When the Prophet's Tears Met Allah's Will
Riyadul Saliheen: The Prophet's Response to the Death of a Child - Lessons on Patience and Divine Decree
Summary
This lecture from Riyadul Saliheen (Gardens of the Righteous) by Al-Hafiz Al-Nawawi discusses a hadith narrated by Usama ibn Zaid about the Prophet Muhammad's response to the death of his granddaughter's child. The speaker explains how the Prophet sent a message of condolence with words of patience and acceptance of Allah's decree, emphasizing that the most important thing during such trials is to hear and believe in these words rather than physical presence. The hadith illustrates the Prophet's compassion and tears upon holding the dying infant, demonstrating that showing emotion is not contrary to patience and submission to Allah's will.
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله والصلاه والسلام على رسول الله اما بعد كرياض الصالحين الحافظ النووي يقول وعن ابي زيد اسامه بن زيد زيد بن حارثه مولى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وحبه وابن حبه رضي الله عنهما ابي زيد اسامه بن زيد بن حارثه رضي الله عنه الله قال ارسلت بنت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ان ابني قد احتضر فاشهدنا صلى الله عليه وسلم someone tell him was taking breath so please come and be here while he passes away this child was a very small child an infant unable to speak and the صلى الله عليه وسلم فارسل يقرئ السلام ويقول ان لله ما اخذ وله ما اعطى وكل شيء عنده باجل مسمى فلتصبر ولتحتسب الله.
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ارسلت اليه تقسم عليه لينها صلى الله عليه وسلم himself person why is that well there's a number of reasons But most chief and most importantly is when someone passes away a small child these are the things that are most important to be heard and most important things to be believed and h in one's heart and as for a person being there or not being there this is not going to sit also the prop صلى الله عليه وسلم you know this is this is aent and if to come he would not be able to change this child's destiny would not be able to withhold this child soul from leaving his body this is something الله سبحانه وتالى صلى الله عليه وسلم this time الله.
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Insisting would come قال فقام ومعه سعد بن عباده اسامه بنزيد number the most major of the companions this gives us this gives us a bit of an insight into the kinds of people that around him also from the names some of some gather because peopleent alles propbes whenes would callbes and people these companions whose names are here many of them of the propet scribbes and all of them people of knowledge so they having some kind of some kind of having to do with the quر or what have you and فقام ومعه سعد بن عباده اسامه بن زيد سعد بن عباده سعد بن عباده الانصار and the ban on the day of the conquest of me he was the one that was given the ban and leadership of that part of the army during the conquest of jaذal weve discussed so many times here حلال حرام صلى الله عليه وسلم يمن ابوذر وابي بن كعب قران وزيد بن ثابت ابو بكر عمر زيد بنثبت عثمان عفان مصاحفire ورجال رضي اسمه فرفع الى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الصبي الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فاقعده في حجره ونفسه تقعقع ففاضت عيناه صلى الله عليه عليه الصلاه والسلام فقال سعد سعد بن عباده يا رسول الله ما هذا الله سعد رضي الله was is this contr to paent and so this could be underst that if trent i would c be happy no this doesn't mean a person will be happy but a person will contr himself and so the حافظ صلى الله عليه وسلم هذه رحمه جعلها الله تعالى في قلوب عباده وفي روايه في قلوب من شاء من عباده mer الله وانما يرحم من وانما يرحم الله من عباده الرحماء الله بخاري مسلم نسال الله سبحانه وتعالى بمنه وكرمه وجوده ان يثبت قلوبنا وافئدتنا نساله تعالى ان يغفر لنا خطايانا وان يتوب علينا والله اعلم وصلى صل الله وسلم على نبينا محمد وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين والحمد لله رب العالمين.