Gardens of the Righteous — Page 124
124. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS 587. Ibn Abbas relates that the Holy Prophet passed by some graves in. Medina. He faced towards them and said: Peace be on you dwellers of the graves. May Allah forgive you and us. You are our heralds and we are following you (Tirmidhi). 67. . On the Undesirability of Praying for Death 588. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: No one of you should wish for death, for if he is virtuous it is possible that he might add to his good works, and if he is an evil doer he might be able to remedy his past. Bokhari and Muslim). . Muslim's version is: No one of you should wish or pray for it before it comes to him. When he dies his actions will be terminated; and in the case of a believer his age only adds to good for him. 589. This hadith is the same as No. 40. 590. Qais ibn Hazum relates: We went to visit Khubaib ibn Arat in his illness. He had had his blood let at seven places. He said: Our companions who have passed on before have lost nothing in respect of the world and we have found that the only place for it is in the earth. Had the Holy Prophet not forbidden us praying for death, I would have prayed for it. Thereafter we visited him again and he was repairing a wall. He said: There is a reward for a. Muslim in respect of everything on which he spends money except when he commits it to clay (Bokhari and Muslim). 68. . On Piety and Discarding the Doubtful. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 204. You thought it to be a light matter, while in the sight of Allah it was a grievous thing (24. 16). 205. . Thy Lord is on the watch (89. 15). 591. Nu'man ibn Bashir relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say:. That which is lawful is clear and also that which is unlawful, and between the two is that which is doubtful of which most people are not aware. He who keeps off the doubtful secures his faith and his honour, but he who falls into the doubtful falls into the unlawful, like a shepherd who grazes his flock in the vicinity of a protected pasture and runs the risk that some of his flock might