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Riyad al-SalihinAl-Nawawi

a believer from one of the anxieties of this worldly life, Allah will relieve him of one of the anxieties of the Day of Resurrection. Whoever makes things easy for a debtor in straitened circumstances, Allah will make things easy for him in this world and the Hereafter. Whoever covers a Muslim’s fault, Allah will cover him in this world and the Hereafter. Allah is at the servant’s aid for as long as the servant is at his brother’s aid. Whoever sets out on a path seeking knowledge, Allah will smooth for him a path to Paradise. No people gather in one of Allah’s houses, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it among themselves (1), but that tranquility descends upon them, mercy envelops them, the angels surround them, and Allah mentions them to those in His presence. And whoever is held back by his deeds, his lineage will not hasten him forward.” Agreed upon.

30 – Chapter: Intercession

Allah the Exalted says: “Whoever intercedes for a good cause shall have a share in it.” [Al-Nisā’ 4:85]

251 – Abu Mūsā al-Ashʿarī, may Allah be pleased with him, reported: When someone seeking a need came to the Prophet ﷺ, he would turn to those seated with him and say, “Intercede, you will be rewarded, and Allah will decree upon the tongue of His Prophet whatever He wills.” Agreed upon.

(1) In other words, they assist one another in reciting, repeatedly reviewing, and preserving the Quran for fear of forgetting it. The root word dirasa means continual revision, and the form tadarus indicates mutual participation, as noted in Fayd al-Qadir. Another wording reported by Ahmad (2/407) reads: “They recite and learn the Book of Allah, studying it among themselves,” and its chain is sound. The hadith, however, does not cover the practice of gathering to chant the Quran in a single collective voice, for this is a later innovation (bidah) unknown to the early generations, as Imam al-Shatibi explains in al-Iʿtisam (1/357-388). Imam Malik and others likewise rejected it, as related in the author’s own work al-Tibyan. Resorting to broad scriptural texts for practices on which the Salaf left no precedent is not their method, for almost every innovation that people deem good can be linked to some general proof, as scholars are well aware. This is not the place to expand on the matter; see al-Iʿtisam and other works on the principles governing innovations. sakina (tranquility): the inner calm by which the heart feels secure and is not disturbed by passing worldly events.

مُؤْمِنٌ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ الدُّنْيَا ، نَفَّسَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ، وَمَنْ يَسَّرَ عَلَى مُعْسِرٍ يَسَّرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ، وَمَنْ سَتَرَ مُسْلِمًا سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ، وَاللَّهُ فِي عَوْنِ الْعَبْدِ مَا كَانَ الْعَبْدُ فِي عَوْنِ أَخِيهِ ، وَمَنْ سَلَكَ طَرِيقًا يَلْتَمِسُ فِيهِ عِلْمًا سَهَّلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ طَرِيقًا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ . وَمَا اجْتَمَعَ قَوْمٌ فِي بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ، يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ ، وَيَتَدَارَسُونَهُ بَيْنَهُمْ (١) إِلَّا نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّكِينَةُ ، وَغَشِيَتْهُمُ الرَّحْمَةُ ، وَحَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ ، وَذَكَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِيمَنْ عِنْدَهُ ، وَمَنْ بَطَّأَ بِهِ عَمَلُهُ لَمْ يُسْرِعْ بِهِ نَسَبُهُ » متفق عليه . ٣٠ - باب الشفاعة قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى : ﴿ مَنْ يَشْفَعْ شَفَاعَةً حَسَنَةً يَكُنْ لَهُ نَصِيبٌ مِنْهَا ﴾ [ النساء : ٨٥ ] . ٢٥١ - وعن أبي موسى الأشعري رضي الله عنه قال : كان النبي ﷺ إذا أتاه طالبُ حاجةٍ أقبل على جلسائه فقال : « اشْفَعُوا تُؤْجَرُوا وَيَقْضِيَ اللَّهُ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ مَا أَحَبَّ » متفق عليه .

(١) أي : يشتركون في قراءة بعضهم على بعض ، وكثرة درسه ، ويتعهدونه خوف النسيان ، وأصل الدراسة التعهد ، وتدارس تفاعل للمشاركة ، كما في « فيض القدير » وفي رواية لأحمد ( ٢ / ٤٠٧ ) : « يقرؤون ويتعلمون كتاب الله عز وجل يتدارسونه بينهم » وسنده صحيح . وأما الاجتماع على تلاوة القرآن بصوت واحد فليس مما يشمله الحديث لأنه بدعة محدثة لم تكن في عهد السلف ، كما قرره الإمام الشاطبي في « الاعتصام » ( ١ / ٣٥٧ - ٣٨٨ ) . وأنكره الإمام مالك وغيره كما في « التبيان » للمصنف رحمه الله تعالى ، والتمسك بعمومات النص التي لم يجر عليه العمل ليس من فقه السلف ، فإن كل بدعة يستحسنها بعض الناس لا تخلو غالباً من دليل عام كما لا يخفى على أهل العلم ، وليس هذا مجال تفصيل القول في ذلك ، فراجع « الاعتصام » وغيره من كتب أصول البدع . ( السكينة ) : هي الحالة التي يطمئن بها القلب فلا ينزعج لطارىء دنيوي .