Dars e Ahadith-Awliya 40 Abdals
“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem”Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)
Imam Nawawi (Radi Allahu ta’ala Anhu), and also Ibn Maja (Radi Allahu
ta’ala Anhu) report that when Sayyadina RasoolAllah (ﷺ ) was asked about the
characteristics of the Awliya, he declared, “Allah is remembered when they are seen.”
In reference to the Abdaals, Imam At-Tabarani ra quotes a Hadith Shareef in which the Holy Prophet ﷺ declares, “There will always exist 40 persons on the Earth, each of whom is blessed like Hazrat Ebrahim (Alaihis Salaam). It rains because of their barakah. Allah appoints another when one of them dies.”
In another Hadith Shareef, Abu Naeem ra reports that the Holy Prophet ﷺ said, “There always exist 40 persons among my ummah. Their hearts are like that of Hazrat Ebrahim (Alaihis Salaam). Allah Ta’aala redeems His human servants from disasters for their sake. They are called Abdaal. They do not attain to that degree by performing salaah, fasting, or giving zakaah.” Ibn Mas’ud ra asked, “Ya RasoolAllah peace be upon him , by what means do they attain that degree?””They attain it by being generous, and by advising muslims,” said the Prophet peace be upon him.
Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal says in his Musnad (1:112): … The people
of Syria were mentioned in front of `Ali ibn Abi Talib while he was in Iraq,
and they said: “Curse them, O Commander of the Believers.” He
replied: “No, I heard the Messenger of Allah say: “The Substitutes (al-abdal) are in Syria and they are forty men,
every time one of them dies, Allah substitutes another in his place. By means
of them Allah brings down the rain, gives (Muslims) victory over their enemies,
and averts punishment from the people of Syria.”” al-Haythami
said: “The men in its chains are all those of the sahih except for Sharih
ibn `Ubayd, and he is trustworthy (thiqa).”[That is: this is a sound
(sahih) hadith.]
Al-Hakim narrated the following which he graded sound (sahih), and al-Dhahabi confirmed him: Ali ra said: “Do not curse the people of Syria, for among them are the Substitutes (al-abdal), but curse their injustice.”
Tabarani said in his Mu`jam al-awsat: Anas said that the Prophet
said: “The earth will never lack forty men similar to the Friend of the
Merciful [Prophet Ibrahim], and through them people receive rain and are given
help. None of them dies except Allah substitutes another in his place.”
Qatada said: “We do not doubt that
al-Hasan [al-Basri] is one of them.” Ibn Hibban narrates it in
al-Tarikh through Abu Hurayra as: “The
earth will never lack forty men similar to Ibrahim the Friend of the Merciful,
and through whom you are helped, receive your sustenance, and receive
rain.”
Imam Ahmad also narrated in the Musnad (5:322): The Prophet said: “The Substitutes in this Community are
thirty like Ibrahim the Friend of the Merciful. Every time one of them dies, Allah
substitutes another one in his place.” Hakim Tirmidhi cites it in
Nawadir al-usul and Ahmad’s student al-Khallal in his Karamat al-awliya’.
Haythami said its men are those of the sahih except `Abd al-Wahid who was
declared trustworthy by al-`Ijli and Abu Zar`a (as well as Yahya ibn Ma`in).
Abu Dawud through three different good chains in his Sunan (English #4273),
Imam Ahmad in his Musnad (6:316), Ibn Abi Shayba in his Musannaf, Abu Ya`la,
al-Hakim, and Bayhaqi narrated: Umm Salama the wife of the Prophet said: “Disagreement will occur at the death of
a Caliph and a man of the people of Madina will come forth flying to Mecca.
Some of the people of Mecca will come to him, bring him out against his will
and swear allegiance to him between the Corner and the Maqam. An expeditionary
force will then be sent against him from Syria but will be swallowed up in the
desert between Mecca and Madina, and when the people see that, the Substitutes
(abdal) of Syria and the best people (`asaba) of Iraq will come to him and
swear allegiance to him…”
Imam Ahmad cited in Kitab al-zuhd, also Ibn Abi al-Dunya, Abu Nu`aym, Bayhaqi,
and Ibn `Asakir narrated from Julays: Wahb ibn Munabbih said: I saw the Prophet
in my sleep, so I said: “Ya RasulAllah,
where are the Substitutes (budala’) of your Community?” So he gestured
with his hand towards Syria. I said: “Ya RasulAllah, aren’t there
any in Iraq?” He said: “Yes,
Muhammad ibn Wasi`, Hassan ibn Abi Sinan, and Malik ibn Dinar, who walks among
the people similarly to Abu Dharr in his time.”
ALLAH DECLARES WAR ON THE ENEMIES OF
THE AWLIYA
In Bukhari Shareef, Hadrat Abu Huraira (Radi Allahu ta’ala Anhu) reports
the following Hadith-e-Quddsi: The Most Beloved Prophet (ﷺ ) has said that Allah
said, “Whoever shows enmity to a friend
of mine, I shall be at war with him.”
“Allah said, ‘I will declare war against him who shows
hostility to a pious worshipper (walî) of Mine. And the most beloved things
with which My slave comes nearer to Me, is what I have enjoined (frad) upon
him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing nawâfil
(praying or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) till I love him, so I
become his sense of hearing with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which
he sees, and his hand with which he grips, and his leg with which he walks; and
if he asks Me, I will give him, and if he asks My protection (Refuge), I will
protect him; (i.e. give him My Refuge) and I do not hesitate to do anything as
I hesitate to take the soul of the believer, for he hates death, and I hate to
disappoint him.” Narrated by Abu Huraira (Radi Allahu ta’ala anhu) in
Bukhari, vol8, Hadith 509
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