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There are three ways one can be Hopeful, What’s the best?
What is Hope? – A wish or a desire accompanied by confident expectation of its fulfillment.
Allah commands us to hope for the best from Him, in all situations. However, there are bounds before we hope for good things from Allah. For example, a student who does not prepare an iota for his final exam, yet confidently hopes to pass, is deceiving himself. He comes to know of his great failure and by then, it is too late, when he cannot rewind his actions. Similarly, we must make sure that our hopes to attain jennah are based on our hard work and efforts to please Allah, lest we dream high and all our hopes are rendered in vain because of the lack of sincerity and hard work.
Allah SWT says in the Qur’an in surah baqarah, verse 214: Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said,” When is the help of Allah?” Unquestionably, the help of Allah is near.
Did you Know the 3 Kinds of Hope?
- Working righteousness and hoping for a reward: This is the best kind of Hope. As Allah SWT says in the Glorious Qur’an – “And as to those who hold fast to the Book (i.e. act on its teachings) and perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat ), certainly We shall never waste the reward of those who do righteous deeds.” [7: 170]
- Repenting from a sin and hoping for a reward: Sincerely repenting and then hoping for Allah`s rewards.
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Apostle said, “When Allah completed the creation, He wrote in His Book which is with Him on His Throne, “My Mercy overpowers My Anger.”(Bukhari)
Prophet (saw) said: “O son of Adam, as long as you call on Me and ask of Me, I will forgive what you have done, and I will forgive what you have done, and I do not mind. O son of Adam, even if your sins reached the clouds and you asked My forgiveness, I will forgive you. O son of Adam, if you came to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and you met Me without giving Me partners, I will give you a similar amount of forgiveness.” (Tirmidhi)
- Hoping without performing: E.g. Hoping to go to Jannah without doing any righteous deeds, Not working thinking Allah will somehow find a way out for us for survival, etc. This hope does not count in Islam.
Allah is waiting to grant forgiveness and mercy to His creatures. So, let us discover where we stand, and progress in the correct direction, by increasing our deeds and actions, and thereby hoping for the Best from Allah.
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Umm Sahl, your sister in Islam, a wife and mother of 3 beautiful blessed babies
Jazakallah Khairan! Did what the prohet(pbuh) say come from the Quran or did he just narrate it about Allah?
JazakAllah khair
Subhaan Allah….
Allah is the greatest….
Dear sister Suffah that is "Hadith Qudsi".
Sister Suffah, Please find below the explanation to your question. I hope it helps, Insha Allah. If you still have any doubts, do let us know.
HADITH
"And whatever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatever he forbids you, leave it. And fear Allah: truly Allah is severe in punishment. " [Holy Quran 59:7]
In Islam, the Arabic word sunnah has come to denote the way Prophet Muhammad (saas), the Messenger of Allah, lived his life. The Sunnah is the second source of Islamic jurisprudence, the first being the Qur’an. Both sources are indispensable; one cannot practice Islam without consulting both of them.
"According to scholars of hadith, hadith stands for ‘what was transmitted on the authority of the Prophet, his deeds, sayings, tacit approval, or description of his sifaat (features) meaning his physical appearance. However, physical appearance of the Prophet is not included in the definition used by the jurists.’
Thus hadith literature means the literature which consists of the narrations of the life of the Prophet and the things approved by him. However, the term was used sometimes in much broader sense to cover the narrations about the Companions [of the Prophet -ed.] and Successors [to the Companions -ed.] as well. "
The regular Hadith or what is generally known as a Hadith Nabawi is a Hadith where one of the Companions reports the Prophet’s statements, his deeds, or things that happened in his presence and he approved of them.
A Hadith Qudsi (plural Ahadith Qudsiyyah) is a statement where Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) reports a statement and he refers it directly to Allah. The hadith qudsi are the sayings of the Prophet divinely communicated to him.
While the common factor between al-Hadith al-Qudsi and the Qur’an is that both contain words from Allah which were revealed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), they are nevertheless distinct from each other as pointed out hereunder:
1. The Holy Qur’an contains the verbatim words of Allah, while al-Hadith al-Qudsi contains the message of Allah conveyed to the people by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his own words.
2. The Holy Qur’an is inimitable and unique, but such is not the case with al-Hadith al-Qudsi. This is so because the latter is not the verbatim word of Allah.
3. The Qur’an was revealed via Angel Jibreel while Hadith Qudsi may have been inspired by other ways, such as in the form of a dream.
wow-jazakallah. I genuinely was unaware that we had hadith qudsi. I thought all hadith were hadith nabawi so jazakallah again for enlightening me. Two types of hadith, subhannallah!
jazakallahu khair.