5.2: THE PROPHET’S COUNSEL TO MU’ADH
When the Prophet sent Mu’adh (radiyAllahu ‘anhu) to Yemen, he advised him as follows:“Mu’adh, fear Allah wherever you may be. Follow a bad deed with a good one and it erases it, and treats the people in a fine manner.’
Mu’adh (radiyAllahu (anhu) had a high status with the Prophet for he once told him: “O Mu’adh! By Allah, I really love you. He used to seat Mu’adh behind him on his riding beast. It has been narrated about him that: He is the most knowledgeable person of this nation regarding the lawful (halal) and the unlawful (haram) and on the Day of Resurrection will be resurrected one step ahead What further signifies his virtue is the fact that the Prophet sent him to Yemen to convey his message and to call the people to Islam, making him the teacher, legal advisor, and ruler of the Yemeni people. The Prophet would say that he resembled Ibrahim (‘alayhis-salam),the Khalil and Ibrahim was the leader of the people. Likening him to Ibrahim, Ibn Mas’ud (radiyAllah ‘anhu) would say: ‘Mu’adh was a leader, devoutly obedient to Allah, inclining toward truth, and he was not of the polytheists.’
By Shaykhu’l-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah
Comments
John Doe
23/3/2019Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
John Doe
23/3/2019Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
John Doe
23/3/2019Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.