“Al-Aqra ibn Habis and Uyaynah ibn Hisn al-Fazari found the Prophet ﻢﻠﺳ ﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻ sitting in the company of some of the weak and poor believers, amongst them Suhayb, Bilal, Ammar and Khabab.
Upon seeing these weak companions they looked down upon them and privately said to the Prophet ﻰﻠﺻ ﻢﻠﺳ ﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ, ‘We request that you have a special sitting for the Arabs in which you recognise our status, for indeed the Arabs come to sit with you but dislike to be seen with the slaves. When we arrive ask them to leave. And once we leave sit with them.’ The Prophet ﻢﻠﺳ ﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻ agreed so they asked that this be written. The Prophet ﻢﻠﺳ ﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻ asked Ali to write this down whilst we were seated when Jibreel descended with the verses, ‘And turn not away those who invoke their Lord, morning and afternoon seeking His Face. You are not accountable for them in anything, and they are not accountable for you in anything, that you may turn them away, and thus become of the unjust.’ Then Allah
mentioned Al-Aqra ibn Habis and Uyaynah ibn Hisn, ‘Thus We have tried some of them with others, that they might say: ‘Is it these (poor believers) whom Allah has favoured from amongst us?’ Does not Allah know best those who are grateful?’...The Prophet ﻢﻠﺳ ﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻ would sit with us and when he wanted to leave he would stand and go, so Allah revealed, ‘And keep yourself patiently with those who call on their Lord...’ ... So we would sit with the Prophet ﻢﻠﺳ ﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻ and when it was the time in which he would leave, we would stand so he could leave.”16
15 Surat Al‐'An`ām :52‐53
stay patient with those who believe and are willing to accept.
A Story from the Seerah:
Once Abu Bakr ﻪﻨﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻲﺿﺭ were sitting together with Suhayb ar-Rumi, Salman al-Farisi and Bilal bin-Rbah in Makkah. At that time Abu Sufyan walked by them. One of them called out that the sword of Allah has not yet beheaded the enemy of the Messenger of Allah ﻢﻠﺳ ﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻ. At this Abu Bakr ﻲﺿﺭ ﻪﻨﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ told them that how they could talk like that with the leader of Quraysh. So, the other companions were not happy with Abu Bakr ﻪﻨﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻲﺿﺭ at this. When the Prophet ﻢﻠﺳ ﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻ was informed about this he said to Abu Bakr to go back and seek forgiveness from them, for Allah ﻰﻟﺎﻌﺗ ﻭ ﻪﻧﺎﺒﺳ may be displeased with Abu Bakr ﻪﻨﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻲﺿﺭ.
The important message from this verse is the trial of association to rich and powerful. This ayah contains a lesson for those who face this trial.
Verse 29
ۡمُكِّب َّر نِم ُّق َح ۡلٱ ِلُق َو
ۖ َش نَم َف ۡؤُي ۡلَف َءٓا
َو نِم َش نَم
ۡرُف ۡكَي ۡلَف َءٓا َّنِإ ۚ
َت ۡعَأ ٓا َنيِمِلٰـَّظلِل اَن ۡد
اَھُقِدا َرُس ۡمِہِب َطاَحَأ اًراَن َو ۚ
َي نِإ ٓاَمِب ْاوُثاَغُي ْاوُثيِغَت ۡس َك ٍ۟ء
َهوُج ُو ۡلٱ ىِو ۡشَي ِل ۡھُمۡلٱ
ۚ
اًقَفَت ۡرُم ۡتَءٓاَس َو ُبا َرَّشلٱ َس ۡئِب )
٢٩ (
“And say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a fire whose walls will surround them. And if they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like murky oil, which
scalds [their] faces. Wretched is the drink, and evil is the resting place.”
Muhl – murky oil – boiling froth on top of oil that is used for cooking. In the Hellfire this drink will be so hot, even when it is brought close to them the skin on their faces will melt. However, because of their thirst, they will be forced to drink it. This verse gives us just a little glimpse of the severe punishment in Hellfire.
