Part 12

Tribulations Have A Harmful Effect On One’s Character, Whereby A Man Will Not Even Be Safe From The Companion He Sits With

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Different Kinds Of Trials Mentioned By The Prophet #3; The Way To Escape From Them Is To Withdraw From Society

Husain Ibn ‘Abdur-Rahmaan Al-Ashja’ee related that he heard Sa’ad Tbn Abee Waqqaas 4 say, “I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, suppose one enters my home and extends his hand to kill me?’ The Messenger of Allah 4 said, ‘ Be like the son of Adam, and he #3 recited:

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(Ahmad) At-Tirmidhee, who related it as well, said, “This hadith is Hasan.”

The Messenger Of Allah #% Advised That One Should Bear Hardships During Tribulations And That One Should Keep Away From Participating In Evil

Abu Moosa Al-Asharee .& related that the Messenger of Allah 2% said, “Indeed just before the Hour are trials, like parts of the dark, black night. In the morning, one is a believer, and in the night, a disbeliever. And in the night, one is a believer, and in the morning, a disbeliever. The one who is sitting is better than the one who is standing; the one who is walking is better than the one who is seeking them out. Then break your bows, cut your bowstrings, and strike your swords with rocks. And if one is entered upon - i.e. upon one of you ~ then let him be like the better of Adam‘s two sons.” (Abu Daavwood)

‘Abdullah ibn As-Saamit related from Abu Dharr a, who said, “The Messenger of Allah 2g climbed (his mount) and made me sit behind him. He # said, ‘O Aba Dharr, suppose the people are afflicted with extreme hunger, to the degree that you are not able to get up from your bed to go to your Masjid ~ what will you do?’ I said, ‘Allah and His Messenger know best.’ He #& said, ‘ Be patient. O Aba Dharr, suppose that the people are afflicted with extreme death - what will you do?’ I said, ‘Allah and His Messenger know best.’ He 28 said, ‘ Be patient. O Aba Dharr, suppose that people fight among, themselves until the stones of a house are drowned in blood ~ what will you do?’ I said, ‘Allah and His Messenger know best.’ He #€ said, ‘ Sit in your house and lock yourself inside your door.’ I said, ‘And what if | am not left alone, should I take my weapons” He 2% said, ‘Then participate with them in that which they are in, but if you fear that you will be excited or drawn by the beam of your sword, then throw the edge of your robe over your face so that he (ie. your attacker) will draw on himself his sin and your sin.” (Ahmad) Abu Daawood related it through another chain.

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disbeliever; and in the night he will be a believer, but in the morning, a disbeliever. The one who is sitting down during them is better than the one who is standing; the one who is standing is better than the one who is walking; and the one who is walking is better than the one who is seeking them out.” Abu Moosa 4 asked, “And what do you order us to do?” He 2% said, “Be as fixtures in your homes.” (Abu Daawood)

The Messenger Of Allah #4 Informed Us That Some Muslims Will Return To Idol-Worship

Thaubaan related that the Messenger of Allah #% said, “Indeed Allah gathered and folded the earth for me, and I saw the East of it and the West of it. And the Dominion of my nation will reach that which was folded from it!!! And I have been given the two treasures — the red (gold) and the white (silver). And [ asked my Lord to not have my nation destroyed by a pervasive drought and to not give an enemy, from other than their own selves, reign over them by (allowing them) to uproot their Baidah (their society and their core place of rule)". And indeed my Lord ‘Azza wa Jal! (to Him belongs Might and Majesty) said, ‘O Muhammad, indeed if I decree a matter, then it is not returned (or prevented). And I have granted you for your nation that I will not destroy them by a pervasive drought and I will not give reign to an enemy, from other than their own selves, over them, (and they will not) uproot their Baidah; (and this) even if those from all areas gather over them (i.e. over the Muslims), so that some of them will destroy one another and imprison one another (i.e. though the two said requests are granted, Muslims will be afflicted by internecine struggles).’ Indeed all that I fear over my nation are misguiding Imams. If the sword is placed in my nation, it will not be raised from them until the Day of Resurrection. And the Hour will not arrive until tribes from my nation betake themselves to the Mushrikeen and until tribes from

( Tmam An-Nawawee said that this indicates how far the Muslim nation will rule from the East and West, which perhaps also indicates that its tule will not extend that much in the North and South.

I Though some areas may be afflicted with a drought, the nation as a whole will not be afflicted with it. Similarly, though enemies may subjugate some Muslim regions, they will not be able to conquer the entire nation.

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my nation worship idols. And there will be in my nation 30 liars, each one of them claiming that he is a Prophet, but I am the seal of the Prophets; there is no Prophet after me. And a group from my nation will remain victorious upon the truth; those who oppose them will not harm them until the matter of Allah ‘Azza wa Jal (To Him belongs Might and Majesty) arrives (near the Hour the souls of all believers will be taken).” (Ahmad) Through other chains, Muslim, Abu Daawoed, Ibn Maajah, and At-Tirmidhee related it as well. And At-Tirmidhee said about it, “Hasan sahih.”

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