Riyad as-Salihin, 25

Abu Malik Al-Harith bin Asim Al-Ash'ari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Purity is half of faith, and the praise of Allah fills the scale. Glorification and praise fill up what is between the heavens and the earth. Prayer is a light, charity is proof, and patience is illumination. The Quran is a proof for you or against you. All people go out early in the morning and sell themselves, either setting themselves free or ruining themselves.". [Muslim].

وعن أبي مالك الحارث بن عاصم الأشعري رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏:‏ ‏

‏الطهور شطر الإيمان، والحمد لله تملأ الميزان، وسبحان الله والحمد لله تملآن -أو تملأ- ما بين السماوات والأرض، والصلاة نور، والصدقة برهان، والصبر ضياء، والقرآن حجة لك أو عليك‏.‏ كل الناس يغدو، فبائع نفسه فمعتقها، أو موبقها‏

‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه مسلم‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

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In-Book Reference: Introduction, Hadith 25

Sharh · explanationclick to expand

Guidance from the Hadith: 1) The merit of purity in Islam such that it amounts to half of the faith. 2) The merit of the remembrance of Allah, Glorified and Exalted, and its great reward. 3) Prayer illuminates the path of truth for its observer in this life and the Sirāt (bridge over hellfire) in the Hereafter. 4) The merit of patience, for it is a praiseworthy trait that shines a ray of light in the intense gloom of adversity. It was described as illumination because it involves burning as well as brightness, given how hard it is. 5) It urges giving care and attention to the Qur’an in terms of recitation, understanding, implementation, preaching, and finding sufficiency in revelation apart from any other source. This is the reward of the believer who pays great care to the Book of Allah Almighty. Words in the Hadith: Freeing it: saving it from punishment.

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