Gardens of the Righteous — Page 1
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH. MOST GRACIOUS, EVER MERCIFUL 1. . On Sincerity and the Importance of Motive in every type of Action. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 1. They had only been commanded to worship Allah, devoting themselves wholly to Him in full sincerity, and to observe Prayer and to pay the Zakat. This is the enduring faith (98. 6). 2. Their flesh reaches not Allah, nor their blood, but it is your righteousness that reaches Him (22. 37). 3. Warn them. O Prophet: Whether you keep hidden that which is in your minds, or disclose it, Allah knows it well (3. 30). 1. Umar ibn Khattab has related that he heard the Holy Prophet say:. Motive determines the value of all conduct, and a person attains that which he desires. If the motive of one who emigrates is to attain to Allah and His. Messenger, then that is the purpose of his migration; and he who migrates seeking the world attains to it, and he who migrates for the sake of a woman, marries her and thus his migration is for the purpose he has in mind (Bokhari and Muslim). 2. Ayesha has related that the Holy Prophet said: A host will advance upon the Ka'aba and when it reaches the plain all of them, the first and the last, will be swallowed up by the earth. Whereupon she said: Messenger of Allah, why all of them? He replied: All of them will be swallowed up, but they will be raised up for judgment according to their motives (Bokhari and Muslim). 3. Ayesha has related that the Holy Prophet said: After the fall of Mecca emigration is no longer obligatory; but striving in the cause of Allah and yearning for it continue obligatory; when you are called you should go forth (Bokhari and Muslim). 4. Jabir ibn Abdullah has related: We were with the Holy Prophet in a campaign when he said: There are some people in Medina who are with you in spirit wherever you march and whatever valley you traverse. It is only illness that has kept them from being with you in person; and one version adds: They are your partners in reward (Muslim). Bokhari's version is: Anas has related: We were returning from the campaign of Tabuk with the Holy Prophet when he said: There are people left behind in Medina who were with us in spirit in every pass we crossed and every valley we traversed. They were kept back by some disability. 5. Ma'an ibn Yathid ibn Akhnas (all three Companions) has related: My father set aside some dinars for charity and gave them to a person in the 1