Taqwa

Said by meaning only

This is the Book in which there is no doubt, (it is) guidance for the muttaqin (those who adopt taqwa i.e. obey Allah).

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ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ لَا رَيۡبَۛ فِيهِۛ هُدٗى لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ

This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allāh -

Said

65:2-3

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فَإِذَا بَلَغۡنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَأَمۡسِكُوهُنَّ بِمَعۡرُوفٍ أَوۡ فَارِقُوهُنَّ بِمَعۡرُوفٖ وَأَشۡهِدُواْ ذَوَيۡ عَدۡلٖ مِّنكُمۡ وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلشَّهَٰدَةَ لِلَّهِۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ يُوعَظُ بِهِۦ مَن كَانَ يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِۚ وَمَن يَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ يَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ مَخۡرَجٗا وَيَرۡزُقۡهُ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَحۡتَسِبُۚ وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسۡبُهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بَٰلِغُ أَمۡرِهِۦۚ قَدۡ جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لِكُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدۡرٗا

And when they have [nearly] fulfilled their term, either retain them according to acceptable terms or part with them according to acceptable terms. And bring to witness two just men from among you and establish the testimony for [the acceptance of] Allāh. That is instructed to whoever should believe in Allāh and the Last Day. And whoever fears Allāh - He will make for him a way out

Said by meaning only

And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out And will provide for him from where he does not expect. And whoever trusts in Allah; Allah is sufficient for him. ..Whoever fears or obeys Allah, He makes his work easy for him....and whoever fears or obeys Allah, Allah removes his sins and increases the reward of his deeds.

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وَيَرۡزُقۡهُ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَحۡتَسِبُۚ وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسۡبُهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بَٰلِغُ أَمۡرِهِۦۚ قَدۡ جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لِكُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدۡرٗا

And will provide for him from where he does not expect. And whoever relies upon Allāh - then He is sufficient for him. Indeed, Allāh will accomplish His purpose. Allāh has already set for everything a [decreed] extent.

Said by meaning only

So whoever gives charity and practices taqwa (obeying Allah's and Islam's prohibitions), and verifies and believes in the good, We make easy for him the easy path. And whoever is miserly and careless or istighnaah and disbelieves in good things and disbelieves, I make him an easy way to the things of hardship.

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فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أَعۡطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ

As for he who gives and fears Allāh

Said by meaning only

O you who believe! If you obey and fear Allah, He will grant you Furqan (differentiator, between right and wrong, from Arabic root Faraq, difference), and will expiate for you your sins, and forgive you; and Allah is the Owner of the great bounty.

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يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِن تَتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ يَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ فُرۡقَانٗا وَيُكَفِّرۡ عَنكُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمۡ وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلۡفَضۡلِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ

O you who have believed, if you fear Allāh, He will grant you a criterion and will remove from you your misdeeds and forgive you. And Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.

Said by meaning only

People! Your Lord is One. You are all created from Adam and Adam from the soil. Those among you who are most pious and conscious of God are the most honorable in the sight of Allah. No Arab is superior to a non-Arab except in Taqwa.

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سَمِعَ خُطْبَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي وَسَطِ أَيَّامِ التَّشْرِيقِ فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَلَا إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ وَاحِدٌ، وَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ وَاحِدٌ، أَلَا لَا فَضْلَ لِعَرَبِيٍّ عَلَى عَجَمِيٍّ وَلَا لِعَجَمِيٍّ عَلَى عَرَبِيٍّ، وَلَا أَحْمَرَ عَلَى أَسْوَدَ، وَلَا أَسْوَدَ عَلَى أَحْمَرَ إِلَّا بِالتَّقْوَى، أَبَلَّغْتُ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَّغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّ يَوْمٍ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا: يَوْمٌ حَرَامٌ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّ شَهْرٍ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا: شَهْرٌ حَرَامٌ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّ بَلَدٍ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا: بَلَدٌ حَرَامٌ. قَالَ: فَإِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ حَرَّمَ بَيْنَكُمْ دِمَاءَكُمْ وَأَمْوَالَكُمْ - قَالَ: وَلَا أَدْرِي قَالَ: أَوْ أَعْرَاضَكُمْ أَمْ لَا - كَحُرْمَةِ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا، فِي شَهْرِكُمْ هَذَا، فِي بَلَدِكُمْ هَذَا، أَبَلَّغْتُ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَّغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ [ ﷺ ]، قَالَ: لِيُبَلِّغِ الشَّاهِدُ الْغَائِبَ.

