Part 1 - Ahadeeth Regarding Tawheed

[Abbas.Abu.Yahya]

The Ahadeeth of Tawheed
from the
‘Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah’
of
Shaykh Al-Albaani

Translated by
Abbas Abu Yahya

Chapters of Tawheed and the Shahadtayn

11- Supplicating with the Beautiful Names of Allaah

"Allaah does not afflict a slave with grief nor sadness, except that if the slave says: -

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ وَابْنُ أَمَتِكَ نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤُكَ ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرْآنَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي وَنُورَ صَدْرِي وَجِلَاءَ حُزْنِي وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي

O Allaah indeed I am Your slave, and the son of Your slave, and the son of Your female slave, my forelock is in Your Hand, Your command over me is forever executed and Your decree over me is just. I ask of You with all Your names, which belong to You, which You have named Yourself with, or which You have taught someone from Your creation or revealed it in Your Book or that which You have taken unto Your self with the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Quraan the life of my heart and light of my breast and keep away from me my sadness, and that my grief goes away –

Allaahumma ‘innee ‘abduka, wabnu ‘abdika, wabnu amatika, nasiyatee biyadika, madhin fiyya hukmuka, adlun fiyya qadha’uka, asaluka bikulli ismin huwa laka, sammayta bihi nafsaka, aw anzaltahu fee kitabika, ‘aw allamthu ahadan min khaliqika, aw ista’tharta bihi fee ilmil ghaybi ‘indaka, án taj’alal-qurana rabee’a qalbee, wa noora sadree, wa jala’a huznee, wa thahaba hammee

then Allaah takes away his grief and sadness and replaces it with happiness."
The narrator said: It was said: O Messenger of Allaah should we not learn it?

He answered: Of course, it is necessary for the one who hears it, that he learns it.

Silsilah Saheehah: 199

“What prevents you from listening to what I advise you with? That you should say in the morning and the evening:

يا حي يا قـيـوم برحـمـتـك أسـتـغـيـث, أصلـح لي شـأنـي كـله, و لا تـكـلـني إلـي نـفـسـي طـرفـة عـيـن أبـداً

Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyoom (The Ever-Living, The Eternal) I seek aid with your Mercy, and correct all my affairs, and do not ever leave me to my own self even for a blink of an eye.

Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyoom bi-rahmaatika astageethu, asslih lee shaa’anee kullihee, wa la takillnee ila nafsee turfatu aeeynin abadn

Silsilah Saheehah: 227


12- Obediance to the Leader in Goodness

"Obedience to the leader is a right upon the Muslim man, as long as the leader does not order him with disobedience to Allaah Azza wa Jal. So, if he orders you to disobey Allaah, then there is no obedience to him."

Silsilah Saheehah: 752

13- No obedience to the created if it means disobedience to the Creator

"There is no obedience due to anyone in disobedience to Allaah Tabarak wa Ta'aala."

Silsilah Saheehah: 179

"There is no obedience in disobedience to Allaah Tabaraka wa Ta'aala."

Silsilah Saheehah: 180

"There is no obedience to mankind in disobedience to Allaah, indeed obedience is in goodness.

Silsilah Saheehah: 181

The reason for this hadeeth:

The Messenger of Allaah- sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – dispatched an army, and he commanded a man to lead them, who lit a fire, and the man said to the army: enter into the fire. The people wanted to enter into the fire, but some of them said : verily we have just fled from the fire.

This was mentioned to the Messenger of Allaah - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – and he said to those who wanted to enter into it: if you entered it you would have remained in it until the Day of Judgment, and he said a good word to the others, and he said…..(the above hadeeth).

The extra wording in the hadeeth is from Tayyalisee and the context is by Muslim.

In another narration by him where he said:

“The Messenger of Allaah - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – dispatched a battalion and ordered a man from the Ansaar to lead them, and he ordered them to listen to him and obey him. They caused this man to get angry, so he said to them: Gather some firewood for me, so they gathered it for him. Then he said: light the fire and they lit the fire, then he said to them: Did not the Messenger of Allaah - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – order you to listen and to obey me? They said Yes, of course.
He said enter in to the fire!

