CHAPTER 4
SUSPICION OF HYPOCRISY REGARDTNG THE HEEDLESS
The Holy Qur’an says:
“Among them are some who give ear unto thee (Muhammad) till, when they go forth from thy presence.”
(47 : 16)
In another Verse the Almighty Allah says:
“Already have We urged unto hell many of the jinn and human-kind, having hearts wherewith they
understand not.” (7:179)
Asma’ (Allah be pleased with her) reported Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah upon him) as
saying: You will be put to trials in your graves and these trials will be like the trials of ad-Dajjal. You will
be asked, “What do you know about this man(the Prophet Muhammad (peace end blessings of Allah be
upon him). Then the faithful believer will reply, “He is Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him), Allah’s Apostle who had come to us with clear evidences and guidance and so we accepted his
teachings and followed him.” Then the angels will say to him, “Sleep in peace as we have come to know
that you were a faithful believer.” On the other hand, a hypocrite of suspicious nature will reply, “I do not
know, but I heard the people saying something and so I said it (the same).” Bukhari and Muslim transmitted
it.
In another tradition reported by Bara’ b. ‘Azib, the words are as follows: A believer will reply that he is
Allah’s Messenger. Both the Angels will say : Yon read Allah’s Book, believed in it. Indeed you have
spoken the truth.
CHAPTER 5
THE WORD OF ALLAH
“And there are amongst them, the unlettered ones who do not know the Book, but vain desires.” (2 :71)
The Holy Qur’an says:
“The likeness of those who are entrusted with the Law of Moses, yet apply it not, is as the likeness of the
ass carrying books.” (62: 5)
Abu Darda’ (Allah be pleased with him) reported that we were in the company of the Holy Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allah be upon him). He (the Holy Prophet) looked towards the sky and mentioned a matter
saying: “That will be at the time when knowledge departs.” Ziad b. Labid Ansari (Allah be pleased with
him) asked, “How can knowledge part when we recite the Qur’an and teach it to our children and they will
teach it to their children up till the Day of Resurrection?” He (the Holy Prophet) replied, “I am astonished at
you, Ziad. I thought you were the most learned man in Medina. Do not these Jews and Christians read the
Torah and the Injil (Bible) without knowing a thing about their contents?”” Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying
this is a hasan gharib hadith.
‘Aisha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that when the following Verse was revealed to the Messenger of
Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) :
“Lo! in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of night and day, and the ships which
run upon the sea with that which is of use to men, and the water which Allah sendeth down from the sky,
thereby reviving the earth after its death, and dispersing all kinds of beasts therein, and (in) the ordinance of
the winds, and the clouds obedient between heaven and earth: are signs (of Allah’s Sovereignty) for a
people who have sense.” (2 : 164)
he (the Holy Prophet) said: There is a destruction for a person who recited this Verse but did not ponder
over it. Ibn Hibban transmitted it.