Guiding Someone on Deathbed

Rasulullah SAW instructs to guide a person dying in deathbed with the words: Laa ilaaha illallah andprophet SAW explained, "Enrich the person dying among you with the words Laa ilaaha illallah, because truly the person whose last words before dying is: Laailaaha illallah, then he/she will go to heaven."(Kasyful Ghummah, Page. 133, juz/section I)

Visiting The Sick

Rasulullah SAW explained, "For every muslim visiting a sick brother/sister in faith in the morning, seventy thousand angels will plea for forgiveness from Allah SWT until afternoon time. When he/she visits in the afternoon, then seventy thousand angels will ask for forgiveness to Allah for him/her, and in heaven he/she will receive the fruits."(HR .Accounts of At-Turmudzi and Ibnu Mundzir in his hadits accounts, Page. 275, juz/section 2)

Conveying/completing Amanat (duties)

1.             Fulfill the mandates from the one trusting you and do not betray those who betray you. (HR. Accounts of Ahmad and Abu Dawud)

2.             There is no faith in a person who does not withhold his/her mandate and there are no religions for those who don't keep their promises. (HR. Accounts of Ad-Dailami)

3.             A person invited in a conversation (asked for opinion) is the one withholding the mandate (Honest, accepting and trustworthy with secrets). (HR. Accounts of Ath-Thabrani)

4.             Whatever discussed and happened in majelis (meetings or convention) must be kept and nurtured as a mandate. (HR. Accounts of Abu Dawud)
 

Poverty

1.             I visited heaven and I saw that most of the inhabitants are fakir (poor people). then I visited hell and I saw that most of the inhabitants are women. (HR. Accounts of Bukhari and Muslim)

2.             People who are fakir-(poor) will enter heaven five hundred years[1] before the rich people. (HR. Accounts of Tirmidzi and Ahmad)

3.             The worst of the misery is poor in the world  and tortured in the after life. (HR. Accounts of Ath-Thabrani and Asysyihaab)

4.             Rewards of the deeds from the poor to the rich are loyalty (acceptance) and prayer. (HR. Accounts of Abu Dawud)

5.             Feel pity for three categories of people: a rich person in the society, who then becomes poor, a person who was once noble (honored in the society) then becomes condemned, and an 'alim (knowledgeable) who gets ridiculed (mocked) by the fool and foolish. (HR. Accounts of Asysyihaab)

6.             Poverty (poverty of soul and heart) nearly becomes infidelity. (HR. Accounts of Ath-Thabrani)
 

Wealth and Wealthiness

1.             What are called wealth are not the amounts of assets, but the true wealth is the wealth of souls (heart). (HR. Accounts of Abu Ya'la)

2.             Everyone has rights over his/her belongings/assets than the father or children and all people. (HR. Accounts of Al-Baihaqi)

3.             Wealth is the best savior to nurture taqwa (fearful) to Allah. (HR. Accounts of Ad-Dailami)

4.             Approaching every dawn two angels descend. One prays: "Dear Allah, bless those who donate their wealth increase in legacy/earnings." the other angel prays: "Dear Allah, befall damages (devastation) for wealth that they hold back (cheated)." (Mutafaq'alaih)

5.             Assets that are deducted for zakat donations will not depreciate (reduced). (HR. Accounts of Muslim)

6.             Truly bounty seeks a servant as death seeks him/her. (HR. Accounts of Ath-Thabrani)

7.             Deep affection towards wealth and position can degrade someone's religion. (HR. Accounts of Aththusi)

8.             Son of Adam said: "My wealth... my wealth..." prophet SAW explained: "Do you have wealth, hei son of Adam except the one you spend for food or clothes that becomes stingy, or donate then leave it." (HR. Accounts of Muslim)

9.             Whatever few but satisfying is better than plenty but neglectful. (HR. Accounts of Abu Dawud)

10.         For everything there will be tests and ordeals, and tests/ordeals for my followers is wealth and assets. (HR. Accounts of Tirmidzi)

11.         There will come for man an age where people do not care if their assets are acquired halal (rightful) or haram (forbidden). (HR. Accounts of Bukhari)

12.         Dear 'Amru, it is ideal that sholeh (obedient) assets be in the hands of shaleh people. (HR. Accounts of Ahmad)

13.         At the end of time, mankind must set aside wealth to uphold their religious and world affairs. (HR. Accounts of Ath-Thabrani)

14.         The most remorseful persons on judgment day are those who gain wealth from unrightful sources that causes them to enter hell. (HR. Accounts of Bukhari)

