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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
مسائل الفقر والغنىIssues of Poverty and Wealth
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي فَضْلِ فُقَرَاءِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَChapter on what has been narrated regarding the virtue of the poor among the emigrants and the weak
Hadith 9316
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ ((ابْغُونِي ضُعَفَاءَكُمْ فَإِنَّكُمْ إِنَّمَا تُرْزَقُونَ وَتُنْصَرُونَ بِضُعَفَائِكُمْ))
Sayyiduna Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Bring to me the weak ones, for indeed you are given provision and help because of your weak ones.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The foremost referents of this blessed hadith are the poor emigrants (fuqara muhajirin).
Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah writes: It is because of the weak that people are aided; this support and victory is not due to the person of the righteous, but rather because of their supplication (du'a) and sincerity (ikhlas). As is mentioned in an incident when Sayyiduna Sa'd radi Allahu anhu began to think that he had superiority over those Companions who possessed less wealth than him, the Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: ((Indeed, Allah grants victory to this ummah because of its weak: by their supplications, their prayers, and their sincerity.)) … Allah, the Exalted, helps this ummah because of the supplications, prayers, and sincerity of its weak ones. (Sunan al-Nasa'i: 2/65, al-Fawa'id li Tamam: Q 105/2, al-Hilyah li Abi Nu'aym: 5/26)
The chain of this narration is authentic according to the conditions of the two Shaykhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim), and besides the required explanation, this narration is also found in Sahih al-Bukhari, and likewise, it has been narrated by Imam Ahmad (1/163) as well. (Sahihah: 779) The meaning of this hadith is that there is more sincerity in the acts of worship and supplications of the weak, and they find pleasure in the remembrance of Allah, because their hearts are free from the love and desire of the world. Their only objective is that their supplications be accepted and their deeds be purified. The aforementioned difference stated between the rich and the poor, and the strong and the weak, is not acceptable to the rich and strong, because they have not gone through these experiences and they are not at all aware of what kind of relationship these people have with Allah, the Exalted.
Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah writes: It is because of the weak that people are aided; this support and victory is not due to the person of the righteous, but rather because of their supplication (du'a) and sincerity (ikhlas). As is mentioned in an incident when Sayyiduna Sa'd radi Allahu anhu began to think that he had superiority over those Companions who possessed less wealth than him, the Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: ((Indeed, Allah grants victory to this ummah because of its weak: by their supplications, their prayers, and their sincerity.)) … Allah, the Exalted, helps this ummah because of the supplications, prayers, and sincerity of its weak ones. (Sunan al-Nasa'i: 2/65, al-Fawa'id li Tamam: Q 105/2, al-Hilyah li Abi Nu'aym: 5/26)
The chain of this narration is authentic according to the conditions of the two Shaykhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim), and besides the required explanation, this narration is also found in Sahih al-Bukhari, and likewise, it has been narrated by Imam Ahmad (1/163) as well. (Sahihah: 779) The meaning of this hadith is that there is more sincerity in the acts of worship and supplications of the weak, and they find pleasure in the remembrance of Allah, because their hearts are free from the love and desire of the world. Their only objective is that their supplications be accepted and their deeds be purified. The aforementioned difference stated between the rich and the poor, and the strong and the weak, is not acceptable to the rich and strong, because they have not gone through these experiences and they are not at all aware of what kind of relationship these people have with Allah, the Exalted.
