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5544 See lvii. 12, and n. 5288. The darkness of evil will be dispelled, and the Light of Allah will be realised by them more<br />

and more. But even so they will not be content: for they will pray for the least taint of evil to be removed from them,<br />

and perfection to be granted to them. In that exalted state they will be within reach of perfection,-not by their own<br />

merits, but by the infinite Mercy and Power of Allah. (66.8)<br />

47:18 - Do they then only wait for the Hour that it should come on them of a sudden? But already<br />

have come some tokens thereof and when it (actually) is on them how can they benefit then<br />

by their admonition? 48394840<br />

4840 The sands of time are always running, and when a wrong is done, the time for its punishment is approaching every<br />

moment. No one should therefore wait. The time for repentance is Now at any given time. When the punishment<br />

comes, it is too late for repentance, and all admonition would be useless. Looking to the particular time when this<br />

Sura was revealed, viz., about a year after the Hijrat, already there were Signs that the plans of the Pagans to crush<br />

Islam were crumbling to pieces. The Hijrat showed how much good-will there was in Madinah for the holy Prophet of<br />

Allah, and how many people from Makkah adhered to him, The battle of Badr showed that they could hold their own<br />

against odds of three to one. (47.18)<br />

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith<br />

Hadith 5545 Narrated by<br />

AbuHurayrah<br />

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Everyone who dies will repent." He was asked the nature of their repentance<br />

and replied, "If one did what was good he will repent of not having done more, and if one did evil he will repent of not having<br />

restrained himself."<br />

Tirmidhi transmitted it.<br />

Sahih Muslim Hadith<br />

Hadith 6644 Narrated by<br />

AbuMusa<br />

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, stretches out His Hand during the night so that the<br />

people repent for the fault committed from dawn till dusk and He stretches out His Hand during the day so that the people<br />

may repent for the fault committed from dusk to dawn (He would accept repentance) before the sun rises in the west (before<br />

the Day of Resurrection).<br />

Fiqh-us-Sunnah<br />

Fiqh 1.6b<br />

Types of impurities<br />

Najasah refers to impure substances that the Muslim must avoid and wash off if they should happen to contaminate his<br />

clothes, body and so on. Says Allah in the Qur'an, "Purify your raiment" (alMudathar 4); and, "Allah loves those who repent<br />

and who purify themselves" (al-Baqarah 222). The Messenger of Allah also said, "Purity is half of the faith."<br />

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith<br />

Hadith 9.341 Narrated by<br />

Sad bin Ubaid<br />

(the Maula of 'Abdur-Rahman bin Azhar) Allah's Apostle said, "None of you should long for death, for if he is a good man, he<br />

may increase his good deeds, and if he is an evil-doer, he may stop the evil deeds and repent."<br />

REPEL:<br />

17:23 - Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none but Him and that ye be kind to parents.<br />

Whether one or both of them attain old age in thy life say not to them a word of contempt nor<br />

repel them but address them in terms of honor. 2204<br />

2204 The spiritual and moral duties are now brought into juxtaposition. We are to worship none but Allah, because none but<br />

Allah is worthy of worship, not because "the Lord thy God is a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the<br />

children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me" (Exod. xx. 5). Note that the act of worship may be<br />

collective as well as individual; hence the plural ta'buda. The kindness to parents is an individual act of piety; hence<br />

the singular taqul, qul, etc. (17.23)<br />

23:96 - Repel evil with that which is best: We are well-acquainted with the things they say. 2934<br />

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