One Who Opens The Door To Good
Darussalam · Volume 1
The Book Of The SunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 238 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 87
Source no. 238 · Volume 1 · Page 310
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ضعيف جدا، المشكاة (٥٢٠٨) ، التعليق الرغيب (١ / ٥٠)
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238. It was narrated from Sahl bin Sa'd that the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "This goodness contains many treasures, and for those treasures there are keys. So glad tidings to the one whom Allâh makes a key to good and a lock for evil, and woe to the one whom Allâh makes a key to evil and a lock to good." (Da'if)
238 - حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَيْلِيُّ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّ هَذَا الْخَيْرَ خَزَائِنُ، وَلِتِلْكَ الْخَزَائِنِ مَفَاتِيحُ، فَطُوبَى لِعَبْدٍ جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ مِفْتَاحًا لِلْخَيْرِ، مِغْلَاقًا لِلشَّرِّ، وَوَيْلٌ لِعَبْدٍ جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ مِفْتَاحًا لَلشَّرِّ، مِغْلَاقًا لِلْخَيْرِ»
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Arabic phrases, literally translated here as 'keys of good' and 'locks of evil', are in fact expressions meaning 'the people who open the door of good and close the door of evil', and so on. Thus, in plain language the person possessing the keys of good is the one whom Allāh grants the ability to attract more and more people to the path of good, and block the path of evil and, thus, keep the people from falling into error. On the other hand, the person who chooses to be an associate of the Devil, would be the one who opens the door of evil through which multitudes of people go astray, and take the path of Hell. Such a man can be said to have closed the door of good on the people and kept them from taking the path of guidance.