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Al-Shamail Al-Muhammadiya | Episode (31) | Chapter on what was mentioned about the bed of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, and his humility
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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With pens of longing,
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And the ink of love,
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We inscribe lines more precious than gold,
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In describing the Master of all creation,
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Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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The Prophetic characteristics (Shama'il).
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Chapter: What has been narrated regarding the bedding of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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Bedding
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Is that which a person spreads beneath them when they wish to sit or sleep.
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And the more comfortable it is for a person,
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The more it invites prolonged sleep, lethargy, and laziness.
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Whereas if it is the opposite,
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Then a person only sleeps upon it as much as they need.
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And the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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Did not possess luxurious bedding.
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Rather, he had a woolen cloak upon which he would sleep.
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And his sleep, peace be upon him,
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Was the sleep of necessity to rest the body.
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He would retreat to his bed only as much as his body required for rest,
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And would not exceed that.
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Because he had a momentous mission in life,
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For he is the Messenger of the Lord of the worlds,
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And the role model for all the servants of Allah.
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'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said:
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The bedding of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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Upon which he slept, was made of tanned leather stuffed with palm fibers.
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In this hadith,
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The Mother of the Believers, 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, describes
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The bedding of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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Which he used to sleep upon in her house,
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As being made of 'adam.
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'Adam is the plural of adim,
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Which is tanned leather.
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And her saying "stuffed with fibers"
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Means its stuffing and interior were made of palm fibers,
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Which are extracted from the trunks of palm trees.
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Al-Nawawi, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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It indicates the permissibility of using bedding and cushions,
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And sleeping upon them,
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And benefiting from them,
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And the permissibility of using stuffed items,
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And the permissibility of making such things from leather,
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Which is the 'adam.
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And Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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He, peace be upon him,
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Would sleep on a bed at times,
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And on a leather mat at other times,
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And the mat is a rug made of leather.
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He would sleep on a reed mat at times,
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And on the ground at other times,
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And on a bed frame at times, between its ropes,
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And at other times on a black cloak.
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Chapter: What has been narrated regarding the humility of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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Humility
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Is gentleness of character,
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Being soft-hearted, and treating others kindly,
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And distancing oneself from arrogance toward people,
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And feeling superior to them.
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And the humility of the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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Is evident in his character,
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And in his dealings with people,
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As will be explained, if Allah wills.
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'Umar Ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said:
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:
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"Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians exaggerated in praising 'Isa Ibn Maryam.
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I am only a servant,
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So say: The servant of Allah and His Messenger."
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Exaggeration (itra') is exceeding the limits in praise and commendation.
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The Christians went to extremes regarding the son of Maryam, peace be upon him;
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Some of them made him a god,
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And some of them made him the son of a god,
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Exalted is Allah far above that.
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And his saying, "I am only a servant,"
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Means I possess complete servitude to Allah the Almighty,
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And I have no right to divinity,
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Nor to anything that belongs exclusively to Allah the Almighty.
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And his saying, "So say: The servant of Allah and His Messenger,"
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Means say what is undoubtedly true in Islamic law regarding my attributes,
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And do not add to it.
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These two descriptions are the truest and most noble descriptions of the Messenger, peace be upon him.
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For the servant is not worshipped, nor is he given any of the attributes of the Lord,
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No matter how high his status.
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And the Messenger’s right is that he be obeyed and followed,
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And that one walks upon his path and follows his footsteps.
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These two descriptions distance the servant from both extremes of excess and negligence,
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And achieve for him the middle path,
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With no excess and no deficiency.
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And from Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him:
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That a woman came to the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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And said to him, "I have a need for you."
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He said, "Sit in any of the paths of Madinah you wish, and I will sit with you."
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In this hadith,
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A woman came to the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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And in one narration, there was something in her mind,
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Meaning some deficiency,
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And she said, "O Messenger of Allah,
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I have a need for you,"
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Meaning she wanted to mention to him a matter that no one else would know about.
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He, peace be upon him, said to her,
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"Sit in any of the paths of Madinah you wish,
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Meaning in any part of its paths,
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I will sit with you," meaning with you, until I fulfill your need.
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Al-Nawawi, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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Meaning he stood with her in a public path to fulfill her need,
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And to give her a religious ruling in private.
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This was not considered being in seclusion with a non-mahram woman,
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For this was in a place where people passed by and could see him and her,
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But they could not hear their conversation.
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And from Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, used to visit the sick,
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Attend funerals, ride a donkey,
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And accept the invitation of a slave.