Ismāʿīl › Saʿīd al-Jurayrī › Abū Naḍrah

✧ He heard the sermon of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the middle of the days of Tashriq, and he said: 'O people, indeed your Lord is One, and your father is one. Indeed, there is no virtue of an Arab over a non-Arab, nor of a non-Arab over an Arab, nor of a red-skinned over a black-skinned, nor of a black-skinned over a red-skinned except through piety. Have I conveyed?' They said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has conveyed.' Then he said: 'What day is this?' They said: 'A sacred day.' Then he said: 'What month is this?' They said: 'A sacred month.' He said: 'Then he said: What land is this?' They said: 'A sacred land.' He said: 'Indeed Allah has made your blood and your wealth sacred among you' - he said: 'And I do not know whether he said: "or your honor" or not' - 'like the sanctity of this day of yours, in this month of yours, in this land of yours. Have I conveyed?' They said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has conveyed.' He said: 'Let the one present convey to the one absent.'

Said by meaning only

A servant cannot attain true piety until he abandons that which causes doubt in his mind.

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قُلْتُ لِلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ؓ مَا حَفِظْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ حَفِظْتُ مِنْهُ دَعْ مَا يَرِيبُكَ إِلَى مَا لاَ يَرِيبُكَ

Muḥammad b. Abān › ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs › Shuʿbah › Burayd b. Abū Maryam › Abū al-Ḥawrāʾ al-Saʿdī

"I said to Al-Hasan bin 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him: 'What did you memorize from the Messenger of Allah [SAW]?' He said: I memorized from him: 'Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.'"

Said by meaning only

Fear of Allah (Taqwa) and good character.

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سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا أَكْثَرُ مَا يُدْخِلُ الْجَنَّةَ؟ قَالَ: «تَقْوَى اللهِ وَحُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ» قَالَ: وَمَا أَكْثَرُ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّارَ؟ قَالَ: «الأَجْوَفَانِ الْفَمُ وَالْفَرْجُ»۔

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, “What is the thing that most frequently admits people into Paradise?” He said, “God-consciousness (taqwa) and good character.” He was then asked, “And what is the thing that most frequently admits people into the Fire?” He said, “The two hollow ones: the mouth and the private parts.”

Said

Hadith: 2004

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سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَكْثَرِ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّاسَ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَ «تَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَحُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ۔» وَسُئِلَ عَنْ أَكْثَرِ مَا يُدْخِلُ النَّاسَ النَّارَ فَقَالَ: «الْفَمُ وَالْفَرْجُ۔»

Abū Kurayb Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ › ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs › my father › my father › Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah was asked about that for which people are admitted into Paradise the most and he said, "Conciousness of Allah, and good character." And he was asked about that for which people are admitted into the Fire the most, and he said, "The mouth and the private parts."

Said by meaning only

A Muslim is the brother of another Muslim. He will not oppress him. Don't look down on him. Taqwa resides here (Qalb). With this he pointed three times towards his chest. It is enough for a man to be evil that he despises his Muslim brother. It is forbidden for every Muslim to take one another's blood, his wealth and his honor.

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قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ: لاَ يَخُونُهُ وَلاَ يَكْذِبُهُ وَلاَ يَخْذُلُهُ. كُلُّ الْمُسْلِمِ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ حَرَامٌ عِرْضُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَدَمُهُ. التَّقْوَى هَا هُنَا بِحَسْبِ امْرِئٍ مِنَ الشَّرِّ أَنْ يَحْتَقِرَ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ».

ʿUbayd b. Asbāṭ b. Muḥammad al-Qurashī › my father › Hishām b. Saʿd › Zayd b. Aslam › Abū Ṣāliḥ › Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim: he does not betray him, nor lie to him, nor betray him. Everything of a Muslim is inviolable to another Muslim: his honor, his wealth, and his blood. Piety is here (in the chest). It is enough evil for a person to despise his Muslim brother.”

Said by meaning only

Do fear Allah, pray your five times (obligatory) prayers, fast the month of Ramadan, pay Zakat on your wealth and Obey your leaders and rulers (if their command is not contrary to the Shariah), then you will enter the Paradise of your Lord.

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سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ، فَقَالَ: «اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ، وَصَلُّوا خَمْسَكُمْ، وَصُومُوا شَهْرَكُمْ، وَأَدُّوا زَكَاةَ أَمْوَالِكُمْ، وَأَطِيعُوا ذَا أَمْرِكُمْ، تَدْخُلُوا جَنَّةَ رَبِّكُمْ».

