unless his sins fall away.’ The verb kharrat is written with a khā’ and means “fell.” Some narrators reported it as jarrat with a jīm, but the correct form—adopted by the majority—is with the khā’. His statement “fayantaširu” means that he expels whatever impurity is in his nose, and an-nathrah is the tip of the nose.

444 – Abu Mūsā al-Ashʿarī (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “When Allah, Exalted is He, intends mercy for a nation, He takes its Prophet before it, making him a forerunner(1) and a predecessor in its behalf. But when He wills the destruction of a nation, He punishes it while its Prophet is still alive; He destroys them as he looks on, gratifying him with their ruin after they denied him and defied his command.” Narrated by Muslim.

52 – Chapter: The Excellence of Hope

Allah the Exalted says, conveying the words of the righteous servant: “I entrust my affair to Allah; surely Allah is All-Seeing of His servants. So Allah protected him from the evil of what they plotted.” (Ghafir 44–45)

445 – Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says, ‘I am as My servant thinks of Me, and I am with him wherever he remembers Me. By Allah, Allah is happier with the repentance of His servant than one of you who finds his lost mount in a waterless desert. Whoever comes near to Me a handspan, I come near to him an arm’s length; whoever comes near to Me an arm’s length, I come near to him a fathom; and if he approaches Me walking, I come to him running.’” Agreed upon, and this is the wording of one of Muslim’s narrations. Its explanation preceded in the previous chapter.(2)

It is also recorded in the two Ṣaḥīḥs with the wording “and I am with him when he remembers Me,” with a nūn, whereas in this narration it is “wherever” with a thā’; both versions are sound.

446 – Jābir b. ʿAbd Allah (may Allah be pleased with both of them) related that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ shortly before his death