Hadith 4393

Jubayr ibn Nufayr said, "One day we were sitting when al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswadwhen a man passed us. The man said, 'Blessing be to those two eyes whichsaw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. By Allah,I wish that I had seen what you have seen and witnessed what you have witnessed!'This angered al-Miqdad and that surprised me as the man had said nothingbut good things. Then he turned to them and said, 'What made the man desireto summon back what Allah has taken away? Does he not realise what his situationwould be if he had seen him? By Allah, if certain people had been with theMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, Allah wouldhave thrown them on their faces into Hellfire since they would neither haveanswered nor confirmed him? Do you not praise Allah Almighty since He broughtyou forth and you only know your Lord and confirm what your Prophet, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, brought? You see enough affliction inother people. By Allah, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, was sent in the harshest state in which any Prophet was ever sent- in a gap (in the line of prophethood) and the time of Ignorance. Theydid not believe that the deen was better than worshipping idols. He broughtthe Discrimination by which it is possible to discriminate between the trueand false, and which can part a father from his child. Then a man will thinkof his father, child or brother as an unbeliever. Allah has loosened thelocks of his heart by faith and he knows that the other person will be destroyedin the Fire. Therefore his eye is not cool since he knows that the one heloves will be in the Fire. It is what Allah says, "Those who say, 'OurLord, give us joy in our wives and children." (25:
74)'"