Ways of The Prophet (S.A.W)

by Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Hai Arifi

Patience

Hadrat Abu Hurairah ((Radi Allahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated ALLAH’s Messenger (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) as saying, “Shall I not guide you to something for which ALAAH blots out sin and raises men’s ranks?” When his companions expressed their

desire that he should tell them he said, “Performing complete ablution although circumstances make it difficult, taking many to mosques, (i.e. comes to a mosque from far off, again and again) and awaiting for the next time of Salaah after one Salaah has been performed. That is the defence of the frontier”. [Muslim, Tirmizi]

Hadrat Abu Musa al-Ash’ari (Radi Allahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated ALLAH’s Messenger (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) as saying, “When a man’s child dies ALLAH most high asks His angels whether they have taken his servant’s child and they reply that they have. He then asks whether they have taken the fruit of his hearts (children or grand children) and they reply that they have, He asks what his servants said. On their replying that he praised ALLAH and said, “We belong to ALLAH and to Him do we return.” ALLAH says, “Build a house in paradise for my servant and call it the house of Praise.” [Ahmad and Tirmizi]

Hadrat lbn Abbas (Radi Allahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, “There are four things such that if one gets them one gets the good of this world as well as of the Hereafter. These things are: a heart that is thankful, a tongue that remembers ALLAH constantly, a person who is patient in the face of hardship and a wife who does not misappropriate her husband’s trust in his belongings as well as in her body. [Baihaqi, Hayatul Muslimin]