Part of Al-Arba'un An-Nawawiyyah — Imam Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadith
· Lesson 32 of 43
The Forty Nuclear | Hadith No. (29)
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Forty Hadiths of al-Nawawi.
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On the authority of Mu'adh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
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I said, "O Messenger of Allah, inform me of a deed that will admit me into Paradise and keep me far away from the Fire."
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He said, "You have indeed asked about a monumental matter,
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yet it is easy for whomever Allah Almighty makes it easy.
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You shall worship Allah without associating anything with Him,
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perform the prayer,
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pay the zakat,
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fast Ramadan,
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and perform Pilgrimage to the House."
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Then he said,
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"Shall I not guide you to the gates of goodness?
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Fasting is a shield,
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and charity extinguishes sin
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just as water extinguishes fire,
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and so does a man's prayer in the depths of the night."
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Then he recited:
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“Who forsake their beds to cry unto their Lord in fear and hope, and spend of that We have bestowed on them.” (32:16)
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until he reached "what they used to do."
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Then he said,
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"Shall I not inform you of the head of the matter, its pillar, and the apex of its hump?"
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I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah."
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He said, "The head of the matter is Islam,
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its pillar is the prayer,
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and the apex of its hump is jihad."
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Then he said,
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"Shall I not inform you of the foundation of all that?"
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I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah."
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So he took hold of his tongue and said,
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"Restrain this."
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I said, "O Prophet of Allah,
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will we truly be held accountable for what we speak with it?"
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He replied,
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"May your mother be bereaved of you!
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Does anything cast people into the Fire on their faces—
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or he said: on their nostrils—
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other than the harvests of their tongues?"
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Narrated by al-Tirmidhi,
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who said it is a good and authentic hadith.
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The hadith indicates that the greatest means of entering Paradise
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is the tawhid of Allah
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and the establishment of the pillars of Islam,
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including prayer, zakat, fasting, and Pilgrimage;
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followed by engaging abundantly in the gates of goodness,
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such as charity, voluntary fasting, and the night prayer.
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The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also emphasizes
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the grave danger of the tongue,
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and that guarding it is among the greatest means of salvation.