Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 20 of 372
Calling to right guidance and forbidding depravity
The Book of Miscellany – Chapter 20 : Ahadith 173 – 176
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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Allah, the Exalted says:
وَٱدۡعُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ
“And invite (men) to (believe in) your Rubb [i.e., in the Oneness (Tauhid) of Allah – (1) Oneness of the Rububiyah of Allah; (2) Oneness of the worship of Allah; (3) Oneness of the Name and Qualities of Allah].
[Al-Qaṣaṣ 28:87]
ٱدۡعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِٱلۡحِكۡمَةِ وَٱلۡمَوۡعِظَةِ ٱلۡحَسَنَةِ
“Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ﷺ) to the way of your Rubb (i.e., Islam) with wisdom (i.e., with the Divine Revelation and the Qur’an and fair preaching)”.
[An-Naḥl 16:125]
وَتَعَاوَنُواْ عَلَى ٱلۡبِرِّ وَٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ
“Help you one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety)”.
[Al-Mā’idah 5:2]
وَلۡتَكُن مِّنكُمۡ أُمَّةٞ يَدۡعُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡخَيۡرِ
“Let there arise out of you a group of people inviting to all that is good (Islam).”
[Āl ‘Imrān 3:104]
173Abu Mas`ud `Uqbah bin `Amr Al-Ansari Al-Badri (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever guides someone to virtue will be rewarded equivalent to him who practices that good action”.[Muslim].
174 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “If anyone calls others to follow right guidance, his reward will be equivalent to those who follow him (in righteousness) without their reward being diminished in any respect, and if anyone invites others to follow error, the sin, will be equivalent to that of the people who follow him (in sinfulness) without their sins being diminished in any respect”.[Muslim].
175 Sahl bin Sa`d (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of the Khaibar Battle, “I will give this banner to a person at whose hands Allah will grant victory; a man who loves Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, and Allah and His Messenger love him also.” The people spent the night thinking as to whom it would be given. When it was morning, the people hastened to Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Every one of them was hoping that the banner would be given to him. He (the Prophet ﷺ) asked, “Where is `Ali bin Abu Talib?” They said: “O Messenger of Allah! His eyes are sore.” He ﷺ then sent for him and when he came, Messenger of Allah ﷺ applied his saliva to his eyes and supplicated. `Ali (radiyallahu anhu) recovered as if he had no ailment at all. He ﷺ conferred upon him the banner. `Ali (radiyallahu anhu) said: “O Messenger of Allah, shall I fight against them until they are like us?” Thereupon he (the Prophet ﷺ) said, “Advance cautiously until you reach their open places; thereafter, invite them to Islam and inform them what is obligatory for them from the Rights of Allah, for, by Allah, if Allah guides even one person through you that is better for you than possessing a whole lot of red camels”.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
176 Anas bin Malik (radiyallahu anhu) reported: A young man from the tribe of Aslam said, “O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I wish to fight (in the Cause of Allah) but I do not have anything to equip myself with (for fighting)”. He (the Prophet ﷺ) said, “Go to so-and-so, for he had equipped himself (for fighting) but he fell ill.” So he (the young man) went to him and said, “Messenger of Allah ﷺ sends you his greetings and says that you should give me the equipment that you have provided yourself with.” The man said (to his wife or servant): “O so-and-so, give him the equipment I have collected for myself and do not withhold anything from him. By Allah, if you withhold anything from him, we will not be blessed therein”.[Muslim].