Taqwa

[I_Am_A_Hermit]

`Umar ibn `Abdul `Azeez rahimahullaah used to say, "None can reach the station of taqwaa until he possesses neither action nor words that can be exposed to his embarrassment either in this world or the Hereafter." He was once asked, "When does the worshipper reach the peak of tawqa?" He replied, "If he put all his thoughts and desires in his heart on a plate and then wandered around in the market, he should not feel ashamed of anything there."

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Abu Darda radhiAllaahu `anhu said: "From the completion of taqwa is that the slave fears from his Lord even with regards to things the weight of an atom."

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Abu Hurairah, radhiAllaahu `anhu was asked about taqwa. He said, "It is a road full of thorns. One who walks it needs to have extreme patience (http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showthread.php?t=13868)."

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Sufyaan ath-Thawri rahimahullah said, "We met a people who loved it when it was said to them - Fear Allaah the Most High. Today you find that people only become annoyed at this."

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"By the sun and its brightness, by the moon as it follows it, by the day as it shows its brightness, by the night as it conceals it, by the heaven and its wondrous make, by the earth and all its expanse, and by the soul and He Who perfected it in proportion, then He showed it what is wrong for it and what is right for it - indeed he succeeds who purifies it, and he fails who corrupts it." [ Ash-Shams 91:1-10 ].

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Sufyaan ath-Thawri rahimahullah said, "We met a people who loved it when it was said to them - Fear Allaah the Most High. Today you find that people only become annoyed at this."

So true.

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"Truly, Allah is with those who fear Him, keep their duty to Him, and those who are doers of good for the sake of Allah only." (Surah an-Nahl 16:128)

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"Truly, the muttaqoon (those with taqwa) will be amidst Gardens and water springs (in Paradise)." (Surah al-Hijr 15:45)

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Once taqwa settles into the heart of a believer, life is not seen in the same light again. Life becomes more than the daily grind, the gradual process from life to death. One's life is seen with having a special goal: the pleasure of the Lord in eternal Paradise. A person with taqwa strives for goodness, which will lead him to happiness in this world and the Hereafter, Insha Allah. The Prophet SAW said that taqwa is the head of everything. This is because taqwa encourages good and refrains one from committing sin.

Source (http://quranicverse99.tripod.com/pathtoparadise/id3.html)

[Dawn]

JzakAllah khair my dear sis..this was truly food for my soul.

[Navaid Aziz]

As salaam 'alaikum wa rahamatullah,

Jazaakillahu khairan for starting this thread. It's amazing how one word can be defined in so many ways, each way more eloquent than the previous, and yet at the end of the day come down to express one key theme: The fear of Allah and his punishment.

Ibn Abee Hatim narrates some profound statements pertaining to Taqwaa in his tafsir of (3:102). If someone has the time please do translate them insha Allah.

تفسير ابن أبي حاتم - (ج 3 / ص 112)
3958- حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَشُعْبَةَ، عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ الْيَامِيِّ، عَنْ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: " " اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ " قَالَ: "أَنْ يُطَاعَ فَلا يُعْصَى، وَأَنْ يُذْكَرَ فَلا يُنْسَى، وَأَنْ يُشْكَرَ فَلا يُكْفَرَ". قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ: وَرُوِيَ عَنِ مُرَّةَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ، وَالرَّبِيعِ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ، وَعَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، وَالْحَسَنِ، وَطَاوُسٍ، وَقَتَادَةَ، وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيِّ، وَأَبِي سِنَانَ، وَالسُّدِّيِّ نحو ذلك.
وَالْوَجْهُ الثَّانِي: تفسير ابن أبي حاتم - (ج 3 / ص 113)
3959- حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْمُخَرِّمِيُّ، ثنا بَكْرُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ، ثنا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ الْوَاسِطِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: "لا يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ الْعَبْدُ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ، حَتَّى يَحْزَنَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ".
وَالْوَجْهُ الثَّالِثُ:
3960- حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، ثنا أَبُو صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى" " اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ " فَإِنَّهَا لَمْ تُنْسَخْ وَلَكِنْ حَقُّ تُقَاتِهِ أَنْ يُجَاهِدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِ، وَلا يَأْخُذَهُمْ فِي اللَّهِ لَوْمَةُ لائِمٍ، وَيَقُومُوا بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَوْ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَآبَائِهِمْ وَأَبْنَائِهِمْ".
وَالْوَجْهُ الرَّابِعُ:
3961- حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: " " اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ " قَالَ: لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ اشْتَدَّ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْعَمَلُ، فَقَامُوا حَتَّى وَرِمَتْ عَرَاقِيبُهُمْ وَتَقَرَّحَتْ جِبَاهُهُمْ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَخْفِيفاً عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ: " فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ " فَنُسِخَتِ الآيَةُ الأُولَى". وَرُوِيَ عَنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ نَحْوُ هَذَا التَّفْسِيرِ، وَرُوِيَ عَنِ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ، وَقَتَادَةَ، وَمُقَاتِلِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ، وَالرَّبِيعِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، وَالسُّدِّيِّ إِنَّهَا نَسَخَتْهَا: " " اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ " ".

3958- 'Abdullah (ibn Mas'ood) said pertaining to the ayah (Have taqwaa of Allah, a taqwaa that he is most deserving.): "It is to obey (Allah) so that he is never disobeyed, it is to remember him so that he is never forgotten, and it is to thank him so that no ingratitude is ever shown to him."

Similar narrations have been related by: Murrah al-hamdaani, Rabee' bin Khuthaym, 'Amr bin Maymoon, Hassan Al-Basri, Tawoos, Qataadah, Ibrahim An-Nakh'ee, Abu Sinaan, and Al-Suddi.

Waffaqa Allahul jamee'
Was salaam 'alaikum wa rahamatullah

[I_Am_A_Hermit]

As salaam 'alaikum wa rahamatullah,

Jazaakillahu khairan for starting this thread. It's amazing how one word can be defined in so many ways, each way more eloquent than the previous, and yet at the end of the day come down to express one key theme: The fear of Allah and his punishment.

That is, in essence, what Taqwa is all about.

JZK.

[I_Am_A_Hermit]

Once taqwa settles into the heart of a believer, life is not seen in the same light again. Life becomes more than the daily grind, the gradual process from life to death. One's life is seen with having a special goal: the pleasure of the Lord in eternal Paradise. A person with taqwa strives for goodness, which will lead him to happiness in this world and the Hereafter, Insha Allah. The Prophet SAW said that taqwa is the head of everything. This is because taqwa encourages good and refrains one from committing sin.

Source (http://quranicverse99.tripod.com/pathtoparadise/id3.html)