Plague as Mercy: The Martyr's Reward
Patience and Mercy During Plague: Hadith from Riyadul Saliheen
Summary
This lecture discusses a hadith from Sahih Bukhari found in Imam Al-Nawawi's Riyadul Saliheen, specifically in the chapter on patience. The hadith is narrated by Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who asked the Prophet Muhammad about the plague. The Prophet explained that plague is a punishment from Allah sent upon whomever He wills, yet simultaneously Allah has made it a mercy for believers. The speaker explains that when a believer remains patient and hopeful during a plague, accepting that only what Allah has written for them will afflict them, they receive a reward equivalent to that of a martyr.
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله والصلاه والسلام على رسول الله اما بعد يقول الحافظ النووي رحمه الله تعالى في كتابه رياض الصالحين في باب الصبر وعن عائشه رضي الله عنها انها سالت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن الطاعون فاخبرها انه كان عذابا يبعثه الله تعالى على من يشاء فجعله الله تعالى رحمه للمؤمنين فليس من عبد يقع في الطاعون فيمكث في بلده صابرا محتسبا يعلم انه لا يصيبه الا ما كتب الله له الا كان له مثل اجر الشهيد رواه البخاري كين الرياض الصالحين الحافظ النووي رحمه الله عائشه رضي الله عنها الله صلى الله عليه وسلم طاعون الطاعون صلى الله عليه وسلم حديث the black or the this pl which actually wiped out much of Europe and spreads very quickly and kills very indiscrimin now she asked the prophet about the what does that عائشه سالت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عن الطاعون صلى الله عليه وسلم الله سبحانه وتالى andmin something like that spreads in are it is going to take with it women and children and elderly and evil and good people and wicked and all the عائشه رضي الله عنها sitation.
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and what the prop said that the is a punishment from Allah that he sends upon whomever he chooses from his creation simultaneously Allah has made this pl a mercy for the believer how is that so here we have a pl everyone seems to die the same kind of death yet what appears to be the same is very الله سبحانه وتالى is mercy and kind of person it is what their intentions are and what صلى الله عليه وسلم فليس من عبد يقع في الطاعون يعني يقع في الطاعون او يكون في مكان فيه الطاعون و يحبس مع الطاعون فيمكث في بلده يعني بلد الطاعون صابرا محتسبا ثم شرح الصبر والاحتساب فقال يعلم انه لا يصيبه الا ما كتب الله له الا كان له مثل اجر الشهيد الله findead inite of himself himself and there placee and hopeful الله inev only what is what is come only what is to afflict him numberful with the knowledge and nothingcept you know this is no matter what you must get if you are الله.
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الامام البخاري رحمه الله نسال الله سبحانه وتعالى بمنه وكرمه وجوده ان يغفر لنا وان يفقهنا في ديننا وان يلهمنا صبرا على طلب علم ديننا نساله سبحانه وتعالى ان يعلمنا من وحيه ومن نصوص ص كتابه وسنه نبيه ما جهلنا وان يذكرنا من نصوصهما ما نسينا وان يعلمنا الحكمه منها اللهم امين وصل اللهم وسلم على نبينا محمد وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين والحمد لله رب العالمين السلام.