Verse 30
َّنِإ ِتٰـ َحِلٰـَّصلٱ ْاوُلِمَع َو ْاوُنَماَء َنيِذَّلٱ َّنِإ
َأ ُعي ِضُن َلا ا ًلاَمَع َنَس ۡحَأ ۡنَم َر ۡج
) ٣٠ (
“Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds.”
In this ayah Allah ﻰﻟﺎﻌﺗ ﻭ ﻪﻧﺎﺒﺳ mentions the reward of doing righteous deeds. Here we see the
methodology of “Better than Best” being used. Allah ﻰﻟﺎﻌﺗ ﻭ ﻪﻧﺎﺒﺳ is saying that “We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds”. As such the Muslims should be excelling at all times. We can take the examples of the Companions of the Prophet ﻢﻠﺳ ﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻ. If we look at the life of Abu Bakr and ‘Umar ﻪﻨﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻲﺿﺭ we can see that after the death of Prophet ﻢﻠﺳ ﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻ they did not slow down their deeds, rather they increased in good deeds.
During his Khilafah Abu Bakr ﻪﻨﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻲﺿﺭ used to go to a widow who was blind and used to complete all her chores, play with her children and no one knew about it until ‘Umar ﻪﻨﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻲﺿﺭ followed him once and found out.
When ‘Umar ﻪﻨﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻲﺿﺭ was the Khalifah of the Muslims, he used to walk around in the streets of Madinah to make sure everything was going well, while others were asleep. These are just some examples of the greatness of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﻠﺳ ﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻﻢ .
Imam Zainul ‘Abideen the son of Imam Husayn – On his death it was discovered that his back was covered with marks. The next morning the poor people of the city complained that they did not receive any food from the man who used to help, because it was Zainul ‘Abideen who used to carry the sacks and deliver those to the poor of the city.
ۡمُھَل َكِٕٮٰٓـَل ْوُأ
“Those will have gardens of perpetual residence; beneath them rivers will flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and will wear green garments of fine silk and brocade, reclining therein on adorned couches. Excellent is the reward, and good is the resting place. “
The word “‘adn" means everlasting. The people of Jannah will live therein an everlasting life. This also shows us that this world is not everlasting and it will end one day, while the next life is eternal. In this verse we now see the repercussions of the choice that Allah ﻰﻟﺎﻌﺗ ﻭ ﻪﻧﺎﺒﺳ has presented to the people. It also shows us that there is a guarantee for the reward for those who believe or punishment for those who disbelieve.
In Islam, we establish balance. Our goal is the Hereafter, but we do not leave the life of this world without any care. There is no problem with enjoying the blessing of this world in halal ways.
C C O O N N TE T E MP M P LA L AT TI IO ON NS S
Th T he e S Se ec co on nd d M Ma aj j or o r T Tr ri ia al l: : Lo L o ve v e o of f t th he e R R ic i c h h & & P Po ow we er r fu f ul l
The position of the poor and weak in Islam
Obedience of Allah with weakness is better than disobedience with strength
The final outcome of tyrants
The final outcome of the believers
The impoverished state of many of the Companions
The universality of the Islamic message
The link between the trials of ad-Dajjal and the this trial is that Dajjal will be given certain power by Allah ﻰﻟﺎﻌﺗ ﻭ ﻪﻧﺎﺒﺳ, through which he will try to convince people to worship him and follow him. As a result as soon as he comes out 70000 people will follow him immediately.
Hadith that the Prophet (SWAS) said not to go out to confront ad-Dajjal
When people seek him out they become attached to his power and to his wealth. Also the Prophet told us not to go out and face or seek the Dajjal because of the power and wealth that he will possess
Link to Seerah
Before Hijrah to Madinah the Prophet ﻢﻠﺳ ﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻ used to go to the camp to meet with the pilgrims, in search of a place where the Muslims could make Hijrah. There was a group of people who were asked to become Muslims and their condition was that they would be given faction of authority. But the Messenger of Allah ﻢﻠﺳ ﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻ refused, as this deen is solely for Allah ﻰﻟﺎﻌﺗ ﻭ ﻪﻧﺎﺒﺳ. No one has any chance to provide help to seek power.
Besides, the Prophet ﻢﻠﺳ ﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻ has set example for us by refusing the Quraysh, while he was offered power and wealth.