عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضي الله عنه، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «الْمُؤْمِنُ الْقَوِيُّ خَيْرٌ وَأَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِ الضَّعِيفِ،وَفِي كُلٍّ خَيْرٌ.احْرِصْ عَلَى مَا يَنْفَعُكَ،وَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللهِ وَلَا تَعْجِزْ، وَإِنْ أَصَابَكَ شَيْءٌ، فَلَا تَقُلْ: لَوْ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ كَانَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَلَكِنْ قُلْ: قَدَرُ اللهِ وَمَا شَاءَ فَعَلَ؛ فَإِنَّ (لَوْ) تَفْتَحُ عَمَلَ الشَّيْطَانِ» رواه مسلم
Abu Hurayrah narrated that God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said:
1. A strong believer is better and dearer to God than a weak believer, 2. but there is goodness in both. 3. Make sure to have what benefits you. 4. Seek God’s help and do not feel helpless. 5. If something happens to you, do not say: had I done this, such-and-such would have happened. 6. Rather, say: This is God’s will and whatever God wills shall happen. 7. Expressions of regret open the gate for
Abu al-‘Abbās ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Abbās ibn ‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib, belonged to the Hāshim branch of the Quraysh and resided mostly in Madinah. He was born in the Hāshimī quarter in Makkah three years before the Prophet’s migration. He was the leading scholar of the Muslim community and the one who explained the Qur’an best. He was the Prophet’s cousin. He was nicknamed al-baḥr, which means ‘the sea’, because of his broad knowledge. The Prophet (peace be upon him) included him in his prayers, saying: ‘My Lord, grant him insight into the religion’. [1] He was one of the Prophet’s companions who narrated a large number of hadiths. He embraced Islam at a young age and he remained very close to the Prophet after the takeover of Makkah. He lost his eyesight when he became old. He died at Taif in Year 68 AH 688 CE.
1. Related by al-Bukhari, 143 (his text); Muslim, 2477.
