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Authentic Hadith pertaining to

THE WEAK & THE POORExtracted from Imam Nawawi’s Reference

“The Gardens of Righteousness”translated and presented by

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BOOK 47

THE SUPERIORITY OF POOR AND WEAK MUSLIMS

Allah, the Exalted says:“And be patient with thosewho call to their Lord,in the morning and evening,desiring His Face.” 18:28 Koran

INHABITANTS OF PARADISE AND OF THE FIRE|H 253“Shall I tell you who the inhabitants of Paradise are? Every weak person and those looked down upon; who, if he asks Allah by an oath, Allah will fulfill it. Now shall I tell you who the inhabitants of the Fire are? They are the people who are ignorant, impertinent, proud and arrogant.”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Haritha the son of Wahb who related that he heard the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, say this.

OPINION OF PEOPLE |H 254“A person passed by not far from the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, and he asked one of the Companions sitting with him: ‘What do you think of that one?’ He replied: ‘He is one of the most noble. If he proposed marriage his worthy proposal would be accepted; if he counsels his counseling is accepted.’ The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, did not comment.

Not long after another man passed by and he asked: ‘What do you think of his one?’ He answered: ‘O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, he is one of the poor Muslims. If he proposed marriage his proposal would not be accepted, if he offered advice his advice would be rejected, and if he spoke he would not be listened to.’ The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said: ‘That

one is better than the earth full of those like the former.’”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Sahl the son of Sa'ad Sa'idi who related this.

PARADISE AND HELL|H 255“There was a debate between Paradise and Hell. Hell said: ‘I shall encompass those who are tyrants and arrogant.’ Paradise said: ‘My inhabitants will be the weak and the needy.’ Allah decided between them, saying: ‘You are Paradise, My Mercy. Through you I will have mercy on whomsoever I will; and you are Hell, My Punishment. Through you I will punish whosoever I will. It is for Me to fill both of you.’”

Muslim with a chain up to Abu Sa'id Khudri who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.

VALUE IN THE SIGHT OF ALLAH|H 256“On the Day of Judgement a famous, obese man will be brought forward whose value in the sight of Allah will be no more than the wing of a mosquito.”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.

SEVEN OBLIGATIONS DUE TO YOUR FELLOW MUSLIM |H 858“The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, enjoined these seven things upon us: Visit the sick. Walk in the funeral procession. Supplicate for the Mercy of Allah upon one who sneezes. Support the weak. Help the oppressed. Multiply the greetings of peace. Keep your vows.”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Bra'a, the son of 'Azib who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.

CARETAKER OF THE MOSQUE|H 257“A dark-skinned woman (or perhaps young man) use to take care of the Mosque. One day the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, missed that person and made inquiries and was told that the person had died. He asked: ‘Why didn't you tell me?’ They had not considered the matter of any importance. So he said: ‘Show me the grave’ and he prayed over it saying: ‘Graves cover those in them with darkness but Allah illuminates them for the inhabitants because of my intercession for them.’"

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that:

A MAN WHO IS CONSIDERED TO BE INSIGNIFICANT|H 258

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“Perhaps a man with ruffled hair, covered in dust is turned away from doors. However, if he asks Allah by an oath Allah will fulfill it.”

Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.

SOME OF THE AFFAIRS DURING THE NIGHT OF ASCENT|H 259“On the night of the Ascent, I stood at the gate of Paradise and saw the majority of those entering it were the poor; the wealthy were held back. Then those compelled to the Fire were ordered to it and I stood at the gate of Hell and saw the majority of those who entered were women.”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Osama who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this. THREE BABIES WHO SPOKE IN THEIR CRADLE|H 260“Three people spoke when they were in their cradle one of whom was Jesus, the son of Mary.

There was a man called Juraij who was pious, a great worshiper who had built a sanctuary. One day when he was praying his mother came and called him. He supplicated: ‘Lord, my mother and my prayers.’ He continued with his worshiping and she returned. The next day she came again and called to him but he supplicated again: ‘Lord, my mother and my prayers’ and continued with his worshiping. The third day she came again and called to him and he supplicated once more saying: ‘Lord, my mother and my prayers’ and continued with his worshiping. She supplicated saying: ‘O Allah, do not let him die until he has seen the face of a prostitute!’

The piety of Juraij became a topic of conversation among the Children of Israel. Now among them was a beautiful prostitute. She told them: ‘If you like, I can make trouble for Juraij.’ She tried to seduce him but Juraij paid no attention to her. Then she went to a shepherd who lived near the sanctuary of Juraij and offered herself to him and became pregnant. After she had given birth she claimed that the child was Juraij's.

