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Fatwa #400012 February 2002United States of America

Please state the long list of advice provided by the Prophet S.A.W.S. to Maa'dh R.A. on his departure to Yemen.

Question

This is when the Prophet tells him that when he comes back he will not see the Prohpet but his grave.

Answer

1. Mu'aadh ibn Jabal (Radhiallaahu Anhu) says that when Rasulullah%0D%0A(Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) sent him (as a governor) to the Yemen. He%0D%0Asaid, 'Beware of living in comfort and luxury, for the pious bondsmen of%0D%0AAllah do not live in comfort and luxury.' (Fadhaail-e-Sadaqaat pg.527)%0D%0A2. When sending Mu'aadh ibn Jabal (Radhiallaahu Anhu) to Yemen as a%0D%0Agovernor, Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) advised him to command%0D%0Apeople to observe Salaat and to pay Zakaat, and then said, 'When they pay%0D%0AZakaat, avoid taking the best of their property; and protect yourself%0D%0Aagainst the curse of an oppressed person, for there is no barrier between%0D%0AAllah Ta'ala and the supplication of the oppressed.' (Fadhaail-e-Sadaqaat%0D%0Apg.298)%0D%0A3. When Allah's Messenger (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) sent him to the%0D%0AYemen, he went out with him giving him advice, Mu'adh (Radhiallaahu Anhu)%0D%0Ariding and Allah's Messenger (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) walking beside%0D%0Ahis riding beast.%0D%0AThen when he finished he said, "Perhaps, Mu'adh, you may not meet me after%0D%0Athis year, but perhaps, you may pass this mosque of mine and my grave."%0D%0AMu'adh wept from grief over the departure of Allah's Messenger (Sallallaahu%0D%0AAlayhi Wasallam).%0D%0AThe Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) then turned facing Medina and%0D%0Asaid, "Those nearest to me are the pious, whoever they are and whenever they%0D%0Aare." (Mishkaat)%0D%0A4. Allah's Apostle (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said to Mu'adh when he sent%0D%0Ahim to Yemen, "You will go to the people of the scripture. So when you reach%0D%0Athere, invite them to testify that none has the right to be worshipped but%0D%0AAllah, and that Muhammad is His Apostle (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam).%0D%0AAnd if they obey you in that, tell them that Allah has enjoined on them five%0D%0Aprayers in each day and night. And if they obey you in that tell them that%0D%0AAllah has made it obligatory on them to pay the Zakat which will be taken%0D%0Afrom the rich among them and given to the poor among them.%0D%0AIf they obey you in that, then avoid taking the best of their possessions,%0D%0Aand be afraid of the curse of an oppressed person because there is no screen%0D%0Abetween his invocation and Allah."%0D%0A5. Allah's Messenger (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) sent AbuMusa and Mu'adh%0D%0Aibn Jabal (Radhiallaahu Anhuma) to Yemen. He sent each of them to administer%0D%0Aa province as Yemen consisted of two provinces.%0D%0AThe Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said (to them), "Facilitate things%0D%0Afor the people and do not make things difficult for them (Be kind and%0D%0Alenient both of you with the people, and do not be hard on them). Give the%0D%0Apeople good tidings and do not repulse them."%0D%0ASo each of them went to carry out his job. When either of them toured his%0D%0Aprovince and happened to come near (the border of the province of) his%0D%0Acompanion, he would visit him and greet him.%0D%0AOnce Mu'adh toured that part of his state which was near (the border of the%0D%0Aprovince of) his companion, AbuMusa. Mu'adh came riding his mule till he%0D%0Areached AbuMusa and saw him sitting, and the people had gathered around him.%0D%0ABehold! There was a man tied with his hands behind his neck.%0D%0AMu'adh said to AbuMusa, "O Abdullah ibn Qays! What is this?" AbuMusa%0D%0Areplied. "This man has reverted to Heathenism (kufr) after embracing Islam."%0D%0AMu'adh said, "I will not dismount till he is killed." AbuMusa replied, "He%0D%0Ahas been brought for this purpose, so get down." Mu'adh said, "I will not%0D%0Adismount till he is killed." So AbuMusa ordered that he be killed, and he%0D%0Awas killed.%0D%0AThen Mu'adh dismounted and said, "O Abdullah (ibn Qays)! How do you recite%0D%0Athe Qur'an?" AbuMusa said, "I recite the Qur'an regularly at intervals and%0D%0Apiecemeal. How do you recite it, Mu'adh?"%0D%0AMu'adh said, "I sleep in the first part of the night and then get up after%0D%0Ahaving slept for the time devoted for my sleep and then recite as much as%0D%0AAllah has written for me. So I seek Allah's reward for my sleep as well as%0D%0Amy prayer (at night)."%0D%0A6. When the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) sent him (Mu'aadh) to the%0D%0AYemen, he ordered him to take a male or a female calf a year old for every%0D%0Athirty cattle and a cow in its third year for every forty, and one dinar for%0D%0Aevery adult (unbeliever as a poll-tax) or cloths of equivalent value%0D%0Amanufactured in the Yemen.%0D%0A7. When the Apostle of Allah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) sent him (Mu'%0D%0Aaadh) to the Yemen, he said (to him): Collect corn from the corn, sheep from%0D%0Athe sheep, camel from the camels, and cow from the cows. (Abu Dawud)%0D%0A8. When the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) sent him (Mu'aadh) to the%0D%0AYemen, he ordered to take from everyone who had reached puberty one dinar or%0D%0Aits equivalent in Mu'afiri garment of Yemen origin. (Abu Dawud)%0D%0A9. Some companions of Mu'adh ibn Jabal said: When the Apostle of Allah%0D%0A(Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) intended to send Mu'adh ibn Jabal to the%0D%0AYemen, he asked: How will you judge when the occasion of deciding a case%0D%0Aarises?%0D%0AHe replied: I shall judge in accordance with Allah's Book. He asked: (What%0D%0Awill you do) if you do not find any guidance in Allah's Book? He replied:%0D%0A(I shall act) in accordance with the Sunnah of the Apostle of Allah%0D%0A(Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam).%0D%0AHe asked: (What will you do) if you do not find any guidance in the Sunnah%0D%0Aof the Apostle of Allah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) and in Allah's Book?%0D%0AHe replied: I shall do my best to form an opinion and I shall spare no%0D%0Aeffort.%0D%0AThe Apostle of Allah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) then patted him on the%0D%0Abreast and said: Praise be to Allah Who has helped the messenger of the%0D%0AApostle of Allah to find something which pleases the Apostle of Allah. (Abu%0D%0ADawud)%0D%0A10. Allah's Messenger (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) sent me (Mu'aadh) to the%0D%0AYemen, but when I set off he sent after me and I was brought back.%0D%0AHe then said, "Do you know why I sent for you? Do not take anything without%0D%0Amy permission, for it is unfaithful dealing, and he who acts unfaithfully%0D%0Awill come on the Day of Resurrection with the unfaithful deeds he has done.%0D%0AThis is why I called you. Now go off to your task." (Mishkaat)%0D%0A11. When Allah's Messenger (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) sent him (Mu'aadh)%0D%0Ato the Yemen, he said, "Beware of living sumptuously, for Allah's servants%0D%0Ado not live sumptuously." (Mishkaat)%0D%0A%0D%0Aand Allah Ta'ala Knows Best%0D%0A%0D%0AMufti Ebrahim Desai%0D%0A
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