Never risk your religion

It is reported that Jundub ben ‘Abdillâh Al-Bajalî (Radia Allahu anhu)- was once asked for advice and instruction. He said:

" I advice you to fear Allah and obey Him (taqwa) and I advise you to adhere to the Quran , for it is a light in the dark night and a guidance during the day , so implement it no matter how much struggle and poverty you have to face. If a calamity befalls you , put your wealth forward to protect your religion , and if the calamity continues , put forward your wealth and your life to save your religion (but never risk your religion) for the ruined is he whose religion is ruined , and the looted is he whose religion is taken. And know that there is not poverty after Paradise and no riches after  the Fire."

SOURCE: Al-Dhahabî, Siyar A’lâm Al-Nubalâ` 3:174.

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A stone in the abyss

Khalid bin `Umar Al-`Adawi reported: `Utbah bin Ghazwan, the governor of Basrah, delivered a Khutbah. he praised Allah, glorified Him, then said:"Amma b`adu, verily, the world has been given the news of its end and its running to meet its end swiftly. Nothing is left out of it but a very little amount. Similar to the reminder in  a dish whose owner is collecting it to drink; and you are going to move to an abode which knows no end, and you should proceed there with the good before you, for we have been informed (by the Prophet (Salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam)) that a stone will be thrown at one side of the Hell and it would travel down for seventy years but would not reach the bottom. By Allah, it will be filled (with men and jinn). Do you find it strange? We have been informed ( by the Prophet( Salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam)) that the distance between two shutters of the gate of Jannah is forty years (distance). And a day would come when it  would be fully packed; I was the seventh amongst who had been with the Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam), and we had nothing to eat but the leaves of the tree until the sides of our mouth were injured. We found a sheet  which we tore into two and divided between myself and Sa`d bin Malik. I made the lower garment with half of it and so did Sa'd. Today, there is no amongst us who has not become the governor of a city, and I seek refugee with Allah that I should consider myself great while I am insignificant to Allah (MUSLIM).

SOURCE: 56/498 IN RIYAD US SALIHEEN.

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