15.         Truly people who manage the wealth of Allah inappropriately, then they will receive the fire of hell on judgment day. (HR. Accounts of Bukhari)

16.         Don't you admire a person with extended arms and spilling blood. For Allah he is the undead killer. don't you admire those who gain wealth from forbidden ways. Truly when s/he donates or gives charity, then it will not be accepted by Allah and when stored, this wealth will not yield benefits. If there is some remaining wealth, it will be their logistic in hell. (HR. Accounts of Abu Dawud)

17.         Truly dinar and dirham currencies devastated the people before you and in the future. (HR. Accounts of Ath-Thabrani)

18.         When you are given something without your asking, then use it (consume it) and donate an appropriate portion. (HR. Accounts of Muslim)

19.         Whoever collects wealth out of the norm (unrightful), then Allah will destroy it with water (flood) and landslide. (HR. Accounts of Al-Baihaqi)

Livelihood and Income

1.             Earning livelihood that is halal (rightful) is mandatory after conducting the other mandatory tasks (shalat prayer, fasting, etc). (HR. Accounts of Ath-Thabrani and Al-Baihaqi)

2.             Truly Ruhul Qudus (angel Jibril) whispers to my mind that a soul will not pass before the bounty is complete and perfect. Therefore, you should taqwa (fearful) towards Allah and fix your livelihood. When the bounty comes late, you should not hasten by committing sins to Allah, for whatever available by His side can only be achieved with obedience. (HR. Accounts of Abu Zar and Al Hakim)

3.             Truly Allah likes creative and skillful servants (professional or skilled). Whoever struggles to seek livelihood for the family, then s/he is like a mujahid (fighter) in the way of Allah Azza wajalla. (HR. Accounts of Ahmad)

4.             Whoever feels tired at nights from efforts of using his/her skilled hands during the day, then that night s/he is forgiven by Allah. (HR. Accounts of Ahmad)

5.             Truly among the sins there are unforgiven ones (unredeemable) with rewards of shalat prayer, donations or hajj, but can be redeemed by efforts in getting livelihood. (HR. Accounts of Ath-Thabrani)

6.             Truly Allah Ta'ala is pleased to see His servants’ struggles (tired) in gaining halal (rightful) bounty. (HR. Accounts of Ad-Dailami)

7.             One who carries rope then goes to seek and collect firewood then brings them to the market to be sold and the earning is used to fulfill the needs and livelihood is better than one who begs to people and sometimes s/he is given, but sometimes rejected. (Mutafaq'alaih)

8.             There is no better food than the one earned by own hands. (HR. Accounts of Bukhari)

9.             When the door of bounty is opened, then s/he should preserve it. (HR. Accounts of Al-Baihaqi)

Explanation:

One should always be true/earnest and concentrate in that particular field of business, Do not move around from one door of bounty to another or switch businesses around for fear of losing the already opened door due to burden of taking care of another business. Should one is capable of doing so, then it does not matter.

10.         After shalat prayer at dawn (subuh) don't  you sleep and neglect your task to go make your livelihood. (HR. Accounts of Ath-Thabrani)

11.         Wake up in the morning to gain earnings and fulfill your needs. Truly there are plenty of luck and fortune in the morning. (HR. Accounts of Ath-Thabrani and Al-Bazzar)

12.         Dear Allah, bless my followers in the morning they wake up (at dawn). (HR. Accounts of Ahmad)

13.         Whoever activates an unused land, then the land is for him/her. (HR. Accounts of Abu Dawud and Aththusi)

Explanation:

This is especially for land or vacant property without owner. If the land or vacant property has an owner, then it should not be acquired maliciously.

14.         Go find your bounty in the bowel of the earth. (HR. Accounts of Abu Ya'la)

15.         Unemployment causes hard heart (cruel and frozen). (HR. Accounts of Asysyihaab)

16.         Allah provides bounty to His servants according to the persistence and strong will, as well as ambition. (HR. Accounts of Aththusi)

17.         The best livelihood is selling full of decency and from the skills of one's hands. (HR. Accounts of Al-Bazzar and Ahmad)

18.         The best of livelihood is a fruit of hand skills of a worker When s/he is honest (accepting). (HR. Accounts of Ahmad)
 

Jihad (fighting in Allah's way) and War

1.             I want to fight in Allah's path, then I get killed, resurrected and die again, then resurrected. (HR. Accounts of Bukhari)

2.             Both legs of My servants that are covered in dust in the war fisabilillah (for Allah) will not be touched by the fire of hell. (HR. Accounts of Bukhari)

