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Hadith 722
Hadith #
722
Book
Nahj al-Balāgha
Volume
1
Section
160
Part
Sermons
Chapter
Following the examples of Muhammad and the past prophets
Source
al-Sharīf al-Raḍī
۞
[Following the example of the Holy Prophet :] You should follow your Prophet, the pure, the chaste, may Allāh bless him and his descendants. In him is the example for the follower, and the consolation for the seeker of consolation. The most beloved person before Allāh is he who follows His Prophet and who treads in his footsteps. He took the least (share) from this world and did not take a full glance at it. Of all the people of the world he was the least satiated and the most empty of stomach. The world was offered to him but he refused to accept it. When he knew that Allāh, the Glorified, hated a thing, he too hated it; that Allāh held a thing low, he too held it low; that Allāh held a thing small, he too held it small. If we love what Allāh and His Prophet hate and hold great what Allāh and His prophet hold small that would be enough isolation from Allāh and transgression of His commands.
[الرسول الاعظم (صلى الله عليه وآله) :] فَتَأَسَّ بِنَبِيِّكَ الاْطْيَبِ الاْطْهَرِ(صلى الله عليه وآله) فَإِنَّ فِيهِ أُسْوَةً لِمَنْ تَأَسَّى، وَعَزَاءً لِمَنْ تَعَزَّى ـ وَأَحَبُّ الْعِبَادِ إِلَى اللهِ الْمُتَأَسِّي بِنَبِيِّهِ، وَالْمُقْتَصُّ لاِثَرِهِ ـ قَضَمَ الدُّنْيَا قَضْما، وَلَمْ يُعِرْهَا طَرْفاً، أَهْضَمُ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا كَشْحاً، وَأَخْمَصُهُمْ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا بَطْناً، عُرِضَتْ عَلَيْهِ الدُّنْيَا فَأَبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَهَا، وَعَلِمَ أَنَّ اللهَ سُبْحَانَهُ أَبْغَضَ شَيْئاً فَأَبْغَضَهُ، وَحَقَّرَ شَيْئاً فَحَقَّرَهُ، وَصَغَّرَ شَيْئاً فَصَغَّرَهُ. وَلَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِينَا إِلاَّ حُبُّنَا مَا أَبْغَضَ اللهُ، وَتَعْظِيمُنَا مَا صَغَّرَ اللهُ، لَكَفَى بِهِ شِقَاقاً للهِ، وَمُحَادَّةً عَنْ أَمْرِ اللهِ.
Tags Prophet Muhammad

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