بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد
Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عليه وسلم: The Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Be prompt in doing good deeds (before you are overtaken) by
turbulence which would be like a part of the dark night. During (that stormy
period) a man would be a Believer in the morning and an unbeliever in the
evening or he would be a Believer in the evening and an unbeliever in the
morning, and would sell his faith for worldly goods.” [Saheeh Muslim
(169)]
A: Shaikh Ibn Baaz رحمه الله: It was
authentically reported that he صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Hasten to
perform (good) deeds (before you are overtaken) by turbulence which would be
like a part of the dark night”, hasten
to do deeds: i.e. good deeds, “trials which are
as dark as night, where one can be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever
at night, or he can be a believer at night and a disbeliever in the morning,
who exchanges his religion for the perishable goods of the worldly life.”
[1] This means that the strangeness (foreignness)
of Islaam intensifies until a Believer becomes a Muslim (descends from a higher
to lower degree in faith) then he becomes a disbeliever. On the contrary, a
person becomes a Believer at night and a disbeliever the following morning.
He sells his religion for
a worldly matter by uttering the words of Kufr or acting according to it
for the sake of the world; so he becomes a believer in the morning, then
someone says to him: “Would you insult Allaah and the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and abandon the prayer and we
shall give you such and such”; or says: make Halaal (permissible) the committing
of adultery and drinking wine and we shall give you such and such.” So, he
sells his religion for a worldly matter and becomes a disbeliever in the morning
or at night. Or they may say to him: “Do not be with the believers and we shall
give you such and such and be with the disbelievers.” They tempt him to engage
with the disbelievers and be on their side so that they may give him a lot of money
and become a close friend and an ally to the unbelievers and an enemy to the
believers. There are numerous things which lead to apostasy, and mostly, it
happens because of the love of the world and giving it preference to the Hereafter.
Therefore, he صلى الله
عليه وسلم said: “...and would
sell his faith for worldly gains.” In another narration: “Hasten to
perform good deeds before (these) things take place. Are you waiting for abject
poverty, overwhelming wealth, crushing illness, weakening old age, sudden
death, Al-Dajjaal (the Antichrist) who is a hidden impending evil, or the Hour
(Resurrection) which is going to be more grievous and more bitter.” [2]
A believer hastens to do
good deeds for fear that sudden death strikes him before doing them. A Muslim
may be afflicted with sickness that hinders him from work or may be afflicted
with old age and other things. So, he should take advantage of his life, health
and mental ability and do righteous deeds before he is hindered because of
sickness or something else. Sometimes a Muslim is kept busy with the world and
giving it preference to the Hereafter because the enemies of Islaam and
advocates of Kufr and aberration adorn it to them.
[1] Saheeh Muslim (169).
[2] Tirmidhee (2306) and
graded as “Dha`eef” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in “al-Dha`eefah” (1666).
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