Aslam

The Prophet said: God sent punishments on the inhabitants of a place which numbered eighteen thousands. Their worship was like the worship of the Prophets . The companions asked : O Messenger of God, wy has it occurred ? He said : They did not express anger for the sake of God did not enjoin them good and prohibit them evil Moses once asked Pod : 'O Lord, who is dearest to Thee ? He said : That servant who humbly comes towards My will as a vulture rushes towards its object, that servant who remains ready to help My pious servants in such a way just as a suckling child keeps attached to its mother's breast and that servant who gets angry when an unlawful thing corners to him in such a way just as a leopard does not care when angry whether the people are many or few. It appears that the merits of enjoining good or forbidding evil are great in the face of such great dangers.

Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq asked: O Messenger of God, is there any Jihad except Jihad with the unbelievers ? The Prophet said : Yes. O Abu Bakr, the Mujahids in the way of God are. better than the martys. They are given provision and they are alive . They roam about in the world and God praises them before the angels. Paradise has been adorned for them. Hazrat Abu Bakr asked : O Messenger of God, who are they ? He said :
They enjoin good and forbid evil, love one another for the sake of God and give up hatred for one another for the sake of God.
Then he said : By One in whose hand there is my life, one of them will live in such palace which is placed above all other palaces and above all the palaces of the martyrs. That palace will have three lac doors. Each door is most valuable and made of emeralds and jewels of green colour and every door will have light. In that palace, he will have three lac Hurs who will look with askance eye : Whenever any Hur who will look at a person he will say : Do you remember such and such a day when you enjoined good and forbade evil ?

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Hazrat Abu Obaidah said : I asked : O Prophet of God, who is the most honourable near God among the martyrs ? He said : The martyr who stands before a tyrant ruler and enjoins him to do good and prohibit evil and for which he is killed. If the tyrant ruler does not kill him, pen will be shut up for him til he lives. The Prophet said : The greatest martyr among my follows will be that person who, standing before a tyrant ruler, enjoins him to do good and prohibits evils as a result of which the ruler kills him.
His place will be between Hamaza and ja'far . Hazrat Omar said :
I heard the Prophet say : Those persons of the present age are bad who do not do justice and who do not enjoined good and prohibit evil.

WISE SAYINGS