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And on the day of Banu Qurayzah, he was on a donkey bridled with a rope of palm fibers,
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And upon it was a saddle of palm fibers.
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In this hadith,
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It is mentioned that the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to visit the sick,
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Any sick person, whether free or a slave,
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Noble or humble,
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To the extent that he visited a Jewish boy who used to serve him,
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And he visited his uncle while he was a polytheist.
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Visiting the sick brings comfort and joy to their heart,
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And is a means of inviting them to Allah the Almighty.
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And he, peace be upon him, used to attend funerals,
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Meaning he would be present to pray over them and bury them,
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Whether they were noble or humble.
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And he, peace be upon him, also used to ride a donkey,
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And the donkey was considered at that time the least significant means of transport,
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And his riding the donkey, peace be upon him, was out of his humility.
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And he, peace be upon him, would accept the invitation of a slave,
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Meaning if a slave invited him for a need, he would answer him,
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Whether the place was near or far,
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Or if the slave invited him to his house, he would accept his invitation.
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And through such virtuous character and refined manners,
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He won hearts, peace be upon him.
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And it came in Sahih al-Bukhari:
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That a slave girl from the slave girls of Madinah
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Would take the hand of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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And lead him wherever she wished.
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And his saying, "And on the day of Banu Qurayzah, he was on a donkey bridled with a rope of palm fibers,"
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Means the rein with which he led the donkey was made of palm fibers.
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And the fibers are a part of the palm tree adjacent to the fronds.
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And his saying, "And upon it was a saddle of palm fibers,"
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And the saddle (ikaf) is the pack-saddle,
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Which is what is placed on the back of the donkey,
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So the rider sits upon it,
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And it is in the position of the saddle for a horse,
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And the camel-saddle for a camel.
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And from Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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Would be invited to barley bread and rancid fat,
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And he would accept.
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And he had a coat of mail held by a Jew,
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And he could not find anything to redeem it until he died.
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In this hadith is an indication of the perfection of his humility, peace be upon him.
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For if the food he was invited to
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Was of the simplest and most modest food,
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He would still accept.
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And the fat (ihalah) is any grease used for food.
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And the rancid (sanikhah)
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Is that which has undergone some change in taste and smell
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Due to being kept for a long time.
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And his saying,
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"And he had a coat of mail held by a Jew,
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And he could not find anything to redeem it until he died,"
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Means his coat of mail, peace be upon him,
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Was mortgaged to a Jew
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For thirty sa' of barley,
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And he did not find the wealth to redeem the coat of mail
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Until he died, peace be upon him.
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Then Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, redeemed it.
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And from Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, performed Hajj on a worn-out saddle,
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And upon it was a velvet cloth not worth four dirhams.
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Then he said:
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"O Allah, make it a Hajj in which there is no showing off and no seeking fame."
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In this hadith, it is mentioned that the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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Performed Hajj in the tenth year of the Hijrah
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On a worn-out saddle.
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And the saddle is what is placed on the back of the camel
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For the rider to sit upon.
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And the worn-out (rath) is the dilapidated and old.
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And his saying, "And upon it was a velvet cloth," meaning a cloak,
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Which he placed over the saddle,
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Not worth four dirhams due to its cheapness.
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This is evidence of his reaching the perfection of humility, peace be upon him.
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And his saying, "Then he said:
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O Allah, make it a Hajj in which there is no showing off and no seeking fame,"
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Means he supplicated with this great supplication
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When he entered the state of Ihram from the Miqat,
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And in it is a request to Allah for success in sincerity and distance from polytheism, showing off, and seeking fame.
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Among what is narrated from the Commander of the Believers, 'Umar Ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him,
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Is that he used to say:
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"O Allah, make my deed righteous,
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And make it purely for You,
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And do not let anyone have any share in it."
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And from Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
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There was no person more beloved to them than the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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He said:
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When they saw him, they would not stand up,
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because they knew how much he disliked that.
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In this hadith,
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there is a clarification of the status of the Prophet, peace be upon him, in the hearts of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them.
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He was more beloved to them than their own selves, their wealth, and all of mankind.
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Nevertheless,
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when they saw him, they would not stand up for him,
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because they knew how much he disliked that,
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meaning his dislike for them standing up for him,
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out of humility before his Lord,
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and in opposition to the habits of the arrogant and the tyrannical.
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Mu'awiyah Ibn Abi Sufyan, may Allah be pleased with them both, said:
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I heard the Prophet, peace be upon him, say:
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"Whoever loves for men to stand up for him,
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let him take his seat in the Fire."
