Riyadh Al-Salehin | Episode (190) | Chapter on scattered things and salt (4)

0:00 Riyad al-Salihin

0:03 From the words of the Master of the Messengers

0:06 Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him

0:09 Chapter: Miscellaneous and Rare Narrations

0:17 Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:

0:20 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

0:24 "By Him in Whose hand is my soul,

0:26 the world will not pass away until a man passes by a grave,

0:31 rolls over it, and says,

0:34 'Would that I were in the place of the occupant of this grave!'

0:37 It is not religion that causes him to say this,

0:39 but rather the trials he faces."

0:42 Agreed upon.

0:44 "Rolls over it"

0:47 means he tosses and turns in the dust.

0:49 "But rather the trials he faces"

0:52 means that which drives him to wish for death

0:55 is the affliction and the abundance of trials and tribulations.

0:58 From the benefits of the hadith:

1:02 The abundance of tribulations and the intensification of afflictions,

1:05 and the increase of evils and sins at the end of time.

1:10 A man wishing for death is not due to a religious matter,

1:14 but rather due to the intensity of the tribulations in that time.

1:18 The hadith does not permit wishing for death;

1:21 rather, it is an informing of what will occur at the end of time.

1:27 If tribulations appear and afflictions intensify,

1:30 and the servant feels he has no strength to bear them,

1:33 then he should say:

1:35 "O Allah, keep me alive as long as life is better for me,

1:39 and take my life when death is better for me."

1:43 Visiting graves reminds one of death and what follows it,

1:47 and that is why visiting them was legislated,

1:50 for the purpose of reflection and seeking forgiveness for the believers.

1:53 Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:

1:58 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

2:02 "The Hour will not be established until the Euphrates uncovers a mountain of gold,

2:07 over which people will fight;

2:09 ninety-nine out of every hundred will be killed,

2:13 and every man among them will say,

2:16 'Perhaps I will be the one who survives.'"

2:19 In another narration:

2:21 "The time is near when the Euphrates will uncover a treasure of gold,

2:25 so whoever is present at it, let him not take anything from it."

2:29 Agreed upon.

2:32 "The time is near" means it is approaching.

2:36 "Uncovers" means it reveals.

2:39 From the benefits of the hadith:

2:42 An alert to the nearness of the Hour,

2:45 and that people are heedless of the horrors it contains.

2:49 An indication of people's love for and competition over the treasure of gold,

2:55 and that they are naturally inclined toward greed and avarice.

2:59 For if one of them had a valley of gold,

3:02 he would wish to have another one.

3:06 Competition over the fleeting goods and adornments of this world

3:10 leads to transgression and fighting.

3:13 It is an informing of an unseen matter

3:15 whose reality has not yet been revealed,

3:17 and therefore we believe in it according to its literal meaning,

3:20 and that it is a reality as the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, informed us,

3:26 without interpreting it otherwise.

3:30 The prohibition of taking from that wealth and gold,

3:34 due to his saying, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him:

3:37 "So whoever is present at it, let him not take anything from it."

3:41 Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:

3:46 I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, say:

3:51 "They will leave Madinah in its best state,

3:55 with none frequenting it except the wild beasts,"

3:58 meaning the beasts of prey and birds.

4:01 "And the last to be gathered will be two shepherds from the Muzaynah tribe,

4:06 heading toward Madinah, calling out to their sheep,

4:10 only to find it full of wild beasts,

4:13 until, when they reach Thaniyat al-Wada',

4:16 they will fall on their faces."

4:19 Agreed upon.

4:23 "Frequenting it" means intending to visit it.

4:27 "Calling out" means shouting to them.

4:30 "Thaniyah" means the mountain pass.

4:35 From the benefits of the hadith:

4:39 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, informs us

4:42 of an unseen matter that will occur at the end of time,

4:46 which is among what Allah revealed to him.

4:49 It is that Madinah will be in its most prosperous and excellent state,

4:53 then its inhabitants will abandon it for elsewhere,

4:56 until nothing remains in it but wild beasts.

