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209.Hazrat Umar (Allah be
pleased with him) said: One day while we were sitting with the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him) there appeared before us a man whose clothes were
exceedingly white and whose hair was exceedingly black; no signs of journeying
were to be seen on him and none of us knew him. He walked and sat down by the
Prophet (peace be upon him). Resting his knees against his and placing the palm
of his hands on his thigh, he said: O Muhammad, tell me about Islam. The
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Islam is to testify that there is
no god but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, to perform the
prayers, to pay the zakat
4) , to fast in Ramadan, and to make the
pilgrimage to the House 5) if you are able to do
so. He said: You have spoken rightly, and we were amazed at him asking him and
saying that he had spoken right. He said: Then tell me about iman 6). The
Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him ) said: It is to
believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers and the Last Day, and
to believe in divine destiny, both the good and evil thereof. He said: You have
spoken rightly. He said: Then tell me about ihsan
7), The Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah
be upon him ) said: It is to worship Allah as though you are seeing Him, and
while you see Him not yet truly He sees you. He said then tell me about the
Hour 8), The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The one
questioned about it knows no better than the questioner. He said: Tell me about
its signs. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The slave-girl will give birth
to her mistress 9) and that you will see the
barefooted naked, destitute herdsmen competing in constructing lofty buildings.
Then he took himself off and I stayed for a time. Then the Prophet (may the
blessings and peace of Allah be upon) said: O Umar, do you know who the
questioner was? I said: Allah and hid Messenger know best. The Prophet (peace
be upon him) said: It was Gabriel, who came to you to teach you your religion.
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4) Often rendered as "alms-tax" or "poor-due", it is a tax levied on a man's wealth and distributed among the poor. 5) The Ka'ba and Holy Mosque in Mecca. 6) Iman is generally rendered as "religious belief" or "faith". 7) "right action", "goodness", "charity", "sincerity". 8) i.e. of the Day of Judgement. 9) Their are two possible interpretations: 1) "When a woman will give birth to her master" i.e. a time will come when children will have so little respect for their mothers that they will treat them like slaves. 2) The slave-girls will give birth to sons and daughters who will become free and so be the masters of those who bore them. |
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