With the Hadith
Is there anyone ready to sacrifice?!
We greet you all, dear friends, everywhere, in a new episode of your program "With the Hadith," and we begin with the best greeting: Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.
It is mentioned in Fath al-Bari, explanation of Sahih al-Bukhari by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, with modifications, in the chapter "Hellfire is veiled by desires":
Ismail narrated to us, saying: Malik narrated to me, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-Araj, from Abu Hurairah, that the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Hellfire is veiled by desires, and Paradise is veiled by hardships."
Dear listeners:
It is human nature to be familiar with comfort, to follow instincts, and to tend to laziness. It is also in his nature to dislike fatigue, hardship, trouble, and adversity, and to tend to escape from them. However, God Almighty wanted good for him, as this abode is a place of toil and fatigue, a place of effort and work. This is how God Almighty has decreed and willed, so that the reward in the Hereafter will be true rest, tranquility, and ease.
O Muslims:
Many people - even from the sons of this noble nation - do not understand this equation. You see some - unfortunately - do not realize that their access to Paradise depends on hardships, deeds, and adherence to God's laws and rulings, even if they contradict what they desire, and the more they distance themselves from hardships and follow desires, the closer they get to Hellfire. They are heedless of the Hereafter because of this ignorance. O my nation, this Paradise is waiting, waiting for you. Is there anyone ready to sacrifice time, effort, and money? Is there anyone ready to work, and work has become obligatory after God's law has disappeared from the earth? Is there anyone ready to work with those who work to exalt this religion by establishing its state and restoring its glory and honor?
O God, hasten for us a caliphate according to the Prophetic method, in which the disunity of the Muslims is mended, and the affliction they are in is lifted from them. O God, illuminate the earth with the light of Your gracious face. O God, Amen, Amen.
Dear friends, 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: Abu Maryam