Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 2 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 7

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

بَابٌ فِي النَّصِيحَةِ.

Chapter on Sincerity.

الشَّرْحُ: ذَكَرَ الْمُؤَلِّفُ - رَحِمَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى - فِي بَابِ النَّصِيحَةِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَحَادِيثَ:

Explanation: The author—may Allah have mercy on him—presents three hadiths in this chapter on sincerity.

الْحَدِيثُ الْأَوَّلُ: عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ الدَّارِيِّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: «الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ، الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ، الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ»

The first hadith: Tamim ibn Aws al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The religion is sincerity; the religion is sincerity; the religion is sincerity."

كَرَّرَهَا ثَلَاثًا لِأَجْلِ أَنْ يَنْتَبِهَ الْمُخَاطَبُ وَالسَّامِعُ حَتَّى يَتَلَقَّى مَا يَقُولُهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِانْتِبَاهٍ.

He repeated the phrase three times to ensure the listener was alert and would receive his words with full attention.

قُلْنَا: لِمَنْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟

We asked, "To whom, O Messenger of Allah?"

قَالَ: «لِلهِ، وَلِكِتَابِهِ، وَلِرَسُولِهِ، وَلِأَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَعَامَّتِهِمْ»

He replied, "To Allah, His Book, His Messenger, the leaders of the Muslims, and the common folk."

خَمْسَةُ أَشْيَاءَ هِيَ مَحَلُّ النَّصِيحَةِ:

These five areas are the focus of sincerity.

وَالنَّصِيحَةُ لِلهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ تَكُونُ بِالْإِخْلَاصِ لِلهِ تَعَالَى، وَالتَّعَبُّدِ لَهُ مَحَبَّةً وَتَعْظِيمًا؛ لِأَنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَتَعَبَّدُ لَهُ الْعَبْدُ مَحَبَّةً، فَيَقُومُ بِأَوَامِرِهِ طَلَبًا لِلْوُصُولِ إِلَى مَحَبَّتِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَتَعْظِيمًا فَيَنْتَهِي عَنْ مَحَارِمِهِ خَوْفًا مِنْهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى.

Sincerity to Allah, the Almighty, is achieved through pure devotion and worshipping Him with love and reverence. A servant worships Him out of love, fulfilling His commands to earn His pleasure, and out of reverence, avoiding His prohibitions out of fear of Him, the Glorified and Exalted.

وَمِنَ النَّصِيحَةِ لِلهِ: أَنْ يَكُونَ الْإِنْسَانُ دَائِمًا ذَاكِرًا لِرَبِّهِ بِقَلْبِهِ وَلِسَانِهِ وَجَوَارِحِهِ، أَمَّا الْقَلْبُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا حُدُودَ لِذِكْرِهِ، وَالْإِنْسَانُ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَذْكُرَ اللهَ بِقَلْبِهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ، وَفِي كُلِّ مَا يَشَاءُ، وَفِي كُلِّ مَا يَسْمَعُ؛ لِأَنَّ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لِلهِ تَعَالَى آيَةً تَدُلُّ عَلَى وَحْدَانِيَّتِهِ وَعَظَمَتِهِ وَسُلْطَانِهِ، فَيُفَكِّرُ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، وَيُفَكِّرُ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ، وَيُفَكِّرُ فِي آيَاتِ اللهِ مِنَ الشَّمْسِ وَالْقَمَرِ وَالنُّجُومِ وَالْجِبَالِ وَالشَّجَرِ وَالدَّوَابِّ وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ، فَيُحْدِثُ هَذَا ذِكْرًا لِلهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي قَلْبِهِ.

Part of sincerity to Allah is for a person to constantly remember his Lord with his heart, tongue, and limbs. The heart’s remembrance has no limits; one can remember Allah in any state, at any time, and through anything one hears. Everything contains a sign of Allah’s oneness, greatness, and authority. Reflecting on the creation of the heavens, the earth, the cycle of day and night, the sun, the moon, the stars, mountains, trees, and creatures—all of this instills remembrance of Allah in the heart.

