صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الفضائلThe Book of Virtues
باب إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى رَحْمَةَ أُمَّةٍ قَبَضَ نَبِيَّهَا قَبْلَهَا:Chapter: When Allah Wants To Show Mercy To A Nation, He takes Their Prophet Before Them
قَالَ مُسْلِم : وَحُدِّثْتُ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ ، وَمِمَّنْ رَوَى ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، حَدَّثَنِي بُرَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِذَا أَرَادَ رَحْمَةَ أُمَّةٍ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ ، قَبَضَ نَبِيَّهَا قَبْلَهَا ، فَجَعَلَهُ لَهَا فَرَطًا وَسَلَفًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا ، وَإِذَا أَرَادَ هَلَكَةَ أُمَّةٍ ، عَذَّبَهَا وَنَبِيُّهَا حَيٌّ ، فَأَهْلَكَهَا وَهُوَ يَنْظُرُ ، فَأَقَرَّ عَيْنَهُ بِهَلَكَتِهَا حِينَ كَذَّبُوهُ ، وَعَصَوْا أَمْرَهُ " .
Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: When Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, intends to show mercy to an Umma from amongst His servants He calls back His Apostle (ﷺ) to his eternal home and makes him a harbinger and recompense in the world to come; and when He intends to cause destruction to an Umma, He punishes it while its Apostle (ﷺ) is alive and He destroys it as he (the Apostle) witnesses it and he cools his eyes by destruction as they had belied him and disobeyed his command.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
Farat:
One who goes ahead to arrange water for the caravan,
a forerunner.
(2)
Salaf:
One who goes ahead.
Benefits and Issues:
Our noble Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has reached the presence of Allah before us,
therefore he is a source of mercy for us and will be present ahead for our intercession and for quenching our thirst.
May Allah grant us his intercession and may his intercession be a means of elevation in ranks and status for us.
Ameen.
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
Farat:
One who goes ahead to arrange water for the caravan,
a forerunner.
(2)
Salaf:
One who goes ahead.
Benefits and Issues:
Our noble Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has reached the presence of Allah before us,
therefore he is a source of mercy for us and will be present ahead for our intercession and for quenching our thirst.
May Allah grant us his intercession and may his intercession be a means of elevation in ranks and status for us.
Ameen.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 5965
