A'Hadiths
Guidance from The Prophet (saws)
Hadrat Anas ibn Malik (r.a.), the servant of the Messenger of Allah (saws) narrated: 'The Messenger of Allah (saws) said, "Verily, Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His slave than a person who has lost his camel in a waterless desert carrying his provision of food and drink. He, having lost all hopes (to get his camel and provisions back), lies down in shade and is disappointed about his (lost) camel; when all of a sudden he finds that camel standing before him. He takes hold of its reins and then out of boundless joy blurts out: `O Allah, You are my slave and I am Your lord. He commits this mistake out of extreme joy."'
Related by Muslim.
Commentary:
Nothing pleases Allah Subhanah more than a person who has transgressed the prescribed limits of Allah, and that person realizing his error turns unto his Lord and Creator in 'taubah', and seeks sincere forgiveness for his sins.
In another narration, the Messenger of Allah (saws) said: 'All of the children of Adam are sinners, and the best (or most loved by Allah) of those sinners are those who constantly seek repentance.'
Regardless of the quantity or the quality of the sins one might have committed in one's past, if one turns back unto their Lord Most Merciful and seeks sincere repentance, Allah Subhanah has promised to forgive all the sins of His repentant slaves.
A'Hadiths
Guidance from The Prophet (saws)
Hadrat Abu Dharr al-Ghaffari (r.a.) reported: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah (saws) saying: "A person who attributes his fatherhood to anyone other than his real father, knowing that he is not his father, commits an act of disbelief. And he who makes a claim of anything which in fact does not belong to him, is none of us. He should make his abode in Hell, and he who labels anyone as disbeliever or calls him the enemy of Allah and he is in fact not so, his charge will revert to him.``'
Related by Bukhari and Muslim.
Commentary:
Amongst the grave sins which would be tantamount to an act of 'kufr' or disbelief in the Sight of Allah Subhanah are:
1. To intentionally attribute one's lineage or fatherhood to a person who is not one's biological father.
2. To falsely claim something which one knows does not rightfully belong to them.
3. To label or accuse a true believer of disbelief, or accuse them of being an enemy of Allah.
A'Hadiths
Guidance from The Prophet (saws)
Hadrat Sahl bin Saad (r.a.) reported: 'The Messenger of Allah (saws) said to Hadrat Ali (r.a.) ibn Abi Taalib: "By Allah, if a single person is guided by Allah through you, it will be better for you than a whole lot of red camels.``
Related by Bukhari and Muslim.
Commentary:
A 'red-camel' was the absolute most prized worldly possession during those time in Arabia.
The hadith signifies the importance and merits of inviting people towards the Truth of Islam….even if only one person is guided by Allah to the Truth of Islam through one's efforts, that would be better for one than all the wealth of this earth!
JAZZAK ALLAH KHAIR,
Ch.Usman Ali
