With the Noble Hadith
The Virtue of Ribat in the Path of Allah
We greet you all, dear listeners everywhere, in a new episode of your program "With the Noble Hadith," and we begin with the best greeting: Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.
Narrated Muhammad bin Al-Munkadir: Salman Al-Farisi passed by Shurahbil bin Al-Simt while he was at his outpost, and it was hard on him and his companions. He said: Shall I not tell you, O Ibn Al-Simt, a Hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him? He said: Yes, he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, say: "Ribat for one day in the path of Allah is better than (and perhaps he said) better than fasting a month and standing in prayer at night, and whoever dies in it will be protected from the trial of the grave, and his deeds will be increased for him until the Day of Resurrection."
It came in Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi explaining Jami' Al-Tirmidhi
His saying: (While he was at his outposts) is a noun of place from Ribat
His saying: (And it was hard) i.e., it was difficult to stand in it
His saying: (Ribat for one day) and in Muslim's narration: a day and a night
(And perhaps he said better) i.e., instead of better
(Protected from the trial of the grave) i.e., from what the buried person is tempted with, such as the squeezing of the grave, questioning, and torment
(And increased) He said in Al-Qamus: Nama yanmu numuwwan zada, kanama yanmi wa numiyyan wa nama'an. End.
(His deeds will be increased for him until the Day of Resurrection) meaning that his reward will continue to flow to him and will not be cut off by his death, and in Muslim's narration: "His deeds that he used to do will continue to flow to him, his provision will continue to flow to him, and he will be secured from the tempter." Al-Nawawi said: This is an apparent virtue for the one performing Ribat: and the flow of his deeds to him after his death is a virtue specific to him that no one shares with him, and it has come explicitly in other than Muslim: "Every dead person's deeds are sealed except for the one performing Ribat, for his deeds are increased for him until the Day of Resurrection, end."
Dear listeners:
One of the consequences of Jihad is Ribat, which is residing in the border post to strengthen the Muslims. A border post is any place on the borders of the enemy where its people frighten the enemy and they are frightened by them, and in other words, it is the place beyond which there is no Islam, and the purpose of Ribat is to stay in the border posts to strengthen the religion and ward off the evil of the disbelievers from the Muslims, and staying in any place where an enemy attack is expected with the intention of repelling it is considered Ribat, because the origin of Ribat is from the tethering of horses mentioned in the verse: (And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may terrify the enemy of Allah and your enemy) and Ribat is little or much, so any period he stays with the intention of Ribat is Ribat, whether it is little or much, and that is why he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Ribat for one day" and in a narration "a day and a night."
In conclusion, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, says: "Guarding for one night in the path of Allah is better than a thousand nights, spending its nights in prayer and fasting its days."
Dear listeners, 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.
