• The Best Speech
  • "And We have assigned them (devils) intimate companions (in this world), who have made fair- seeming to them, what was before them (evil deeds which they were doing in the present worldly life and disbelief in the Reckoning and the Resurrection, etc.) and what was behind them (denial of the matters in the coming life of the Hereafter as regards punishment or reward, etc.), And the Word (i.e, the torment) is justified against them as it was justified against those who were among the previous generations of jinns and men that had passed away before them, Indeed they (all) were the losers." [Fussilat (41):25]
  • The Best Guidance
  • Narrated Abu Jamra:

    I used to sit with Ibn 'Abbas and he made me sit on his sitting place. He requested me to stay with him in order that he might give me a share from his property. So I stayed with him for two months. Once he told (me) that when the delegation of the tribe of 'Abdul Qais came to the Prophet, the Prophet asked them, "Who are the people (i.e. you)? (Or) who are the delegate?" They replied, "We are from the tribe of Rabi'a." Then the Prophet said to them, "Welcome! O people (or O delegation of 'Abdul Qais)! Neither will you have disgrace nor will you regret." They said, "O Allah's Apostle! We cannot come to you except in the sacred month and there is the infidel tribe of Mudar intervening between you and us. So please order us to do something good (religious deeds) so that we may inform our people whom we have left behind (at home), and that we may enter Paradise (by acting on them)." Then they asked about drinks (what is legal and what is illegal). The Prophet ordered them to do four things and forbade them from four things. He ordered them to believe in Allah Alone and asked them, "Do you know what is meant by believing in Allah Alone?" They replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." Thereupon the Prophet said, "It means:
    1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah's Apostle.
    2. To offer prayers perfectly.
    3. To pay the Zakat (obligatory charity).
    4. To observe fast during the month of Ramadan.
    5. And to pay Al-Khumus (one fifth of the booty to be given in Allah's Cause).
    Then he forbade them four things, namely, Hantam, Dubba, 'Naqir Ann Muzaffat or Muqaiyar; (These were the names of pots in which Alcoholic drinks were prepared) (The Prophet mentioned the container of wine and he meant the wine itself). The Prophet further said (to them): "Memorize them (these instructions) and convey them to the people whom you have left behind." [The Book of Faith Volume 1, Book 2, Hadeeth 50]
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