The Rising and the Hereafter
Allâhu ta’âlâ pities all the people on the earth, and sends them the useful things He creates. He has taught the entire humanity how they should act and behave so that they may lead a life of comfort and peace in the world and in the Hereafter. Choosing some of the people whose deserved destination in the Hereafter is Hell, He will magnanimously forgive them and bless them with Paradise....
Allâhu ta’âlâ pities all the people on the earth, and sends them the useful things He creates. He has taught the entire humanity how they should act and behave so that they may lead a life of comfort and peace in the world and in the Hereafter. Choosing some of the people whose deserved destination in the Hereafter is Hell, He will magnanimously forgive them and bless them with Paradise....
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said:‘Eyshaikh-i-sû’,[whichmeans:O,youbadoldman,]!Didn’t<br />
youcommitthat<strong>and</strong>that?’WhenIsawthatAllâhuta’âlâknewall<br />
<strong>the</strong>thingsthatIhaddone,Ifeltterrifiedallover,soIsaid:‘Yâ<br />
Rabbî(OmyRabb,Allah)!Iwasnotinformedin<strong>the</strong>worldthat<br />
You would interrogate me in that manner.’ ‘What did <strong>the</strong>y tell<br />
you,’ He asked. I said, ‘Mu’ammer told me on <strong>the</strong> authority of<br />
ImâmZuhrî,whohadtoldhimon<strong>the</strong>authorityof’Urwa,whohad<br />
toldhimon<strong>the</strong>authorityof’Âisha-i-Siddîqa‘radiy-Allâhu’anhâ’,<br />
whohadtoldhimon<strong>the</strong>authorityofHadratProphet‘sall-Allâhu<br />
ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’, who had told her on <strong>the</strong> authority of<br />
HadratJibrîl(<strong>the</strong>ArchangelGabriel),whohadinformedhimon<br />
<strong>the</strong> authority of Dhât-i-ta’âlâ (Allahü teâlâ), that Allâhu ta’âlâ,<br />
WhoisRaûf<strong>and</strong>Rahîm,hadpromised:I, <strong>the</strong> ’Adhîm-ush-shân,<br />
feel shame at tormenting hair <strong>and</strong> beard that have become<br />
bleached in Islam.’ <strong>The</strong>reupon Allâhu ta’âlâ declares: ‘You <strong>and</strong><br />
Mu’ammer <strong>and</strong> Imâm Zuhrî <strong>and</strong> ’Urwa <strong>and</strong> ’Âisha <strong>and</strong><br />
Muhammad ‘’alaihis-salâm’ <strong>and</strong> Jibrîl are sâdiq (faithful). So I<br />
haveforgivenyou.’”<br />
[QâdîbinYahyâEksem‘rahmatullâhi’alaih’was<strong>the</strong>Qâdîof<br />
Baghdâd,whenhepassedawayinMedinain242[856A.D.].He<br />
wasascholarofFiqhin<strong>the</strong>Shâfi’îMadhhab.Hisbookentitled<br />
Tenbîh isofgreatrenown.<br />
Mu’ammerbinMusannâisbetterknownwith<strong>the</strong>nameAbû<br />
’UbaydNahwî.Hewasamanofletters.HewasborninBasrain<br />
110,<strong>and</strong>passedawayin210[825A.D.].HewasaKhwârijî.He<br />
wrotequiteanumberofbooks.Hewasascholarin<strong>the</strong>Islamic<br />
sciencecalledHadîth<strong>and</strong>alearnedhistorianaswell.<br />
MuhammadbinMuslimZuhrîisoneof<strong>the</strong>Tâbi’în.Hespent<br />
histimereadingbooks,shuttinghimselfupwithinaframeofhis<br />
ownbookswhichhehadarrangedlikelayersofbricksofawall.<br />
Onedayhiswifesaidtohim,“<strong>The</strong>sebooksaremorevehement<br />
thanthreefellow-wivestome.”Hepassedawayin124[741A.D.]<br />
‘rahimahullâhuta’âlâ’.<br />
’UrwabinZubeyris<strong>the</strong>secondsonofZubeyrbinAwwâm.His<br />
mo<strong>the</strong>risEsmâbint-i-AbûBakr.Heisoneof<strong>the</strong>(sevenscholars<br />
knownas)<strong>the</strong>Fuqahâ-i-sab’a [1] .Hequotedmanyhadîth-i-sherîfs<br />
on <strong>the</strong> authority of ’Âisha ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anhâ’. He was born in<br />
(hijrî)22,<strong>and</strong>passedawayinMedînain93‘rahimahullâhuta’âlâ’.]<br />
[1] Pleasescan<strong>the</strong>lastthreepagesof<strong>the</strong>firstchapterof<strong>the</strong>thirdfascicle<br />
ofEndless Bliss.<br />
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