Riyad al-Salihin - Al-Nawawi - (1/59)

Riyad al-SalihinAl-Nawawi

Abu Malik al-Harith ibn ʿĀṣim al-Ashʿarī, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Purification is half of faith (1); ‘al-ḥamdu lillāh’ fills the scale, and ‘subḥāna-llāh wa al-ḥamdu lillāh’ fill—or nearly fill—the space between heaven and earth. Prayer is light; charity is proof (2); patience is illumination; and the Quran is a plea either for you or against you. Every person sets out at daybreak (3): he trades his own soul, thereby either freeing it or destroying it.”
Narrated by Muslim.
Abu Saʿīd Saʿd ibn Mālik ibn Sinān al-Khudrī, may Allah be pleased with both of them, reported: Some of the Helpers asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he gave them; then they asked again and he gave them, until all that he possessed was exhausted. After dispensing everything in his hands he said, “Whatever good I have I will never withhold from you. Whoever refrains from asking, Allah will keep him chaste; whoever seeks independence, Allah will enrich him; and whoever strives to be patient, Allah will grant him patience. No one has been given a gift better and more expansive than patience.”
Agreed upon.
Abu Yaḥyā Suhayb ibn Sinān, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed, “How wonderful is the affair of the believer! All of his affairs are good for him—and that is true for no one except the believer. If something pleasing befalls him (4), he is grateful, and that is good for him; and if something harmful befalls him, he is patient, and that is good for him.”
Narrated by Muslim.
Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, related: When the Prophet ﷺ became gravely ill and agony overcame him (5), Fāṭimah, may Allah be pleased with her, exclaimed, “Oh, the anguish of my father!” He replied, “Your father will suffer no anguish after today (6).” When he passed away she said, “My father! He has answered a Lord who called him. My father! The Garden of Firdaws is his abode (7). My father! We proclaim his death to Gabriel.” After he was buried Fāṭimah, may Allah be pleased with her, said, “How could your hearts allow you to heap earth upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?”
Narrated by al-Bukhārī.

(1) That is, one-half; the multiplied reward it yields reaches only half the recompense allotted to iman (faith). (2) In other words, it stands as evidence of the performer’s faith when he delivers it to those who deserve it. (3) Meaning: he should attend promptly to what benefits him, thereby freeing his own soul from punishment; otherwise he destroys it by being expelled from the realm of divine approval. (4) The phrase denotes what gladdens him, whereas the Prophet’s term darra refers to whatever harms him. (5) That is, the hardship of the sakarat al-mawt (agonies of death) descends upon him. (6) This is because he ﷺ is moving from the transient world of anguish to the everlasting abode of serenity. (7) That is, his dwelling; and nanaahu means “we convey the news of his passing ﷺ to Jibril.”

رسول الله ﷺ : « الطُّهُورُ شَطْرُ الإِيمَانِ (١) ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلَأُ الْمِيزَانَ ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلَآنِ - أَوْ تَمْلَأُ - مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ، وَالصَّلَاةُ نُورٌ ، وَالصَّدَقَةُ بُرْهَانٌ (٢) ، وَالصَّبْرُ ضِيَاءٌ ، وَالْقُرْآنُ حُجَّةٌ لَكَ أَوْ عَلَيْكَ . كُلُّ النَّاسِ يَغْدُو (٣) فَبَائِعٌ نَفْسَهُ فَمُعْتِقُهَا أَوْ مُوبِقُهَا » رواه مسلم . ٢٧ - وعن أبي سعيد سعد بن مالك بن سنان الخدري رضي الله عنهما : أَنَّ نَاسًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ سَأَلُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ ، ثُمَّ سَأَلُوهُ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ ، حَتَّى نَفِدَ مَا عِنْدَهُ ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ حِينَ أَنْفَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بِيَدِهِ : « مَا يَكُنْ عِنْدِي مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلَنْ أُدْخِرَهُ عَنْكُمْ ، وَمَنْ يَسْتَعْفِفْ يُعِفَّهُ اللَّهُ ، وَمَنْ يَسْتَغْنِ يُغْنِهِ اللَّهُ ، وَمَنْ يَتَصَبَّرْ يُصَبِّرْهُ اللَّهُ . وَمَا أُعْطِيَ أَحَدٌ عَطَاءً خَيْرًا وَأَوْسَعَ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ » متفق عليه . ٢٨ - وعن أبي يحيى صهيب بن سنان رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ : « عَجَبًا لِأَمْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِنَّ أَمْرَهُ كُلَّهُ لَهُ خَيْرٌ وَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ لِأَحَدٍ إِلَّا لِلْمُؤْمِنِ : إِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ سَرَّاءُ (٤) شَكَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ ، وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ ضَرَّاءُ صَبَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ » رواه مسلم . ٢٩ - وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال : لَمَّا ثَقُلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ جَعَلَ يَتَغَشَّاهُ الْكُرْبُ (٥) فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : وَاكْرُبْ أَبَتَاهُ . فَقَالَ : « لَيْسَ عَلَى أَبِيكِ كَرْبٌ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ » (٦) فَلَمَّا مَاتَ قَالَتْ : يَا أَبَتَاهُ أَجَابَ رَبًّا دَعَاهُ ، يَا أَبَتَاهُ جَنَّةُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ مَأْوَاهُ (٧) ، يَا أَبَتَاهُ إِلَى جِبْرِيلَ نَنْعَاهُ ؛ فَلَمَّا دُفِنَ قَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا : أَطَابَتْ أَنْفُسُكُمْ أَنْ تَحْثُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ التُّرَابَ ؟ رواه البخاري .

(١) أي : نصفه ، أي : ينتهي تضعيف أجره إلى نصف أجر الإيمان . (٢) أي : حجة على إيمان مؤديها إلى مستحقيها . (٣) أي : يبكر في مصالحه ، فمعتق نفسه من العذاب ، أو مهلكها بالطرد من ساحة الرضوان . (٤) أي : ما يسره ، وقوله ﷺ : ( ضراء ) : أي ما يضره . (٥) أي : تنزل به الشدة من سكرات الموت . (٦) ذلك أنه ﷺ ينتقل من دار الفناء والكروب إلى دار الخلود والصفاء . (٧) أي : منزله . و ( ننعاه ) أي : نرفع خبر وفاته ﷺ إلى جبريل .