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مسند الشهاب
Musnad Shihab
Hadiths 1401 to 1499
يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِيAllah the Exalted says: I am as My servant thinks of Me
Hadith 1448
اُردوEn
1448 - أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، أبنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ السَّرْحِ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: أبنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، قَالَا: ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، أبنا أَبُو غَسَّانَ، حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ذَكْوَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي، وَأَنَا مَعَ عَبْدِي إِذَا ذَكَرَنِي "
Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has said: I am as My servant thinks of Me, and I am with him when he remembers Me."
Brief Explanation
Explanation:
In this, besides the virtue of repentance (tawbah), there is also encouragement to have a good opinion (husn al-zann) of Allah. However, just as hoping for a harvest without plowing and sowing the seeds is foolishness, in the same way, attaching good hopes to Allah without performing righteous deeds (a'mal salihah) is also ignorance. This is, in effect, an indirect encouragement towards action, because without action, hope for anything cannot be justified. And it is a natural fact that one who performs good deeds will have good hopes from Allah, and one who performs evil deeds will have bad hopes. Accordingly, Allah’s dealing with His servants will also be in accordance with this: good for those who have good hopes, and bad for those who have bad hopes, because both are based on their own actions, and the reward or punishment will be according to those actions. (Riyadh al-Salihin: 1/405)
In this, besides the virtue of repentance (tawbah), there is also encouragement to have a good opinion (husn al-zann) of Allah. However, just as hoping for a harvest without plowing and sowing the seeds is foolishness, in the same way, attaching good hopes to Allah without performing righteous deeds (a'mal salihah) is also ignorance. This is, in effect, an indirect encouragement towards action, because without action, hope for anything cannot be justified. And it is a natural fact that one who performs good deeds will have good hopes from Allah, and one who performs evil deeds will have bad hopes. Accordingly, Allah’s dealing with His servants will also be in accordance with this: good for those who have good hopes, and bad for those who have bad hopes, because both are based on their own actions, and the reward or punishment will be according to those actions. (Riyadh al-Salihin: 1/405)
