Reflections on the book: "Elements of the Islamic Psyche"
Prepared by Professor Muhammad Ahmad Al-Nadi
Episode Sixteen
Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and blessings and peace be upon the Imam of the pious, the master of the messengers, sent as a mercy to the worlds, our master Muhammad and upon all his family and companions, and make us with them, and gather us in their company by your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
Dear listeners, listeners of the Media Office radio of Hizb ut-Tahrir:
Peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings, and then: In this episode, we continue our reflections on the book: "Elements of the Islamic Psyche." In order to build the Islamic personality, with attention to the Islamic mentality and the Islamic psyche, we say, and with God is success: God Almighty said in the firm book, and He is the most truthful of speakers: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful {By time, Indeed, mankind is in loss, Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience}.
Surat Al-Asr is Meccan, and it has come in the utmost brevity and clarity, to clarify the reason for man's happiness or misery, and his success in this life or his loss and destruction. God Almighty swore by Al-Asr, which is the time in which man's life ends, and what it contains of various kinds of wonders, and lessons indicating God's power and wisdom, that mankind is in loss and deficiency, except for those who possess the four characteristics, which are (faith) and (good deeds) and (advising one another to truth) and (advising one another to patience), which are the foundations of virtue, and the basis of religion, and that is why Imam Al-Shafi’i, may God have mercy on him, said: If God had not revealed anything but this Surah, it would have been sufficient for people.
God Almighty swore by time and eternity because of the various kinds of oddities and wonders it contains, and the lessons and admonitions, that man is in loss, because he prefers the immediate over the future, and is overcome by desires and lusts. Ibn Abbas said: Al-Asr is eternity. God Almighty swore by it because it contains various kinds of wonders. Qatada said: Al-Asr is the last hours of the day. He swore by it as He swore by Ad-Duha because of the evidence of overwhelming power and the far-reaching admonition in them... God Almighty only swore by time, because it is the head of man's life. Every moment that passes is from your life and a decrease from your term, as the poet said:
We rejoice in the days we cut off And every day that passes is a deduction from life
Al-Qurtubi said: God Almighty swore by Al-Asr - which is eternity - because of the reminder of the changing of conditions and their changing, and what it contains of the indication of the Creator, and it was said: It is an oath by the Asr prayer because it is the best of prayers. And He, glory be to Him, excluded from those who are in loss those who believed and did righteous deeds, that is, those who combined faith and good deeds, for these are the winners, because they sold the desires of the life of this world, and bought with them the bliss of Paradise, and replaced the lasting good deeds with the immediate desires.
And because they enjoined one another to truth, and enjoined one another to patience, that is, they enjoined one another to truth, which is all good, from faith, and belief, and worship of the Most Merciful. And they urged one another to be patient in times of hardship and calamities, and to perform acts of obedience, and to abandon forbidden things... God Almighty has ruled that all people are losers except those who have come with these four things: faith, good deeds, enjoining one another to truth, and enjoining one another to patience. Man's salvation can only be achieved if man perfects himself with faith and good deeds, and perfects others with advice and guidance, so he has combined the right of God and the right of people, and this is the secret of singling out these four matters for mention in this short Surah. God Almighty has made it obligatory for a Muslim to accept his brother's excuse, preserve his secret, and advise him: As for accepting his excuse, it is because of what Ibn Majah narrated with two good chains of transmission, he said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "Whoever apologizes to his brother with an excuse and he does not accept it, he will be like the sin of the owner of a customs." The customs: the tax taken by the Max, who is the tax collector who takes ten percent of the money as taxes on imported goods.
As for keeping his secret, it is because of what Abu Dawood and Al-Tirmidhi narrated with a good chain of transmission from Jabir that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "If a man tells a man a hadith, then he turns around, then it is a trust," and the trust must be kept, and losing it is betrayal, and the hadith indicates that the Muslim must keep his brother's secret even if he does not explicitly ask for it, but rather by circumstantial evidence, such as when he tells his brother a hadith and he looks around for fear that others will hear the hadith. It is clear that it is all the more so if he explicitly asks him to keep his secret. This is if the hadith does not contain a general harm to the rights of God. The one sitting has the right to advise him and forbid him, and he has the right to testify before he is asked to testify, as stated in the hadith that Muslim narrated in his Sahih that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "Shall I not tell you of the best of witnesses, the one who testifies before he is asked to testify." As for his advice, it is according to the hadith of Jarir bin Abdullah, which was agreed upon, who said: "I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, to establish prayer, pay zakat, and advise every Muslim," and the hadith of Tamim bin Aws al-Dari in Muslim that the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "Religion is advice." We said to whom? He said to God, His Book, His Messenger, and the leaders of the Muslims and their common people." Al-Khattabi said: "The meaning of the hadith is the pillar of religion and its foundation is advice, as in his saying, may God bless him and grant him peace: "Hajj is Arafah." That is, its pillar and most of it is Arafah." As the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, explained the right of the Muslim over the Muslim, and the great reward in it, Muslim narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: "The right of the Muslim over the Muslim is six." It was said: What are they, O Messenger of God? He said: "If you meet him, greet him, and if he invites you, answer him, and if he seeks your advice, advise him, and if he sneezes and praises God, then say to him, 'May God have mercy on you,' and if he is sick, visit him, and if he dies, follow him." Will we not adhere to performing these rights so that our Creator will be pleased with us?
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We will suffice with this amount in this episode, provided that we complete our reflections in the coming episodes, God Almighty willing, so until that time and until we meet you, we leave you in God's care, protection, and security. We thank you for your good listening, and peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings.
