Gabriel came to me and said...
Gabriel came to me and said: "Give your people good tidings that whoever does not adopt a partner for God, will enter Paradise after death". I said: "What if he has committed theft or adultery," and I repeated it thrice, but the answer was in the positive and Gabriel added, "even if he has drunk wine".
● السَّخَاءُ شَجَرَةٌ مِنْ أشْجَارِ الجَنَّةِ أغْصَانُهَا مُتَدَلِّيَاتٌ في الدُّنْيا، فَمَنْ أخَذَ بِغُصْنٍ مِنْهَا قَادَهُ ذلِكَ الغُصْنُ إلَى الجَنَّةِ، وَالبُخْلُ شَجَرَةٌ مِنْ أشْجَارِ النَّارِ أغْصَانُهَا مُتَدَلِّيَاتٌ في الدُّنْيا، فَمَنْ أخَذَ بِغُصْنٍ مِنْهَا قَادَهُ ذلِكَ الغُصْنُ إلَى النَّارِ.
Generosity is a heavenly tree with branches hanging over the earth, leading to Paradise whoever clings to one of them, and miserliness is a hellish tree with branches hanging over the earth, directing to Fire whoever touches one/of them. ● السَّخَاءُ خُلُقُ اللَّهِ الأعْظَمِ. Generosity is God's outstanding attribute. ● عَلَيْكُمْ بِالحُزْنِ فَاِنَّهُ مِصْبَاحُ القَلْبِ، أجِيْعُوْا أنْفُسَكُمْ وَأظْمِئُوْهَا. Get accustomed to grief, for it's the light of man's heart.
Keep yourself hungry and thirsty. ● تَناكَحُوْا تَكْثُرُوْا؛ فَاِنِّي أُبَاهِي بِكُمُ الأُمَمَ Get married and increase in number, for I will pride myself in you over يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ. other nations in the Day of Judgement. ● تَزَوَّجُوْا وَلا تُطَلِّقُوْا؛ فَاِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُحِبُّ الذَّوَّاقِيْنَ وَلَا الذَّوَّاقَاتِ. Get married, but do not divorce your wives, for God surely detests men and women who marry a lot.
● تَزَوَّجُوْا فَاِنِّي مُكاثِرٌ بِكُمْ الأُمَمَ؛ وَلا تَكُوْنُوْا كَرُهْبَانِيَّةِ النَّصَارَى. Get married, for I pride myself over other nations for the largeness of your population, and do not follow the path of Christian monks. ● تَزَوَّجُوْا النِّسَاءَ؛ فَاِنَّهُنَّ يَأْتِيْنَ بِالمَالِ. Get married, for women bring you wealth. ● الهَدِيَّةُ رِزْقٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ؛ فَمَنْ أُهْدِىَ إلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فَلْيَقْبَلْهُ. Gifts are sustenance from God; and so, whoever is offered a gift should accept it.
● الهَدِيَّةُ تُعْوِرُ عَيْنَ الحَكِيْمِ. Gifts blind men of wisdom. ● الهَدِيَّةُ تَذْهَبُ بِالسَّمْعِ وَالبَصَرِ وَالقَلْبِ. Gifts impair ears, eyes and hearts. ● أَمْرُ النِّسَاءِ اِلى آبَائِهِنَّ وَرِضَاهُنَّ السُّكُوتُ Girls' consent (in marriage) should be sought from their fathers, and silence is their consent.
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