In this article I have written about Hadith Regarding Virtues of Quran and Ahlul Bayt(Household of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH), Hadith Regarding the Virtues of Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman, Hadith Regarding Virtues of Anas bin Malik, Hadith Regarding Virtues of Imam Hassan bin Ali, Hadith Regarding being Nice to one's Mother, Hadith Regarding Things to take refuge from Allah, Hadith Regarding Suppressing your Anger, Hadith Regarding offering Salah with a single Garment wrapped around the body, Hadith Regarding Virtue of Performing Ablution and Salah. I have also expressed my thoughts on the Political Situation of the Middle East in regards to Israel and my thoughts on One Year Anniversary of the Fall of the Assad regime.
Hadith no.322
Hadith Regarding Virtues of Quran and Ahlul Bayt(Household of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH)
Yazid b. Hayyan reported, I went along with Husain b. Sabra and 'Umar b. Muslim to Zaid b. Arqam and, as we sat by his side, Husain said to him:
Zaid. you have been able to acquire a great virtue that you saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) listened to his talk, fought by his side in (different) battles, offered prayer behind me. Zaid, you have in fact earned a great virtue. Zaid, narrate to us what you heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). He said: I have grown old and have almost spent my age and I have forgotten some of the things which I remembered in connection with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), so accept whatever I narrate to you, and which I do not narrate do not compel me to do that. He then said: One day Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood up to deliver sermon at a watering place known as Khumm situated between Mecca and Medina. He praised Allah, extolled Him and delivered the sermon and. exhorted (us) and said: Now to our purpose. O people, I am a human being. I am about to receive a messenger (the angel of death) from my Lord and I, in response to Allah's call, (would bid good-bye to you), but I am leaving among you two weighty things: the one being the Book of Allah in which there is right guidance and light, so hold fast to the Book of Allah and adhere to it. He exhorted (us) (to hold fast) to the Book of Allah and then said: The second are the members of my household I remind you (of your duties) to the members of my family. He (Husain) said to Zaid: Who are the members of his household? Aren't his wives the members of his family? Thereupon he said: His wives are the members of his family (but here) the members of his family are those for whom acceptance of Zakat is forbidden. And he said: Who are they? Thereupon he said: 'Ali and the offspring of 'Ali, 'Aqil and the offspring of 'Aqil and the offspring of Ja'far and the offspring of 'Abbas. Husain said: These are those for whom the acceptance of Zakat is forbidden. Zaid said: Yes. [Sahih Muslim 2408a]
Hadith no.323
Hadith Regarding the Virtues of Abu Bakr,Umar and Uthman
Narrated Muhammad bin Al-Hanafiya:
I asked my father (`Ali bin Abi Talib), "Who are the best people after Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ?" He said, "Abu Bakr." I asked, "Who then?" He said, "Then `Umar. " I was afraid he would say "Uthman, so I said, "Then you?" He said, "I am only an ordinary person. [Sahih al Bukhari 3671]
Hadith no.324
Hadith Regarding Virtues of Anas bin Malik
Anas b. Malik said:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) passed (by our house) that my mother Umm Sulaim listened to his voice and said: Allah's Messenger, let my father and mother be sacrificed for thee, here is Anas (and requested him to invoke blessings upon me). So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) invoked three blessings upon me. I have seen (the results) of the two in this very world (in regard to wealth and progeny) and I hope to see (the result) of the third one in the Hereafter. [Sahih Muslim 2481c]
Hadith no.325
Hadith Regarding Virtues of Imam Hassan bin Ali
Narrated `Uqba bin Al-Harith:
I saw Abu Bakr carrying Al-Hasan and saying, "Let my father be sacrificed for you; you resemble the Prophet and not `Ali," while `Ali was laughing at this. [Sahih al Bukhari 3750]
Hadith no.326
Hadith Regarding being Nice to one's Mother
Taysala ibn Mayyas said, "I was with the Najadites [Kharijites] when I committed wrong actions which I supposed were major wrong actions. I mentioned that to Ibn 'Umar. He inquired, 'What are they?" I replied, 'Such-and-such.' He stated, 'These are not major wrong actions. There are nine major wrong actions. They are:associating others with Allah, killing someone, desertion from the army when it is advancing, slandering a chaste woman, usury, consuming an orphan's property, heresy in the mosque, scoffing, and causing one's parents to weep through disobedience.' Ibn 'Umar then said to me, 'Do you wish to separate yourself from the Fire? Would you like to enter Paradise?' 'By Allah, yes!' I replied. He asked, 'Are your parents still alive?' I replied, 'My mother is.' He said, 'By Allah, if you speak gently to her and feed her, then you will enter the Garden as long as you avoid the major wrong actions.'" [Al Adab Al Mufrad 8]
Hadith no.327
Hadith Regarding Things to take refuge from Allah
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that :
the Messenger of Allah said: "Seek refuge with Allah from poverty, insufficiency and humiliation, and from wronging (others) and being wronged.'" [Sunan Ibn e Majah 3842]
Hadith no.328
Hadith Regarding Suppressing your Anger
`Abd Allah (b. Mas`ud) reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:
Whom do you consider a wrestler among you? The people replied: (the man) whom the men cannot defeat in wrestling. He said: No, it is he who controls himself when he is angry. [Sunan Abu Dawood 4779]
Hadith no.329
Hadith Regarding offering Salah with a single Garment a wrapped around the body
Narrated `Umar bin Abi Salama:
In the house of Um-Salama I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) offering prayers, wrapped in a single garment around his body with its ends crossed round his shoulders. [Sahih al Bukhari 356]
Hadith no.330
Hadith Regarding Virtue of Performing Ablution and Salah
