Kitābu Al-Jāmi’i from the Book: Bulūghu Al-Marām by Ibn Hajar 04

🏕 *Shar’h Session*
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله رب العالمين
وأصلي وأسلم على من بعث رحمة للعالمين
وعلى آله وصحبه ومن تبعهم أجمعين
Assalāmu Alaykum Warahmatullāh Wabarakātuh
We ask Allāh to bless it and to make it beneficial for us all
Āmīn
Dear brothers and sisters
You are welcome to this evenings session of the Sharh
And we have explained the Hadīth up to the the fourth right which is the Tashmīt
It is the Hadīth of Abu Hurayrah – radiyallāhu ‘anhu where he Rasūl – salallāhu alayhi wasallam – said:
From Abū Hurayrah – radiyallāhu ‘anhu – the Messenger of Allāh – salallāhu alayhi wasallam – said:
“The Right of a Muslim on a Muslim are Six:
“If you meet him you say the Salām unto him”
“If he invites you, you should respond”
“If he seeks your advice concerning a matter, give him sincere advice”
“If he sneezes and says ‘Alhamdulillāh’, then say to him the tashmīt”
“If he falls sick, pay him visit’
We say, and Allāh is the a source of Guidance, that the last right mentioned here by the Rasūl – salallāhu alayhi wasallam – here is that you visit your Muslim brother whenever he is sick

We were explaining the first Hadīth quoted by Imām Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani in the Chapter on Ādāb
The Rasūl – salallāhu alayhi wasallam – also mentioned in other places the rewards that are associated with visiting the Sick

إن المسلم إذا عاد أخاه المسلم لم يزل في خرفة الجنة ”
“Indeed the Muslim whenever he visits his Muslim brother does not cease to be in the Shades of Jannah”

And that is because in visiting the sick is a form of relief for him from his illness
This shows us the great rewards that are in visiting the sick Muslim
And shows that he is shown to be a part of the Muslim Ummah
It is his right, as this Hadīth has shown

Know, o beloved one, that there are Ādāb associated with visiting the sick Muslim
Of them is that one should smile and sit by his side if in doing that he is not stressed and prevented from a rest that is necessary for him
Of them is that he should pray sincerely for him for recovery
Of the du’ā that have come in the Sunnah for the sick is the following that was mentioned to be the Sunnah of the Rasūl – salallāhu alayhi wasallam – by A’isha – radiyallāhu ‘anhu – as was compiled by Imām Al-Bukhāri and Imām Muslim
He – salallāhu alayhi wasallam – said in the Hadīth that was recorded by Imām Muslim – rahimahullāh:
أذهبِ البأس ، رب الناس ، اشفِ وأنت الشافي ، لا شفاء الا شفاؤك ، شفاء لا يغادر سقما
“Take away the pain, O Lord of Mankind, heal, for you are the Healer, there is no cure but Your Cure, a Cure that does not spare any sickness”

And if he needs Ruqyah, he should do the ruqyah for him without him asking for it.

It is said that the Rasūl – salallāhu alayhi wasallam – used to say the Ruqyah, as was recorded by both Imām Al-Bukhāri and Imām Muslim:
Of this is the Hadīth found in the Sunan of Imām Ibn Mājah that the Rasūl – salallāhu alayhi wasallam – said:
بسم الله ، تربة أرضنا ، بريقة بعضنا ، يشفى سقيمنا بإذن ربنا
“In the Name of Allāh, with the sand of our Land, using the saliva of some of us, our sick is cured with the permission of our Lord.”
And there are other forms of Ruqyah found in the Sunnah                                                                                        Of the ettiquettes of this visitation is to remind the sick of the rewards that will compensate him by virtue of his illness.
Imam An-Nawawī – rahimahullāh – had mentioned that this Ruqyah was done by the Rasūl – salallāhu alayhi wasallam – by:
“He took of his spittle on his index finger and then touched the sand with it, which thereby attached to it some sand. He then rubbed with it the point of sickness of injury while reciting the wording mentioned.’

And in the Hadīth the Rasūl – salallāhu alayhi wasallam – said, as recorded in Sahih Muslim:
اذا حضرتم المريض فقولوا خيرا. فان الملائكه يؤمنون على ما تقولون
ما يبرح البلاء بالعبد حتى يتركه يمشي على الأرض وما عليه من خطيئة
“Whenever you visit the sick, then say only good for the Angels say Āmīn to what you say.”
“Trials do not leave a Servant (of Allāh) until it leaves him walking the face of the earth completely fee of sins”

We ask Allāh to grant cure to all the sick Muslims, āmīn

And to save us from illnesses that are apparent and those that are hidden

Then, the last right that was mentioned in the Hadīth is:
“And if he dies, then follow him (to the grave)”
Imām Ibn Daqīq Al-‘Īd – rahimahullāh – said the same thing in Ihkām Al-Ahkām
This is the right of the Muslim upon the Muslim community that when he dies, he must be burried in the right way, he must have the Salāt of Janāzah done on him and his corpse must be escorted to the grave
But that the body of a dead Muslim be prepared for burial, prayed upon and seen to the grave is a Fard that is compulsory on the entirety of the Muslim Ummah as a collective obligation is the Consensus of the Ulamā
Imām Ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalānī – rahimahullāh – mentioned in Fat’hu Al-Bārī that what is meant by following the dead is to observe the Janāzah Salāt on him, follow him to the grave, or one of both
However this obligation becomes individually obligatory upon the one who see that the burial of this Muslim is dependent on him. It therefore becomes obligatory by so doing
And this means that this obligation is a right that the Muslim has upon the Muslim Community as a Communal Obligation and not as the Individual obligation of every single Muslim
But this does not de-emphasize the importance and rewards attached to this very important deed
Imām Ibn Hubayrah mentioned this is Al-Ifsāh
An-Nawawī in Al-Majmū’, and others
Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned this, rahimahullāh, in the Ikhtiyārāt
But in the following of the funeral procession of a Muslim is a lot of individual benefits for the Muslim for in it he remembers the obligations of Allāh and the ultimate end of every living being which is death, the Barzakh, and the Hereafter
We ask Allah to grant us an excellent end and the Successful life of Eternity, āmīn

*The Second Hadīth*

وعن أبي هريرية رضي الله عنه قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: (انظروا إلى من هو أسفل منكم، ولا تنظروا إلى من هو فوقكم، فهو أجدر أن لا تزدروا نعمة الله عليكم) متفق عليه

“From Abū Hurayrah – radiyallāhu ‘anhu – who said the Messenger of Allāh – salallāhu alayhi wasallam – said:
“Look toward thise who are below you (in means and wealth) and do not look toward those who are above you (in means and wealth). For that is better in making you not belittle the Bounty of Allāh upon you.”
This Hadīth is recorded by both Bukhārī and Muslim

We shall expound on this Hadīth Allāh willing tomorrow
Bārakallāhu fīkum
Jazākumullāhu Khayran