Imam Ahmad recorded that Al-Mundhir bin Jarir narrated that his father said,
"While we were in the company of the Messenger of Allah in the early hours of
the morning, some people came there who were barefooted, naked, wearing striped
woolen clothes, or cloaks, with their swords hung (around their necks). Most of
them, nay, all of them, belonged to the tribe of Mudar. The color of the face of
the Messenger of Allah underwent a change when he saw them in poverty. He then
entered (his house) and came out and commanded Bilal to pronounce Adhan. Bilal
pronounced Adhan and Iqamah, and the Prophet led the prayer. He then addressed
them, first reciting,
[يَـأَيُّهَا
النَّاسُ اتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَحِدَةٍ]
(O mankind! Have Taqwa of your Lord, Who created you from a single person...
) (4:1), until the end of the Ayah. Then he recited the Ayah that is in Surat
Al-Hashr:
[وَلْتَنظُرْ نَفْسٌ
مَّا قَدَّمَتْ لِغَدٍ]
(and let every person look to what he has sent forth for tomorrow,'') He then
said, "A man donated his Dinar, his Dirham, from his clothes, from his Sa` of
wheat, from his Sa` of dates'' -- until he said -- "even if it was half a
date.'' Then a person among the Ansar came there with a moneybag, which his
hands could scarcely lift; in fact, his hands could not lift it. Then the people
followed continuously, until I saw two heaps of eatables and clothes. I saw the
face of the Messenger radiate with pleasure, like gold. The Messenger of Allah
said,
«مَنْ سَنَّ فِي
الْإِسْلَامِ سُنَّةً حَسَنَةً فَلَهُ أَجْرُهَا وَأَجْرُ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهَا
بَعْدَهُ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُنْقَصَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْءٌ، وَمَنْ سَنَّ فِي
الْإِسْلَامِ سُنَّةً سَيِّئَةً كَانَ عَلَيْهِ وِزْرُهَا وَوِزْرُ مَنْ عَمِلَ
بِهَا، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُنْقَصَ مِنْ أَوْزَارِهِمْ شَيْء»
(He who sets a good example in Islam, there is a reward for him for this (act
of goodness) and reward of that also who acted according to it subsequently,
without any deduction from their rewards. Whoever sets in Islam an evil example,
there is upon him the burden of that evil and the burden of him also who acted
upon it subsequently, without any deduction from their burden.)'' Muslim
recorded this Hadith via the chain of Shu`bah. Therefore, Allah's statement,
[يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ اتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ]
(O you who believe! Have Taqwa of Allah), ordains the Taqwa of Allah which
pertains to obeying what He ordered and staying away from what He forbade. Allah
said,
[وَلْتَنظُرْ نَفْسٌ
مَّا قَدَّمَتْ لِغَدٍ]
(and let every person look to what he has sent forth for tomorrow,) meaning,
hold yourselves accountable before you are recompensed, and contemplate what you
have kept for yourselves of good deeds for the Day of your return and being
paraded before your Lord,
[وَاتَّقُواْ
اللَّهَ]
(Have Taqwa of Allah), again ordering Taqwa,
[إِنَّ اللَّهَ
خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ]
(Verily, Allah is All-Aware of what you do.) Allah asserts that surely, He
knows all of your deeds -- O mankind -- and actions. Nothing that pertains to
you ever escapes His observation, nor any matter of yours, whether major or
minor, is ever beyond His knowledge,
[وَلاَ تَكُونُواْ
كَالَّذِينَ نَسُواْ اللَّهَ فَأَنسَـهُمْ أَنفُسَهُمْ]
(And be not like those who forgot Allah, and He caused them to forget
themselves.) meaning, do not forget the remembrance of Allah, the Exalted,
otherwise, He will make you forget to perform the good deeds that benefit you in
your return, because the recompense is equated with the action. This is why
Allah the Exalted said,
[أُولَـئِكَ هُمُ
الْفَـسِقُونَ]
(Those are the rebellious.) referring to those who rebel against obedience to
Allah, who will earn destruction on the Day of Resurrection and failure upon
their return,
[يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ لاَ تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوَلُكُمْ وَلاَ أَوْلَـدُكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ
وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْخَـسِرُونَ ]
(O you who believe! Let not your properties or your children divert you from
the remembrance of Allah. And whosoever does that, then they are the
losers.)(63:9)
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