Miftah-ul-Janna (Booklet for way to Paradise)

19– ’Amr Shu’ayb narrates on the authority of his father and
grandfather: Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ stated:
“Allâhu ta’âlâ likes to see the gifts which He has given His slave.”
This hadîth-i-sherîf is quoted by Tirmuzî ‘rahima-hullâhu ta’âlâ’.
As is seen, Allâhu ta’âlâ likes (a person’s) clothes to be smart and
clean. He likes a person who makes them (and one who wears
them) in order to show the gift. He dislikes one who makes them
(and one who wears them) to flatter their own vanity. It is not
permissible to conceal the gifts bestowed by Allâhu ta’âlâ.
Knowledge, as well, is a gift bestowed by Allâhu ta’âlâ.
20– Jâbir bin ’Abdullah ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ narrates:
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ came to our place. There
was someone with dishevelled hair in the house. When the Prophet
saw him he said: “Has he been unable to find something to tidy his
hair with?” When he saw someone with dirty clothes he said:
“Doesn’t he have something to wash his clothes with?”
21– Abu-l-ahves, one of the Tâbi’în, narrates on the authority
of his father: I went to Rasûlullah’s ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’
place. My clothes were old and worn. “Don’t you have property,”
he asked. I said that I had property. He asked again: “What kind
of property do you have?” “I have all kinds of property,” I said.
Thereupon the highest of all creatures said: “When Allâhu ta’âlâ
gives (you) property, He should see its tokens on you!” This
hadîth-i-sherîf is quoted by Imâm Ahmad and by Nesâî ‘rahimahumullâhu
ta’âlâ’. Here we end our translation from the third
volume of the book entitled Eshi’at-ul-leme’at.
22– It is stated as follows in Yusûf Qardâwî’s book entitled al-
Halâl-u-wa-l-harâm-u-fi-l-islâm: The Islamic religion prohibits a
woman from covering herself with material thin enough to show
what is under it. It is stated as follows in a hadîth-i-sherîf quoted in
the books entitled Sahîh-i-Muslim and Muwattâ: “Women who are
covered (but) naked and (women) whose heads bulge upwards like
humps of camels shall not enter Paradise. They shall not even
receive the smell of Paradise. On the other hand, the smell of
Paradise reaches very distant places.” This hadîth-i-sherîf prohibits
women from wearing thin, transparent and closely fitting dresses,
stockings and headgears and from winding their hair into balls atop
their heads. To dress like this is (as sinful as) going about naked.
Muslim women and girls should not wear thin and tight dresses and
should not wind their hair or the hair on the wigs that they are
wearing into balls like camel-humps on their heads. They should
know that these sinful acts are bad enough to take a person to Hell.
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