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    Habits A Believer Must Have

    Hadith One
    The Prophets ﷺ Recommendation
    to Ibn `Abbas in Which He Describes
    the Habits A Believer Must Have
    With Allah Almighty

    Al-Tirmidhi narrated from Ibn `Abbas
    - Allah be well-pleased with both of them! - that he said:

    "I was [riding] behind the Prophet ﷺ one day
    and he said to me: `My boy! I shall teach you certain
    words. Keep Allah [with you], and He shall keep you.
    Keep Allah [with you], and you shall find Him facing
    you. If you ask for something, ask Allah. If you seek
    help, seek it from Allah. Know with certainty that if
    the entire Community gather together to support you,
    they can benefit you nothing except in what Allah has
    foreordained for you; and if they gather together in
    order to harm you, they can harm you in nothing except
    in what Allah has foreordained against you. The quills
    have been raised and the records are dry.'"

    Imam Ahmad added in his narration: "Seek to know
    Allah in the time of prosperity and He shall know you
    in the time of affliction. Know that perseverance in
    the face of what you hate is an immense good, that
    help lies with patience, deliverance with trial, and
    with hardship goes ease."

     

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