✍ Written by: Abu Hamza Abdul Khaliq Siddiqi
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ فِيكُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ... وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ﴿٧﴾
(Al-Ḥujurāt 49:7–8)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“And know that the Messenger of Allah is among you. If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would surely fall into hardship. But Allah has endeared faith to you and made it pleasing in your hearts, and He has made disbelief, wickedness, and disobedience hateful to you. These are the rightly guided. [This is] a bounty from Allah and a favor. And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.”
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
لَا تَقُمْ فِيهِ أَبَدًا ... وَاللَّهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُطَّهِّرِينَ ﴿١٠٨﴾
(At-Tawbah 9:108)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“Never stand [for prayer] in it. A mosque founded on piety from the first day is more worthy for you to stand in. In it are men who love to purify themselves. And Allah loves those who purify themselves.”
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
وَالسَّابِقُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ ... ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ ﴿١٠٠﴾
(At-Tawbah 9:100)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“And the first forerunners among the Muhājirīn and the Anṣār, and those who followed them with excellence—Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him. And He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever. That is the great success.”
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُبَايِعُونَكَ ... فَسَيُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا ﴿١٠﴾
(Al-Fatḥ 48:10)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“Indeed, those who pledge allegiance to you, [O Prophet], are actually pledging allegiance to Allah. The hand of Allah is over their hands. So whoever breaks his word only breaks it to his own detriment, and whoever fulfills what he has covenanted with Allah, He will grant him a great reward.”
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
لَٰكِنِ الرَّسُولُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ... ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ ﴿٨٨-٨٩﴾
(At-Tawbah 9:88–89)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“But the Messenger and those who believed with him fought with their wealth and their lives. For them are the good things. And they are the successful. Allah has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever. That is the great success.”
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقَاتَلُونَ ... لَقَدِيرٌ ﴿٣٩﴾
(Al-Ḥajj 22:39)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“Permission [to fight] has been granted to those who are being fought because they were wronged. And indeed, Allah is capable of granting them victory.”
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ ... لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ ﴿١٠٣﴾
(Āl ʿImrān 3:103)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“Hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of Allah upon you—when you were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by His favor, brothers. And you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus does Allah make clear to you His signs that you may be guided.”
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ ... أَلَا إِنَّ حِزْبَ اللَّهِ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾
(Al-Mujādilah 58:22)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day loving those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred. Those—He has written faith in their hearts and supported them with a spirit from Him. And He will admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever. Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him. They are the party of Allah. Unquestionably, the party of Allah—they are the successful.”
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
فَإِنْ آمَنُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا آمَنتُم ... فَقَدِ اهْتَدَوا ﴿١٣٧﴾
(Al-Baqarah 2:137)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“So if they believe in the same as you have believed in, then they have been [rightly] guided. But if they turn away, then they are only in dissension.”
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ... وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ﴿١٩﴾
(Muḥammad 47:19)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“So know that there is no deity except Allah, and seek forgiveness for your sin and for the believing men and believing women. And Allah knows your movement and your place of rest.”
✿ The Companions رضي الله عنهم Are True Believers
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ فِيكُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ... وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ﴿٧﴾
(Al-Ḥujurāt 49:7–8)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“And know that the Messenger of Allah is among you. If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would surely fall into hardship. But Allah has endeared faith to you and made it pleasing in your hearts, and He has made disbelief, wickedness, and disobedience hateful to you. These are the rightly guided. [This is] a bounty from Allah and a favor. And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.”
✿ Allah Loves the Companions رضي الله عنهم
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
لَا تَقُمْ فِيهِ أَبَدًا ... وَاللَّهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُطَّهِّرِينَ ﴿١٠٨﴾
(At-Tawbah 9:108)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“Never stand [for prayer] in it. A mosque founded on piety from the first day is more worthy for you to stand in. In it are men who love to purify themselves. And Allah loves those who purify themselves.”
✿ The Companions رضي الله عنهم Have Been Forgiven
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
وَالسَّابِقُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ ... ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ ﴿١٠٠﴾
(At-Tawbah 9:100)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“And the first forerunners among the Muhājirīn and the Anṣār, and those who followed them with excellence—Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him. And He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever. That is the great success.”
✿ The Companions رضي الله عنهم Will Receive a Great Reward
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُبَايِعُونَكَ ... فَسَيُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا ﴿١٠﴾
(Al-Fatḥ 48:10)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“Indeed, those who pledge allegiance to you, [O Prophet], are actually pledging allegiance to Allah. The hand of Allah is over their hands. So whoever breaks his word only breaks it to his own detriment, and whoever fulfills what he has covenanted with Allah, He will grant him a great reward.”
✿ The Companions رضي الله عنهم Are the Truly Successful
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
لَٰكِنِ الرَّسُولُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ... ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ ﴿٨٨-٨٩﴾
(At-Tawbah 9:88–89)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“But the Messenger and those who believed with him fought with their wealth and their lives. For them are the good things. And they are the successful. Allah has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever. That is the great success.”
✿ The Companions رضي الله عنهم Were Persecuted Due to Their Faith
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقَاتَلُونَ ... لَقَدِيرٌ ﴿٣٩﴾
(Al-Ḥajj 22:39)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“Permission [to fight] has been granted to those who are being fought because they were wronged. And indeed, Allah is capable of granting them victory.”
✿ The Companions رضي الله عنهم Were United in Mutual Love
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ ... لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ ﴿١٠٣﴾
(Āl ʿImrān 3:103)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“Hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of Allah upon you—when you were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by His favor, brothers. And you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus does Allah make clear to you His signs that you may be guided.”
✿ The Companions رضي الله عنهم Were Stern Against the Disbelievers
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ ... أَلَا إِنَّ حِزْبَ اللَّهِ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾
(Al-Mujādilah 58:22)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day loving those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred. Those—He has written faith in their hearts and supported them with a spirit from Him. And He will admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever. Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him. They are the party of Allah. Unquestionably, the party of Allah—they are the successful.”
✿ The Character of the Companions رضي الله عنهم Is a Criterion for Salvation
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
فَإِنْ آمَنُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا آمَنتُم ... فَقَدِ اهْتَدَوا ﴿١٣٧﴾
(Al-Baqarah 2:137)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“So if they believe in the same as you have believed in, then they have been [rightly] guided. But if they turn away, then they are only in dissension.”
✿ We Are Commanded to Pray for the Companions رضي الله عنهم
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى:
فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ... وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ﴿١٩﴾
(Muḥammad 47:19)
❀ Allah Almighty said:
“So know that there is no deity except Allah, and seek forgiveness for your sin and for the believing men and believing women. And Allah knows your movement and your place of rest.”
