Abu Taymiyyah – Part 3 The Wudhu Series From Zaad al Miaadh of Ibn Al Qayim

The third part of this introduction, my beloved

brothers and sisters,

I would like to now speak about the

virtues of all law. A lot of the

time, my brothers and my sisters, when somebody

advises us,

encourages us to do something,

that which tends to be missing is the

incentive

behind us doing that action. And part of

a wise type of dawah is to encourage

the people

with the rewards

that they're going to be getting for doing

this particular act.

So he has something to look forward to.

As for just telling them to do things

without there being an incentive,

a lot of the time it tends to

fall on deaf ears.

So what are some of the virtues of

doing wudu?

Virtue number 1 is It expiates one's sins.

He expiates your sins as it came in

the Hadith. The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,

narrated by Imam Musa Muhammaduwa

He, the messenger sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, he

said,

whoever performs the ablution, and not only does

he carry out the ablution, but he does

it properly,

His sins will come out of his body,

so much so that it will slip out

from under his nails as well. SubhanAllah.

And the famous hadith of Uthman ibn Affair

radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu,

when he demonstrated

how the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam did the

wudu.

In the end, what did he say?

I

saw the Messenger SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam

carry out the ablution in such a way.

And whoever carries out the wudu as I

just demonstrated

it,

then his past sins are going to be

forgiven.

Benefit number 2. We are told that when

an individual preserves his wudu, that this is

from the signs of faith. The messenger Sallallahu

Alaihi Wasallam he said,

Be upright in your religion.

What does this word mean? Or what does

this phrase here mean? This part of the

hadith.

The scholars who explain this hadith, they tend

to mention 2 explanations.

The first explanation is that

you won't

be able to remain

so upright in your religion. It's going to

be a difficult

path

to remain upfront.

Ilah and Yashaa Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

accept that if Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala wills.

And the second explanation that they mentioned is

that you will get such an immense reward

that you won't be able to enumerate it,

if you remain steadfast and upright in your

religion.

And then the Messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,

Wa'alamo

And he says, no, have knowledge of that

from the best of the actions is the

Salah,

and

the one who preserves

his wudhu

is none other than a believer.

Meaning the one who,

you know, keeps his wudu. And this is

something we're gonna speak about inshaAllah ta'ala right

at the beginning

of

the text

that Ibn Uthim, hamallahu ta'ala, put together.

The third benefit is,

this will do my brothers and my sisters,

could be the reason why you enter into

Jannah.

It came in the hadith of Ruqbaib Naima

radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu that

There's not a Muslim

who carries out the wudu, not only does

he carry out the wudu, but he does

it properly.

And then he stands up to carry out

2 raka'at.

And when he plays these 2 raka'at, my

brothers and my sisters,

he does this with a present heart.

He is concentrating

with his face and likewise his heart, we

are told in this hadith.

Accept

that the Jannah will become incumbent upon that

individual.

Allahu Akbar.

Can you see my brothers and my sisters,

how in a small

act

that we might just, you know, rush to

carrying out

before the Salah,

but rather if we put our heart to

it and we did it properly,

it is the reason why so much goodness

might come to us in this dunya and

likewise,

the akhirah.

How will you answer the questions on the

day of judgment if you don't know the

answers?

This is why the hadith mentions that seeking

knowledge is obligatory

to every single Muslim.

Knowledge

is how you will survive that day.

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