Many types of strife

عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ رضي الله عنه ، قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ رضي الله عنه ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّكُمْ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَذْكُرُ الْفِتَنَ؟ فَقَالَ قوْمٌ: نَحْنُ سَمِعْنَاهُ، فَقَالَ: لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْنُونَ فِتْنَةَ الرَّجُلِ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَجَارِهِ؟ قَالُوا: أَجَلْ. قَالَ: تِلْكَ تُكَفِّرُهَا الصَّلَاةُ وَالصِّيَامُ وَالصَّدَقَةُ؛ وَلَكِنْ أَيُّكُمْ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَذْكُرُ الَّتِي تَمُوجُ مَوْجَ الْبَحْرِ؟ قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ: فَأَسْكَتَ الْقَوْمُ، فَقُلْتُ: أَنَا. قَالَ: أَنْتَ للهِ أَبُوكَ! قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «تُعْرَضُ الْفِتَنُ عَلَى الْقُلُوبِ كَالْحَصِيرِ عُودًا عُودًا، فَأَيُّ قَلْبٍ أُشْرِبَهَا، نُكِتَ فِيهِ نُكْتَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ، وَأَيُّ قَلْبٍ أَنْكَرَهَا، نُكِتَ فِيهِ نُكْتَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ، حَتَّى تَصِيرَ عَلَى قَلْبَيْنِ: عَلَى أَبْيَضَ مِثْلِ الصَّفَا، فَلَا تَضُرُّهُ فِتْنَةٌ مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ، وَالْآخَرُ أَسْوَدُ مُرْبَادًّا كَالْكُوزِ مُجَخِّيًا، لَا يَعْرِفُ مَعْرُوفًا، وَلَا يُنْكِرُ مُنْكَرًا، إِلَّا مَا أُشْرِبَ مِنْ هَوَاهُ». قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ: وَحَدَّثْتُهُ: أَنَّ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهَا بَابًا مُغْلَقًا يُوشِكُ أَنْ يُكْسَرَ. قَالَ عُمَرُ: أَكَسْرًا لَا أَبَا لَكَ؟ فَلَوْ أَنَّهُ فُتِحَ لَعَلَّهُ كَانَ يُعَادُ. قُلْتُ: لَا بَلْ يُكْسَرُ. وَحَدَّثْتُهُ: أَنَّ ذَلِكَ الْبَابَ رَجُلٌ يُقْتَلُ أَوْ يَمُوتُ، حَدِيثًا لَيْسَ بِالْأَغَالِيطِ

تحميل الملف الصوتي

Ḥudhayfah narrated:

We were at ꜤUmar’s when he said:

1. “Who of you heard God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) mention temptations?” 2. Some people said: “We heard it”. He said: “Perhaps you mean the temptation a man may have in respect of his family or neighbours?” They said: “Yes”. He said: “These are erased by prayer, fasting and charity. 3. Who of you heard the Prophet mention the temptations that are like sea waves?” Hudhayfah said: “The people there remained silent, but I said: I did”. ꜤUmar said: “You did; how good of you”. 4. Hudhayfah said: “I heard God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) say: ‘Temptations are held before hearts, one by one, like a straw mat. 5. A heart which takes one will have a black spot and a heart which rejects one will have a white spot 6. until there are two types of heart: one is white and solid like al-Ṣafā which will not be shaken by any test as long as the heavens and earth endure, and the other is black with a little whiteness, like an overturned cup which neither distinguishes what is good nor rejects what is evil, except what it may fancy’”. 7. Ḥudhayfah said: “And I told him: Between you and such temptations is a closed door which is about to be broken”. ꜤUmar said: “You mean it will be broken? Were it to be opened, it may be closed again”. I said: “No. It will be broken. And I told him that this door is a man who will be killed or will die. That is a statement that is free from error”.

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Although they may see every sign, they do not believe in it. If they see the path of righteousness, they do not choose to follow it, but if they see the path of error, they choose it for their path; because they disbelieve in Our revelations and pay no heed to them.

(7: 146)

Beware of temptation that does not lure only those among you who are wrongdoers. Know that God is severe in retribution.

(8: 25)

Attend to your prayers at both ends of the day and in the early watches of the night. Surely, good deeds erase evil ones. This is a reminder for those who are thoughtful.

(11: 114)

Consider the one who takes his own desires as his deity, and whom God has [therefore] let go astray despite his knowledge [of the truth], sealing his ears and heart and placing a cover on his eyes: who can guide such a person after God [has abandoned him]? Will you not, then, take heed?

(45: 23)