Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 6 of 372
Piety
The Book of Miscellany – Chapter 6 : Ahadith 69 – 73
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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Allah, the Exalted says:
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِۦ
“O you who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared”.
[Āl ‘Imrān 3:102]
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ
“So, keep your duty to Allah and fear Him as much as you can…”
[At-Taghābun 64:16]
This second Verse explains the meaning of the first one.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَقُولُواْ قَوۡلٗا سَدِيدٗا
“O you who believe! Keep your duty to Allah and fear Him, and speak (always) the truth”.
[Al-Aḥzāb 33:70]
وَمَن يَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ يَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ مَخۡرَجٗا ﴿٢﴾ وَيَرۡزُقۡهُ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَحۡتَسِبُ
“… And whosoever fears Allah 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…”
[Aṭ-Ṭalāq 65:2–3]
إِن تَتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ يَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ فُرۡقَانٗا وَيُكَفِّرۡ عَنكُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمۡ وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلۡفَضۡلِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
“If you obey and fear Allah, He will grant you Furqan [(a criterion to judge between right and wrong), or (Makhraj, i.e., a way for you to get out from every difficulty)], and will expiate for you your sins, and forgive you; and Allah is the Owner of the great bounty”.
[Al-Anfāl 8:29]
69 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: It was asked, “O Messenger of Allah! Who is the most honourable amongst mankind?” He ﷺ said, “The most honourable of them is one who is the most pious of them.” They said, “We are not asking about this”. He said, “Then, the most honourable of men was Yusuf (Joseph), the Prophet of Allah, the son of Allah’s Prophet, who was the son of the Prophet of Allah, who was the son of the Khalil of Allah (i.e., Ibrahim ﷺ)‘ They said, “We are not asking you about this.” He enquired, “Are you then asking me about the classes of the Arabs? The best of them in the Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance are the best of them in Islam, provided they comprehend the religious knowledge”.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
70 Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “The life of the world is sweet and green. Allah makes you generations succeeding one another so that He may try you in respect of your actions. So beware of the beguilements of the world and those of women. The first trial of Banu Israel was through women”.[Muslim].
71 `Abdullah bin Mas`ud (radiyallahu anhu) reported that the Prophet ﷺ used to say: “Allahumma inni as’alukal-huda wat-tuqa wal-`afafa wal-ghina (O Allah! I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity and self-sufficiency)”.[Muslim].
72 `Adi bin Hatim At-Ta’i (radiyallahu anhu) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “He who has taken an oath (to do something) but found something else better than that (which brings him closer to Allah), then he should do that which is better in piety (and he should expiate for the breaking of oath)”.[Muslim].
73 Abu Umamah (radiyallahu anhu) said: I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the sermon of the Farewell Pilgrimage saying, “Be mindful of your duty to Allah; perform your five daily Salat, observe Saum during the month (of Ramadan) , pay the Zakat on your properties and obey your leaders; (if you do so) you will enter the Jannah of your Rubb”.[At-Tirmidhi].