On Humility and being gentle with the believers – Prophetic Guidance from Nawawi’s Gardens of the Righteous
Prophetic Guidance from Nawawi’s Gardens of the Righteous:
71. Chapter: On Humility and being gentle with the believers
Allah Almighty says, ‘Take the believers who follow you under your wing,’ (W26:214; H26:215) and the Almighty says, ‘O you who believe! If any of you renounce your deen, Allah will bring forward a people whom He loves and who love Him, humble to the believers, fierce to the rejectors.’ (W5:56; H5:54) The Almighty says, ‘O mankind! We created you from a male and female, and made you into peoples and tribes so that you might come to know each other. The noblest among you in Allah’s sight is the most godfearing.’ (49:13) The Almighty says, ‘So do not claim purity for yourselves. He knows best those who have fear of Him,: (W53:31; H53:32) and the Almighty says, ‘The Companions of the Ramparts will call out to men they recognise by their mark, saying, ‘What you amassed was of no use to you nor was your arrogance. Are these the people you swore that Allah’s mercy would never reach?’ ‘Enter the Garden. You will feel no fear and know no sorrow.” (W7:47-48; H7:48-49)
602. ‘Iyad ibn Himar reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘Allah revealed to me that you should be humble so no one should vaunt himself above another, and no one should commit injustice against another.’ [Muslim]
603. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘Sadaqa does not decrease property and Allah only increases a slave in might by forgiveness and no one is humble for the sake of Allah without Allah elevating him.’ [Muslim]
604. Anas said that he passed by some boys and greeted them, saying, ‘The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to do that.” [Agreed upon]
605. Anas said, ‘If one of the slavegirls of the Madina took the hand of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, she could take him wherever she liked.’ [al-Bukhari]
606. Al-Aswad ibn Yazid said, ‘I asked ‘A’isha, ‘What did the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to do in his house?’ She said, ‘He would serve his family. When it was time for the prayer, he would go out to the prayer.’ [al-Bukhari]
607. Abu Rifa’a Tamim ibn Usayd said, ‘I went to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when he was giving an address and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, a foreigner has come asking about his deen. He does not know what his deen is.’ The Messenger of Allah turned to face me and broke off his address and came up to me. A chair was brought and he sat on it and began to teach me part of what Allah had taught him. Then he went back to his address and finished it.’ [Muslim]
608. Anas reported that when he ate food, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would lick his three fingers. He said, ‘He said, ‘When one of you drops a morsel, he should wipe the dirt from it and then eat it and should not leave it for Shaytan.’ He commanded that the dish should be licked clean. He said, ‘You do not know in what part of your food the blessing lies.” [Muslim]
609. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘Allah did not send any Prophet but that he herded sheep.’ His Companions said, ‘Including you?’ He said, ‘Yes, I used to herd them for money (qirats) for the people of Makka.’ [al-Bukhari]
610. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘If I were invited to eat no matter whether it is a shoulder or merely a trotter, I would accept and if I were given a gift of a shoulder or merely a trotter, I would accept either.’ [al-Bukhari]
611. Anas said, ‘The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had a she-camel called al-‘Adba’ which could not be beaten in a race (or could rarely be beaten). A bedouin came on a youngish camel and beat it. That was difficult for the Muslims and, recognising that, he said, ‘It is a right of Allah that nothing elevates itself in this world, without Him then bringing it low.’ [al-Bukhari] ”
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