Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 4 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 946

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شَرْحُ رِيَاضِ الصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ كَلَامِ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.

(from previous page) ⟵ Al-Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Ar-Riqaq (Softening of the Hearts), Chapter: Description of Paradise and Hell, Hadith No. (6571), and Muslim in the Book of Faith, Chapter: The Last People to Exit Hell, Hadith No. (191) from the explanation of Riyad al-Salihin from the words of the Master of Messengers, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ أَشَدُّ كَوْكَبٍ دُرِّيٌّ فِي السَّمَاءِ إِضَاءَةً، يَعْنِي: مِثْلَ أَضْوَاءِ نَجْمٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ عَلَى حَسَبِ مَرَاتِبِهِمْ، وَفِيهِ أَيْضًا أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ يَأْكُلُونَ وَيَشْرَبُونَ لَكِنَّهُمْ لَا يَبُولُونَ وَلَا يَتَغَوَّطُونَ وَلَا يَتَمَخَّطُونَ وَلَا يَتْفُلُونَ؛ لِأَنَّ جَمِيعَ فَضَلَاتِهِمْ لَيْسَتْ كَفَضَلَاتِ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا، إِنَّهَا فَضَلَاتُهُمْ تَخْرُجُ رَشَحًا يَعْنِي: كَالْعَرَقِ، أَطْيَبَ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ، وَجُشَاءٌ أَطْيَبُ مِنْ رَائِحَةِ الْمِسْكِ؛ لِأَنَّهُمْ فِي نَعِيمٍ مُقِيمٍ.

Those who follow them appear like the most brilliant stars in the sky. This means they shine like celestial bodies, with their ranks determined accordingly. The inhabitants of Paradise will eat and drink, yet they will neither urinate, defecate, blow their noses, nor spit. Their waste is unlike that of people in this world; it emerges as a perspiration—a scent finer than musk—and their belches are similarly fragrant, for they dwell in everlasting bliss.

ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ أَيْضًا أَدْنَى أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ مَنْزِلَةً وَأَعْلَاهَا، وَكُلُّهَا تَدُلُّ عَلَى فَضْلِ هَذَا النَّعِيمِ نَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا - أَمَّا أَهْلُ النَّارِ - وَالْعِيَاذُ بِاللَّهِ - فَهُمْ عَلَى الْعَكْسِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَحَقٌّ لِعَيْنٍ تَرْجُو الْجَنَّةَ أَلَّا تَنَامَ، وَحَقٌّ لِعَيْنٍ تَخْشَى النَّارَ أَلَّا تَنَامَ؛ لِأَنَّ مَتَاعَ الدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٌ وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِمَنِ اتَّقَى، وَلَكِنْ حِكْمَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَابْتِلَاءٌ وَامْتِحَانٌ أَنَّ النَّاسَ فِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا كَأَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ إِلَّا الدُّنْيَا عِنْدَ كَثِيرٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ، كَأَنَّهَا خُلِقُوا لَهَا مَعَ أَنَّ الدُّنْيَا هِيَ الَّتِي خُلِقَتْ لَهُمْ، فَالْإِنْسَانُ إِنَّمَا خُلِقَ لِلْآخِرَةِ فَهِيَ الدَّارُ الْبَاقِيَةُ الَّتِي لَا تَفْنَى، فَإِمَّا فِي جَحِيمٍ وَسَعِيرٍ - وَالْعِيَاذُ بِاللَّهِ - وَإِمَّا فِي نَعِيمٍ مُقِيمٍ، نَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ لَنَا وَلَكُمْ أَنْ نَكُونَ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ الَّذِينَ أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ مَا لَا عَيْنٌ رَأَتْ، وَلَا أُذُنٌ سَمِعَتْ، وَلَا خَطَرَ عَلَى قَلْبِ بَشَرٍ. ١٨٨٥ -

The text then describes the lowest and highest stations in Paradise, all of which highlight the excellence of this reward. We ask Allah to include us and you among its people. As for the inhabitants of the Fire—may Allah protect us—their state is the opposite. It is fitting that an eye hoping for Paradise should not sleep, just as an eye fearing the Fire should not sleep, for worldly enjoyments are fleeting, while the Hereafter is better for the righteous. It is part of Allah’s wisdom and trial that many people live as if this world is all there is, acting as though they were created for it, when in truth, the world was created for them. Humanity was created for the Hereafter, the eternal abode that never perishes. One ends up either in the blazing fire—we seek refuge in Allah—or in lasting bliss. We pray that Allah makes us and you among the righteous, for whom He has prepared what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has ever imagined.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (30 verbs · 63 nouns)

• صَلَّى — to pray
• وَلِيَ — to follow
• عَنَى — to mean
• شَرْح — explanation
• رِيَاض — gardens
• صَالِح — righteous person