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On the authority of Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:
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"If I were invited to a sheep's trotter, I would accept,
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and if it were gifted to me, I would accept."
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The trotter
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is the part of a sheep's leg below the knee,
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which has little meat.
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If someone were to gift it to the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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he would accept it from him,
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and if someone were to invite him to his house and serve him a trotter,
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he would accept his invitation and accept it from him.
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This is part of the perfection of his humility, peace be upon him.
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On the authority of Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, came to me,
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not riding a mule or a pack horse.
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In this hadith,
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it is mentioned that the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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came to Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, to visit him
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when he was ill.
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His saying,
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"not riding a mule or a pack horse,"
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means that he, peace be upon him,
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when he wanted to visit someone,
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would not seek the finest mount,
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but rather would go on whatever was available,
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or otherwise go on foot.
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A mule is the offspring of a horse and a donkey,
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and a pack horse is a Turkish breed of horse.
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On the authority of Yusuf Ibn 'Abdullah Ibn Salam, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said:
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, named me Yusuf,
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sat me in his lap,
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and wiped my head.
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Yusuf Ibn 'Abdullah Ibn Salam,
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Abu Ya'qub al-Isra'ili al-Madani,
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an ally of the Ansar,
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was born during the lifetime of the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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and was brought to him.
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He named him Yusuf,
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after the Prophet of Allah, Yusuf, peace be upon him,
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because he was of Israelite descent.
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He sat him in his lap,
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and wiped his head.
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This contains gentleness and kindness toward the young,
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and this is part of his humility, peace be upon him,
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as he would be gentle with the young and seat them in his lap.
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On the authority of Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him,
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a tailor invited the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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and served him tharid (a dish of bread and broth) with gourd.
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, would pick out the gourd,
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for he loved gourd.
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Thabit said:
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I heard Anas say:
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"Ever since then, whenever I prepare food, if I am able to include gourd in it,
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I do so."
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In this hadith,
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it is shown that the Prophet, peace be upon him, accepted the tailor's invitation
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and ate from his food.
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This indicates his humility, peace be upon him,
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for he would accept the invitation of whoever invited him, whoever they might be.
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We have already passed by this hadith in a previous chapter.
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On the authority of 'Amrah, who said:
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It was said to 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her:
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"What did the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, do in his house?"
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She said:
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"He was a human being like other humans;
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he would clean his garment,
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milk his sheep,
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and serve himself."
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The Mother of the Believers, 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, was asked
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about the work of the Prophet, peace be upon him, in his house,
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and she said:
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"He was a human being like other humans,"
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meaning he did not distinguish himself from other humans in any way.
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Then she detailed it and said:
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"He would clean his garment,"
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meaning he would inspect it to pick off what had stuck to it, such as thorns and the like.
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"And milk his sheep,"
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meaning he would personally milk the sheep with his noble hand.
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"And serve himself,"
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meaning he would attend to his own needs,
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so if he needed something,
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he would get up and fetch it,
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without ordering those with him to bring it to him.
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All of this is from the perfection of his humility, peace be upon him.
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A benefit:
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Qadi 'Iyad, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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"As for his humility, peace be upon him,
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despite the loftiness of his position and the elevation of his rank,
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he was the most humble of people,
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and the least of them in arrogance.
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It is enough for you to know that he was given the choice between being a Prophet-King
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or a Prophet-Servant,
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and he chose to be a Prophet-Servant.
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He said: 'I am only a servant;
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I eat as a servant eats,
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and I sit as a servant sits.'
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He would ride a donkey,
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and let someone ride behind him.
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He would sit with the poor,
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and accept the invitation of a servant.
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He would sit among his Companions, mixing with them,
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wherever the gathering ended.
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This was even after the earth had been opened for him,
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and he sacrificed one hundred camels during his Hajj.
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When Makkah was opened for him,
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and he entered it with the armies of the Muslims,
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he bowed his head low over his saddle,
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until it almost touched the front of it,
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out of humility before Allah the Exalted.
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In his house, he would be in the service of his family;
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he would clean his garment,
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milk his sheep,
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patch his garment,
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mend his sandals,
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serve himself,
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sweep the house,
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tie the camel,
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feed his beast of burden,
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and eat with the servant."
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The hadith has more to follow, if Allah wills.
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And Allah knows best.
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May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon
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our Prophet Muhammad,
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and upon all his family and companions.