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that if the whole community were to unite in order to benefit you with anything, they could benefit you only with something Allah has already written for you; and if they were to unite in order to harm you with anything, they could harm you only with something Allah has already written against you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried. (1) Related by al-Tirmidhī, who said: a fair and sound hadith.

In a wording other than al-Tirmidhī’s: “Guard Allah and you will find Him before you. Become acquainted with Allah in times of ease and He will know you in times of hardship. And know: whatever misses you could never have struck you, and whatever strikes you could never have missed you. And know: victory comes with patience, relief accompanies distress, and with hardship comes ease.” (2)

64 – Fourth: Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “You people commit deeds which you consider to be finer than a hair, yet during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ we used to regard them as among the deadly sins.” Related by al-Bukhārī.

He explained that “the deadly sins (al-mubiqāt)” are the ruinous ones.

65 – Fifth: Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Allah, Exalted is He, possesses protective jealousy, and Allah’s protective jealousy is aroused when a person does what He has forbidden.” Agreed upon.

The term “protective jealousy” (al-ghayrah) is pronounced with an open ghayn; its root sense is dignified self-respect.

66 – Sixth: Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) heard the Prophet ﷺ say, “Three men from the Children of Israel—a leper, a bald man, and a blind man—Allah wished to test them, so He sent an angel to them. He came to the leper and said, ‘What is most beloved to you?’ He replied, ‘A good complexion, fine skin, and that the thing which makes people loathe me be removed.’ So the angel touched him, and his blemish disappeared (3).”

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(1) “The pens have been lifted,” meaning that writing has ceased, and “the scrolls have dried,” that is, the tablets containing the decrees of all created things are already set. (2) This narration was transmitted by Abd b. Humayd, as cited by the hadith scholar Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali in his commentary on the Forty Hadith, Jami al-Ulum wa-l-Hikam, p. 161, where he rules the chain weak. (3) That is, he treated them as one who is testing and examining them; and “an angel” (malakan) here means an angel appearing in human form. (4) Meaning: because of it, people kept their distance from me and came to hate me. “He stroked him” means the angel passed his hand over him.

أَنَّ الْأُمَّةَ لَوْ اجْتَمَعَتْ عَلَى أَنْ يَنْفَعُوكَ بِشَيْءٍ، لَمْ يَنْفَعُوكَ إِلَّا بِشَيْءٍ قَدْ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ لَكَ، وَإِنْ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى أَنْ يَضُرُّوكَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَضُرُّوكَ إِلَّا بِشَيْءٍ قَدْ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ، رُفِعَتِ الْأَقْلَامُ وَجَفَّتِ الصُّحُفُ (١) رواه الترمذي وقال : حديث حسن صحيح . وفي رواية غير الترمذي : « احْفَظِ اللَّهَ تَجِدْهُ أَمَامَكَ، تَعَرَّفْ إِلَى اللَّهِ فِي الرَّخَاءِ يَعْرِفْكَ فِي الشِّدَّةِ، وَاعْلَمْ : أَنَّ مَا أَخْطَأَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُصِيبَكَ، وَمَا أَصَابَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُخْطِئَكَ، وَاعْلَمْ : أَنَّ النَّصْرَ مَعَ الصَّبْرِ، وَأَنَّ الْفَرَجَ مَعَ الْكَرْبِ، وَأَنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا (٢) . ٦٤ - الرابع : عن أنس رضي الله عنه قال : إِنَّكُمْ لَتَعْمَلُونَ أَعْمَالًا هِيَ أَدَقُّ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّعْرِ كُنَّا نَعُدُّهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ . رواه البخاري . وقال : « الْمُوبِقَاتُ » : الْمُهْلِكَاتُ . ٦٥ - الخامس : عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه عن النبي ﷺ قال : « إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَغَارُ، وَغَيْرَةُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى، أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الْمَرْءُ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ » متفق عليه . و « الْغَيْرَةُ » : بفتح الغين ، وَأَصْلُهَا الْأَنَفَةُ . ٦٦ - السادس : عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه أنه سمع النبي ﷺ يَقُولُ : « إِنَّ ثَلَاثَةً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ : أَبْرَصَ، وَأَقْرَعَ، وَأَعْمَى، أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَهُمْ (٣) فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ مَلَكاً، فَأَتَى الْأَبْرَصَ فَقَالَ : أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ ؟ قَالَ : لَوْنٌ حَسَنٌ، وَجِلْدٌ حَسَنٌ، وَيَذْهَبُ عَنِّي الَّذِي قَدْ قَذَرَنِي النَّاسُ (٤) ؛ فَمَسَحَهُ فَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ قَذَرُهُ

(١) رفعت الأقلام . أي : تركت الكتابة بها « وجفت الصحف » التي فيها تقادير الكائنات . (٢) رواها عبد بن حميد كما ذكر الحافظ ابن رجب الحنبلي بشرحه على الأربعين النووية « جامع العلوم والحكم » الصفحة ١٦١ وقال : إنها ضعيفة . (٣) أي : يعاملهم معاملة المبتلي المختبر . و ( ملكاً ) أي في صورة إنسان . (٤) أي : تباعد عني وكرهني الناس بسببه . ( فمسحه ) أي الملك : أمر يده عليه .