The Children of Israel went to him and brought him out of his sanctuary, demolished it and beat him. He asked: ‘Why are you doing this?’ They replied: ‘You committed adultery with this prostitute and she has borne your child!’ He asked: ‘Where is the child?’ So they brought it to him. Then he said: ‘Now leave me alone so that I might pray.’ Then he prayed, and when he finished he picked up the child, sat it upon his knee and asked it: ‘Who is your father?’ The child replied: ‘So and so, the shepherd.’ Then the Children of Israel turned to Juraij, kissed him and touched him saying: ‘We shall rebuild your sanctuary out of gold!’ But he said:

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‘Rebuild it from clay just as it was.’ So they did.

The third was a boy who was being suckled by his mother when a man wearing fine clothes rode by on a fast, fine looking horse. The mother supplicated: ‘Allah, make my son like him.’ The infant released his mother's breast, turned and looked at the man and said: ‘Allah, do not let me be like him.’ Then he turned to his mother's breast and resumed the suckling. At this point the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, demonstrated the suckling of the child by putting his forefinger into his mouth and sucking it.

Then he continued: Then some people passed by who were beating a young woman. Those who were beating her said: 'You have committed adultery and theft.' She said repeatedly: 'Sufficient for me is Allah, an Excellent Guardian is He.' The mother supplicated: ‘O Allah, do let my son be like her.’ Thereupon he stopped his suckling, looked at the young woman and said: ‘O Allah, let me be like her.’ Then a dialog between the mother and her son took place. She said to him: ‘When a handsome, well to do man passed by and I supplicated: O Allah, make my son like that one, but you said: 'Allah, do not let me be like him.' Then, when some people passed by beating a young girl saying: 'You have committed adultery and theft, I supplicated: 'O Allah, do not let my son be like her', but you said: 'O Allah, let me be like her.' The boy replied: ‘The man is a tyrant, that is why I said: 'O Allah, do not let me be like him.' As for the girl, they said she had committed adultery but she had not. They also accused her of stealing but she is not a thief so I said: 'O Allah, let me be like her.'"


THOSE WHO CALL UPON THEIR LORD, MORNING AND EVENING|H 261“There were six of us with the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, when the unbelievers said to him: ‘Drive these people out of here, least they become familiar with us’ - and we were, myself, ibn Masud, a man from the Huzail, Bilal, and two men whose names I do not recall - the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, thought in himself what Allah willed to occur, then Allah sent down: ‘Do not drive away those who call on their Lord morning and evening, seeking only His Face....’” 6:52 Koran.

Muslim with a chain up to Sa'ad son of Abi Waqqas who related this.

STATUS OF THE POOR |H 488“The poor will enter (Paradise) five hundred years before the rich.”

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Tirmidhi with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.

INHABITANTS OF PARADISE AND HELL |H 489“When I looked at Paradise, I saw most of its inhabitants were the poor and when I looked at Fire, I saw that most of its inhabitants were women.”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to ibn Abbas and Imran, the son of Husain relate that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.

LAILATUL MERAJ |H 490“As I stood at the Gate of Paradise (on the night of Lailatul Meraj) I saw most of those who entered it were the poor; the rich were held back from it. But those destined for the Fire will be under the order to be driven to Hell.”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Osama, the son of Zaid who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.

DEFINITION OF A POOR PERSON|H 265“A poor person is not one who can be turned away with a date or two, or a few morsels. The one who is really poor is he, who, despite his poverty refrains from asking. A poor person is not the one who goes round asking people, who can be turned away with a morsel or two or a few dates. Indeed, it is one who does not have enough to suffice him, and does not disclose his poverty so that he might be given charity, neither does he stand up to ask.”


CONCERN FOR THE WEAK AND POORLENGTH OF PRAYER|H 229“When any of you lead the prayer he should not make it long, because there are those in the congregation who are weak, ill or old. When you pray alone you can pray as long as you like.”

Another narration adds:“and those who have matters to attend.”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.

THE MERIT OF CARING FOR ORPHANS|H 263“Whosoever takes care of an orphan, he and I will be like this

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together in Paradise. To demonstrate the closeness, he raised his fore and middle finger joined together.”

Bukhari with a chain up to Sahl the son of Sa'ad who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.

ORPHANS AND PARADISE|H 264“Whosoever takes care of an orphan, related or otherwise, he and I will be like these two in Paradise. Then he raised his fore and middle fingers joined together to demonstrate.”


