What a Bad Servant we are...

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What a Bad Servant we are!

Imaam al-Hasan al-Basree Rahimahullaah

From Ghunyat-ut-Talibeen of Shaykh 'Abdul-Qaadir al-Jeelaani rahimahullaah

Al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah bestow His mercy upon him) said:
"What a bad servant [of the Lord] is he! I am speaking of a servant who fits the following description:

  1. He asks for forgiveness (maghfirah), while he is actively engaged in sinful disobedience (ma’siya).

  2. He behaves in a humbly submissive manner, so that he may be credited with loyalty (amana), but he is only pretending, to hide his disloyalty (khiyanah).

  3. He forbids what is wrong, but does not refrain from it himself.

  4. He enjoins what is right, but does not act upon his own instructions.

  5. If he gives, he does so very stingily, and if he withholds, he offers no apology.

  6. If he is in the best of health, he feels secure, but if he falls sick, he becomes remorseful.

  7. If he is impoverished, he feels sad, and if he gets rich, he is subject to temptation.

  8. He hopes for salvation, but does not act accordingly.

  9. He is afraid of punishment, but takes no precautions against it.

  10. He wishes to receive more benefit, but he does not give thanks [for what he has received].

  11. He likes the idea of spiritual reward, but he does not practice patience.

  12. He expedites sleep and postpones fasting"

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May Allah:swt: make us a good servant of HIM. Aameen.

May this post of yours become the source of light and guidance to every muslim who visits this site.

You are right! We are bad servants and our current collective situation of humiliation is the proof of that.

May Allah gave all of us hidayah and guidance and make our intentions pure for impure intentions are of a hypocrite and a hypocrite will be in the lowest depth of the hell-fire.

It’s scary indeed.

Thanks for the reminder. May Allah make us a practicing muslim whose intention is none but to please his Lord..

:jazak:

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May this post of yours become the source of light and guidance to every muslim who visits this site.
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Aameen

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You are right! We are bad servants and our current collective situation of humiliation is the proof of that.
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Very true, yah Akhee. And those few Muslims who decided to do something for the Ummah are crticised and defamed by the masses.

Indeed Islaam is Strange once again as our Prophet Sallallaahu 'Alayhi Was-Sallam told us it would be. And the real adherents to the Religion of Allaah are Strangers.

Fa Tuba lil Ghurabah - So Tuba is for the Strangers.

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May Allah gave all of us hidayah and guidance and make our intentions pure for impure intentions are of a hypocrite and a hypocrite will be in the lowest depth of the hell-fire.
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Allaahumma Aameen.

Jubayr ibn Nufayr reported that he heard Abu ad-Darda', radhiallaahu 'anhu in his last prayer while he had finished from the Tashaahud, seeking refuge from Allaah from hypocrisy.

Jubayr said to him: "Oh Abu ad-DArda', you are far from hypocrisy."

Abu ad-Darda' replied: "I swear by Allaah that a man can be turned away from his Religion in an hour and become a Kaffir."

Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa of al-Imaam adh-Dhahabi - 6/383. The Isnaad is Authentic.

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Thanks for the reminder. May Allah make us a practicing muslim whose intention is none but to please his Lord..
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Aameen.

Hayak Allaah Akhee.

May Allaah increase you in beneficial knowledge and make you a Martyr in His Cause.

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:jazak:

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:jazak: