Riyaad-us-Saliheen Consistency in performing good deeds Taught by Br Wajdi Akkari Commentary of Shaikh Ibn Uthaymeen Lesson 41

Abu Musa (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said, "The similitude of guidance and knowledge with which Allah has sent me is like a rain which has fallen on some ground. A fertile part of earth has absorbed water and brought forth much grass and herbs. Another part, which is solid, held the water and Allah benefits men thereby, who drank and gave others to drink, and used it for irrigation. But some of it has fallen on a portion of sandy land which neither retains the water nor produces herbage. Such is the likeness of the man who understands the religion of Allah and who gets benefit of what Allah has sent me with; he learns and teaches others. It is also the likeness of the man who neither raises his head on that account (meaning he does not benefit from what the Prophet ( ﷺ ) was sent with) nor accepts Allah's Guidance with which I am sent". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] This is with regards to the different levels of people amongst the muslims; those who understand the deen and are the most beneficial for the people, there are those who memorise (they may not understand it) but would still be beneficial for the people. The worst are those who neither understand nor retain it to relay it to the people Scholars say that the similarity is drawn because knowledge is a means for the soul to grow the same way water is a means for vegetation to grow Hadith

Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said, "My parable and that of yours is like a man who kindled a fire. When it has illuminated all around him, the moths and grasshoppers began to fall therein. He tried to push them away, but they overcame him and jumped into it. I am catching hold of your waists ties (to save you) from fire, but you slip away from my hands". [Muslim] We are told what to avoid yet we still diverge from his path; an issue of practice and implementation not statements Hadith

Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) commanded the licking of fingers (after eating) and the cleaning of the dish, saying: "You do not know in what portion the Blessing (of Allah) lies". [Muslim] In another narration, Jabir said: Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said, "When a morsel of any of you falls down, you should pick it up and remove any dirt or dust on it and then eat it; and don't leave it for Satan; and do not wipe your hand with the towel until you have licked your fingers, for you do not know in what portion of the food the Baraka (of Allah) lies". It could be on the final part of the food is in that which is left on ones hand, washing it would mean one misses the good Hadith

Ibn `Abbas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said, "On the Day of Resurrection you will be assembled barefooted, naked and uncircumcised". He then recited: "As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise binding upon Us. Truly, We shall do it,'' and continued: "The first to be clothed on the Day of Resurrection will be (Prophet) Ibrahim. Then some of my Companions will be taken to the left, (i.e., towards Hell-fire) and when I will say, 'They belong to my Ummah, O my Rabb!' It would be said: 'You do not know what they invented after you had left them.' I shall then say as the righteous slave [i.e., `Isa (Jesus ﷺ )] said: 'And I was a witness over them while I was amongst them, when You took me up, You were the Watcher over them and You are a Witness to all things. If you punish them, they are Your slaves, and if You forgive them, verily, You, only You are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.' I shall be told: 'They continued to turn on their heels since you parted from them". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] This hadith deals with apostates who abandoned Islam as well as innovators in the Deen Hadith

`Abdullah bin Mughaffal (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) prohibited flicking pebbles by the index finger and the thumb; and he said, "It does not kill a game animal nor does it inflict wound on the enemy, but breaks the tooth and gorges the eye". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] In another narration it is said: A close relative of `Abdullah bin Mughaffal (May Allah be pleased with him) was hitting with pebbles using the index finger and the thumb; he said: "Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) has forbidden it saying that it does not kill the game". He repeated the act and Ibn Mughaffal said to him: "I told you that the Prophet ( ﷺ ) had prohibited it but you repeated it. I shall never talk to you.'' To the Sahabah, every bit of the Sunnah was important, it shows the importance of it to them Hadith

`Abis bin Rabi`ah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I saw `Umar bin Al-Khattab(May Allah be pleased with him) kissing the Black Stone (Al-Hajar Al-Aswad) and saying: "I know that you are just a stone and that you can neither do any harm nor give benefit. Had I not seen Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) kissing you, I would not have kissed you". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] It is upon us to follow the Sunnah whether or not it makes sense to us or not Hadith