Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 4 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 22

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شَرْحُ رِيَاضِ الصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ كَلَامِ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

(from previous page) ⟵ If you ask Allah Almighty to remove harm, then this has been extracted from Sharh Riyad al-Salihin, from the words of the Master of Messengers, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

كُتِبَ فِي الْأَزَلِ فِي اللَّوْحِ الْمَحْفُوظِ، أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَرْفَعُ هَذَا الضُّرَّ عَنْكَ بِدُعَائِكَ، فَكُلُّهُ مَكْتُوبٌ، وَأَنْتَ إِذَا قُلْتَ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ رَدَّ الْقَضَاءِ وَلَكِنْ أَسْأَلُكَ اللُّطْفَ فِيهِ، كَأَنَّكَ تَقُولُ: لَا يَهُمُّنِي، تَرْفَعُ أَوْ لَا تَرْفَعُ، لَكِنَّ الْأَوْلَى أَنْ يَطْلُبَ الْإِنْسَانُ رَفْعَ كُلِّ مَا نَزَلَ بِهِ، فَلَا تَقُلْ: اللَّهُمَّ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ رَدَّ الْقَضَاءِ وَلَكِنْ أَسْأَلُكَ اللُّطْفَ فِيهِ، وَلَكِنْ قُلْ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ، اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِنِي مِنْ مَرَضِي، اللَّهُمَّ أَغْنِنِي مِنْ فَقْرِي، اللَّهُمَّ اقْضِ عَنِّي الدَّيْنَ، اللَّهُمَّ عَلِّمْنِي مَا جَهِلْتُ، وَمَا أَشْبَهَ ذَلِكَ، وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي إِنْ شِئْتَ» وَهِيَ أَهْوَنُ مِنَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي لَا أَسْأَلُكَ رَدَّ الْقَضَاءِ، لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي إِنْ شِئْتَ، اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْنِي إِنْ شِئْتَ، وَلْيَعْزِمِ الْمَسْأَلَةَ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى لَا مُكْرِهَ لَهُ»، وَفِي لَفْظٍ: «فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَتَعَاظَمُهُ شَيْءٌ أَعْطَاهُ» (٢)

It was written in eternity upon the Preserved Tablet that Allah Almighty would remove your affliction through your prayers. Everything is already written. When you say, 'I do not ask You to avert the decree, but I ask You for kindness in it,' it is as if you are saying, 'It does not matter to me whether You remove it or not.' It is better for a person to ask for the removal of whatever has befallen them. Do not say, 'O Allah, I do not ask You to avert the decree, but I ask You for kindness in it.' Instead, say, 'O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being. O Allah, heal my illness. O Allah, enrich me from my poverty. O Allah, settle my debts. O Allah, teach me what I do not know,' and similar requests. The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, 'Let none of you say: O Allah, forgive me if You will.' This is even milder than the phrase about not asking to avert the decree. Do not say, 'O Allah, forgive me if You will' or 'O Allah, have mercy on me if You will.' Be firm in your request, for there is no one who can compel Allah Almighty. In another version: 'Nothing that Allah gives is too great for Him' (2).

وَأَرْجُو مِنْكُمْ حِينَ جَرَى التَّنْبِيهُ عَلَى هَاتَيْنِ الْكَلِمَتَيْنِ: «الدِّينُ الْإِسْلَامِيُّ دِينُ الْمُسَاوَاةِ». وَ«اللَّهُمَّ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ رَدَّ الْقَضَاءِ وَلَكِنْ أَسْأَلُكَ اللُّطْفَ فِيهِ»، إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ أَحَدًا يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ أَنْ تُنَاصِحُوهُ، وَتَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَى، وَقَدْ يَسْتَغْرِبُ بَعْضُهُمْ هَذَا، كَيْفَ لَا يَكُونُ هَذَا الدِّينُ دِينَ مُسَاوَاةٍ؟ نَقُولُ: لَا تَسْتَعْجِلْ، تَأَمَّلِ الْأَعْمَى وَالْبَصِيرَ أَهُمَا سَوَاءٌ؟ الْعَالِمُ وَالْجَاهِلُ أَهُمَا سَوَاءٌ؟ الذَّكَرُ وَالْأُنْثَى؟ وَأَكْثَرُ مَا فِي الْقُرْآنِ الْعَزِيزِ هُوَ نَفْيُ الِاسْتِوَاءِ، لَمْ يَأْتِ ذِكْرُ الِاسْتِوَاءِ إِلَّا فِي مَوَاضِعَ قَلِيلَةٍ مِثْلِ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: ﴿ضَرَبَ لَكُم مَّثَلًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ هَل لَّكُم مِّن مَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُم مِّن شُرَكَاءَ فِي مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ فَأَنتُمْ فِيهِ سَوَاءٌ﴾ [الرُّوم: ٢٨].

Now that attention has been drawn to these two phrases—'The Islamic religion is a religion of equality' and 'O Allah, I do not ask You to avert the decree, but I ask You for kindness in it'—I hope that if you hear anyone saying them, you will offer them advice and cooperate in righteousness and piety. Some may find this strange, asking, 'How can this religion not be a religion of equality?' We say: Do not be hasty. Consider the blind and the sighted; are they equal? The scholar and the ignorant; are they equal? The male and the female? Most of the Noble Quran negates equality. The mention of equality appears only in a few places, such as the Almighty's saying: 'He presents to you an example from your own selves. Do you have among those whom your right hands possess any partners in what We have provided for you so that you are equal therein?' [Ar-Rum: 28].

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Vocabulary · المفردات (34 verbs · 50 nouns)

• صَلَّى — to pray
• كَتَبَ — to write
• رَفَعَ — to lift
• شَرْح — explanation
• رِيَاض — gardens
• صَالِح — righteous person