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Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 5.279
Ibn Abbas
Narrated by
When the Prophet arrived at Medina he found that the Jews observed fast on the day of 'Ashura'. They were asked the
reason for the fast. They replied, "This is the day when Allah Caused Moses and the children of Israel to have victory over
Pharaoh, so we fast on this day as a sign of glorifying it." Allah's Apostle said, "We are closer to Moses than you." Then he
ordered that fasting on this day should be observed.
VIRTUES:
(Few selected Surahs)
11:116 - Why were there not among the generations before you persons possessed of balanced
good sense prohibiting (men) from mischief in the earth except a few among them whom We
saved (from harm)? But the wrongdoers pursued the enjoyment of the good things of life
which were given them and persisted in sin. 16191620
1619 Baqiyat: some virtue or faculty that stands assault and is lasting; balanced good sense that stands firm to virtue and is
not dazzled by the lusts and pleasures of this world, and is not deterred by fear from boldly condemning wrong if it
was fashionable or customary. It is leaders possessed of such character that can save a nation from disaster or
perdition. The scarcity of such leaders-and the rejection of the few who stood out- brought ruin among the nations
whose example has already been set out to us as a warning. In xi. 86 the word has a more literal meaning. (11.116)
1620 The exceptional men of firm virtue would have been destroyed by the wicked to whom they were an offence, had they
not been saved by the grace and mercy of Allah. Or perhaps, but for such grace, they might themselves have
succumbed to the evil around them, or been overwhelmed in the general calamity. (11.116)
96:11 - Seest thou if He is on (the road of) Guidance? 6211
6211 Man's insolence leads to two results: (1) self-destruction through self- misleading; (2) a false example or false
guidance to others. The righteous man must therefore test human example or human guidance by the question, "Is
there Allah's guidance behind it?" And visible light would be thrown on it by the question, "Does it lead to
righteousness?" A flouting of Allah and Allah's truth answers the first question in the negative, and conduct which
turns back from the eternal principles of Right answers the second. (96.11)
96:12 - Or enjoins Righteousness?
96:13 - Seest thou if he denies (Truth) and turns away? 6212
6212 The usual trick of the ungodly is to refuse to face Truth. If they are placed in a corner, they deny what is obvious to
reasonable men, and turn their backs. (96.13)
90:10 - And shown him the two highways? 6138
6138 The two highways of life are: (1) the steep and difficult path of virtue, which is further described in the verses following,
and (2) the easy path of vice, and the rejection of Allah, referred to in verses 19-20 below. Allah has given us not only
the faculties implied in the eyes, the tongue, and the lips, but has also given us the judgment by which we can choose
our way; and He has sent us Teachers and Guides, with Revelation, to show us the right and difficult way. (90.10)
6139 In spite of the faculties with which Allah has endowed man and the guidance which He has given him, man has been
remiss. By no means has he been eager to follow the steep and difficult path which is for his own spiritual good. Cf.
Matt. vii. 14: "Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto live, and few there be that find it". (90.11)
6140 The difficult path of virtue is defined as the path of charity or unselfish love, and three specific instances are given for
our understanding: viz. (1) freeing the bondman, (2) feeding the orphan, and (3) feeding the indigent down in the dust.
(90.13)
33:35 - For Muslim men and women for believing men and women for devout men and women for
true men and women for men and women who are patient and constant for men and women
who humble themselves for men and women who give in charity for men and women who fast
(and deny themselves) for men and women who guard their chastity and for men and women
who engage much in Allah's praise for them has Allah prepared forgiveness and great reward.
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3718 Islam, or submitting our will to Allah's Will, includes all the virtues, as particularly specified in this verse. See n. 3720.
(33.35)
3719 A number of Muslim virtues are specified here, but the chief stress is laid on the fact that these virtues are as
necessary to women as to men. Both sexes have spiritual as well as human rights and duties in an equal degree, and
the future "reward" of the Hereafter. (33.35)
3720 The virtues referred to are: (1) Faith, hope, and trust in Allah, and in His benevolent government of the world; (2)
devotion and service in practical life; (3) love and practice of truth, in thought and intention, word and deed; (4)
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