You would be constantly doubting and questioning yourself over whether what you did was permissible or not. Al-Teebi explains this portion of the hadith by saying that if a believer finds his heart disturbed by something, he should avoid that.
This is because the heart of a true believer is tranquil at the sight of truth and righteousness, and his heart becomes unsure and shaky at the sight of falsehood and wrong. However, we must keep in mind that this criterion applies only to the guided righteous Muslim who is enlightened by wahi, i. In fact, he may be at peace at the sight of falsehood and could reject or become uneasy at the sight of truth, making him similar to a hypocrite. The criterion of this hadith can be activated by certain conditions like:.
Therefore, following the commandments in the Quran and sunnah, taking extra effort to learn about this deen from authentic sources and sticking to the Quran and sunnah at all times are some of the most powerful ways to distinguish truth from falsehood, in turn helping you protect your faith, making you successful in both worlds.
Those who indulge in prohibited actions and those who do not observe the obligatory deeds will not be able to activate this criterion in their hearts, leading to misguidance and straying away from the straight path.
Al-Hasan was born in the year 3 A. They grew up together around the Prophet s and his mosque. Al-Hasan r was a very pious man, who sought to avoid any of the political strife of his time.
After the death of his father Ali r , he became the caliph, but renounced the position to avoid discord. He came to an agreement in 41 A. In this way, he achieved the Prophecy that way made by the Messenger of Allah s when he said his grandson al-Hassan was a leader and that Allah would bring back together two great groups of Muslims through him r.
Al-Hasan was quite young when the Prophet s died, but he narrated thirteen hadith from him. He died in the year 50 A. If we only carry out acts that we are certain are permissible then our hearts will be free from doubt. The one who gets involved in doubtful matters on the other hand, will never find their heart to be completely at ease.
But where are such people today? Al-Bugha and Mistu make the point that the masses are in need of examples, rulers or scholars, who take such an approach. They need to see in front of them those people who follow what is permissible, avoid what is forbidden and also avoid what is doubtful. If the people have no such example, then they get involved in the doubtful matters without any bad feelings whatsoever in their conscience.
Indeed, they even go beyond that and boldly go into the forbidden as they have no example to show them the proper way of taqwa and piety. Al-Baitaar goes even further and states that it is a must for those who are being taken as examples and being followed to avoid doubtful matters and to set the proper example for the others to follow.
Nowadays, many of those who are being looked upon as examples are setting the worst example because they willingly and easily fall into doubtful and questionable matters, taking the matter very lightly.
If there is any difference of opinion whatsoever, they follow the easiest opinion regardless whether the truth is on their side or not. These are the people who are often times being taken as examples today.
Therefore, it is no surprise that the masses are going even beyond the doubtful into the clearly forbidden. Al-Teebi explains this portion of the hadith by saying that if a believer finds his heart being disturbed by something, he should avoid that thing. This is because the heart of the true believer is tranquil at the sight of truth and righteousness. However, the heart becomes unsure and shaky at the sight of falsehood and wrong.
Of course, this is truly the case when the person is attune to the Quran, sunnah and following the way of the Salaf If his heart is diseased and indulging in forbidden and doubtful acts, then his heart cannot recognize truth and falsehood.
It may even become uneasy at the sight of truth and at rest at the sight of falsehood, like the heart of the hypocrites. It extinguishes the lamp of falsehood for falsehood is darkness and darkness cannot mix with light. However, in general, truth brings about tranquillity. He does not quiver or doubt. When a person does what is truthful and correct, he never has to blame himself later.
Furthermore, the truthful will be rewarded and saved by Allah due to their truthfulness. Again, this aspect is especially true for the believer who has knowledge of the religion. That his heart is very satisfied with something is a sign that the thing is good and proper.
But when his heart is disturbed and cannot rest because of something, this is a sign that the thing is not right. There is something wrong and unacceptable about it. Ibn Raj ab points out that this is one of the reasons why the intelligent people accepted the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him so readily while the same people rejected Musailamah, the liar.
By his speech, they knew the Prophet peace be upon him was true. His speech put their heart at rest because there was no room for any doubt about what he was saying. The heart could definitely not feel comfortable and accept the claims he was making. Again, though, this principle only applies if the heart is not corrupted and diseased.
Otherwise, it cannot recognize truth from falsehood. Ibn Uthaimin mentions another aspect of falsehood being doubt. He says that the first one who has doubts and suspicions is the one who committed the falsehood or lie.
He has doubt whether or not the people believed what he said. That is why liars very often swear by Allah as to what they said as they need people to believe their lies. Was this answer helpful? No Yes. Password should contain small, capital letter and at least 8 characters long. Log in Create an account. Can't log in to your account?
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