USMANI DISCOURSES. English translation of talks by Mufti Taqi Usmani DB.

In the Holy Quran Allah Ta’ala says;

“whereas for the one who feared to stand before his Lord, and restrained his self from the (evil) desire, the Paradise will be the abode." (79:40-41)

In a Hadith the Holy Prophet ﷺ said that Allah Ta’ala has surrounded Jannah (Paradise) with those acts which people find burdensome to carry out.

Allah Ta’ala says in the Holy Quran;

“Their sides remain away from their beds at night, and they keep praying to their Creator, but even then their heart is not free of fear...”

At another place Allah Ta’ala says that ‘pious people are those who sleep little at night. Rather they keep doing Ibadah, pray Tahajjud, and when it is time for Sehri (Suhur) they do Istighfar.’

It is narrated in a Hadith that Hazrat Aisha (may Allah Ta’ala bless her) asked the Holy Prophet ﷺ, “O Prophet of Allah! Sehr is not a time to do Istighfar. Istighfar is done after a sin. But these people (mentioned in the verse above) kept performing Ibadah (acts of worship) the whole night. They did not commit any sin. Then why did they do Istighfar?” The Holy Prophet ﷺ said, “They do Istighfar after performing Ibadah because they feel they couldn’t perform Ibadah of a standard that was required by Allah Ta’ala’s greatness.”

“And for the one who is fearful of having to stand before his Lord, there are two gardens,” (55:46)

When Hazrat Umar Farooq (may Allah Ta’ala be pleased with him) became a Caliph he used to go around the city at night to find out what people were doing. If he found someone in distress he used to help them, if he found someone doing something wrong he would correct them. One night he was walking on the streets of Medinah Munawwarah at Tahajjud time when he heard two women talking. One of them, who was apparently the mother of the other one, was telling her daughter to mix some water in the milk she had extracted to increase its volume before selling it. The daughter said, “But mother, the Caliph Hazrat Umar RAA has issued a decree that no milk seller should add water to their milk before selling it. Therefore, we shouldn’t do it.” The mother said, “The Caliph is not here now. He would be at his home at this time. It is dark of night. If you add water to milk now how would he know that you have done this?” The daughter said, “Mother! The Caliph is not watching us but his ruler, meaning Allah Ta’ala, is watching us. I will not do it.”

Hazrat Umar Farooq RAA was listening to this conversation from outside the door. In the morning he made inquiries about who this girl was and then sent a proposal for her to marry his son Hazrat Abdullah Ibn Umar RAA. Hazrat Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz (may Allah Ta’alah bless him), who is known as the fifth Khalifa Rashid (rightly guided Caliph), was born from the offspring from this marriage.

In a Hadith, the Holy Prophet ﷺ said,

“The person who when he gives something to someone, he gives it for Allah, when he stops from spending something, he stops spending for the sake of Allah, if he loves someone, he loves them for Allah, and if he keeps enmity with someone, he does it for Allah, his Iman is perfect.”

Once a non-Muslim made some insulting comments about the Holy Prophet ﷺ in front of Hadhrat Ali RAA. Hadhrat Ali RAA could not tolerate anyone saying anything derogatory about the Holy Prophet ﷺ. He threw that person on the ground and got on top of him. When that person saw that he was powerless, he spat on Hadhrat Ali’s RAA face. As soon as he did that Hadhrat Ali RAA got up and let go of him. Someone said, “Hadhrat! Now he was being even more insulting. Why did you let him go?” Hadhrat Ali RAA replied, “Initially when I attacked him, it was out of my love for the Holy Prophet ﷺ because he had insulted him which made me angry. When he spat on my face I became even more angry. But if I hit him now it would have been for my own person. That is why I let him go.”

The Holy Prophet ﷺ said in a prayer,

“O Allah! Please grant me Ghina (غنا) (being carefree) through knowledge, and adorn me with mild-temperedness.”

Whenever you start feeling angry and you feel you will be overcome by your anger, first do what the Holy Quran has advised us to do. Allah Ta’ala says;

“Should a stroke from the Satan strike you, seek refuge with Allah. Surely, He is All- Hearing, All-Knowing.” (7:200)

This means that whenever we feel that the Satan is trying to incite us to commit a sin, we should seek Allah’s refuge and recite اعوذ بالّٰلہ من الشیطٰن الرجیم.

The second act to perform when someone is becoming angry, is what the Holy Prophet ﷺ has advised us to do. He advised us that whenever you are becoming excessively angry, if you are standing, then sit down, and if you are sitting, then lie down.

In another narration, it has been said that the person should drink cold water at that time.

It is narrated in a Hadith that once the Holy Prophet ﷺ was going somewhere. On the way, he saw that Hadhrat Siddiq Akbar RAA was scolding a slave in anger. In a narration, it says that at that time the Holy Prophet ﷺ said to him,

“Remember that Allah Ta’ala has much more control and power over you, than you have on this person.”

In a Hadith, the Holy Prophet ﷺ said that on the Day of Judgment a person will be brought before Allah Ta’ala. Allah Ta’ala will ask the angels, “Tell me what good deeds he has got in his account?” The angels will reply, “O Allah Ta’ala! He doesn’t have too many good deeds in his account. He neither read too many Nawafil, nor did he pray a lot. However, he had one special virtue. If anyone hurt him or caused him harm, he used to forgive that person. Similarly, if someone owed money to him, and said that he didn’t have the means to pay it back at the due date, then he told his servants that this person cannot afford to pay so forgo my loan, and gave up his rights.” Upon hearing this Allah Ta’ala would say, “This person showed mercy towards my slaves, and forgave them his rights. Today I will show him mercy and will forgive him.” So, Allah Ta’ala will grant him Maghfirat for showing kindness to fellow human beings.

Hadhrat Abu Hurairah RAA has narrated that once a person presented himself before the Holy Prophet ﷺ and said, “O’ Prophet of Allah! Please give me some advice, and please make it brief.” 

The Holy Prophet ﷺ said to him,

"لا تغضب"

meaning “do not be angry”.

If a person correctly follows this brief advice of the Holy Prophet ﷺ, he may be able to stop himself from committing thousands of sins.

آواز: سید احمر

آواز: سید احمر

 آواز: سید احمر

The Holy Prophet ﷺ;

“Deal with people according to their temperament.”

Hazrat Thanvi RE said, 

“love means bringing comfort to the person you love”