So they started to look at each other, and said (and in another narration: a young boy said to them) : indeed we fled to the Messenger of Allaah - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – from the fire, [ do not be hasty, until you meet the Prophet - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – and if he orders you to enter it, then enter into it ], so this is what they did.

The man's anger came down/subsided, and the fire was put out. When they returned to the Prophet - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – and mentioned it to him, he said: if you had entered it, you would never have exited from it, indeed obedience is in goodness."

Narrated by Bukhari (8/47, 13/109), Muslim (6/16), Ahmad (1/82, 134) and other narrations which contain the extra wording is also by Ahmad.
This hadeeth has many benefits, the most important of which is the impermissibility of obedience to anyone, if it is disobedience to Allaah Tabarak wa Ta'aala, whether it is the leaders, scholars and the shaykhs.

Also from this hadeeth you get to know the misguidance of different groups of people;

The first: some of the soofis who obey their shaykhs, even if they command them to commit sins, using as a proof, that they in reality are not committing sins. Also that the shaykh sees that which the follower does not see.

I know a shaykh from amongst these people who appointed himself as a leader. He mentioned a story to his followers in some of his lessons in the masjid, the summary of which is, one of the Soofi shaykhs ordered one of his followers that during the night he should go to his father and kill him while he is in his bed next to his wife! So when he killed him, he returned to the shaykh, happily having carried out the command of the shaykh! The shaykh looked at him and said: Do you think that you have really killed your father? Rather he is your mother's boyfriend! As for your father he is away!
Then he makes and presents a Sharia' ruling, as he claims, from his story, and he says to his followers : If a shaykh orders his follower with a ruling which is apparently against the Sharia', it is upon the followers to obey him in this, then he said: Do you not see this shaykh, he apparently orders the boy to kill his father, however in reality he ordered him to kill the one who fornicated with his mother, and that person deserved to be killed!

The falsity of this story is not hidden according to the Sharia' from many angles:

Firstly: Carrying out the punishment is not the right of the shaykh, no matter how important he is; rather it is from the right of the leader or the one in charge.

Secondly : if the case was that this actually took place, then why did he only carry out the punishment on the man and not the woman, and they both fornicated?

Thirdly: the Sharia' ruling for the married adulterer is to be stoned to death, and the person is not killed except by stoning. From this it is clear that the shaykh has opposed the Sharia' from many angles, this is also the situation with the follower who based upon this previous story, made it incumbent upon the Muslims to be obedient to the shaykh, to the extent one of them said to the people: if you see the shaykh and he is wearing a cross around his neck, then it is not allowed to criticize him!

With all the clarity of the absurdity of these stories, and their opposition together to the Sharia' and to the intellect, we find some people become deceived by these stories, and amongst them some of the cultured youth.

A discussion took place between me and one of those youths about that story, and he had heard it from that follower of the shaykh, and what the shaykh had based his ruling upon. However, the discussion with him did not bring about any benefit. He persisted in believing this story, since according to his claim, it was a miracle, and he added: you people reject miracles!

So when I said to him: If your shaykh orders you to kill your father, would you do it?

He said: Indeed, I have not reached that level yet!

So after this can anyone be blamed for characterizing the religion of these shaykhs except that they are the opium of the people?

The second group is:
The blind followers who prefer to follow the statements of the Madhab above the statement of the Prophet - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam with what is clearly taken from the statements of the Prophet - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam.

So if it is said to one of them, for example: do not pray the Sunnah of the Fajr prayer after the obligatory prayer has begun, due to the prohibition of the Prophet - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – from doing so, which is clear, they do not obey, and they say the Madhab allows this.


If it is said to them: the Nikah at-Tahleel ( whereby another man marries the divorced woman and then divorces so that she can be allowed to marry her first husband) is invalid, because the Prophet - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – cursed the one who does this. They would answer by saying: No, but it is permissible according to such and such Madhab!

