Introduction (cont.)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 980 HADITH #34 "WHOEVER OF YOU SEES AN EVIL. .. " .................................................. 982 SELECTED VOCABULARY ................................................................................................ 982 xiii Commentary on the 40 Hadith of al-Nawawi TAKHREEJ ..........•.•.•.•............•..•.•..•..•••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••.•••......•................................ 983 GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE HADITH •••••••••••••.•••..•........................................•.••.•••••• 983 ABOUT THE NARRATOR: ABU SAEED AL-KHUDRI ..........................•.••••.•••••••••••.••••••••••••••••••• 983 "WHOEVER OF YOU SEES AN EVIL" ••••••••••••••••••••••••.••....•••.................................••..••.•••••••. 984 "THEN HE MUST CHANGE IT WITH HIS HAND" .................................................................... 989 "IF HE IS NOT ABLE TO DO so" ........................................................................................ 992 "THEN [HE MUST CHANGE IT] WITH HIS TONGUE" ............................................................. 1001 11 AND IF HE IS NOT ABLE TO DO SO, THEN [HE MUST CHANGE IT] WITH HIS HEART." •••.••.••.••••.•. 1006 "AND THAT IS THE SLIGHTEST [EFFECT OF] FAITH." ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...••.•.•.•....•........... 1011 OTHER POINTS RELATED TO THIS HADITH ................................................................... . . . . 1018 SUMMARY OF THE HADITH •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••.....•..•.......................••.•.••••.••.••.••.•••.• 1023 HADITH #35 "DO NOT BE ENVIOUS OF ONE ANOTHER ... " ..................................... 1024 SELECTED VOCABULARY .............................................................................................. 1024 TAKHREEJ • . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................................... ... 1025 GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE HADITH ..................................................................... 1026 ABOUT THE NARRATOR: ABU HURAIRA .......................................................................... 1026 "DO NOT BE ENVIOUS OF ONE ANOTHER" .... ................................................................... 1026 "Do NOT ARTIFICIALLY RAISE PRICES AGAINST ONE ANOTHER" ............................................ 1037 "Do NOT HATE ONE ANOTHER" .................................................................................... 1039 "DO NOT TURN ONE'S BACK ON EACH OTHER" ............................................................. . . . . 1042 "DO NOT UNDERCUT ONE ANOTHER IN BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS." ...................................... 1046 "AND BE, [OJ SERVANTS OF ALLAH, BRETHREN." ............................................................. 1050 "A MUSLIM IS THE BROTHER OF A MUSLIM." .................................................................. 1051 "HE DOES NOT WRONG HIM." ...................................................................................... 1052 "HE DOES NOT FAIL HIM [WHEN HE NEEDS HIM].11 ....................................................... . . . . . 1053 "HE DOES NOT LIE TO HIM.11 ......................................................................................... 1056 11 AND HE DOES NOT SHOW CONTEMPT FOR HIM." ............................................................ 1057 "PIETY IS HERE"-AND HE POINTED TO HIS CHEST THREE TIMES . ........................................ 1058 "IT IS ENOUGH OF EVIL FOR A PERSON TO HOLD HIS BROTHER MUSLIM IN CONTEMPT." ........... 1060 "ALL OF A MUSLIM IS INVIOLABLE TO ANOTHER MUSLIM: HIS BLOOD, HIS WEALTH AND HIS HONOR." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1061 OTHER POINTS RELATED TO THIS HADITH ....................................................................... 1069 SUMMARY OF THE HADITH .......................................................................................... 1072 HADITH #36 "WHOEVER RELIEVES A BELIEVER ... " ................................................. 1074 SELECTED VOCABULARY .............................................................................................. 1075 TAKHREEJ ..... ............................................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1076 GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE HADITH . . . . . . . . ......... ................................. . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1076 ABOUT THE NARRATOR: ABU HURAIRA .......................................................................... 1077 "WHOEVER RELIEVES A BELIEVER'S DISTRESS OF THE DISTRESSFUL ASPECTS OF THIS WORLD, ALLAH WILL RESCUE HIM FROM A DIFFICULTY OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE HEREAFTER." ................... 1077 "WHOEVER ALLEVIATES [THE SITUATION OF] ONE IN DIRE STRAITS WHO CANNOT REPAY HIS DEBT, ALLAH WILL ALLEVIATE HIS LOT IN BOTH THIS WORLD AND THE HEREAFTER." ......................... 1080 xiv Table of Contents "WHOEVER CONCEALS [THE FAULTS OF) A MUSLIM, ALLAH WILL CONCEAL [HIS FAULTS) IN THIS LIFE AND THE HEREAFTER." .......•.••••••••••.......•......••••••••••..•...........•....••••••••••...•...........•.•.••••• 1082 "ALLAH IS HELPING THE SERVANT AS LONG AS THE SERVANT IS HELPING HIS BROTHER." ......•...• 1087 "WHOEVER FOLLOWS A PATH IN ORDER TO SEEK KNOWLEDGE THEREBY, ALLAH WILL MAKE EASY FOR HIM, DUE TO IT, A PATH TO PARADISE." ........••••••••••••..•..........•..••••••.••••••........•.......•••.••••• 1089 "NO PEOPLE GATHER TOGETHER IN A HOUSE OF THE HOUSES OF ALLAH, RECITING THE BOOK OF ALLAH AND STUDYING IT AMONG THEMSELVES ... " ............................................................ 1093 "WHOEVER IS SLOWED BY HIS DEEDS WILL NOT BE HASTENED FORWARD BY HIS LINEAGE." •••.... 1098 OTHER POINTS RELATED TO THIS HADITH ••••••........•..........•.•••••••......•............•.•.•••••••....... 1100 SUMMARY OF THE HADITH •...............••••••••..•.•..........•.....•••••••...................••••••••••....•.... 1103 HADITH #37 "ALLAH RECORDED THE GOOD DEEDS ... " .......................................... 1104 SELECTED VOCABULARY .............................................................................................. 1105 TAKHREEJ ....... .......................... . . . ....................... . . . . ............................... ................... 1106 GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE HADITH ••••••..........••••••••••••••.•...........••••••••••••••••.........• 1106 ABOUT THE NARRATOR: IBN ABBAAS ............................................................................. 1106 ON THE AUTHORITY OF IBN ABBAAS: ON THE AUTHORITY OF THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (MAY ALLAH'S BLESSING AND PEACE BE UPON HIM) ..................................................................