Humran. the freed slave of 'Uthman. said:
I heard from 'Uthman b. 'Affan and he was in the courtyard of the mosque, when the Mu'adhdhin (announcer of the prayer) came to him at the time of afternoon prayer. So the ('Uthman) called for the ablution water and performed ablution and then said: By Allah, I am narrating to you a hadith. If there were not a verse in the Book of Allah, I would have never narrated it to you. I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: If a Muslim performs ablution and does it well and offers prayer, all his (sins) daring the period from one prayer to another would be pardoned by Allah. [Sahih Muslim 227a]
One Year Anniversary of the Fall of the Assad regime
The fall of the Assad regime proved that if people rise against oppression and injustice fearing no one but Allah then Allah will grant them success. Everyone was against the People of Syria during the civil war. The US put brutal sanctions on Syrians. Russia was bombing Syrian cities and leveling them to the ground. Iranian militias and death squads were on a rampage killing, torturing innocent Syrians. The Assad regime's brutality also reached its peak during the civil war but Syrians kept firm faith on Allah, remained steadfast and against all odds were able to get rid of the Assad regime. I don't count the takeover of Ahmad Al Sharaa's regime as a success nor I will call this a 'blessed revolution' like many of Pro Al Sharaa fans on social media have called but the fall of the Al Assad regime was indeed a success for Syrians who fought and were martyred during the civil war. As of now I think Syria is still in a very difficult position and I hope Syria is able to get out of this. I hope that Al Sharaa's regime doesn't follow the same path that the Al Assad regime went on. I pray to Allah that Ahmad al Sharaa and his regime will not go so far in pleasing the West that they end up compromising the freedom for which Syrians fought so hard against the Al Assad regime. Another thing which the fall of the Al Assad regime proved is that Allah does not leave the call of the oppressed unheard.
Political Situation of the Middle East in Regards to Israel
The Political Situation of the Middle East is worsening especially when Israel is attacking other neighbouring countries inorder to pursue its evil ambitions. A couple of days ago Israel conducted airstrikes in Beirut martyring Hezbollah's top military commander and last week they conducted airstrikes in Syria as well. This shows that Israel will not abandon its evil ambitions and they will continue to threaten stability in the region. All of this is the result of the lack of constructive efforts from the Ummah to stop Israel from killing Palestinians. If the Ummah had done anything beyond giving bold statements and sending aid to Palestinians Israel wouldn't have gone this far. If the Ummah had sent Weapons and Military aid to Hamas then Israel wouldn't have the courage to do what it is doing at the moment. The only ones to actually do something or help Hamas are Hezbollah, Houthis and Iran along with some diplomatic support by Türkiye and Qatar apart from this the entire Ummah has been mostly silent. The Ummah should fear Allah more than it fears the US and Israel and unite as a strong nation to counter the enemies of Islam. In this regard I think the visit of Turkish President Erdoğan to Tehran can play a crucial role. Türkiye and Iran are one of few Muslim nations who have got the Military capacity to counter Israel. Türkiye has considerable influence in Syria as a result of its backing of Al Sharaa regime in Syria and Iran holds considerable influence due to its backing of Hezbollah in Lebanon and Houthis in Yemen. This can create problems for Israel because if Iran and Türkiye strengthen their ties then Israel will be surrounded by Iranian and Türkish proxies from all sides. I hope Erdoğan's visit to Iran is beneficial not only for Iran and Türkiye but for the entire Ummah. Türkiye can also play a crucial role to mediate between Iran and Syria. Both Syria and Iran should understand that their biggest enemy is Israel and if they want to counter Israel then they should not keep on fighting each other because this will only go in Israel's favor. Iran should realize its mistakes in Syria and it should apologize to Syrians and seek to strengthen ties with Syria by making up for its mistakes and the Syrians should also forgive the Iranians and move on just like they have moved on with the US and Russia. If the current Syrian regime can reconcile with Russia and the US both of whom along with Iran were also involved in killing millions of Syrians than why can't they reconcile with Iran? The same goes for Iran if Iran can negotiate with the US on nuclear deal and other key issues than why can't they sit with the current Syrian regime? Here I would quote some Verses from the Holy Quran in which Allah says;
And hold firmly together to the rope of Allah and do not be divided. Remember Allah’s favour upon you when you were enemies, then He united your hearts, so you—by His grace—became brothers. And you were at the brink of a fiery pit and He saved you from it. This is how Allah makes His revelations clear to you, so that you may be ˹rightly˺ guided. [Surah Al Imran Verse no.103]
And do not be like those who split ˹into sects˺ and differed after clear proofs had come to them. It is they who will suffer a tremendous punishment. [Surah Al Imran Verse no.105]
In these verses of the Holy Quran Allah clearly commands us to be united and not be split into sects so keeping this in mind all of the Muslim countries should strengthen ties with each other and should not hold grudges against each other.
O Allah guide the rulers of the Ummah and if their is no guidance in their fate then replace them with those who are worthy to rule the Ummah. O Allah unite the Ummah and eradicate the differences that are present between different Muslim countries. O Allah grant patience, strength and steadfastness to our Muslim brothers fighting oppression in Palestine, Kashmir, East Turkistan, Yemen, Myanmar, Sudan and elsewhere. O Allah give the Muslim Ummah the strength, courage and faith to help those who are being oppressed around the world.
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