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1107 FROM AMONG THE SAYINGS THAT HE RELATED FROM HIS LORD (GLORIFIED AND EXALTED BE HE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1108 "VERILY, ALLAH RECORDED THE GOOD DEEDS AND THE EVIL DEEDS." .•...........•••.••••••••••.•...... 1108 ''THEN HE CLARIFIED HOW [THAT RECORDING SHOULD OCCUR:) WHOEVER DECIDED TO DO A GOOD DEED BUT HE DID NOT DO IT, ALLAH RECORDS IT WITH HIM AS A COMPLETE GOOD DEED" •••••••• 1109 "AND IF HE DECIDED TO DO IT AND ACTUALLY DID IT, ALLAH RECORDS IT WITH HIM AS TEN GOOD DEEDS UP TO SEVEN HUNDRED TIMES UP TO MANY TIMES OVER." ••••••...............•••••••••••••••••.. 1118 "IF HE DECIDED TO DO AN EVIL DEED BUT HE DID NOT DO IT, ALLAH RECORDS IT WITH HIM AS ONE COMPLETE GOOD DEED." •.•...........••••.••••••...•........•.•••••••••••••••..............••••••••••••••••......... 1120 "IF HE DECIDED TO DO IT AND HE ACTUALLY DID IT, ALLAH RECORDS IT AS ONE EVIL DEED." •••••• 1122 "ALLAH OBLITERATES [THAT EVIL). AND ALLAH DOES NOT PUT ANYONE TO DESTRUCTION EXCEPT FOR ONE WHO IS TO BE DESTROYED." ••••••.•............•.•••••••••.•....................•••••.•••..................... 1125 OTHER POINTS RELATED TO THIS HADITH ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... . . . . . . . .... . .................. . . .. 1126 SUMMARY OF THE HADITH ••••••••..............••••••••••.•••............••••.••••••••.•.............•••••••••••••• 1128 HADITH #38 "WHOEVER SHOWS ENMITY TO ... " ................................................... 1130 SELECTED VOCABULARY .............................................................................................. 1130 TAKHREEJ ......•.••••••••••••........•..••••••••••.•••.•........•.•••••••••••••••••.........•..•.•••••••••••.••.•......... 1131 GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE HADITH •••••••...............•••••••••••••.•..........•••••••••••••••••••••• 1132 ABOUT THE NARRATOR: ABU HURAIRA .......................................................................... 1133 "ALLAH THE ALMIGHTY HAS SAID" ................................................................................ 1133 "WHOEVER HAS MUTUAL ANIMOSITY WITH A FRIEND (AR., WALi) OF MINE." ..•.......•••.••••••••• 1133 "I DECLARE WAR UPON HIM." ..•••••••••..............•.•••••••••••••••............•••••••••••••••••••.........••• 1139 "MY SERVANT DOES NOT DRAW NEAR TO ME WITH ANYTHING MORE LOVED BY ME THAN THE RELIGIOUS DUTIES I HAVE IMPOSED UPON HIM." ............••••••••••••••••.•..............•••••••••••••..... 1146 xv Commentary on the 40 Hadith of al-Nawawi "MY SERVANT CONTINUES TO DRAW NEAR TO ME WITH SUPEREROGATORY WORKS SO THAT I SHALL LOVE HIM.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1150 "WHEN I LOVE HIM, I AM HIS HEARING WITH WHICH HE HEARS, HIS SEEING WITH WHICH HE SEES, HIS HAND WITH WHICH HE STRIKES, AND HIS FOOT WITH WHICH HE WALKS." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1156 "WERE HE TO ASK [SOMETHING] OF ME, I WOULD SURELY GIVE IT TO HIM; AND WERE HE TO ASK ME FOR REFUGE, I WOULD SURELY GRANT HIM IT.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1170 "AND I DO NOT HESITATE TO DO ANYTHING AS I HESITATE TO TAKE THE SOUL OF THE BELIEVER, FOR HE HATES DEATH AND I HATE TO HARM HIM." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1172 OTHER POINTS RELATED TO THIS HADITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .