With the Noble Prophetic Hadith
The believing servant between fear and hope!!
We greet you all, dear listeners, everywhere. We meet you in a new episode of your program "With the Noble Prophetic Hadith" and we begin with the best greeting and the purest peace. Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you, and thereafter:
Al-Tirmidhi narrated in his Sunan from Anas bin Malik, may God be pleased with him, that the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, entered upon a young man who was dying, and said: "How do you find yourself?" He said: By God, O Messenger of God, I hope in God, and I fear my sins. The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "These two do not combine in the heart of a servant in such a situation except that God will give him what he hopes for and secure him from what he fears." Al-Tirmidhi narrated in his Sunan from Anas bin Malik, may God be pleased with him, who said: I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say: "God said: O son of Adam, as long as you call upon Me and hope in Me, I will forgive you for what you have done and I do not care. O son of Adam, if your sins reach the clouds of the sky, then you ask Me for forgiveness, I will forgive you and I do not care. O son of Adam, if you come to Me with an earth full of sins, then you meet Me without associating anything with Me, I will bring you its equivalent in forgiveness."
It was mentioned in Al-Tabarani's supplication in the chapter on saying in the Qunut of Witr: "O God, You we worship, and to You we pray and prostrate, and to You we hasten and rush. We hope for Your mercy, and we fear Your severe torment. Indeed, Your torment will befall the disbelievers." And He said: (Indeed, those who recite the Book of God and establish prayer and spend [in His cause] out of what We have provided them, secretly and publicly, [can] expect a commerce [transaction] that will never fail - That He may give them in full their rewards and increase for them of His bounty. Indeed, He is Forgiving and Appreciative). (Fatir 30) And He said: (Is one who is devoutly obedient during periods of the night, prostrating and standing, fearing the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord, [like one who does not]? Say, "Are those who know equal to those who do not know?" Only they will remember [who are] people of understanding). (Az-Zumar 9) And He said: (Indeed, those who have believed and those who have emigrated and fought in the cause of God - those expect the mercy of God. And God is Forgiving and Merciful). (Al-Baqarah 218)
Fear and hope for the believer are like two wings for a bird! It cannot fly, nor can it rise to the sky with one of them, unless they are combined together. At that time, it cannot only fly, but it also soars high into space! Fear is known to all people. What remains is for us to know the meaning of hope. Hope, linguistically, is the source of their saying: "I hoped for so-and-so, I hope for him," and it is taken from the material "R, J, W" which indicates the hope that is the opposite of despair. The past tense verb "hoped" ends with a long alif. It is said: I hoped for so-and-so, hoping, hoping, and hoping. And it is said: I did not come to you except hoping for good, and I hoped for him, hoping, meaning I hoped for him. This is it, and hope has two legal meanings:
The first: Hoping for God's forgiveness and pardon for man. Man should always be in a state between hoping in God Almighty and fearing Him, Glory be to Him: hoping that He will forgive him for what he commits of sins and transgressions, and fearing that He will punish him with a severe punishment for them. With this balance between fear and hope, he becomes active in work and obedience, and does not suffer despair and hopelessness if he makes a mistake or falls into disobedience, because he knows that God Almighty, if he repents with a true repentance, and fulfills the rights of creation upon him, then God will forgive him and have mercy on him.
The second: Awaiting relief and the lifting of affliction, the removal of the calamity and the problem that a person suffers from, and expecting the best to happen. But there is a difference between hope and expectation. Hope is a balanced emotion that combines caution and optimism, and combines wishing and working. As for expectation: it is an emotion in which optimism prevails. And there is a difference between hope and wishing, which is that wishing is accompanied by laziness, while hope is with effort and work.
Ibn al-Qayyim, may God have mercy on him, said: "Hope is looking at the vastness of God's mercy." And it was said: "It is rejoicing in the generosity and grace of the Lord, may He be blessed and exalted." Ibn al-Qayyim also said: "Hope is worship, and attachment to God in terms of His name: the Righteous, the Beneficent." And he said: "Without the spirit of hope, the limbs would not move with obedience. And without its good fragrance, the ships of deeds would not run in the sea of wills."
Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, may God have mercy on him, said: "The intention of hope is that whoever falls short should have a good opinion of God, and hope that He will erase his sin, and likewise, whoever performs an act of obedience hopes for its acceptance, but whoever indulges in disobedience, hoping not to be held accountable without remorse or quitting, then this is in delusion."
How beautiful is the saying of Abu Uthman al-Jeezi: "One of the signs of happiness is that you obey and fear that you will not be accepted, and one of the signs of misery is that you disobey and hope that you will be saved. And in Al-Risalah Al-Qushairiyah: Hope is attaching the heart to a beloved in the future. Al-Raghib said: Hope is an assumption that requires the occurrence of what is pleasing in it. Al-Manawi said: Hope is anticipating the benefit from what has a reason. Al-Shafi'i, may God have mercy on him, said in his death sickness:
When my heart hardened and my paths narrowed I made hope from me a ladder to Your forgiveness
My sin magnified me, and when I compared it With Your forgiveness, my Lord, Your forgiveness was greater
Sufyan, may God have mercy on him, said: "Whoever commits a sin and knows that God Almighty has destined it for him, and hopes for His forgiveness, God will forgive him his sin." Abu Imran al-Salami said, reciting:
And I come to the sin, knowing its value And I know that God forgives and pardons
If people magnify sins, then they are Even if they are great, they are small in the mercy of God
Dear listeners: Thank you for your good listening. Our appointment with you is in the next episode, God willing. Until that time, and until we meet you always, we leave you in the care, protection, and security of God. Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.
Written for the radio of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Professor Muhammad Ahmad Al-Nadi - Jordan Province - 22/9/2014 AD
