Purify yourself!

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

I was reading a beautiful hadith(saying of the Messenger of Allah PBUH) that I would like to share .

On the authority of Abu Malik al-Harith bin 'Asim al-Ash'ari, radiyallahu 'anhu, who said: The Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, said:

'Cleanliness is half of faith, and saying 'Alhamdulillah'(Praise be to God) fills the scale, Saying 'Subhanallah wa al-Hamdulillahi' (Exhalted be Allah and Praise be to Allah) fills the space between the heavens and the earth. Salah (prayer) is a light. Sadaqah (charity) is proof(of one's faith). Sabr (patience) is a brightness. The Qur'an is a proof for or against you. All men go out early in the morning and sell themselves, some setting themselves free and others destroying themselves."

What a beautiful hadith. It shows the importance of these great deeds in Islam through which every Muslim can free him or herself from the punishment of Allah subhana wa ta'ala in the Hereafter . What a beautiful way to purify yourself as Jannah (paradise) is reserved only for the ones who are pure....those who carry out these deeds will be those who are near to the creator. May Allah SWT make us of those who will be near and dear to Him, Ameen.

The hadith also explains the importance the Holy Qur'an should have in our lives. It states that "The Qur'an is either an argument and proof for or against you".

In Surah al-Isra Ayah 82 Allah says:
"We send down the Qur'an that which is a healing and mercy for those who believe and for the unjust people it causes nothing but loss after loss."

So people who recite the Qur'an, learn it and practice its rulings are people who become the people of the Qur'an and it (the Qur'an) will be a proof for them. But those who ignore the Qur'an and never read or practice it in their lives, then the Qur'an will stand against them in the hereafter. Now thats heavy......it's not an ordinary book ....it's a book that can save us from the fire whose fuel is men and stones. Not only should we be reading it daily, we should also be implementing it in our every day life.