With the Hadith - The Hypocrites and Their Evil Deeds

With the Hadith

Do you know who is bankrupt?

May Allah greet you, our dear listeners, listeners of the radio of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut-Tahrir. We meet you again with our program "With the Hadith," and the best way to start our episode is with the greeting of Islam, so peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you.

It is mentioned in Musnad Ahmad - Remainder of the Musnad of the Prolific Narrators - that the bankrupt of my nation is the one who comes on the Day of Resurrection with fasting, prayer, and charity, but he comes having insulted this person, slandered this person, and consumed the wealth of this person.

Narrated 'Abd al-Rahman from Zuhair from al-'Ala' from his father from Abu Hurairah from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Do you know who is bankrupt?" They said: "The bankrupt among us, O Messenger of Allah, is the one who has no dirham or goods." He said: "Indeed, the bankrupt of my nation is the one who comes on the Day of Resurrection with fasting, prayer, and charity, but he comes having insulted this person, slandered this person, and consumed the wealth of this person. So he will sit, and this one will take from his good deeds, and that one will take from his good deeds, and if his good deeds are exhausted before he settles what is owed to him of sins, their sins will be taken and cast upon him, then he will be thrown into the Fire."

This hadith, like other important hadiths, must be understood and realized. Some people are bankrupt despite their prayers, fasting, and zakat, because they insulted this person, slandered this person, consumed the wealth of this person, shed the blood of this person, and beat this person.

His bankruptcy is that his good deeds, which are his capital, are taken and given to this one and used to pay off that one for the price of his slander, insult, and beating. After his good deeds are exhausted before he settles what is owed, their sins are taken and cast upon him, then he is thrown into the Fire.

When the Prophet, peace be upon him, asked his companions, "Do you know who is bankrupt?" "Do you know" means knowledge and awareness of the inner workings of things. "Do you know" means "Do you really know who is bankrupt?" This confirms the saying of our master Ali, may Allah honor his face: "Wealth and poverty are after the presentation to Allah." When they were asked this question, they answered based on their experiences: "The bankrupt among us is the one who has no dirham or goods." This is the bankrupt in the eyes of the companions of the Messenger of Allah. So he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: No... HE SAID: "INDEED, THE BANKRUPT OF MY NATION IS THE ONE WHO COMES ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION WITH FASTING, PRAYER, AND CHARITY..."

This confirms the saying of our master Umar: "Whoever wishes may fast, and whoever wishes may pray, but it is righteousness," because prayer, fasting, Hajj, and zakat are acts of worship that a person may do with sincerity, or he may do them hypocritically, but the center of gravity is to adhere to the command of Allah.

We ask Allah to keep us steadfast on the truth, and make us of His righteous servants, and replace our bad deeds with good deeds, and not disgrace us on the Day of Presentation to Him, O Allah, Amen.

Our dear listeners, until we meet you with another prophetic hadith, we entrust you to Allah, whose deposits are never lost. Peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you.

Written for the radio by

Afraa Turab

With the Hadith

Promptness in adhering to Sharia

   We greet you all, dear friends everywhere, in a new episode of your program "With the Hadith" and we start with the best greeting, so peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

   It is mentioned in Sahih Muslim, in the explanation of Imam Al-Nawawi "with modification" in the chapter on the confirmation of Paradise for the martyr:

   Sa'eed bin Amr Al-Ash'athi and Suwaid bin Saeed narrated to us, and the wording is Sa'eed's, Sufyan told us from Amr, he heard Jabir saying: A man said: Where am I, O Messenger of God, if I am killed? He said, in Paradise, so he threw the dates that were in his hand, then fought until he was killed.

Dear listeners:

  This is Umair bin Al-Humam, a companion who was raised by the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, the first school in Islam and the first teacher. He is in the battle, striving for the sake of God, it occurred to him to ask, where am I if I am killed and martyred? And he knows the answer in advance, and it is as if he wants a special answer from the one to whom it is revealed, from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and that was it, Paradise. So he immediately got up and threw the few dates that were in his hand, and began to fight until he was killed.

O Muslims:

   This is a lesson from the lessons of our beloved and role model Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, our noble Messenger, that O Muslims, hasten to act immediately upon knowledge. How long does it take to eat the dates? Three minutes? More or less? Umair found this short period long, so he found himself fighting, anticipating reward, advancing and not retreating as soon as he knew the answer.

   And so are we; God Almighty has commanded us and forbade us, so where are we in relation to those commands and prohibitions? What is the extent of adherence to these rulings? We live in a time when most Muslims have deviated from God's laws, so who will follow in the footsteps of Umair, may God be pleased with him? And works with those who work to exalt this religion, by establishing the caliphate of the Muslims, which will unite them under an Imam again who applies the law of their Lord among them.

   O God, hasten us with a righteous caliphate on the path of prophecy that gathers the scattered Muslims, and lifts from them what they are in of affliction. O God, illuminate the earth with the light of Your Noble Face. O God, Amen, Amen.

   Our dear loved ones, and until we meet you with another Prophetic Hadith, we leave you in God's care, and peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

                                                                                     Written for the radio by: Abu Maryam