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Fasting is an Expiation (Hadith No. 1614)

Bismillah.
Volume 3, Book 31, Number 119:
Narrated Abu Wail from Hudhaifa (radiallaahu `anhu):
Umar (radiallaahu `anhu) asked the people, "Who remembers the narration of the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) about the affliction?" Hudhaifa (radiallaahu `anhu) said, "I heard the Prophet (sallallaahu `alayhi wasallam) saying, 'The affliction of a person in his property, family and neighbors is expiated by his prayers, fasting, and giving in charity." 'Umar (radiallaahu `anhu) said, "I do not ask about that, but I ask about those afflictions which will spread like the waves of the sea." Hudhaifa (radiallaahu `anhu) replied, "There is a closed gate in front of those afflictions." 'Umar (radiallaahu `anhu) asked, "Will that gate be opened or broken?" He replied, "It will be broken." 'Umar (radiallaahu `anhu) said, "Then the gate will not be closed again till the Day of Resurrection." We said to Masruq, "Would you ask Hudhaifa (radiallaahu `anhu) whether 'Umar (radiallaahu `anhu) knew what that gate symbolized?" He asked him and he replied "He ('Umar (radiallaahu `anhu)) knew it as one knows that there will be night before tomorrow morning.
Talking about the first part of the Hadith, we know that one's wealth and family is a trial as Allah says:
إِنَّمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَأَوْلَادُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ
"Your wealth and your children are only a trial.." [At-Taghabun: 15]
We're tested by our wealth in the ways we earn it and spend it, and family tests us for the amount of time we spend with them and the way we spend it. Also, we're tested in our priorities - whether we put Allah before our loved ones or not..
Being human, we always falter. There are shortcomings no matter how hard we try. To make up for those, we can pray extra nawafil (voluntary prayers), keep nafil fasts and give more in charity as suggested by the Hadith above. In doing so, we'll be offering expiation for our sins and faults committed when it came to wealth and family. InshaAllah.

Abu Sa`da Got Cursed! (Hadith No. 722)


Salam,
Bismillah.
Hadith no. 720 is a repeat. Read it here. Hadith no. 721 is also a repeat. Read it here.

Today's Hadith is a real eye-opener. Read very carefully and learn your lesson!

Volume 1, Book 12, Number 722:
Narrated Jabir bin Samura:
The People of Kufa complained against Sa'd to 'Umar and the latter dismissed him and appointed 'Ammar as their chief . They lodged many complaints against Sa'd and even they alleged that he did not pray properly. 'Umar sent for him and said, "O Aba Ishaq! These people claim that you do not pray properly." Abu Ishaq said, "By Allah, I used to pray with them a prayer similar to that of Allah's Apostle and I never reduced anything of it. I used to prolong the first two Rakat of 'Isha prayer and shorten the last two Rakat." 'Umar said, "O Aba Ishaq, this was what I thought about you." And then he sent one or more persons with him to Kufa so as to ask the people about him. So they went there and did not leave any mosque without asking about him. All the people praised him till they came to the mosque of the tribe of Bani 'Abs; one of the men called Usama bin Qatada with a surname of Aba Sa'da stood up and said, "As you have put us under an oath; I am bound to tell you that Sa'd never went himself with the army and never distributed (the war booty) equally and never did justice in legal verdicts." (On hearing it) Sa'd said, "I pray to Allah for three things: O Allah! If this slave of yours is a liar and got up for showing off, give him a long life, increase his poverty and put him to trials." (And so it happened). Later on when that person was asked how he was, he used to reply that he was an old man in trial as the result of Sa'd's curse. 'Abdul Malik, the sub narrator, said that he had seen him afterwards and his eyebrows were over-hanging his eyes owing to old age and he used to tease and assault the small girls in the way.

*Goosebumps*
Looking at the whole narration, I don't understand why anyone wanted to get Sa`d/Abu Ishaq dismissed from chieftain. It's one thing to have personal grudges against a person, but to humiliate them publicly and spreading false rumors about them is just WRONG!

But Allah helps His slaves. Sa`d prayed to Allah to bring out the truth (because Abu Sa`da had taken an oath while saying what he said about Sa`d). And Allah accepted his prayer. Abu Sa`da was cursed. And reading about his last days is giving me the chills! He couldn't help himself. Being old, poor and still teasing/assaulting 'small girls' he saw on the way. May Allah not make us from among those who have long lives and are put to trials. :(


Don't let people curse you. As in, don't give them the reason to do so. And avoid cursing others! If they don't deserve it, it'll come back to you. True story.
Wassalam.

One for the Mother (Ahadith 675-678)


Salam,
Bismillah.

Volume 1, Book 11, Number 675:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Abi Qatada:
My father said, "The Prophet said, 'When I stand for prayer, I intend to prolong it but on hearing the cries of a child, I cut it short, as I dislike to trouble the child's mother.' "

Volume 1, Book 11, Number 676:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
I never prayed behind any Imam a prayer lighter and more perfect than that behind the Prophet and he used to cut short the prayer whenever he heard the cries of a child lest he should put the child's mother to trial.

 Volume 1, Book 11, Number 677:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, "When I start the prayer I intend to prolong it, but on hearing the cries of a child, I cut short the prayer because I know that the cries of the child will incite its mother's passions."

Hadith no. 678 as above.

When a child cries, what happens to a mother? I can hardly imagine, but observation is my teacher. Mothers can't bear their child crying. They'll do everything to stop their pain.

When the mother is praying and the child starts crying, the mother will be distracted from prayer. To make it easy for her, Prophet (SAW) used to shorten the prayer. The whole congregation got affected, only to facilitate a mother. And you say women don't have rights in Islam? Pshh!


Wassalam.

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