05/11/2021
Sometimes when you advise someone to leave a sin, they respond with โBut everybody does it, itโs not just me!โ But if you look for the words โmost people" in the Qurโaan, you will find that most people:
โโซูููููููููู ุฃูููุซูุฑู ุงููููุงุณู ูุงู ููุนูููู
ููููโฌ โAnd however most people do not know.โ (Al-A'raf 7:187)
โโซูููููููููู ุฃูููุซูุฑู ุงููููุงุณู ูุงู ููุดูููุฑููููโฌ โand most people do not show gratitudeโ (Al-Baqarah 2:243)
โโซูููููููููู ุฃูููุซูุฑู ุงููููุงุณู ูุงู ููุคูู
ููููููโฌ โand most people do not believeโ (Hud, 11:17)
And if you look for โmost of themโ, you will find that most of them are:
โโซููุฃูููู ุฃูููุซูุฑูููู
ู ููุงุณููููููโฌ โdefinitely disobedientโ (Al-Ma'idah 5:59)
โโซูููููููููู ุฃูููุซูุฑูููู
ู ููุฌููููููููโฌ โ ignorantโ (Al-An'am 6:111)
โโซุจููู ุฃูููุซูุฑูููู
ู ููุง ููุนูููู
ูููู ุงููุญูููู ููููู
ู
ููุนูุฑูุถููููโฌ โturning awayโ (Al-Anbiya 21:24)
So be of the โfewโ, whom Allaah โซุณุจุญุงูู ู ุชุนุงูู โฌ says about them:
โโซููููููููู ู
ูููู ุนูุจูุงุฏููู ุงูุดูููููุฑูโฌ โAnd few of My servants are grateful.โ (Saba' 34:13)
โโซููู
ูุง ุขู
ููู ู
ูุนููู ุฅููุงูู ูููููููโฌ โBut none had believed with him, except a few.โ (Hud 11:40)
โโซููู ุฌููููุงุชู ุงููููุนููู
ู ุซููููุฉู ู
ูููู ุงููุฃููููููููู ููููููููู ู
ูููู ุงููุขุฎูุฑููููโฌ
โIn the Gardens of Bliss, a [large] company of the former people, and a few of the later people.โ (Al-Waqi'ah 56:12-14)
Ibnul-Qayyim (โซุฑุญู
ู ุงูููโฌ) said,
โGo on the path of truth and do not feel lonely because there are few who take that path, and beware of the path of falsehood and do not be deceived by the vastness of the Perishers.โ
[Found in Kitab al-Zuhd by Ahmad bin Hanbal (โซุฑุญู
ู ุงูููโฌ), and also in the Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shaybah.]
May Allaah โซุณุจุญุงูู ู ุชุนุงููโฌ make us of His few servants. Aameen!