There are hundreds of issues like this, and this is why many of the scholars held the opinion that the saying of Allaah Tabaraka wa Ta'ala about the Christians: << They took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides Allaah >> applies to these blind followers, as Fahkr ar-Razi has explained in his Tafseer.

14- From the Completeness of Relying upon Allaah Ta'ala is Leaving off Cauterization and Requesting Ruqiyaah

“Whoever gets cauterized or requests Ruqiyaah then he is far from relying upon Allaah."

Silsilah Saheehah: 244

I say: this hadeeth shows a dislike of cauterization, and requesting Ruqiyaah. As for the first thing then it is due to being afflicted with the fire. As for the other thing then it is due to the person being in need of someone else in which there is benefit, although this benefit is not strong.

This is why from the characteristics of those who enter Paradise with out being taken in account for anything, is that they do not request Ruqiyaah, nor do they become cauterized, nor do they seek omens, and they rely upon their Lord. As is mentioned in the hadeeth of Ibn Abbas in Bukhari and Muslim.


15- None knows the unseen except Allaah

" There are five things which are not know except to Allaah:

<<Verily, Allaah! With Him (Alone) is the knowledge of the Hour, He sends down the rain, and knows that which is in the wombs. No person knows what he will earn tomorrow, and no person knows in what land he will die. Verily, Allaah is the All-¬Knower, All-¬Aware >>”

Silsilah Saheehah: 2914

All Praise belongs to Allaah, may His peace and blessings be upon our final Prophet Muhammad, his family, his companions and all those who follow his guidance.

[Abbas.Abu.Yahya]

Part 4 - Ahadeeth Regarding Tawheed

The Ahadeeth of Tawheed
from the
‘Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah’
of
Shaykh Al-Albaani

Translated by
Abbas Abu Yahya

Chapters of Tawheed and the Shahahdatayn

16- The Excellence of Tawheed and Seeking Forgiveness

127- " Allaah Ta'aala said: O son of Adam, indeed you did not supplicate to Me and nor had hope in Me, except that I forgave you for all what you had done without any consideration.

O son of Adam even if your sins reached the clouds of the sky, and then you requested forgiveness from Me I would forgive you, without any consideration.

O son of Adam indeed if you came to Me with nearly the whole world in mistakes and you met Me not having associated anything with Me, I would bring the equivalent to that in forgiveness."

Silsilah Saheehah: 127


128- " Allaah Tabaraka wa Ta'aala said: One good deed is the equivalent of ten good deeds, or I might increase them. One bad deed (remains as one bad deed) or I forgive it, and if you meet me with the whole world in mistakes, not having associated anything with Me I would meet you with the equivalent to that in forgiveness."

Silsilah Saheehah:128


17- Forgiveness and Tawheed

1747- "Shall I not show you the major supplication for forgiveness?

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وأعـتـرف بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذنوبي, َإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

O Allaah You are my Lord, there is none worthy of worship in truth except You. You created me and I am Your slave and the son of your slave and I am abiding to Your covenant and promise as best as I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil that I have committed. I acknowledge Your favour upon me, I profess to you my sins and, so forgive me my sins. Verily no one forgives sins except you.

Allaahumma anta rabbee, la ilaha illa anta, Khalaqtanee, wa ana abduka wa ibn abduka, wa ana ala ahdika wa wa’dika mastata’tu, a’outhu bika min sharri ma sanatu, aboo’u laka bini’matika alayya, wa a'atarifu bithambee, faghfirlee thambee innahu la yaghfiru ath-thunooba ‘illa ‘anta

None says this when the evening arrives except Paradise becomes obligatory for him."

Silsilah Saheehah: 1747


195 – " I swear by the One in whose Hand is my soul, if you did not sin Allaah would have taken you away, and come with a people who would sin. Then they would seek forgiveness from Allaah, and He would forgive them."

Silsilah Saheehah: 195


1951 – " I swear by the One in whose Hand is my soul – or he said: I swear by the One in whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad – if you sinned, until your sins filled what is between the heavens and the earth, then you sought forgiveness from Allaah Azza wa Jal, He would forgive you.

