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Regarding Sūrat Al-Hajj

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Darussalam · Volume 5

44. The Chapters On The Tafsīr Of The Qur'ān From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 5 ¦ الصفحة: 230

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(1). 3168. 'Imrān bin Ḥuṣain narrated when (the following) was revealed: "O mankind! Have Taqwā of your Lord! Verily the earthquake of the hour is a terrible thing..." up to His saying: "But Allāh's torment is severe...."[1] – he said: "These Āyāt were revealed while he ﷺ was on a journey and he said: 'Do you know what Day this is?' So they said: 'Allāh and His Messenger know better.' He said: 'That is the Day when Allāh says to Ādam: Send forth those who are to be sent to the Fire. So he says: O Lord! How many are to be sent? He says: Nine-hundred and ninety-nine in the Fire, and one to Paradise. He said: "So the Muslims started crying. Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Close your ranks and be straight forward, for there was never any Prophethood but there was a time of ignorance just before his advent, so the number will be taken from that time of ignorance, and if that is not enough, it will be made up from the hypocrites. The parable of you and the other nations is that you are like a mark on the foreleg of an animal, or a mole on the flank of a camel.' Then he said: 'I hope that you will be a quarter of the people of Paradise.' They said Allāhu Akbar. Then he said: 'I hope that you will be a third of the people of Paradise.' They said Allāhu Akbar. Then he said: 'I hope that you will be half of the people of Paradise.' They said Allāhu Akbar.' He said: "I do not know if he said two thirds or not." (Da'if)[1] [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ, it has been reported through other routes from 'Imrān bin Ḥuṣain from the Prophet ﷺ.

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٣١٦٨ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنِ ‌ابْنِ جُدْعَانَ ، عَنِ ‌الْحَسَنِ ، عَنْ ‌عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ : أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: {يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ السَّاعَةِ شَيْءٌ عَظِيمٌ}، إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: {وَلَكِنَّ عَذَابَ اللهِ شَدِيدٌ}، قَالَ: أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ وَهُوَ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَقَالَ: أَتَدْرُونَ أَيُّ يَوْمٍ ذَلِكَ؟ فَقَالُوا: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ: ذَلِكَ يَوْمَ يَقُولُ اللهُ لِآدَمَ: ابْعَثْ بَعْثَ النَّارِ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَبِّ، وَمَا بَعْثُ النَّارِ؟ قَالَ: تِسْعُمِائَةٍ وَتِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ وَوَاحِدٌ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ. قَالَ: فَأَنْشَأَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ يَبْكُونَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: قَارِبُوا وَسَدِّدُوا، فَإِنَّهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ نُبُوَّةٌ قَطُّ إِلَّا كَانَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا جَاهِلِيَّةٌ، قَالَ: فَيُؤْخَذُ الْعَدَدُ مِنَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَإِنْ تَمَّتْ وَإِلَّا كَمُلَتْ مِنَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ، وَمَا مَثَلُكُمْ وَالْأُمَمِ إِلَّا كَمَثَلِ الرَّقْمَةِ فِي ذِرَاعِ الدَّابَّةِ، أَوْ كَالشَّامَةِ فِي جَنْبِ الْبَعِيرِ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونُوا رُبُعَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ. فَكَبَّرُوا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونُوا ثُلُثَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ. فَكَبَّرُوا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونُوا نِصْفَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ. فَكَبَّرُوا قَالَ: وَلَا أَدْرِي قَالَ: الثُّلُثَيْنِ أَمْ لَا؟». هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ، قَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.

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    [1] Al-Hajj 22:1,2.

Commentary

For the renewal of good news and to revamp the pleasure and excitement of the Muslims, the noble Prophet did not tell of all the numbers at once, he instead told them again and again so that they would extol Allāh's Highness and Excellence repeatedly, again and again.