Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Surah Yunus, Ayat 31

Ayat 31. Say (O Muhammad  [SAWW](PBUH): "Who provides for you from the sky and from the earth? Or who owns hearing and sight? And who brings out the living from the dead and brings out the dead from the living? And who disposes the affairs?" They will say: "Allah." Say: "Will you not then be afraid of Allah's Punishment (for setting up rivals in worship with Allah)?"    


Hazrat Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah  [SAWW](PBUH) passed by a woman who was crying over a grave and said, "Fear Allah and be patient.'' She said, "Away from me! My calamity has not befallen you and you are not aware of it.'' The woman was later told that it was the Prophet  [SAWW](who had advised her). She came to his door where she found no doorkeeper. She said, "(I am sorry) I did not know you.'' Messenger of Allah  [SAWW](PBUH) said, "Patience is (becoming) only at the first (stroke) of grief". [Al-Bukhari Hadith # 1283 and Muslim].
Another narration in Muslim says: The woman was crying over her son. 


Lesson : as mentioned above in Surah Yunus Ayat 31. "who brings out the living from the dead and brings out the dead from the living? And who disposes the affairs?" They will say: "Allah." This Hadith indicates the excellence of the Prophet's   [SAWW] character. The woman whom he advised to have patience did not behave properly, but the Prophet   [SAWW](PBUH) was neither annoyed nor did he reproach her. When she appeared before him for the second time, he again repeated his advice for patience. This Hadith has a great lesson for those who call people to the Right Path. Our scholars and preachers should follow this excellent example. 

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