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Contents of Hadith
Narrated: Abu Huraira
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Ask me (about
matters pertaining to religion), but they (the Companions of
the Holy Prophet) were too much overawed out of profound
respect for him to ask him (anything). In the meanwhile a man
came there, and sat near his knees and said: Messenger of
Allah, what is al-lslam? to which he (the Holy Prophet)
replied: You must not associate anything with Allah, and
establish prayer, pay the poor-rate (Zakat) and observe (the
fasts) of Ramadan. He said: You (have) told the truth. He
(again) said: Messenger of Allah, what is al-Iman (the faith)?
He (the Holy Prophet) said: That you affirm your faith in
Allah, His angels, His Books, His meeting, His Apostles, and
that you believe in Resurrection and that you believe in Qadr
(Divine Decree) in all its entirety, He (the inquirer) said:
You (have) told the truth. He (again) said: Messenger of
Allah, what is al-Ihsan? Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) said:
(Al-Ihsan implies) that you fear Allah as if you are seeing
Him, and though you see Him not, verily He is seeing you. He
(the inquirer) said: You (have) told the truth. He (the
inquirer) said: When there would be the hour (of Doom)? (Upon
this) he (the Holy Prophet said: The one who is being asked
about it is no better informed than the inquirer himself. I,
however, narrate some of its signs (and these are): when you
see a slave (woman) giving birth to her master, that is one
of the signs of (Doom); when you see barefooted, naked, deaf
and dumb (ignorant and foolish persons) as the rulers of the
earth, that is one of the signs of the Doom. And when you see
the shepherds of black camels exult in buildings, that is one
of the signs of Doom. The (Doom) is one of the five things
(wrapped) in the unseen. No one knows them except Allah. Then
(the Holy Prophet) recited (the folowing verse): "Verily
Allah! with Him alone is the knowledge of the hour and He it
is Who sends down the rain and knows that which is in the
wombs and no person knows whatsoever he shall earn on morrow
and a person knows not in whatsoever land he shall die. Verily
Allah is Knowing, Aware. He (the narrator, Abu Huraira) said:
Then the person stood up an (made his way). The Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Bring him back to me. He
was searched for, but they (the Companions of the Holy
Prophet) could not find him. The Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) thereupon said: He was Gabriel and he wanted to
teach you (things pertaining to religion) when you did not ask
(them yourselves).