O Son !

sins; this angel asks Allâhu ta’âlâ: “What shall I do with these
sins?” Allâhu ta’âlâ states: “My Mercy has surpassed My Wrath.
Therefore, I have forgiven the sins of the invalid slave of Mine!”
Illnesses, cares and afflictions will not eliminate sins. It is one’s
patience with these tragic events that will eliminate one’s sins.
When someone does you a favour, answer them in kind and be
kind to them! As for those who are unkind to you, answer them
with forgiveness and advice! Keep away from heretics and from
bad humoured people! Do not make friends with them!
184– O Son! The Sultân-ul-Enbiyâ ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa
sallam’ said to Abû Hureyra ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’: “Go a distance of
two kilometres to ask an invalid how they are. Walk four
kilometres to reconcile two people cross with each other. Go a
distance of six kilometres to visit a Muslim brother of yours, and
cover the same distance to acquire knowledge from a man of
knowledge!” [A mile is a distance of two kilometres.]
185– Do as much good as you can to everybody! Help Muslims
to acquire knowledge and to do their acts of worship! The greatest
help is to teach them the Sunnî creed, halâls, harâms and farzes,
and to remind them these values. Do these things for the grace of
Allah! Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ stated: “Even if
you worship Allâhu ta’âlâ the same as is done by Jebrâ’îl ‘’alaihissalâm’,
none of your acts of worship and charity will be accepted
unless you love Believers for the grace of Allah and deem
disbelievers and renegades evil for the grace of Allah.” An act of
worship which Allâhu ta’âlâ loves best is hubb-i-fillâh and bughdi-fillâh,
which means to love Muslims, to help them and to pray for
them, and to hate people who dislike the Islamic religion and
display hostility towards Muslims, and to pray that they will attain
îmân and hidâyat.
Our blessed Prophet ‘’alaihis-salâm’ stated: “Yâ Abâ Hureyra!
If you want to be with me and enjoy the shade under the ’Arsh, say
the Salawât a hundred times daily! If you want to drink from my
pond during the Mahsher, do not stay cross with your Mu’min
brother for any longer than three days! But do not talk with people
who consume wine [or any other alcoholic beverages] or who eat
food that is haram; draw away from them!”
186– Attribute paramount importance to learning Islamic
knowledge, [i.e. religious knowledge and scientific knowledge!]
Our Prophet ‘’alaihis-salâm’ states as follows in a hadîth-i-sherîf of
his: “Acquire knowledge from the cradle to the grave!” In another:
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