14. ✧ The letter Sad

1. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 500No grade recorded

   إِذَا أَذَّنَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فِي قَرْيَةٍ آمَنَهَا اللهُ مِنْ عَذَابِهِ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ

   ✧ When the muezzin gives the call to prayer in a village, Allah protects it from His punishment that day.

2. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 501No grade recorded

   حُمِّلْتُ حَمَالَةً عَنْ قَوْمِي، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي حُمِّلْتُ حَمَالَةً عَنْ قَوْمِي، فَأَعِنِّي فِيهَا، فَقَالَ: بَلْ نَحْتَمِلُهَا عَنْكَ يَا قَبِيصَةُ، هِيَ لَكَ فِي الصَّدَقَةِ إِذَا جَاءَتْ ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا قَبِيصَةُ، إِنَّ الْمَسْأَلَةَ لَا تَحِلُّ إِلَّا لِإِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: رَجُلٌ تَحَمَّلَ حَمَالَةً عَنْ قَوْمِهِ أَرَادَ بِهَا الْإِصْلَاحَ، فَسَأَلَ فَإِذَا بَلَغَ أَوْ كَرَبَ أَمْسَكَ، وَرَجُلٌ أَصَابَتْهُ جَائِحَةٌ، فَاجْتَاحَتْ [ فَأَجَاحَتْ ] مَالَهُ، فَسَأَلَ حَتَّى يُصِيبَ سِدَادًا مِنْ عَيْشِ، وَرَجُلٌ أَصَابَتْهُ فَاقَةٌ، فَمَشَى مَعَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنْ ذَوِي الْحِجَى مِنْ قَوْمِهِ، فَيَقُولُونَ: إِنَّ فُلَانًا قَدْ أَصَابَتْهُ فَاقَةٌ، فَيَسْأَلُ، فَإِذَا أَصَابَ قِوَامًا أَوْ سِدَادًا مِنْ عَيْشٍ أَمْسَكَ، فَمَا سِوَاهُنَّ مِنَ الْمَسْأَلَةِ سُحْتٌ يَأْكُلُهُ صَاحِبُهُ

   ✧ I took on a blood-money obligation for my people, so I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have taken on a blood-money obligation for my people, so help me with it." He said, "Rather, we will bear it on your behalf, O Qabisah. It is for you from the zakat when it comes." Then he said, "O Qabisah, asking is only lawful for one of three: a man who takes on a blood-money obligation for his people, intending thereby to bring about reconciliation, and he asks until he reaches the amount or is close, then he refrains; a man afflicted by a calamity that destroys his wealth, and he asks until he obtains enough to meet his basic needs; and a man afflicted by poverty, and three men of sound judgment from his people testify, saying, 'So-and-so has been afflicted by poverty,' and he asks until he obtains enough to sustain himself or meet his basic needs, then he refrains. Anything else besides these, asking is unlawful earnings that its owner consumes."

3. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 502No grade recorded

   لَا طَلَاقَ إِلَّا بَعْدَ نِكَاحٍ

   ✧ There is no divorce except after marriage.

4. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 503No grade recorded

   مَنْ هَمَّ بِحَسَنَةٍ، فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةً، فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا إِلَى سَبْعِمِائَةٍ وَسَبْعِ أَمْثَالِهَا، وَمَنْ هَمَّ بِسَيِّئَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا لَمْ تُكْتَبْ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ عَلَيْهِ سَيِّئَةٌ أَوْ يَمْحُهَا [ يَمْحَاهَا ] اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

   ✧ Whoever intends a good deed but does not do it, a good deed is recorded for him. If he does it, it is recorded for him ten times its like up to seven hundred and seven times its like. Whoever intends an evil deed but does not do it, it is not recorded against him. If he does it, it is recorded against him as one evil deed, or Allah, Mighty and Majestic, erases it.