[13] Hadith Thirteen

The Prophet's Description Of The Attributes That Place One In The Shade of Allah -- Almighty and Exalted

It is narrated from Abu Hurayra - Allah be well-pleased with him: "I heard Allah's Messenger say: 'Seven shall be those whom Allah grants shade the day that there shall be no shade except His:

• The equitable leader;
• A young man who grew up worshipping Allah - Almighty and Exalted;
• A man whose heart is attached to the mosques;
• Two men who loved one another for Allah's sake, meeting for that reason and parting for that reason;
• A man who was invited by a woman of distinction and beauty but said to her, "Verily I fear Allah - Almighty and Exalted."
• A man who gave in charity but kept it secret so that his left hand did not know what his right hand expended;
• A man who remembered Allah in seclusion, whereupon his eyes wept.'"

Narrated by the Two Shaykhs [Bukhari and Muslim] and others. The Prophet mentioned in many of his hadiths a vast array of those whom Allah shall place in His shade. One of the scholars of hadith gathered those narrations in a monograph, and the reader can look them up there.

Allah's blessings and peace on the Prophet., his Family, and his Companions

Dr. G.F. Haddad

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