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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
القسم الخامس: مسائل الترهيب من الكبائر وسائر المعاصيFifth Section: Issues Warning Against Major Sins and All Other Sins
بابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْأَجَلِ وَالْأَمَلِChapter on what has been narrated regarding lifespan and hope
Hadith 9824
اُردوEn
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ خَطَّ خَطًّا مُرَبَّعًا وَخَطَّ خَطًّا وَسَطَ الْخَطِّ الْمُرَبَّعِ وَخُطُوطًا إِلَى جَنْبِ الْخَطِّ الَّذِي وَسَطَ الْخَطِّ الْمُرَبَّعِ وَخَطٌّ خَارِجٌ مِنَ الْخَطِّ الْمُرَبَّعِ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا هَذَا قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ هَذَا الْإِنْسَانُ الْخَطُّ الْأَوْسَطُ وَهَذِهِ الْخُطُوطُ الَّتِي جَنْبَهُ الْأَعْرَاضُ تَنْهَشُهُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ إِنْ أَخْطَأَ هَذَا أَصَابَهُ هَذَا وَالْخَطُّ الْمُرَبَّعُ الْأَجَلُ الْمُحِيطُ بِهِ وَالْخَطُّ الْخَارِجُ الْأَمَلُ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) drew lines and made a square shape. In the middle of this shape, he drew a line, and then inside the shape itself, he drew several more lines alongside it, and one line he drew outside the square. Then he said: "Do you know what this is?" They said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The line in the middle is man, the lines alongside it are diseases that try to attack him at every place; if one misses its mark, another strikes. The lines forming the square are man's death, which surrounds him, and the line outside the shape is man's hope."
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … A person should be content; after working and laboring, whatever is obtained, he should remain patient and grateful for it, and indeed, he should strive for more, acquire worldly education, and make efforts for a good job, but while remaining bound to religious teachings and Islamic limits. Such greed and avarice should not dominate that one becomes concerned only with worldly betterment.
Consider two or three examples: Nowadays, extreme attention is being given to the worldly education of children, and all related requirements are being fulfilled, but in matters of religion, extreme negligence is being shown, and not even a single requirement is being fulfilled. The greatest obligation upon the parents of a Muslim child is to teach him prayer (salah), but unfortunately, not only are all parents heedless of fulfilling this obligation, but in fact, they have no concern for it at all. Similarly, some people have been observed practically increasing their businesses, building mansions, buying cars, but when they are spoken to about responsibilities such as Hajj and Umrah, they say, “We have great responsibilities; we have to arrange our children’s marriages, the expenses of such-and-such nephew, such-and-such niece are also upon us.” Such parents and businessmen are all thieves of the Shariah.
A Muslim should adopt moderation and balance regarding both religion and the world; he should earn, but also keep in mind the requirements of lawful income, strive for worldly education for his children, but this does not mean that he should neglect concern for their religion.
Consider two or three examples: Nowadays, extreme attention is being given to the worldly education of children, and all related requirements are being fulfilled, but in matters of religion, extreme negligence is being shown, and not even a single requirement is being fulfilled. The greatest obligation upon the parents of a Muslim child is to teach him prayer (salah), but unfortunately, not only are all parents heedless of fulfilling this obligation, but in fact, they have no concern for it at all. Similarly, some people have been observed practically increasing their businesses, building mansions, buying cars, but when they are spoken to about responsibilities such as Hajj and Umrah, they say, “We have great responsibilities; we have to arrange our children’s marriages, the expenses of such-and-such nephew, such-and-such niece are also upon us.” Such parents and businessmen are all thieves of the Shariah.
A Muslim should adopt moderation and balance regarding both religion and the world; he should earn, but also keep in mind the requirements of lawful income, strive for worldly education for his children, but this does not mean that he should neglect concern for their religion.
