8. ✧ The letter Dal

1. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 451No grade recorded

   كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ، وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْئُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ، فَالْأَمِيرُ رَاعٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَمَسْئُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ، وَالرَّجُلُ رَاعٍ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ وَمَسْئُولٌ عَنْ زَوْجَتِهِ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُهُ، وَالْمَرْأَةُ رَاعِيَةٌ لِحَقِّ زَوْجِهَا وَمَسْئُولَةٌ عَنْ بَيْتِهَا وَوَلَدِهَا، وَالْمَمْلُوكُ رَاعٍ عَلَى مَوْلَاهُ وَمَسْئُولٌ عَنْ مَالِهِ، فَكُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْئُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ؛ فَأَعِدُّوا لِلْمَسَائِلِ جَوَابًا "، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَمَا جَوَابُهَا ؟ قَالَ: " أَعْمَالُ الْبِرِّ

   ✧ All of you are shepherds, and all of you are responsible for your flock. The ruler is a shepherd over the people and is responsible for his flock. The man is a shepherd over his household and is responsible for his wife and what his right hand possesses. The woman is a shepherdess of her husband's rights and is responsible for her house and her children. The slave is a shepherd over his master's property and is responsible for his wealth. So all of you are shepherds and all of you are responsible for your flock; therefore prepare answers for the questions." They said: "O Messenger of God, and what is the answer?" He said: "Righteous deeds."

2. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 452No grade recorded

   مَنْ كَانَ وُصْلَةً لِأَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِمِ إِلَى ذِي سُلْطَانٍ فِي مَبْلَغِ بِرٍّ أَوْ تَيْسِيرِ عَسِيرٍ أَعَانَهُ اللهُ عَلَى إِجَازَةِ الصِّرَاطِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عِنْدَ دَحْضِ الْأَقْدَامِ

   ✧ Whoever is a means for his Muslim brother to reach a person of authority in a matter of achieving a good or easing a difficulty, God will help him cross the bridge on the Day of Resurrection when feet slip.

3. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 453No grade recorded

   مَنْ سُئِلَ عَنْ عِلْمٍ فَكَتَمَهُ أُلْجِمَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِلِجَامٍ مِنْ نَارٍ

   ✧ Whoever is asked about knowledge and conceals it will be bridled on the Day of Resurrection with a bridle of fire.

4. al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 454No grade recorded

   إِنَّ اللهَ فَرَضَ عَلَى أَغْنِيَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ بِقَدْرِ الَّذِي يَسَعُ فُقَرَاءَهُمْ، وَلَنْ تَجْهَدَ الْفُقَرَاءُ إِذَا جَاعُوا وَعَرُوا إِلَّا بِمَا يُضَيِّعُ [ يَصْنَعُ ] أَغْنِيَاؤُهُمْ، أَلَا وَإِنَّ اللهَ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - يُحَاسِبُهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حِسَابًا شَدِيدًا، ثُمَّ يُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

   ✧ Indeed, God has obligated upon the wealthy of the Muslims in their wealth only as much as suffices their poor. The poor will not suffer hardship when they are hungry and unclothed except because of what the wealthy neglect. Indeed, God, Mighty and Majestic, will call them to a severe reckoning on the Day of Resurrection, then punish them with a painful punishment.