✍🏼 Narrated by al-Harith ibn al-Harith al-Ashʿari رضي الله ع...

✍🏼 Narrated by al-Harith ibn al-Harith al-Ashʿari رضي الله عنه:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Indeed, Allah commanded Yahya ibn Zakariya with five commandments: to act upon them himself and to command the Children of Israel to act upon them. But he delayed in doing so, so Īsā ( عليه السلام) said to him:

‘You have been commanded with five words by Allah to act upon and to command the Children of Israel to act upon. So either you command them, or I will.’

Yahya( عليه السلام) said: ‘I fear if you precede me, I will be punished or swallowed up by the earth.’

So he gathered the people in Bayt al-Maqdis, and the masjid became full, and people climbed up to the balconies.

He said: “Allah has commanded me with five commandments to act upon and command you to act upon:

To worship Allah alone and not associate anything with Him. The example of one who commits shirk is like a man who buys a servant with his own gold and silver, and says: ‘This is my home and my work — serve me,’ but the servant goes off to serve someone else. Who among you would be pleased with such a servant?

Establish the prayer. When you pray, do not turn away, for Allah faces His servant in prayer as long as he does not turn away.

Observe fasting. The example of the fasting person is like someone carrying a bag of musk among a group — they are all pleased by its fragrance. And the smell from the mouth of the fasting person is better to Allah than the scent of musk.

Give charity(Sadaqah). It is like a man whom the enemy captured, tied his hands to his neck, and brought him forth to be executed. He said: ‘Let me ransom myself with whatever I can’ — so he kept giving everything to save himself.

Remember Allah (dhikr). The example of one who remembers Allah is like a man being chased by his enemy, until he finds a strong fortress in which he shelters. Likewise, a servant cannot protect himself from shaytan except by the remembrance of Allah.”

Then the Prophet ﷺ said:
“And I too command you with five things which Allah has commanded me with:
➡️ hearing and obeying,
➡️ jihad,
➡️ hijrah,
➡️ sticking to the jama’ah. Whoever separates from the jamaʿah even a hand span, has removed the noose of Islam from around his neck unless he returns. And whoever calls with the call of jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic ignorance), then he is from the heap of Hell.”

A man asked: “Even if he prays and fasts?”

He ﷺ replied: “Even if he prays and fasts. So call yourselves with the name that Allah has given you: the Muslims, the believers, the servants of Allah.”
📚 Reported by al-Tirmidhi | Graded Sahih by al-Albani | Sahih al-Tirmidhi (2863)

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