Introduction (cont.)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858 GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE HADITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . 859 ABOUT THE NARRATOR: AL-IRBAAD IBN SAARIYAH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., ................................. 859 THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (PEACE BE UPON HIM) DELIVERED AN ADMONITION ••• •.................•. 860 "IT IS AS IF IT WERE A FAREWELL ADMONITION, so ADVISE us." ...........•.•••••••••••••••............•••• 863 "I ADVISE YOU TO HAVE TAQWA OF ALLAH" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . . 863 "TO LISTEN AND OBEY" ••••••••••••••••••••.••.........•....•.••••••••••••••••..................••••••••••••••...•....... 864 "EVEN IF A SLAVE IS A LEADER OVER YOU." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870 "CERTAINLY, THE ONE WHO WILL LIVES AMONG YOU WILL SEE LOTS OF DIFFERENCES." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872 "So STICK TO MY SUNNAH" ............................................................................................ 873 "AND THE SUNNAH OF THE RIGHT-PRINCIPLED AND RIGHTLY-GUIDED SUCCESSORS." •.•.............. 874 "BITE ONTO THAT WITH YOUR MOLAR TEETH." .................................................................. 881 "AND AVOID NEWLY-INTRODUCED MATTERS." .................................................................. 882 "AND EVERY HERESY IS A GOING ASTRAY (DHALAALAH)." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887 "I LEFT YOU ALL ON A CLEAR MATTER, WHOSE NIGHT IS LIKE ITS DAY [WITH RESPECT TO CLARITY]. No ONE STRAYS FROM IT AFTER ME BUT THE DESTROYED ONE." .....•.•••••••.•••••••............•.•..••.••••••• 888 RECORDED BY ABU DAAWOOD ... .................................................................................... 889 OTHER POINTS RELATED TO THIS HADITH ......................................................................... 890 SUMMARY OF THE HADITH ............................................................................................ 890 HADITH #29: "TELL ME AN ACT WHICH ... 11 ................... . . ......................................... . 893 SELECTED VOCABULARY ................................................................................................ 894 TAKHREEJ ................................................................................................................... 895 GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE HADITH ....................................................................... 896 ABOUT THE NARRATOR: MUAADH IBN JABAL .................................................................... 896 "INFORM ME OF AN ACT WHICH WILL ENTER ME INTO PARADISE AND KEEP ME AWAY FROM THE FIRE." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 896 "You HAVE ASKED ABOUT A GREAT MATTER" .................................................................... 897 "BUT IT IS EASY FOR WHOMEVER ALLAH, EXALTED BE HE, MAKES IT EASY" .............................. 898 "[You SHOULD] WORSHIP ALLAH ... THE HOUSE." .............................................................. 899 "SHALL I NOT INFORM YOU OF THE GATES TO GOODNESS?" .................................................. 899 "FASTING [WHICH] IS A SHIELD" ...................................................................................... 900 "CHARITY [WHICH] EXTINGUISHES THE SINS LIKE WATER EXTINGUISHES A FIRE" •.•.••.••••••••.•.•..... 901 "THE PRAYER OF A MAN IN THE DEPTHS OF THE NIGHT ... THEY USED TO DO." ........................... 902 "SHALL I NOT INFORM YOU OF THE HEAD OF THE MATTER ... " ................................................ 906 "THE HEAD OF THE MATTER IS SUBMISSION [TO ALLAH]." .................................................... 906 "ITS PILLAR IS THE PRAYER." ........................................................................................... 906 "ITS APEX IS JIHAD." ..................................................................................................... 907 "SHALL I NOT INFORM YOU OF WHAT CONTROLS THAT? .•. " .................................................. 912 OTHER POINTS RELATED TO THIS HADITH .........................................................................