Mūsá b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Kindī al-Kūfī › Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb › Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ › Sulaym b. ʿĀmir › Abū Umāmah

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering a khutbah during the Farewell Hajj, and he said: "Be mindful of Allah, your Lord, pray your five prayers, fast your month, give the zakah of your wealth, and obey those in authority over you; you will enter the Paradise of your Lord."

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Allahumma Inni Asalukal Huda-Wattuka-Wal 'Afa-Fa Wal Gina-

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كَانَ يَقُولُ: «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالتُّقَى وَالْعَفَافَ وَالْغِنَى».

Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná and Muḥammad b. Bashhār › Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar › Shuʿbah › Abū Isḥāq › Abū al-Aḥwaṣ › ʿAbdullāh › al-Nabī ﷺ

from the Prophet ﷺ, that he used to say: "O Allah, I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity, and sufficiency."

Said by meaning only

O Allah! I look to You for guidance [the right path], taqwa [piousness], avoidance of what is forbidden, and livelihood

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اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالتُّقَى، وَالْعَفَافَ وَالْغِنَى.

Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar › Shuʿbah › Abū Isḥāq › Abū al-Aḥwaṣ › ʿAbdullāh › al-Nabī ﷺ

✧ O Allah, I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity, and self-sufficiency.

Said by meaning only

I rolled up my sleeves and struggled.

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لَمَّا مَاتَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ أُخْرِجَ بِجَنَازَتِهِ فَدُفِنَ أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلاً أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ بِحَجَرٍ فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ حَمْلَهُ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَحَسَرَ عَنْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ قَالَ كَثِيرٌ قَالَ الْمُطَّلِبُ قَالَ الَّذِي يُخْبِرُنِي ذَلِكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى بَيَاضِ ذِرَاعَىْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ حَسَرَ عَنْهُمَا ثُمَّ حَمَلَهَا فَوَضَعَهَا عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ وَقَالَ أَتَعَلَّمُ بِهَا قَبْرَ أَخِي وَأَدْفِنُ إِلَيْهِ مَنْ مَاتَ مِنْ أَهْلِي

[Chain 1] ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Najdah › Saʿīd b. Sālim [Chain 2] Yaḥyá b. al-Faḍl al-Sijistānī › Ḥātim / Ibn Ismāʿīl Bimaʿnāh › Kathīr b. Zayd al-Madanī › al-Muṭṭalib

When Uthman ibn Maz'un died, he was brought out on his bier and buried. The Prophet ﷺ ordered a man to bring him a stone, but he was unable to carry it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up and going over to it rolled up his sleeves. The narrator Kathir told that al-Muttalib remarked: The one who told me about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I still seem to see the whiteness of the forearms of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he rolled up his sleeves. He then carried it and placed it at his head saying: I am marking my brother's grave with it, and I shall bury beside him those of my family who die.

Said by meaning only

full trust in God with respect to what has not been granted to him; full satisfaction with what has been granted to him; and full patience with respect to what has eluded him.

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أَنَّ اللهَ يَبْتَلِي عَبْدَهُ بِمَا أَعْطَاهُ، فَمَنْ رَضِيَ بِمَا قَسَمَ اللهُ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] لَهُ، بَارَكَ اللهُ لَهُ فِيهِ وَوَسَّعَهُ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَرْضَ لَمْ يُبَارِكْ لَهُ

Ismāʿīl › Yūnus › Abū al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Shikhhīr

✧ That God tests His servant with what He has given him. Whoever is content with what God [Mighty and Majestic] has apportioned for him, God blesses it for him and expands it. And whoever is not content, He does not bless it for him.

Said by meaning only

in other words, their fear comes to them from Him and is [directed] to Him.

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- وعنه قال: قال لي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: "إذا أتيت مضجعك فتوضأ وضوءك للصلاة، ثم اضطجع على شقك الأيمن، وقل... " وذكر نحوهن وفيه: " واجعلهن آخر ما تقول" ((متفق عليه)).

Al-Bara' bin 'Azib (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) directed me thus: "Whenever you go to bed, perform Wudu' as you do for Salat then (before sleeping) recite: 'O Allah! I have submitted myself to You, I have turned myself to You, committed my affairs to You and sought Your refuge for protection out of desire for You and fear of You (expecting Your reward and fearing Your punishment). There is no refuge and no place of safety from You but with You. I believe in the Book You have revealed and in the Prophet (PBUH) You have sent."' Messenger of Allah (PBUH) added: "If anyone recites these words and dies during the night, he will die on the true Deen, and if he remains alive till the morning, he will obtain good. And make this supplication your last words (before sleeping)." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].