وَمِنَ النَّصِيحَةِ لِلهِ: أَنْ تَكُونَ غَيْرَتُهُ لِلهِ، فَيَغَارُ لِلهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِذَا انْتُهِكَتْ مَحَارِمُهُ، كَمَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَكَذَا، فَإِنَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ كَانَ لَا يَنْتَقِمُ لِنَفْسِهِ أَبَدًا، مَهْمَا قَالَ النَّاسُ فِيهِ لَا يَنْتَقِمُ لِنَفْسِهِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ إِذَا انْتُهِكَتْ مَحَارِمُ اللهِ صَارَ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ انْتِقَامًا.

Sincerity to Allah also means possessing zeal for His sake. One should feel protective when Allah’s prohibitions are violated, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did. He never took revenge for his own sake, regardless of what people said about him; however, when Allah’s sacred boundaries were crossed, he was the most resolute in responding.

Vocabulary · المفردات (19 verbs · 65 nouns)

• ذَكَرَ — to mention
• رَحِمَ — to have mercy
• قَالَ — to say
• كَرَّرَ — to repeat
• انْتَبَهَ — to pay attention
• تَلَقَّى — to receive
• تَعَبَّدَ — to worship
• قَامَ — to stand/perform
• انْتَهَى — to refrain
• اسْتَطَاعَ — to be able
• شَاءَ — to will
• سَمِعَ — to hear
• دَلَّ — to indicate
• فَكَّرَ — to think
• أَحْدَثَ — to cause
• غَارَ — to be jealous/zealous
• انْتَهَكَ — to violate
• انْتَقَمَ — to take revenge
• صَارَ — to become
• بَابٌ — chapter
• نَصِيحَةٌ — advice
• شَرْحٌ — explanation
• مُؤَلِّفٌ — author
• ثَلَاثَةٌ — three
• حَدِيثٌ — hadith
• أَوَّلٌ — first
• نَبِيٌّ — prophet
• دِينٌ — religion
• أَجْلٌ — sake
• مُخَاطَبٌ — addressee
• سَامِعٌ — listener
• انْتِبَاهٌ — attention
• رَسُولٌ — messenger
• كِتَابٌ — book
• إِمَامٌ — leader
• مُسْلِمٌ — Muslim
• عَامَّةٌ — general public
• خَمْسَةٌ — five
• شَيْءٌ — thing
• مَحَلٌّ — place
• إِخْلَاصٌ — sincerity
• تَعَبُّدٌ — worship
• مَحَبَّةٌ — love
• تَعْظِيمٌ — veneration
• عَبْدٌ — servant
• أَمْرٌ — command
• طَلَبٌ — request
• وُصُولٌ — arrival
• مَحْرَمٌ — forbidden thing
• خَوْفٌ — fear
• إِنْسَانٌ — human
• دَائِمٌ — constant
• ذَاكِرٌ — rememberer
• رَبٌّ — lord
• قَلْبٌ — heart
• لِسَانٌ — tongue
• جَارِحَةٌ — limb
• حَدٌّ — limit
• ذِكْرٌ — remembrance
• حَالٌ — state
• آيَةٌ — sign
• وَحْدَانِيَّةٌ — oneness
• عَظَمَةٌ — greatness
• سُلْطَانٌ — authority
• خَلْقٌ — creation
• سَمَاءٌ — sky
• أَرْضٌ — earth
• لَيْلٌ — night
• نَهَارٌ — day
• شَمْسٌ — sun
• قَمَرٌ — moon
• نَجْمٌ — star
• جَبَلٌ — mountain
• شَجَرٌ — tree
• دَابَّةٌ — creature
• غَيْرٌ — other
• غَيْرَةٌ — zeal
• صَلَاةٌ — prayer
• سَلَامٌ — peace
• نَفْسٌ — self
• أَبَدٌ — eternity
• نَاسٌ — people
• شَدِيدٌ — intense
• انْتِقَامٌ — revenge