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Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 3237 Narrated by
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: He who swears an oath in which he tells a lie to take the property of a Muslim
by unfair means, will meet Allah while He is angry with him. Al-Ash'ath said: I swear by Allah, he said this about me. There
was some land between me and a Jew, but he denied it to me; so I presented him to the Prophet (peace be upon him). The
Prophet (peace be upon him) asked me: Have you any evidence? I replied: No. He said to the Jew: Take an oath. I said:
Apostle of Allah, now he will take an oath and take my property. So Allah, the Exalted, revealed the verse, "As for those who
sell the faith they owe to Allah and their own plighted word for a small price, they shall have no portion in the hereafter."
SENILITY:
16:70 - It is Allah who creates you and takes your souls at death; and of you there are some who
are sent back to a feeble age so that they know nothing after having known (much): for Allah is
All-Knowing All-Powerful. 21002101
2100 Besides the mystery and beauty of the many processes going on in the working of Allah's Creation, there is the
wonderful life of man himself on this earth; how he is created as a child; how he grows in intelligence and knowledge;
and how his soul is taken back and his body suffers dissolution. In some cases he lives so long that he falls into a
feeble old age like a second childhood; he forgets what he learnt and seems almost to go back in Time. Is not all this
wonderful, and evidence of the Knowledge and Power of Allah? (16.70)
2101 Our attention having been called to the remarkable transformations in life and nature, by which the Knowledge and
Power of Allah work out His beneficient Plan for His creatures, we are reminded that man at best is but a feeble
creature, but for the grace of Allah. We then pass on in the next Section to the differences in the gifts which men
themselves enjoy, distinguishing them into so many categories. How much greater is the difference between the
created things and their Creator? (16.70)
36:68 - If We grant long life to any We cause him to be reversed in nature: will they not then
understand? 4014
4014 This connects on with the last verse. Everything is possible with Allah. If you doubt how man can be transformed from
his present nature, contemplate the transformations he already undergoes in his present nature at different ages. As a
child powers of mind and body are still undeveloped. As he grows, they grow, and certain moral qualities, such as
courage, daring, the will to conquer, unfold themselves. In extreme old age these are again obscured, and a second
childhood supervenes. The back of the man who walked proudly straight and erect is now bent. If these
transformations take place even in his present nature and constitution, how much easier was it for Allah to cast him in
an immobile mould? But Allah granted him instead the high possibilities and responsibilities referred to in the last note.
(36.68)
40:67 - It is He Who has created you from dust then from a sperm-drop then from a leech-like clot;
then does He get you out (into the light) as a child: then lets you (grow and) reach your age of
full strength; then lets you become old though of you there are some who die before; and lets
you reach a Term appointed: in order that ye may learn wisdom. 4444
4444 Cf. this passage with xxii. 5 and notes 2773 and 2774. The various stages of man's physical life are: (1) first, simple
matter (dust); (2) the sperm-drop in the father; (3) the fertilised ovum in the mother's womb; (4) out into the light, as a
human child; (5) youth and full maturity; (6) decay; and (7) death. In some cases the later stages are curtailed or cut
off; but in any case, a Term appointed is reached, so that the higher purpose of Allah's Will and Plan may be fulfilled
in each given case, that man "may understand." (40.67)
Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 1.164
Sunnah acts of prayer, Words of Remembrance and Supplications After the Tasleem
It is sunnah for the person to use a number of words of remembrance and supplications which have been related from the
Prophet. The many reports include the following:
14. Al-Bukhari and at-Tirmidhi related that Sa'd ibn Abu Waqqas used to teach the following words to his children, "The
Messenger of Allah would seek refuge at the end of every prayer (by saying), 'O Allah, I seek refuge in you from
cowardice. I seek refuge in You from miserliness, I seek refuge in You from senility, and I seek refuge in You from the
trials of this world, and I seek refuge in You from the torment of the grave."
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