In
the Name of Allaah, the Beneficent, Most Merciful. May peace and blessings be
upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and companions. As for what follows:
The
Messenger of Allaah, may peace and blessings be upon him, said:
”Verily amongst
the people are those who are keys to good and
locks to evil. And amongst the people are those who are
keys to evil and locks to good. So Toobaa [1] for the one
whom Allaah has placed the keys of good upon his hands and woe be to the one whom Allaah has placed the keys of evil
at his disposal.” [Sunan Ibn Maajah
#237, Ibn Abi 'Aasim in "As-Sunnah"
#297, Musnad
At-Tayaalisi #2082, Al-Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Eemaan #698, and Al-Albani
delcared it good in As-Saheehah
#1332]
Sheikh
‘Abdur Razaaq bin ‘Abdul Muhsin Al-’Abbaad, may Allaah preserve them both,
said:
“From the ways to be a key to good
is by supplication.”
Supplication
is the key to every good as one of the Pious
Predecessors stated something similar when he said: “I
contemplated about the entirety of good and
found that it has many entrances: Prayer is from
good, fasting is from good, hajj
(pilgrimage to the Sacred House of
Allaah) is from good, the entrances of
good are numerous. Then I realized that all of that
is in the Hands of Allaah and thus I was certain that:
"Supplication is the key to ALL good.”
You
are incapable of praying unless Allaah assists
you in that, you are incapable of performing the
pilgrimage to the Sacred House, fasting, giving charity,
being dutiful to your parents, carrying out acts
of righteousness unless Allaah assists you in that.
For this reason, the Prophet, may peace be upon him, recited on the day of Ahzaab: “If it wasn’t
for Allaah we wouldn’t have
been guided, nor would we have fasted or
offered prayer.”[Bukhari #6620, Muslim #1803]
“And had it not
been for the Grace of Allaah and His Mercy on you, not one of you would ever
have been pure from sins. But Allaah purifies (guides to Islam) whom He wills…”
[24:21]
“but
Allaah has endeared the Faith to you and has beautified it in your hearts, and
has made disbelief, wickedness and disobedience (to Allaah and His Messenger)
hateful to you. These! They are the rightly guided ones, (This is) a Grace from
Allaah and His Favour.”
[49:7,8]
Due
to this, if you want to be a key to good and from the people of virtue; from
the noble people of knowledge; from the people of esteem and magnificence, then
ask Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic. For all of that is in His Hands, the
Majestic and High. For this reason, more than one of the people of knowledge have stated:
“Supplication is the key to all good.
Hence whoever is granted success to (the usage of) this key,
will be granted success to good. And whoever is
prevented from (the usage of) this key will be prevented from good.”[2]
Footnotes:
[1] It
has been mentioned that Toobaa is a tree in Paradise
that a rider will travel in its shade for one-hundred
years before passing it and that Toobaa is Paradise itself.
[2]
Taken from the book “How can you be a key to good.”
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