LOOK AFTER WIDOWS AND THE NEEDY|H 266“He who works to support widows and the needy is like one who strives in the Cause of Allah.” (The narrator also said that he thought that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, added:) “and like the one who stands praying all night, never stopping, and like the one who fasts and never breaks it.”


UNINVITED GUESTS|H 267“The worst food is the food served at a wedding feast to which those who would have liked to come are uninvited, and to which those who are invited do not wish to attend. He who declines the invitation disobeys Allah and His Messenger, praise and peace be upon him.

The worst food is the food served at a wedding feast to which the rich are invited and from which the poor are excluded.”


BLESSINGS OF RAISING GIRLS|H 268“Whosoever raises two girls from childhood to maturity will appear on the Day of Judgment joined to me like two fingers of a hand. Then he joined his two fingers.”

Muslim with a chain up to Anas who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.

RIGHTS OF THE WEAK|H 271“O Allah, I declare sinful, the failure to safeguard the rights of two weaklings; orphans and women.”

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Nisai with a chain up to Abu Shuraih Khuwailad the son of Amr Khuza'I who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.

PROVISION |H 272“Sa'ad thought he was superior to those who were not as affluent as he. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said: ‘You are helped and provided for because of the weak and poor among you.’”

Bukhari with a chain up to Mus'ab the son of Sa'ad, son of Abi Waqqas who related this.

HELP THE WEAK|H 273“Look for me among the weak, because you are helped and provided for on account of the weak among you.”

Abu Daud with a chain up to Abu Darda' who related that he heard the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, say this.

KINDNESS TO THE WEAK AND POOR |H 983“The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, always rode at the rear so he could help drive the weaker animals, and to give a ride to those who had no mount and to pray for them.”

Abu Daud with a chain up to Jabir who related this.

THE ORDER TO TREAT WOMEN WELL

Allah, the Exalted says:“Believers,it is unlawful for you to inherit women forcefully,neither bar them in order that you go offwith part of what you have given them,except when they commit a clear indecency.Live with them honorably....” 4:19 Koran

“You will not be able to be just between your women,even though you are eager.Do not be altogether partial so that you leave heras if she were suspended.If you reform and are cautious,Allah is the Forgiver, the Merciful.” 4:129 Koran

TREAT WOMEN KINDLY|H 274“Treat women kindly. Woman was created from a rib and the most bent part of the rib is the uppermost. If you try to straighten it you will break it, but if you leave it alone it will remain bent. So treat women

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kindly.

A woman is like a rib; if you try to straighten it you will break it. If you wish to benefit from her you can do so regardless of its bending.

Woman has been created from a rib and you cannot straighten her. If you wish to benefit from her do so regardless of the bend. If you try to straighten her you will break her, and breaking her means divorce.”


DO NOT STRIKE YOUR WIFE ON THE FACE|H 278“Mu'awiah asked the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, ‘What are the rights of a wife from her husband?’ He replied: ‘Feed her when you feed yourself; clothe her when you clothe yourself, do not strike her on the face, do not abuse her and do not abandon her except inside the house.’”

Abu Daud with a chain up to Mu'awiah son of Haidah who related this.

INDEXTHE WEAK & THE POOR

BOOK 47

THE SUPERIORITY OF POOR AND WEAK MUSLIMSKORAN

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INHABITANTS OF PARADISE AND OF THE FIREOPINION OF PEOPLE PARADISE AND HELLVALUE IN THE SIGHT OF ALLAHSEVEN OBLIGATIONS DUE TO YOUR FELLOW MUSLIM CARETAKER OF THE MOSQUEA MAN WHO IS CONSIDERED TO BE INSIGNIFICANTSOME OF THE AFFAIRS DURING THE NIGHT OF ASCENTTHREE BABIES WHO SPOKE IN THEIR CRADLETHOSE WHO CALL UPON THEIR LORD, MORNING & EVENINGSTATUS OF THE POOR INHABITANTS OF PARADISE AND HELL LAILATUL MERAJ DEFINITION OF A POOR PERSON

CONCERN FOR THE WEAK AND POORLENGTH OF PRAYERTHE MERIT OF CARING FOR ORPHANSORPHANS AND PARADISELOOK AFTER WIDOWS AND THE NEEDYUNINVITED GUESTSBLESSINGS OF RAISING GIRLSRIGHTS OF THE WEAKPROVISION HELP THE WEAKKINDNESS TO THE WEAK AND POOR

THE ORDER TO TREAT WOMEN WELLKORANTREAT WOMEN KINDLYDO NOT STRIKE YOUR WIFE ON THE FACE

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Education

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