4:59 An account of the last people to be gathered,

5:02 and a precise description of their state,

5:05 as he informed us of their profession,

5:08 which is shepherding,

5:11 and of their tribe, which is Muzaynah,

5:14 and of their destination, which is Madinah,

5:17 and of the last place they reach,

5:20 which is Thaniyat al-Wada'.

5:23 “Nor doth he speak of (his own) desire.” (53:3)

5:26 “It is naught save an inspiration that is inspired,” (53:4)

5:29 Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:

5:34 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

5:38 "There will be a caliph among your caliphs at the end of time

5:43 who will distribute wealth in handfuls without counting it."

5:46 Narrated by Muslim.

5:50 "Distribute in handfuls"

5:51 means he will scoop it up with his hands.

5:53 From the benefits of the hadith:

5:57 Good tidings for the believers of the abundance of wealth in their hands,

6:01 as well as the spoils of war from their enemies.

6:04 And that their caliphs at the end of time will spend wealth without counting or calculation.

6:11 An indication of the return of the Rightly-Guided Caliphate at the end of time.

6:18 Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:

6:23 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

6:26 "A time will come upon people when a man will walk about with charity of gold,

6:33 and will not find anyone to accept it from him.

6:36 And a man will be seen followed by forty women, seeking his protection,

6:41 due to the scarcity of men and the abundance of women."

6:45 Narrated by Muslim.

6:47 "Seeking his protection"

6:50 means they will cling to him for safety.

6:52 From the benefits of the hadith:

6:55 Encouragement to be prompt in giving charity,

6:59 before one finds no one to accept it.

7:03 An indication of the abundance of wealth in people's hands,

7:08 to the point that no one is seen accepting charity.

7:11 An indication of the abundance of wars and great battles at the end of time,

7:16 which leads to the killing of men,

7:19 leaving only women.

7:22 Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:

7:27 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

7:31 "A man bought a property from another man,

7:35 and the one who bought the property found a jar containing gold in his property.

7:40 The one who bought the property said to the other,

7:43 'Take your gold,

7:45 for I only bought the land from you,

7:47 and I did not buy the gold.'

7:49 The one who owned the land said,

7:52 'I sold you the land and everything in it.'

7:56 So they took their case to a man,

7:58 and the one to whom they took their case said,

8:01 'Do you both have children?'

8:03 One of them said,

8:05 'I have a son,'

8:06 and the other said,

8:08 'I have a daughter.'

8:10 He said,

8:11 'Marry the son to the daughter,

8:14 and spend on yourselves from it, and give charity.'"

8:18 Agreed upon.

8:22 "Property" (al-'aqar)

8:23 refers to any fixed asset with a foundation,

8:26 such as a farm or a house.

8:30 From the benefits of the hadith:

8:32 A demonstration of the virtue of piety and avoiding wealth that is doubtful.

8:37 The obligation to return rights to their owners when they are found and known.

8:43 Encouragement to be truthful in dealings.

8:46 A sale is based on what is in the contract concluded between the two parties.

8:53 It is incumbent upon disputing parties

8:55 to carry out the judgment of the arbiter they have agreed upon,

8:58 provided it does not contradict the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

9:04 It is permissible for a judge to reconcile between two disputants

9:09 if their righteousness and piety are apparent to him.

9:13 The desirability of marrying the children of righteous men to one another.

9:18 A marriage is not valid without a guardian.

9:23 Encouragement to give charity and spend in the way of Allah.

9:29 Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:

9:32 That he heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, say:

9:37 "Two women were with their two sons,

9:40 when a wolf came and took the son of one of them.

9:44 The one said to her companion,

9:47 'It took your son,'

9:49 and the other said,

9:51 'It took your son.'

9:54 They took their case to Dawud, peace be upon him,

9:58 and he judged that the boy belonged to the older woman.

10:01 So they went out to Sulayman ibn Dawud, peace be upon him,

10:06 and informed him.

10:08 He said, 'Bring me a knife; I will split him between them.'

