Hadith 59

of the sword of Rasool-Allahsaww: “The most audacious of the people against Allahazwj is one who strikes without having been struck upon, and kills without being fought against, and one who takes as a Guardian other than Hisazwj Guardiansasws, so he is a Kafir (disbelieve) in what Allahazwj Revealed unto Hisazwj Prophet Muhammadsaww”, and one who innovates and innovation, or shelters and innovator, Allahazwj will not Accept from him on the Day of Judgment, neither any repentance nor any ransom’. O Hisham! The most superior of what the servant can be closer to Allahazwj, after the recognition of Himazwj, is the Salat, and the kindness to the parents, and leaving the envy and the self-conceitedness and the pride’. O Hisham! Correct your day which is in front of you, so look, which day is it? And prepare the answer for it, for you would be standing and Questioned; and take your preaching from the era and its people, for the era is a prolonged short, therefore do your deeds as if you can see the Rewards of your deeds, in order for you to become covetous regarding that; and use your intellect about Allahazwj, and look into the changing times and its states, for whatever comes from the world is just like what turns back from it, therefore take a lesson with it. And Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws said: ‘The entirety of what the sun emerges upon in the easts of the earth and its wests (eastern and western lands), and its seas, and its deserts, and its coasts, and its mountains are (all) with a Guardianasws from the Guardiansasws of Allahazwj and the people of the understanding of the Rights of Allahazwj, like the shadows’. Then heasws said: ‘Or is there no freedom to leave these left-overs for its deserving ones? – meaning the world, for there isn’t for yourselves a price except for the Paradise, therefore do not sell it for something else, for the one who is pleased with the world from Allahazwj, so he has pleased himself with the inferior. O Hisham! Every human being looks as the start but is not guided by these, except one who recognises their flows and their houses, and similar to that, you are learning the wisdom, but none of you would be guided by it except the one who acts (in accordance) with it. O Hisham! The Messiahas said to the disciples: ‘O evil servants! The length of the palm tree terrifies you, and you are remembering its thorns and the stubble of its bark, and you are forgetting the goodness of its fruits and it facilities. Similar to that, you are remembering the hoard of the deeds of the Hereafter, so its term seems prolonged upon you, and you are forgetting what are going towards, from its Bounties, and its lights, and its fruits. O evil servants! Clean the grain and sweeten it, and grind its flour and you will find its taste, and its eating would be welcoming to you, therefore purify the Eman and perfect it, you will find its sweetness, and its consequences would benefit you. Truly, Ias am saying to you, if you were to find a lamp ignited by the tar in the dark night, you would be illuminated by it, and smell of its wind would not prevent you, similar to that, it is befitting for you that you take to the wisdom from one you find it to be with, and the evil of its craving should not prevent you from it. O servants of the world! Truly, Ias am saying to you: You will not achieve the nobility of the Hereafter except by leaving what you love, therefore do not anticipate the repentance tomorrow, for besides tomorrow, there is a day and a night (still left), and the Judgment of Allahazwj during these two will come and go. Truly, Ias am saying to you: ‘One upon whom there isn’t any debt from the people upon him, would be more at rest and less stress than the one upon whom is the debt, and even if he was of good decision making, and similar to that is one who does not do bad deeds would be more at rest and less stress than the one who does bad deeds, and even if he was of sincere repentance and penitent; and even if the small sins and their destruction from the plots of Ibleesla belittle these for you and make them appear as small in your eyes, so you would gather these and commit a lot and these would surround you. Truly, Ias am saying to you, that the people with regards to wisdom are two (types) of men – so there is a man who is certain in his words and sincere in his deeds, and there is a man who is certain in his words and wastes these by the evil of his deeds. There is a difference between the two, therefore beatitude be to the scholars with the deeds, and woe be unto the scholar with the words. O evil servants! Take the Masjids of your Lordazwj as prisons for your bodies and your backs, and make your hearts to be houses for the piety, and do not make your hearts as shelters for the lustful desires lest these would frustrate you during the afflictions and intensify your love for the world, and if you are patient upon the afflictions, it would make you ascetic in the world. O evil servants! Do not become resembling the flashy cameleer, nor the deceiving foxes, nor the treacherous wolves, nor the mighty lion, just as you deal with the horse, like that you should be dealing with the people – a group you should be exe