Month: March 2018

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 Be in this World As A Traveller

عَنْ ابْن عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم بِمَنْكِبِي، وَقَالَ: “كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّك غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ”. وَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا يَقُولُ: إذَا أَمْسَيْتَ فَلَا تَنْتَظِرْ الصَّبَاحَ، وَإِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ فَلَا تَنْتَظِرْ الْمَسَاءَ، وَخُذْ مِنْ صِحَّتِك لِمَرَضِك، وَمِنْ حَيَاتِك لِمَوْتِك

On the authority of Abdullah ibn Umar Radiallahu Anhu, who said : Rasullullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam took me by the shoulder and said, “Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer.” And Ibn Umar Radiallahu Anhu used to say, “In the evening do not expect [to live until] the morning, and in the morning do not expect [to live until] the evening. Take [advantage of] your health before times of sickness, and [take advantage of] your life before your death.” [Al-Bukhari]

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This Hadith is a basic source on the need to have little wishful thinking about the world, and that the Believer ought not to take the world as his permanent residence. In fact, on the contrary, he should be in this world as if he were on the point of departure, preparing his equipment and needs for this journey.

Someone mentioned : “Cross it and do not inhabit it…”. In other words, cross the world and do not inhabit the world. “Who is there who would build a house on the waves of the sea?” ie: do not take the world as a dwelling place. The world is retreating and Aakhirah is advancing…so how could one become pre-occupied with that which is leaving and turn away from that which is approaching.

Since this world is not the residence or the homeland, then the state of a Mu’min should be either of the two : (a) he should be as if he was a stranger in a foreign country who’s concern is to gather provision for this journey and return to his homeland, or (b) he should be as if he was a traveller (night and day) who is not a resident at all to the land where he intends.

It is for this reason that Ibn Umar Radiallahu Anhu’s advice that he derived from this Hadith, comprises extreme restriction of one’s expectations… that, when someone enters the evening, he does not anticipate the morning and when someone enters the morning, he does not anticipate the evening, but rather on the contrary he thinks that his expected term will come to him before that.

Therefore he further mentioned : “Take [advantage of] your health before times of sickness, and [take advantage of] your life before your death.”… meaning, gain from righteous actions whilst you are healthy before ill health interposes between you and righteous actions, and during your life, before death interposes between you and good actions.

One should be very cautious with regard to anything that will impede the performance of righteous actions and anything that will pre-occupy one away from earning for the Aakhirah,. Hence, one should hasten to do righteous actions before he cannot perform them.

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Leniency for the One who Errs, the One who Forgets, and the One who is Forced

عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم قَالَ: “إنَّ اللَّهَ تَجَاوَزَ لِي عَنْ أُمَّتِي الْخَطَأَ وَالنِّسْيَانَ وَمَا اسْتُكْرِهُوا عَلَيْهِ

حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ، رَوَاهُ ابْنُ مَاجَهْ [رقم:2045]، وَالْبَيْهَقِيّ [“السنن” 7

Ibn Abbas Radiallahu Anhu narrates that Rasullullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam said :  Verily Allah has pardoned for me my Ummah: their mistakes, their forgetfulness, and that which they have been forced to do under duress.

[A Hasan Hadeeth related by Ibn Majah, and al-Bayhaqee and others]

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> The meaning of this Hadith is that Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta’ala has pardoned the unintentional mistakes, errors and forgetfulness  from the  Ummah of Rasullullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam and has abandoned the reckoning and punishment of that from them … ie : if someone intends something by his action, but his action achieves something other than what he intended. As an example : if someone intends killing a disbeliever in a battle, but ends up killing a Muslim, then that action is regarded as a mistake and Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta’ala pardons him.

Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta’ala mentions in the Noble Qur’aan :

وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ فِيمَا أَخْطَأْتُم بِهِ وَلَٰكِن مَّا تَعَمَّدَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ ۚ

And there is no blame [sin] upon you for that in which you have erred but [only for] what your hearts intended. [Surah Al-‘Ahzaab 33:5]

ie: there is no sin for a person upon whom ‘honest’ mistakes are made, but not for that person who’s heart was determined upon doing intentional evil (premeditated actions).

It is mentioned in a Hadith of Rasullullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam  :

إِذَا حَكَمَ الْحَاكِمُ فَاجْتَهَدَ ثُمَّ أَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَإِذَا حَكَمَ فَاجْتَهَدَ ثُمَّ أَخْطَأَ فَلَهُ أَجْرٌ

If a judge makes a ruling, striving to apply his reasoning (Ijtihad) and he is correct, then he will have two rewards. If a judge makes a ruling, striving to apply his reasoning and he is mistaken, then he will have one reward. [Saheeh Bukhaari]

> Forgetfulness, is that someone remembers something but forgets to do it. As an example : someone proceeds to perform Salaah and remembers that he needs to perform Wudhu, but, at the time of Salaah, he performs his Salaah forgetting that he did not perform his Wudhu, then there will not be any reckoning against him. However, as far as the Mas’ala is concerned : if someone is performing Salaah and remembers that he forgot the Wudhu, he should make Wudhu when he remembers and repeat his Salaah.

> As for coercion, if someone innocent is persuaded to do something by force or threats, Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta’ala has mentioned in the Noble Qur’aan that it is pardoned by Him :

مَن كَفَرَ بِاللَّهِ مِن بَعْدِ إِيمَانِهِ إِلَّا مَنْ أُكْرِهَ وَقَلْبُهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ بِالْإِيمَانِ

Whoever disbelieves in Allah after his belief… except for one who is forced [to renounce his religion] while his heart is secure in faith [Surah An-Nahl 16:106]

ie: when someone has absolutely no choice or power to prevent something against themselves and is coerced (forced) to utter the words of Kufr (disbelief)… but his heart has no intention to utter those words, and is firm on Imaan. Such a person is forgiven.

In essence, on day of Qiyaamah, such persons that performed certain actions mistakenly; or out of forgetfulness; or out of coercion… will not be taken to task by Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta’ala and will be pardoned.However, pardoning of each of these actions are with regard to the Hereafter. The Hukm and law of these different errors are dependant upon their specific Mas’aail (rulings).