Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

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tidings, a Warner and an illuminating lantern. Allaah sent him to warn the living
and so that the proof may be established against the Kuffaar. Whoever obeys
Allaah and His Rasool @2% has been rightly guided and whoever disobeys them
has strayed far off the path.
I strongly advise you to adopt Taqwa and to hold fast to Allaah's commands that
He has ordained for you and to which He has directed you. The most
comprehensive guidance of Islaam after the Kalimaheof sincerity is to listen to
and obey the people whom Allaah has appointed to take charge of your affairs
(your leaders). The person who obeys the leader who enjoins good and forbids
evil shall be successful and has fulfilled his responsibility. I must also warn you
'against following your desires. Successful is the person who is saved from his
whims, from greed and from anger. You must also stay away from pride, for what
pride can orie have when one is created from sand and shall be returning to sand
where worms shall consume his body? What pride can he have when he is alive
today and shall be dead tomorrow? Act from day to day and from hour to hour,
save yourselves from the curse of the oppressed one and count yourselves
amongst the dead.
Persevere, because all actions are achieved through perseverance and be vigilant
because vigilance is truly beneficial. Continue carrying out good deeds because
such deeds are accepted, beware of the punishment that Allaah has warned you
about and hasten to the mercy that Allaah has promised you. Make an effort to
understand and Allaah will make you understand, make an effort to stay away
(from wrong) and Allaah will save you from it. Allaah has explained to you what
it was that destroyed those before you and what it was that caused others to be
rescued. Allaah has also detailed what is Halaal and what is Haraam and which
actions He likes and which ones He does not like. Remember that I shall never
compromise on what ensures your and my welfare. It is Allaah from Whom we
seek assistance because there is no power or might except with Allaah.
Listen well! Whenever you do something sincerely for Allaah, you are obeying
Allaah, safeguarding your share (of rewards in the Aakhirah) and becoming the
envy of others. The deeds you carry out apart from the Faraa'idh, you will be
sending ahead of you (to the Aakhirah) as Nawaafil and there you will receive
back in full every advance payment you made and given your reward at a time
when you will be most in need of it.
0 servants of Allaah! You must also think about your friends and brothers who
have passed on. They have reached the actions they sent ahead and there that
they shall abide. After their deaths, they have now settled either in a place of
good fortune or one of ill fortune. Allaah has no partner and no family ties with
any creation because of which He would give them some good or avert any evil
from them. This will happen purely due to obedience to Him and by carrying out
His commands. There is no good in the good that is followed by entry into
Jahannam and there is no difficulty in the difficulty that is followed by entry into
Jannah. This much I have to say and I seek Allaah's pardon for myself and for all