3.             Standing guard (staying awake) for one night in the war fisabilillah (for Allah) is better than one thousand nights of shalat prayers with fasting during the days. (HR. Accounts of Al Hakim)

4.             There will be no hijrah (exodus) after fathu of Mecca but for jihad, intended, and When called upon to depart (go to war) then we go. (HR. Accounts of Bukhari)

5.             The peak of solution is Islam. Whoever submissive (embrace Islam) then s/he is safe. The pillar of Islam is shalat prayer and the roof is jihad (struggle). Whoever reaches is the supreme individual among them. (HR. Accounts of Ath-Thabrani)

6.             Fight jihad against the musyrikin (infidels) with your wealth, soul and tongue. (HR. Accounts of An-Nasaa'i)

7.             A person with the closest esteem with that of the prophets are mujahidin (defender of Allah) and scholars (intellectuals) for the mujahidin conducts teachings of the messengers (rasul) and scholars guide mankind to conduct the teachings of prophets. (HR. Accounts of Ad-Dailami)

8.             There will be no droplets more liked by Allah 'Azza wajalla than a drop of blood defending the way of Allah. (HR. Accounts of Ath-Thahawi)

9.             Whoever provides equipments for those who fight in the way of Allah then s/he is considered involved in that particular war and Whoever fulfills the needs (donates) the families of the fighting men, then s/he is considered involved in defending the way of Allah. (HR. Accounts of Bukhari)

10.         Dear all humanity, don't you expect to see the enemies. Beg to Allah for safety. When meeting them, then be patient (to endure difficulties, persistent, tenacious and strong in confronting them). Know that, heaven lies underneath the shadows of the swords. (HR. Accounts of Bukhari)

11.         Rasulullah SAW when discharging the army that goes to war (without him) reminded: "By the name of Allah, and accompaniment of Allah, in the way of Allah and by sunnah recommendations of Rasulullah. Do not ever get carried away in taking loot without permission of the troop leader. Don't you betray and do not conduct cruelty (torment) the enemies. Do not kill children, women and elderly." (HR. Accounts of Ath-Thabrani and Abu Dawud)

12.         Rasulullah SAW includes women in war. They treat the wounded.  Rasulullah never gives them any portion of the loot, but gives them from the excess (remaining) of division. (HR. Accounts of Muslim)

13.         War is deceitful. (HR. Accounts of Bukhari)

14.         When you conduct trade with riba (unrightful earnings), become farmers, enjoy just farming and abandon jihad (struggle) then Allah will disgrace you. you cannot remove the humiliation until you are back to your Ad Dien (religion). (HR. Accounts of Abu Dawud and Ibnu Majah)

15.         There are three things that could wipe out all good deeds, they are: syirik towards (associating) Allah, defiant to both parents, and running away to avoid fighting (in the war for Allah/ fisabilillah) (HR. Accounts of Ath-Thabrani)

16.         An assembly that deserts the struggle defending Allah will be punished with torture. (HR. Accounts of Ath-Thabrani)

17.         Should there be murder between two Muslims, then the murdered and the murderer will both go to hell. The friends asked, "That is for the killer, then how about the one murdered?" prophet SAW replied, "The murdered tried to kill his/her friend." (HR. Accounts of Bukhari)

Explanation:

The victim (murdered) tried to kill, but get killed first, instead.

18.         Rasulullah SAW forbids the spread of toxic (plague / virus / chemical weapons) on enemies' land. (HR. Accounts of Ath-Thahawi)

19.         Remind each other to treat prisoners with courtesy. (HR. Accounts of Ath-Thabrani)

20.         we do not use the help of musyrikin (infidels) to fight the musyrikin. (HR. Accounts of Ahmad)

21.         Those who fight in the way of Allah and those who leave to conduct hajj or umroh pilgrimages are the guests of Allah. Allah calls upon them, and they welcome it and they beg to Him, then Allah grants their wishes. (HR. Accounts of Ibnu Majah).

22.         Whoever refuses obedience (insubordinate) and deviates from jama'ah assembly then dies, the death is as jahiliyah (unruly), and Whoever fights under (the banner of) nationalism (nationality or race) that leads to fanatics or act in anger (emotional) for defending fanatics (group) then gets killed, then the death is as jahiliyah. (HR. Accounts of An-Nasaa'i)

Explanation:

Asysyathibi defines jama'ah assembly as:

·         People of Islam convening for a common affair.

·         Majority of Islam people

·         A group of mujtahidin scholars.

·         Jama'atul Muslim when convening under the direction of an emir (leader).

·         The friends receiving approval from Allah and certainly under a special condition.

Assembly of jama'ah will form when there is discussion to reach an agreement.