71 – The second: On the authority of Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: “This world is sweet and verdant, and Allah is going to appoint you as successors in it (1) and will observe how you behave. So beware of the world and beware of women, for the first trial that befell the Children of Israel concerned women.” Related by Muslim.

72 – The third: On the authority of Ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet ﷺ used to say: “O Allah, I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity, and sufficiency.” Related by Muslim.

73 – The fourth: On the authority of Abū Ṭarīf ʿAdī ibn Ḥātim al-Ṭāʾī (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “Whoever swears an oath and then sees something that is more God-fearing than it, let him adopt that which entails greater taqwā.” Related by Muslim.

74 – The fifth: On the authority of Abū Umāmah Ṣudayy ibn ʿAjlān al-Bāhilī (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ preaching during the Farewell Pilgrimage, and he said, “Fear Allah, perform your five prayers, fast your month, pay the zakāt on your wealth, and obey your leaders; you will enter the Garden of your Lord.” Related by al-Tirmidhī at the end of the Book of Prayer, who said: “A ḥadīth that is sound and good.”

7 – Chapter on Certainty and Reliance on Allah

Allah the Exalted says, “When the believers saw the confederate forces they said, ‘This is what Allah and His Messenger promised us, and Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth,’ and it only increased them in faith and submission” (al-Aḥzāb 33:22). He also says, “Those to whom people said, ‘Indeed the people have gathered against you, so fear them,’ yet it increased them in faith and they said, ‘Sufficient for us is Allah, and He is the best disposer of affairs.’ So they returned with grace and bounty from Allah, no…"