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The attribute (quality) of kindness is a superb characteristic of a human being.
The world is a place of test and trials. Allah Ta’ala through His Wisdom, tests His servants as and when He Alone desires. In this world, people encounter an assortment of hardships, pain, problems, etc.
The relentless waves of tests, trials and tribulations (fitna) are ruthlessly razing the Ummah to the ground. The unyielding deluges of trials strike without warning and before you know it, the cruel avalanche has already struck.
I am a male in my forties, who, up to this point, went through, and survived at least 40 surgical procedures --- and still counting!
As the strange wheel of time turns on and on, good people are becoming rarer and more and more difficult to find. Sadly, the once “rich-society” is rapidly losing its good, caring and loving “gems”. Simultaneously, there is also an erosion of a genuine quest for a wholesome life.
The love for Allah Ta’ala is in reality Tawheed (Oneness). In addition, it is the originality of our worship. The heart is never in peace and never satisfied except in His worship & His love. Tawheed cannot be achieved without the servant loving Allah Ta’ala. Allah Alone is our Rabb, our Creator upon whom we are entitled to worship before even considering the infinite bounties granted to us and the unlimited compassion and kindness shown to us. Hence, it is incumbent on every sensible person to recognise Allah Ta’ala.
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Hazrat Abu Darda (RA) reported that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: "Whoever commits to memory the first ten Ayat of the Surah Al-Kahf, will be protected from (the trial of) Dajjal.'' (Sahih Muslim)
The Sahaba (RA) were indeed honoured by the presence and companionship of our beloved Nabi (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam). They (Sahaba) form the first most prestigious grouping from the three groupings mentioned by Nabi (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam).
Nabi (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said, “The best of people are those during my time (the Sahaba) and thereafter those following them (the Taibeen) and thereafter those following them (the Tabe Tabieen)”. (Bukhari)
Hazrat Abu Qalaba (RA) – a high-ranking Tabie gives a simple definition to the three best of groupings respectively of status.
1. Whoever visited Nabi (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam) in the state of Iman in called a Sahabi.
2. Whoever in the state of Iman visited a Sahabi is called a Taibi.
3. Whoever in the state of Iman visited a Taibi is called a Tabe Taibe.
The esteem ranking of the above three groupings is undoubtedly and indisputably the best among the Ummah after Nabi (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam).
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