The Bequest of Nooh (alayhi as-Salaam) to his Son at the time of his Death – Shaykh Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee


134 – “When death was approaching the Prophet of Allaah Nooh -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – he said to his son: I will narrate to you my bequest; I command you with two things and prohibit you from two things. I command you with ‘La ilaha ‘illa Allaah’ (‘There is none worthy of worship in truth except Allaah) if the seven heavens and the seven earths were placed upon a scale and ‘La ilaha ‘illa Allaah’ was placed on the other, then 'La ilaha ‘illa Allaah’ would be heavier.


If the seven heavens and the seven earths were a closed off circle then ‘La ilaha ‘illa Allaah’ would be able to break it.


The second thing I command you with is Subhana
Allaahi wa bihamdihi (Far is Allaah from
imperfection and praise is for Him), since it is a
supplication for everything, and by it the creation is given its provision. I prohibit you from shirk and pride.

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( the narrator said: I asked or someone asked) : O
Messenger of Allaah as for shirk then we know about it, but what is pride? Is it that one of us has sandals with two good straps?

The Messenger answered: No.

He asked again: is it that one of us has companions and they sit with him?

The Messenger again answered: No.

Someone asked: O Messenger of Allaah, what is pride?

He said: ridiculing the truth and belittling the people and reviling them .”

Silsilah Saheehah: 134


From the benefits of the hadeeth :
I say: there are many benefits from this hadeeth;
I will suffice by indicating to some of them:

1- The permissibility of writing a bequest at the
time of death.

2- The excellence of saying ‘La ilaha ‘illa Allaah’
and saying Subhana Allaah and that they are a
cause for the creation to receive provision from
Allaah.

3- The scales on the Day of Judgment are true
and real, and they have two pans. This is from
the belief of the ahl-ul Sunnah, opposing that of
the Mu’tazilah and their followers in the modern
times. Who do not believe that which has been
affirmed regarding ‘Aqeedah in the authentic
Ahadeeth, with the claim that these are Ahkbaar
al-Ahad (singular narrations) which do not convey
certainty. I have exposed this claim in my book
‘with ustaadh at-Tantawee’.

4 – The seven earths are like the seven heavens .
There are many Ahadeeth regarding this in
Bukharee and Muslim and in other books. Perhaps
one day we will have time to follow up these
Ahadeeth and research them. What supports
these Ahadeeth is the saying of Allaah Tabaraka
wa Ta’ aala : << It is Allaah Who has created seven
heavens and of the earth the like thereof (i.e.
seven). >> I.e. they are similar in creation and in
number.
So, you should not pay any attention to the one
who explains it away, there by it ends up as a
negation of similarity as well as in numbers,
being deceived by the Europeans and where their
knowledge has reached to, from having gone up in
to space however they do not know of seven
earths, along with that they do not know about
seven heavens. Will we reject the speech of Allaah
and the speech of His Messenger due to the
ignorance of the Europeans and others along with
them, declaring that the more they increase their
knowledge of the universe, the more they increase
in their ignorance of it. Allaah the Most Great has
spoken the truth when He said : << And of
knowledge, you (mankind) have been given only a
little >>

5 – That beautification with good clothing has
nothing to do with pride what so ever. Rather, it
is a matter which is permissible, because Allaah
is Beautiful and He loves beauty, like the
Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam
– said regarding this issue, as is narrated by
Muslim in his ‘Saheeh’.

6- Pride which has been equated with Shirk will
not allow entrance in to Paradise for the one who
has an equivalent of an atoms worth. That is the
pride, which is rejecting the truth after it has been
made clear, and defaming innocent people without
truth. So, the Muslim should be extremely cautious from being characterized with this type of pride, just like he should be extremely cautious from being characterized with the Shirk which places its companion in the Hell-fire for eternity.

All Praise belongs to Allaah, may His peace and
blessings be upon our final Prophet Muhammad,
his family, his companions and all those who
follow his guidance

The Ahadeeth of Tawheed, Explained By the
Muhaaddith, the Allaamah, Shaykh Naasirud-Deen
al-Albaanee (rahimullaah), Source: Silsilah
Ahadeeth As-Saheehah of Shaykh Al-Albaani
(rahimahullaah), Translated by: Abbas Abu Yahya
(hafidhahullaah).


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