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Abu Dharr al-Ghifari radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
is one of the companions who spent a lot of time
with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam alone.
And so, one of the blessings we have
from Abu Dharr radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
is that you have multiple narrations of personal advice
from the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
to Abu Dharr radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu.
Of course, he's known as the first one
to use the greeting of Islam
when he came and embraced Islam in Mecca.
He's one of the first people
to say 'As Salaam Alaika, ya Rasullulah'
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam to respond him
in the same way.
(harmonious music)
So this incident, and he's also, of course, one of those
who narrated the hadith of Jibreel Alayhi Salaam.
This incident, he says,
"He and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
were walking out and they looked at Uhud."
So they're walking out, and as they're taking the stroll,
they look at the mountain of Uhud,
and Rasullulah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam used to love
to use Uhud as an example, right?
I mean, it's a very prominent mountain.
If you're in Medina, you- you (repeats) see it all the time
and it really imposes its presence on you.
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
as he's staring at Uhud,
he says to Abu Dharr radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu, he says,
'Ma Uhibbu Anna hu yuHawallu li dhahaban
yam kuthu 'Indi minHu dinarun fawqa thalath
illa dinaran urSiduhu li dain.'
He said to Abu Dharr radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu,
"I would not like to have this mountain
turned into gold for me,
unless nothing of it, not even a single dinar,
remains of it for more than three days,
except for that which is used for debt."
Meaning the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam is saying,
"When I look at this mountain, I wish I could have it
and spend it for the sake of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la.
I don't want anything of it, of this dunya."
Now, you compare that to the hadith
where the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said
'That if the son of Adam was given a valley of gold,
then he wouldn't say 'Alhamdulillah'
for the valley of gold.
He would say, I want another one and another one
and another one until that person eventually dies
and their mouth is full of dirt.'
So, the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
is looking at Uhud and saying
"I wish I could give that in sadaqa.
I wish I could have this in gold and give it in
sadaqa."
Then the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"Innal aktharina humul aqalloon illa man qala bilmali
hakaza wa hakaza waqaleelun mahum."
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said that
"Those who have much in this world
have little in the Hereafter."
SubhanAllah. The Akthareen
(repeats) Those who have much in this world
have little in the Hereafter, except for those
who spend their money like this (pivots right),
and like this (pivots left).
Meaning fi sabilillah,
they give in charity, right and left,
fi sabilillah in the cause of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la.
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
'Qaleelun mahum'
"How few in number are they."
Then, so the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
is making an example out of Uhud.
And speaking, just to Abu Dharr radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu,
then the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam hears something.
And he says to Abu Dharr radiAllahu Anhu, 'Makanak?'
"Stay here and don't leave until I give you permission."
So Abu Dharr stays there,
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
goes to a place and Abu Dharr radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
hears this loud voice
speaking to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
or just the noise,
and that voice, you know, it-
it scared him a bit and he wanted to go out,
but he remembered the order of the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam so he stayed in his place,
and Rasullulah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam spent
some time over there.
And then the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
comes back and he says, 'Ya Rasullulah,
what was that noise?
Or that voice that I heard?'
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
said, "Did you hear it"?
Now you see, SubhanAllah,
through all of these narrations.
'Did you see it?
'Did you hear it?'
Because sometimes Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la allows
some people to hear or see the malaika.
Sometimes Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la keeps them,
you know, obscured, which is the majority of time.
And sometimes two people looking
at the same angel, one can see, the other can't.
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam says,
"So you heard him?"
And Abu Dharr says, "Yes, Ya Rasullulah."
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
'Jibreel Alayhi Salaam came to me.
So he called me out and he came to me.'
Now before I say what he told him,
there are numerous narrations
of Jireel Alayhi Salaam calling the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam away from the gathering
to give him some glad tiding.
So the time where the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
was called away and he was found in
sujood, praising Allah and
thanking Allah.
Because Jibreel Alayhi Salaam called him away
from the gathering to tell him that
Allah just sent him the news
that anyone who sends salaam on
Rasullulah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la would send that salaam
back to them 10 times and Jibreel Alayhi Salaam would send
that salaam 10 times,
and they would be raised by 10 degrees.
So here Jibreel
called the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam away from
Abu Dharr and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam says,
'And he told me, 'Man Maata min ummatika, la yushriku
billahi shay-aa dakhalal Jannah'
'I want you to know, Ya Rasullulah, whoever
amongst your followers dies not associating
a partner with Allah will enter into Jannah.
Meaning at some point, they're entering into Jannah.
So, you know, the narration of the
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam ,you know,
crying out for his ummah and Allah sending
Jibreel Alayhi Salaam to comfort him.
This is a glad tiding that Jibreel Alayhi Salaam
wants to share with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
Now Abu Dharr radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
has already moved on from the surprise
that this was Jibreel Alayhi Salaam
that he heard talking to
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
He says."Ya Rasullulah, infa'Ala kadha wakadha?'
'O Messenger of Allah,
even if he did this and that,
even if he committed adultery and stole?'
Okay?
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"Even if he did this and that."
He (Abdu Dharr) said,
'Ya Rasullulah, even if he did this and that?'
There's another narration that extends his conversation,
'...even if he did this and that.'
So he's saying, wait a minute
how will he go to Jannah?
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam is saying
'Even if he did those things."
So, after repeating this
to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
responding to him.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam says,
"Even if he did this and that,
even if Abu Dharr doesn't like it,
(narrator chuckles)
even if Abu Dharr radiAllahu Anhu objects,
eventually this person will go to Jannah."
Now, of course, there are different ways to go to Jannah.
And there are some that are punished on the way to Jannah.
But, this in and of itself was a bushra
to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
But at the same time,
we aspire to the death of the likes of
Sa'd ibn Mu'adh radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu,
and not someone that is just being mentioned in this way
between Jibreel Alayhi Salaam
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
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