asalamualikum...
*O You Who Believe Enter Into Islaam Wholeheartedly *
*http://albaseerah.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3187
*by *Shaykh 'Ali Abdur-Rahmaan Al-Hudhayfi حفظه الله *
on Sunday, June 25th, 2005
Our Shaykh حفظه الله started by praising Allaah by saying “All Praise is due
to Allaah, Lord of all the all that exists” and he sent salaat and salaam on
our Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, his family and his Companions. He
continued: In this blessed night, this good night, from the city of the
Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, it pleases me to meet with my brothers in
Islaam, a meeting of faith, and I advise them and my soul with what Allaah
has advised us with in His Book and what the Messenger has advised us with,
and I greet you with the greeting of Islaam.
*HAVING TAQWAA OF ALLAAH*
The advice from Allaah to the first and the last is to command with *taqwaa*;
Allaah سبحانه وتعالى mentions:
وَلَقَدْ وَصَّيْنَا الَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ الْكِتَابَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ
وَإِيَّاكُمْ أَنِ اتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ
*{…And verily, We have recommended to the people of the Scripture before
you, and to you (O Muslims) that you (all) fear Allâh…}* [An Nisaa 4:131]
Likewise, this was the advice of the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم
to Mu’aadh ibn Jabal رضي الله عنه when he صلى الله عليه وسلم sent him to
Yemen. He said to him: *“Have taqwaa of Allaah wherever you are and follow a
bad deed up with a good one and it shall wipe it out and have good character
in dealing with the people.”*[1] The meaning of *taqwaa* is carrying out
what Allaah commands and staying away from what He forbids. Allaah سبحانه
وتعالى promises the *Muttaqeen* – those who have *taqwaa*, an abundance of
rewards in this world and the hereafter. In one verse of the Qur’aan Allaah
says:
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
*{Verily, the Muttaqûn (the pious) will be in place of Security (Paradise).
Among Gardens and Springs}* [ Ad-Dukhan 44:51-52]
Allaah mentions:
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا
*{Verily, for the Muttaqûn, there will be a success (Paradise); Gardens and
vineyards}* [ An-Nabaa 78:31-32]
Allaah says:
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَهَرٍ فِي مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ
مُّقْتَدِرٍ
*{Verily, the Muttaqûn (the pious. See V.2:2), will be in the midst of
Gardens and Rivers (Paradise). In a seat of truth (i.e. Paradise), near the
Omnipotent King (Allâh, the One, the All-Blessed, the Most High, the Owner
of Majesty and Honour).}* [ Al-Qamar 54:54-55]
And Allaah says:
وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا
يَحْتَسِبُ
*{…And whosoever fears Allâh and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way
for him to get out (from every difficulty).
And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine…}* [At-Talaaq
65:2-3]
There are many aayaat and ahaadeeth concerning the reward for *taqwaa*.
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