Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (2/168)

Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-AdhkarAbd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr

For this reason, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said in the well-known hadith of Abdullāh ibn Abbās, may Allah be pleased with them both: “Know Allah in times of ease, and He will know you in times of hardship.” 1

Ibn Rajab, may Allah have mercy on him, wrote in a treatise devoted to explaining this hadith: “The meaning is that when a servant fears Allah, observes His limits, and fulfils His rights in times of ease and health, he thereby makes himself known to Allah, and a bond of recognition is established between him and his Lord. His Lord therefore knows him in times of hardship, recognizes the deeds he performed in times of ease, and delivers him from hardships on account of that relationship.… This special relationship is the one referred to in the hadith qudsi: ‘My servant continues to draw near to Me through voluntary acts of worship until I love him’—and continuing to His words—‘If he asks Me, I will surely give him, and if he seeks My protection, I will surely protect him.’ 2” 3.

He then cited al-Dahhāk ibn Qays as saying: “Remember Allah in times of ease, and He will remember you in times of hardship. Jonah, peace be upon him, used to remember Allah; so when he found himself in the belly of the fish, Allah Most High said: ‘Had he not been one of those who glorified Allah, he would certainly have remained in its belly until the Day they are resurrected.’ 4 Pharaoh, however, was a tyrant who was heedless of Allah’s remembrance. When drowning overtook him, he said, ‘I believe!’ But Allah Most High said: ‘Now? When you had disobeyed before and were one of the corrupters?’ 5” Whoever does not know Allah in times of ease cannot expect Allah to know him in times of hardship, either in this world or in the Hereafter.

(1) Al-Musnad, 1/307. It was authenticated by the eminent scholar al-Albānī, may Allah have mercy on him, in Sahīh al-Jāmiʿ, no. 2961. (2) Sahīh al-Bukhārī, no. 6502. (3) Ibn Rajab, Nūr al-Iqtibās, p. 43. (4) Surat al-Sāffāt, verses 143–144. (5) Surat Yūnus, verse 91.

ولهذا قال النبي ﷺ كما في حديث عبد الله بن عباس ﵄ المشهور: " تعرَّف إلى الله في الرَّخاء يعرفك في الشدَّة "١. قال ابن رجب ﵀ في جزء له أفرده في شرح هذا الحديث: " المعنى أنَّ العبدَ إذا اتقى الله وحفظ حدودَه وراعى حقوقه في حال رخائه وصحته، فقد تعرَّف بذلك إلى الله، وكان بينه وبينه معرفة، فعرفه ربُّه في الشدَّة، وعرف له عملَه في الرخاء، فنجَّاه من الشدائد بتلك المعرفة ... وهذا التعرُّفُ الخاص هو المشار إليه في الحديث الإلَهي " ولا يزال عبدي يتقرَّب إليَّ بالنوافل حتى أحبه ـ إلى أن قال ـ ولئن سألني لأعطينَّه، ولئن استعاذني لأعيذنَّه "٢ "٣. ثمَّ أورد عن الضحاك بن قيس أنَّه قال: " اذكروا الله في الرخاء يذكركم في الشدَّة، إنَّ يونس ﵇ كان يذكر اللهَ، فلمَّا وقع في بطن الحوت قال الله تعالى: ﴿فَلَوْلاَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ المُسَبِّحِينَ لَلَبِثَ فِي بَطْنِهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ﴾ ٤، وإنَّ فرعونَ كان طاغياً ناسياً لذكر الله، فلمَّا أدركه الغرقُ قال: آمنتُ، فقال الله تعالى: ﴿آلآنَ وَقَدْ عَصَيْتَ قَبْلُ وَكُنتَ مِنَ المُفْسِدِينَ﴾ ٥ "، فمَن لَم يتعرَّف إلى الله في الرخاء فليس له أن يعرفه في الشدَّة لا في الدنيا ولا في الآخرة.

١ المسند (١/٣٠٧) ، وصححه العلاَّمة الألباني ﵀ في صحيح الجامع (رقم:٢٩٦١) . ٢ صحيح البخاري (رقم:٦٥٠٢) . ٣ نور الاقتباس لابن رجب (ص:٤٣) . ٤ سورة الصافات، الآيتان: (١٤٣، ١٤٤) . ٥ سورة يونس، الآية: (٩١) .