fasting.
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For the likeness of that
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is like a man who has a pouch of musk
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among a group of people, all of whom can smell the musk.
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And indeed, the breath of the fasting person is more fragrant to Allah than the scent of musk.
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And He commanded you with charity.
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For the likeness of that is like a man captured by the enemy,
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and his hands were tied to his neck,
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and he was brought forward to have his neck struck.
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He said:
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Do you have a way for me to ransom myself from you?
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So he began to ransom himself from them with little and much.
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Until he ransomed himself.
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And He commands you to remember Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, often.
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And indeed, that is
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like a man pursued by an enemy, rushing after him.
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He came to a strong fortress and fortified himself within it.
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And indeed, the servant is most fortified against Satan
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when he is in the remembrance of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.
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He said,
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And the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
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And I command you with five things,
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Allah has commanded me with them:
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Unity,
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and listening and obeying,
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and migration,
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and striving in the cause of Allah.
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For whoever leaves the unity by a handspan
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has removed the rope of Islam from his neck,
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unless he returns.
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And whoever calls with the call of ignorance,
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he will be among the fuel of Hellfire.
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They said, "O Messenger of Allah,
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even if he fasts and prays?"
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He said,
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"Even if he fasts and prays,
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and claims to be a Muslim.
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So call the Muslims by their names,
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as Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has named them:
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Muslims, believers,
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servants of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic."
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Narrated by Ahmad and Tirmidhi,
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and authenticated by Al-Albani.