Rasulullaah (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) Gives the Glad Tidings of Jannah for the Person who Dies Without Committing Shirk

Rasulullaah (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) Gives the Glad Tidings of Jannah for the Person who Dies Without Committing Shirk

Hadhrat Abu Dharr ( Radi allahu anhu ) narrates, "When I came outdoors one night, I

happened to see Rasulullaah (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) walking all alone. Thinking to myself that perhaps Rasulullaah (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) did not like anyone to be walking with him, I started walking where the moonlight was not shining (so that he may not notice me).

Rasulullaah (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) however turned around and when he saw me, he asked, Who is there?' 1 replied by saying, 'It is Abu Dharr ( Radi allahu anhu ). My Allaah sacrifice me for you!' Come here, O Abu Dharr,' Rasulullaah (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) called out. After walking with him for a while, Rasulullaah (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, 'Verily those with plenty of wealth will have the least (rewards) on the Day of Qiyaamah except for the person whom Allaah gives wealth in abundance and he distributes it to his right, his left, in front of him and

behind him, using it all in good causes.'I then walked on a while longer with Rasulullaah (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) when he said, 'Sit down here.' It was an open plain surrounded by stones where he made me sit. He then said to me, 'Remain here until I return.' Rasulullaah (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) then walked away into the rocky plain until he disappeared from my view. He was away for a long time until I eventually heard him say as he returned, 'Even though he commits

adultery or steals?' When he returned, I could not wait to ask, 'May Allaah

sacrifice me for you, O Nabi of Allaah (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)! With whom were you talking

amongst the rocks? I heard no one reply to you.' Rasulullaah (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) replied, 'That was Jibra'eel who came to me when I was a amongst the rocks. He said,

Give your Ummah the good news that whoever of them dies without

committing Shirk shall enter jannah.' 'O Jibra'eel!' I asked, 'Even though he

commits adultery or steals?' Yes,' he replied.

Even though he commits adultery or steals, O Rasulullaah (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)?I 'e choed. 'Yes,' Rasolullaah (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) replied. I repeated, 'Even though he commits adultery or steals?' 'Certainly,' Rasulullaah (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) replied, 'even though he drinks wine."' Another narration adds that after Hadhrat Abu Dharr ( Radi allahu anhu repeated the

question for the fourth time, Rasulullaah (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Even though Abu Dharr's nose is rubbed in dust (i.e. this shall be the case even though Abu Dharr may not

agree)

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