Gardens of the Righteous — Page 42
42. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS 163. Abu Musa relates that the Holy Prophet observed: The case of the guidance and knowledge with which I have seen sent is that of rain which falls on land part of which is good and fertile and dry grass thereon turns green and a quantity of new and fresh grass is produced; and part of it is dry and it stores up the water and God makes it beneficial for people, they drink from it and use it for cultivation; and part of it is a barren plain which neither retains the water nor produces fresh grass. This is the case of those who understand the faith revealed by Allah and benefit from that with which Allah has sent me and learn it and teach it; and of those who do not stir their heads to gain knowledge of the faith and do not accept the guidance with which I have been sent (Bokhari and. Muslim). 164. Jabir relates that the Holy Prophet said: You and I are as if a person kindles a fire and moths and such-like rush to fall into it and he strives to screen them from it. I hold you by your waists and you struggle to fall out of my hands (Muslim). 165. Jabir relates that the Holy Prophet urged the licking of fingers and the gleaning of vessels. He said: You do not know which part of the food is more richly blest (Muslim). Another version adds: If any of you should happen to drop a morsel, he should pick it up, cleanse it of dust etc. and eat it and not leave it for. Satan. Nor should you wipe your hands with a napkin without licking the food off your fingers, for you know not which part of the food is more richly blest. . Another version is: Satan is present with you on all occasions, even when you are eating. Then if a morsel should fall from your hand, you should pick it up, cleanse it of dust etc. and eat it and not leave it for Satan. 166. Ibn Abbas relates: The Holy Prophet admonished us: O ye people, you will be assembled before Allah bare-footed, naked and uncircumcised. As. We began the first creation, so shall We repeat it. We have charged Ourself with it, and so shall We do (21. 105). Hearken, the first creature to be clothed will be. Abraham. Some of my people will be brought who will be led to the left. I shall call out: Lord, these are my companions. I will be told: You do not know what did they perpetrate after you. Then I shall say what another righteous servant of. Allah said: I watched over them as long as I was present among them, but since. Thou didst cause me to die, Thou hast been the One to watch over them. Indeed. Thou dost watch over all things. If Thou decide to punish them they are Thy servants; and if Thou forgive them, Thou surely art the Mighty, the Wise (5. 118-119). I shall be told: They continued to turn away on their heels since you parted from them (Bokhari and Muslim). 167. Abdullah ibn Mughaffal relates that the Holy Prophet forbade shooting pebbles by manipulating the thumb and forefinger as a sling, and said:. Such a shot does not kill game, nor put the enemy out of action, but it gouges out an eye or breaks a tooth (Bokhari and Muslim). A close relative of Ibn. Mughaffal shot a pebble in this manner and he rebuked him saying: The Holy. Prophet forbade it and said that it does not kill game. But the man did not desist and repeated his act whereupon Ibn Mughaffal said to him: I told you