10:13 The younger one said, 'Do not do it, may Allah have mercy on you,

10:19 he is her son.'

10:21 So he judged that the boy belonged to the younger one."

10:24 Agreed upon.

10:27 From the benefits of the hadith:

10:29 Intelligence and talent are a blessing from Allah the Almighty,

10:33 not dependent on age, whether old or young.

10:37 The permissibility of investigating the truth through circumstantial evidence and clever methods

10:40 to extract rights.

10:44 Sulayman, peace be upon him, did not intend to overturn the judgment,

10:48 but rather he used a clever and subtle ruse

10:51 that revealed the reality of the matter.

10:54 He called for the knife to split the child between them,

10:58 but he did not intend to do so in reality;

11:01 he only wanted to uncover the truth.

11:04 The intended result was achieved

11:06 through the display of distress,

11:08 which indicated great compassion.

11:10 He did not pay attention to her admission when she said, 'He is the son of the older one,'

11:15 because he knew she preferred his life,

11:19 and he did not find this evidence in the older woman,

11:22 which led him to judge in favor of the younger one.

11:26 Mirdas al-Aslami, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:

11:32 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

11:35 "The righteous will pass away, one after another,

11:39 and there will remain the dregs, like the dregs of barley or dates,

11:44 to whom Allah will pay no attention."

11:47 Narrated by al-Bukhari.

11:49 Allah will have no regard for them.

11:53 Meaning, He will not elevate their status.

11:56 Nor will He give them any weight.

11:59 They are the dregs.

12:00 Meaning, the base and lowest of people.

12:03 Among the benefits of this hadith:

12:08 The death of the people of knowledge, righteousness, and virtue is one of the signs of the Hour.

12:13 The encouragement to emulate the people of goodness and success and to imitate the noble.

12:18 So that one does not become among those who oppose them, whom Allah does not regard.

12:23 At the end of time, only the ignorant will remain.

12:28 Those who neither recognize what is good nor forbid what is evil.

12:33 And upon them the Hour will be established.

12:36 On the authority of Rifa'ah Ibn Rafi' al-Zuraqi, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:

12:42 Gabriel came to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and said:

12:47 "How do you regard those among you who fought at Badr?"

12:51 He replied, "As the best of the Muslims," or words to that effect.

12:57 He said, "And likewise are those among the angels who witnessed Badr."

13:02 Narrated by al-Bukhari.

13:06 Among the benefits of this hadith:

13:08 An explanation of the status of the people of Badr among the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them.

13:14 Those Companions who witnessed Badr are among the most noble.

13:17 They are among the elite of the Prophet's companions, peace be upon him.

13:21 And likewise are the angels who witnessed Badr.

13:25 This is evidence that the angels witnessed the Battle of Badr.

13:29 It is evidence that the angels fight alongside the believers.

13:35 And they make their feet firm in their battle against the enemies of Allah.

13:40 An explanation of the importance of the Battle of Badr.

13:43 Due to the victory it brought for Islam and the Muslims.

13:47 At the beginning of the Islamic call.

13:50 And the breaking of the power of those who disbelieved.

13:53 On the authority of Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said:

13:58 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:

14:03 "When Allah, the Exalted, sends a punishment upon a people,

14:07 the punishment strikes everyone who is among them,

14:10 then they will be resurrected according to their deeds."

14:13 Agreed upon.

14:15 Among the benefits of this hadith:

14:18 A stern warning and a great intimidation.

14:21 For those who remain silent regarding enjoining the good.

14:24 And forbidding the evil.

14:26 The prohibition of sitting with the people of oppression, sin, and immorality.

14:32 Punishment in this world,

14:34 encompasses both the disbeliever and the believer who remains silent regarding the truth.

14:39 On the Day of Resurrection, everyone will be resurrected according to their deeds.

14:42 The believer will be resurrected based on his faith,

14:45 and the disbeliever based on his disbelief.

14:48 Riyad al-Salihin.

Riyadh Al-Salehin | Episode (190) | Chapter on scattered things and salt (4)

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