بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Allah Most High says,
لَّيْسَ ٱلْبِرَّ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلْبِرَّ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ وَءَاتَى ٱلْمَالَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ ذَوِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَٱلسَّآئِلِينَ وَفِى ٱلرِّقَابِ وَأَقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَى ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ إِذَا عَـٰهَدُوا۟ ۖ وَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ فِى ٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ وَحِينَ ٱلْبَأْسِ ۗ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ ﴿١٧٧
Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakah; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous. (177) [Qur'an, Al-Baqarah 2:177]
Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and grant him peace) teaches us the best morals and the most useful customs, and also how to fulfill a promise and be punctual.
Imagine that one day you have an appointment with your friend and have agreed to meet him half-an-hour before noon prayer in the masjid to recite the Qur'an together. You arrived on time and waited until the prayer caller (Mu'adhin) called for the noon prayer. You performed the prayer but your friend still had not come. Certainly, you will blame your friend for not keeping his/her promise and making you wait. Hopefully your friend will feel responsible and apologize to you.
But how happy and glad you are if someone promises to do something for you and keeps his promise. Keeping a promise is among the morals of the true believer. And whoever does not fulfill their promise, no one will respect their word nor trust them.
It is obligatory for us to be honest in making a promise and keeping an appointment we have made. It is also obligatory upon us to be punctual about time and not to waste it. We should be exactly on time for study and knowledge circles, Quran studies, school (formal or informal), work, or at an agreed meeting place.
Abdullah ibn Abdul Hamsa (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that he bought something from Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace) before he received his prophetic commission, and as there was something still due to the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), he promised that he would bring it to his place. But Hamsa forgot about it and remembered three days later. He went to that place and found Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace) there waiting for him. The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, "You have caused me great trouble and inconvenience. I have been here three days waiting for you."
Abdullah ibn Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that his mother called him one day when Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace) was sitting in their house, saying, "Come here and I shall give you something." Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace) asked her what she intended to give him; she replied that she intended to give him some dates. He said, "If you were not to give him anything, a lie would have been recorded against you."
Abu Juhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) said, I saw Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace) as a fair-skinned man who had become gray-haired. Al-Hasan ibn Ali resembled him. He ordered that thirteen young she-camels should be given to us and we went to receive them, but news of his death reached us before they had been given to us. Then when Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) became Caliph, he said, "If anyone has received a promise from Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace, let him come." So I got up, went to him and told him of the promise and he ordered that the camels should be given to me.
May Allah make us of the righteous and the truthful. Ameen.
Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.
And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Allah Most High says,
لَّيْسَ ٱلْبِرَّ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلْبِرَّ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ وَءَاتَى ٱلْمَالَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ ذَوِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَٱلسَّآئِلِينَ وَفِى ٱلرِّقَابِ وَأَقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَى ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ إِذَا عَـٰهَدُوا۟ ۖ وَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ فِى ٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ وَحِينَ ٱلْبَأْسِ ۗ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ ﴿١٧٧
Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakah; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous. (177) [Qur'an, Al-Baqarah 2:177]
Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and grant him peace) teaches us the best morals and the most useful customs, and also how to fulfill a promise and be punctual.
Imagine that one day you have an appointment with your friend and have agreed to meet him half-an-hour before noon prayer in the masjid to recite the Qur'an together. You arrived on time and waited until the prayer caller (Mu'adhin) called for the noon prayer. You performed the prayer but your friend still had not come. Certainly, you will blame your friend for not keeping his/her promise and making you wait. Hopefully your friend will feel responsible and apologize to you.
But how happy and glad you are if someone promises to do something for you and keeps his promise. Keeping a promise is among the morals of the true believer. And whoever does not fulfill their promise, no one will respect their word nor trust them.
It is obligatory for us to be honest in making a promise and keeping an appointment we have made. It is also obligatory upon us to be punctual about time and not to waste it. We should be exactly on time for study and knowledge circles, Quran studies, school (formal or informal), work, or at an agreed meeting place.
Abdullah ibn Abdul Hamsa (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that he bought something from Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace) before he received his prophetic commission, and as there was something still due to the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), he promised that he would bring it to his place. But Hamsa forgot about it and remembered three days later. He went to that place and found Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace) there waiting for him. The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, "You have caused me great trouble and inconvenience. I have been here three days waiting for you."
Abdullah ibn Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that his mother called him one day when Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace) was sitting in their house, saying, "Come here and I shall give you something." Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace) asked her what she intended to give him; she replied that she intended to give him some dates. He said, "If you were not to give him anything, a lie would have been recorded against you."
Abu Juhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) said, I saw Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace) as a fair-skinned man who had become gray-haired. Al-Hasan ibn Ali resembled him. He ordered that thirteen young she-camels should be given to us and we went to receive them, but news of his death reached us before they had been given to us. Then when Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) became Caliph, he said, "If anyone has received a promise from Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and grant him peace, let him come." So I got up, went to him and told him of the promise and he ordered that the camels should be given to me.
May Allah make us of the righteous and the truthful. Ameen.
Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.
And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.
Wassalaam
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