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advised his son by saying, “Sonny, do not put off repentance
until tomorrow. For death catches one abruptly.” Imâm-i
Mujâhid says, “The person who does not say tawba every
morning and every evening torments himself.” Abdullah Ibni
Mubârak said, “To return one cent that has been obtained
through harâm means to its owner is more blessed than giving
ten cents as alms.” Our savants declare: “To return one cent
that has been taken unjustly to its owner is more blessed than
six hundred times of supererogatory Hajj (pilgrimage) that have
been accepted.” O our Allah! We have tormented ourselves. If
you do not pity us, if you do not forgive us, we will fall into a
very bad situation!
Our Prophet said, “Allahu ta’âlâ declares: ‘O My born
servant! Do the fard I command; you will be the most
devoted of human beings. Avoid the harâm which I
prohibit; you will be a man of warâ’. Be contented with the
sustenance that I give you; you will be the wealthiest of
human beings; you will not need anybody.” Our Prophet
said to Abû Hurayra ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’: “Be a man of warâ’ so
that you may be the most âbid (devoted) of human beings.”
Hadrat Hasan-i Basrî ‘rahmatullâhi aleyh’ says, “Ataining warâ’
as much as a mote is more useful than a thousand
superogatory fasts and namâz.” Abû Hurayra ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’
said, “On the Day of Resurrection, those who are valuable in
the presence of Allahu ta’âlâ are people of warâ’ and of zuhd.”
Allahu ta’âlâ said to Hadrat Mûsâ ‘alaihis-salâm’: “Among
those who approach Me and who attain My love, there will
not be anyone who approaches as close as people of warâ
do.” Some great savants said, “If a person does not know the
following ten things as fard for himself, he will not be a man of
perfect warâ’: he should not backbite; he should not feel sû’izân
for Muslims, which means to distrust them and to think of
them as bad persons; he should not make fun of anybody; he
should not look at women and girls (that are forbidden for him
by Islâm); he should tell the truth; he should think of the gifts
and blessings which Allahu ta’âlâ has endowed upon him so
that he will not be self-conceited; he should spend his
possessions on the halâl; he should not spend them for the
harâm; he should desire rank and posts not for his nafs nor for
his comfort, but because he knows them as positions for
serving Muslims; he should know it as his firt duty to perform
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