Riyaad-us-Saliheen Struggling for the cause of Allah Taught by Br Wajdi Akkari Commentary of Shaikh Ibn Uthaymeen Lesson 27

Ibn Mas`ud (May Allah be pleased with him) said: One night I joined the Prophet ( ﷺ ) in his (optional) Salat. He prolonged the standing so much that I thought of doing something evil. He was asked: "What did you intend to do?'' He replied: "To sit down and leave him". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] Hadith

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said, "Three follow a dead body: members of his family, his possessions and his deeds. Two of them return and one remains with him. His family and his possessions return; his deeds remain with him". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]  Some of us look to earn money at the expense of our Deen forgetting that we will not take it with us when we pass away  Until, when death comes to one of them (those who join partners with Allah), he says: "My Lord! Send me back, So that I may do good in that which I have left behind!" No! It is but a word that he speaks, and behind them is Barzakh (a barrier) until the Day when they will be resurrected. [Quran 23:99-100]  Ibn Mas’ud (radi Allahu anhu) reported that the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “Jannah is nearer to anyone of you than your shoe-lace, and so is the (Hell) Fire.” [Sahih al-Bukhari]  This refers to death, as soon as one dies it will become clear where we are going Hadith

Rabi`ah bin Ka`b Al-Aslami (May Allah be pleased with him (a servant of the Messenger of Allah and also one of the people of As-Suffah) said: I used to spend my night in the company of Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) and used to put up water for his ablutions. One day he said to me, "Ask something of me.'' I said: "I request for your companionship in Jannah". He inquired, "Is there anything else besides this?'' I repeated "I request for your companionship in Jannah". He inquired a third time, "Is there anything else?” I said, "That is all.'' He said, "Then help me in your request by multiplying your prostrations". [Muslim]  We should engage in worship  Its not based on wishing to be with the Prophet, we have to perform the actions Hadith

Thauban (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) saying, "Perform Salah more often. For every prostration that you perform before Allah will raise your position one degree and will remit one of your sins". [Muslim] Hadith

`Abdullah bin Busr Al-Aslami (May Allah be pleased with him) said: Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said, "The best of people is one whose life is long and his conduct is good". [At-Tirmidhi]  A long life of disobedience is worse than a short life of disobedience as there are more sins  Similarly a long life of good deeds exceeds a short life of good deeds Hadith

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said: My uncle Anas bin An-Nadr (May Allah be pleased with him) was absent from the battle of Badr and he said: "O Messenger of Allah! I was absent from the first battle you fought against the pagans, and if Allah let me participate in a battle against the pagans, Allah will see what I do.'' So he encountered the day of Uhud Battle. The Muslims left the positions (the Prophet ( ﷺ ) told them to keep) and were defeated, he said: "O Allah! excuse these people (i.e., the Muslims) for what they have done, and I am clear from what the pagans have done". Then he [Anas bin An-Nadr] went forward with his sword and met Sa`d bin Mu`adh (fleeing) and said to him: "By the Rubb of the Ka`bah! I can smell the fragrance of Jannah from a place closer than Uhud Mount". Sa`d said: "O Messenger of Allah, what he did was beyond my power". Anas said: "We saw over eighty wounds on his body caused by stabbing, striking and shooting of arrows and spears. We found that he was killed, and mutilated by the polytheists. Nobody was able to recognize him except his sister who recognized him by the tips of his fingers.'' Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said: "We believe that the Ayah `Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah [i.e., they have gone out for Jihad (holy fighting), and showed not their backs to the disbelievers]...' (33:23), refers to him and his like". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] Hadith