I swear by the One in whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad – or he said: I swear by the One in whose Hand is my soul – if you did not sin, Allaah Azza wa Jal, would have brought a people who would sin and then seek forgiveness from Allaah, and He would forgive them."

Silsilah Saheehah: 1951


18- The bequest of Nooh – alayhi as-Sallam

134 - "When death was approaching the Prophet of Allaah Nooh -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – he said to his son: I will narrate to you my bequest; I command you with two things and prohibit you from two things. I command you with 'La ilaha ‘illa Allaah' (‘There is none worthy of worship in truth except Allaah) if the seven heavens and the seven earths were placed upon a scale and 'La ilaha ‘illa Allaah' was placed on the other, then 'La ilaha ‘illa Allaah' would be heavier.

If the seven heavens and the seven earths were a closed off circle then 'La ilaha ‘illa Allaah' would be able to break it.

The second thing I command you with is Subhana Allaahi wa bihamdihi (Far is Allaah from imperfection and praise is for Him), since it is a supplication for everything, and by it the creation is given its provision.

I prohibit you from Shirk and pride. ( the narrator said: I asked or someone asked) : O Messenger of Allaah as for shirk then we know about it, but what is pride? Is it that one of us has sandals with two good straps?

The Messenger answered: No.
He asked again: is it that one of us has companions and they sit with him?

The Messenger again answered: No.

Someone asked: O Messenger of Allaah, what is pride?

He said: ridiculing the truth and belittling the people and reviling them."
Silsilah Saheehah: 134

From the benefits of the hadeeth:

I say: there are many benefits from this hadeeth; I will suffice by indicating to some of them:

1- The permissibility of writing a bequest at the time of death.

2- The excellence of saying 'La ilaha ‘illa Allaah' and saying Subhana Allaah and that they are a cause for the creation to receive provision from Allaah.

3- The scales on the Day of Judgment are true and real, and they have two pans. This is from the belief of the ahl-ul Sunnah, opposing that of the Mu'tazilah and their followers in the modern times. Who do not believe that which has been affirmed regarding 'Aqeedah in the authentic Ahadeeth, with the claim that these are Ahkbaar al-Ahad (singular narrations) which do not convey certainty. I have exposed this claim in my book 'with ustaadh at-Tantawee'.

4 - The seven earths are like the seven heavens. There are many Ahadeeth regarding this in Bukhari and Muslim and in other books. Perhaps one day we will have time to follow up these Ahadeeth and research them.

What supports these Ahadeeth is the saying of Allaah Tabaraka wa Ta' aala : << It is Allaah Who has created seven heavens and of the earth the like thereof (i.e. seven). >> i.e. they are similar in creation and in number.

So, you should not pay any attention to the one who explains it away, there by it ends up as a negation of similarity as well as in numbers, being deceived by the Europeans and where their knowledge has reached to, from having gone up in to space however they do not know of seven earths, along with that they do not know about seven heavens.

Will we reject the speech of Allaah and the speech of His Messenger due to the ignorance of the Europeans and others along with them, declaring that the more they increase their knowledge of the universe, the more they increase in their ignorance of it. Allaah the Most Great has spoken the truth when He said : << And of knowledge, you (mankind) have been given only a little>>

5 - That beautification with good clothing has nothing to do with pride what so ever. Rather, it is a matter which is permissible, because Allaah is Beautiful and He loves beauty, like the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said regarding this issue, as is narrated by Muslim in his 'Saheeh'.

6- Pride which has been equated with Shirk will not allow entrance in to Paradise for the one who has an equivalent of an atoms worth. That is the pride, which is rejecting the truth after it has been made clear, and defaming innocent people without truth.

So, the Muslim should be extremely cautious from being characterized with this type of pride, just like he should be extremely cautious from being characterized with the Shirk which places its companion in the Hell-fire for eternity.

All Praise belongs to Allaah, may His peace and blessings be upon our final Prophet Muhammad, his family, his Companions and all those who follow his guidance.