Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 3 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 620

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شَرْحُ رِيَاضِ الصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ كَلَامِ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

(from previous page) ⟵ And virtue means distinction and high rank over others, upon him be peace and blessings, and that has been achieved for him.

هَذَا وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ وَقَدْ وَعَدَهُ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ فِي قَوْلِهِ : ( وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِ نَافِلَةً لَكَ عَسَى أَنْ يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا) [الْإِسْرَاءِ:٧٩]،

The phrase 'and raise him to the praiseworthy station You have promised him' refers to the promise Allah made in His words: 'And from the night, pray with it as an additional duty for you; it is expected that your Lord will raise you to a praiseworthy station' [Al-Isra: 79].

وَمِنَ الْمَقَامِ الْمَحْمُودِ الشَّفَاعَةُ الْعُظْمَى، فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَلْحَقُهُمْ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ وَالْغَمِّ مَا لَا يُطِيقُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَوْقِفِ الْعَظِيمِ الَّذِي مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسُونَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ، فِي صَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ يُسْمِعُهُمُ الدَّاعِي، وَيَنْفُذُهُمُ الْبَصَرُ، عَارِيَةٌ أَجْسَادُهُمْ، حَافِيَةٌ أَقْدَامُهُمْ، شَاخِصَةٌ عُيُونُهُمْ، لَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ نَفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا، يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ، وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ، وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ، الشَّمْسُ تَدْنُو مِنْهُمْ قَدْرَ مِيلٍ، وَلَا هُنَاكَ عِوَجٌ، وَلَا أَمْتٌ، وَلَا ظِلٌّ، وَلَا بِنَاءٌ، وَلَا شَيْءٌ، فَيَطْلُبُونَ مَنْ يَشْفَعُ لَهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ، فَيَأْتُونَ آدَمَ، ثُمَّ نُوحًا، ثُمَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ثُمَّ مُوسَى، ثُمَّ عِيسَى، حَتَّى تَصِلَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ، فَيَقُومُ وَيَشْفَعُ، وَفِي هَذَا الْمَقَامِ يَحْمَدُهُ الْأَوَّلُونَ وَالْآخِرُونَ؛ لِأَنَّ النَّاسَ كُلَّهُمْ فِي هَذَا الْمَقَامِ، فَإِذَا تَعَذَّرَ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ الْكِرَامُ الْكِبَارُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ، وَمُوسَى وَعِيسَى، وَنُوحٌ، وَآدَمُ أَبُو الْبَشَرِ، ثُمَّ قَامَ هَذَا النَّبِيُّ الْكَرِيمُ فَشَفَعَ إِلَى اللَّهِ فَهُنَا يَحْمَدُهُ الْأَوَّلُونَ وَالْآخِرُونَ، وَهَذَا مِنَ الْمَقَامِ الْمَحْمُودِ الَّذِي وَعَدَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

The praiseworthy station includes the Great Intercession. On the Day of Resurrection, people will face unbearable distress and grief during that momentous gathering, which lasts fifty thousand years. They will stand on a single, level plain where a caller can be heard by all and a gaze can reach everyone. Their bodies will be naked, their feet bare, and their eyes fixed in terror. They will have no power to help or harm themselves. A man will flee from his brother, his mother, his father, his spouse, and his children. The sun will draw within a mile of them. There will be no hills or valleys, no shade, no buildings, and nothing to hide behind. Desperate, they will seek someone to intercede for them with Allah. They will go to Adam, then Noah, then Abraham, then Moses, then Jesus, until they reach the Prophet. He will rise to intercede, and in this station, the first and the last generations will praise him. Because all of humanity is gathered there, and when the noble, great prophets—Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Noah, and Adam, the father of mankind—are unable to act, this noble Prophet will rise to intercede with Allah. Here, the first and the last will praise him; this is the praiseworthy station promised by Allah, the Almighty and Majestic.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (23 verbs · 60 nouns)

• بَعَثَ — to send
• وَعَدَ — to promise
• تَهَجَّدَ — to pray at night
• مَقَام — station
• لَيْل — night
• نَافِلَة — supererogatory prayer