Wahb ibn Munabbih, may Allah be pleased with him, said (narrating a hadith), When Moses, upon whom be peace, read the Tablets, he found mentioned in them the merits of the nation (ummah) of Muhammad, may blessings and peace be upon him, and said, O Lord! Which is this mercy-given nation that I find in the Tablets? Allah answered, It is the nation of Ahmad, whose people are content with whatever little provision I give them, and I am content with whatever little good works they do. I make each one of them enter the Garden by his testimony that La ilaha illaLlah. And Moses said, I find in the Tablets a nation of people who shall be resurrected and assembled on the Day of Rising with their faces like full moons. Let them be my nation! But Allah replied, They are the nation of Ahmad; I shall gather them resurrected on the Day of Rising, when their foreheads and limbs shall be blazing white from their wudhu (ablutions) and their sajda (prostrations). Moses said, O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people whose clothes are on their backs and whose swords are in their shoulders, people of certitude and dependence; they glorify Allah from minaret-tops, and they continue too seek to fight for every righteous cause, until they do battle against the Dajjal. Let them be my nation! But He said, They are the nation of Ahmad. Moses said, O Lord! I find in he Tablets a nation for whom the earth is a place of worship and ritually pure, and for whom booty is lawful; let them be my nation! But He replied, They are the nation of Ahmad. Moses said, O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people who fast the month of Ramadan for You, and whom You then forgive all they had done before; let them be my nation! But He replied, They are the nation of Ahmad. Moses said, O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people who go on pilgrimage to the Inviolable House for Your sake, whose longing for it is never exhausted, whose weeping is long and tumultuous, whose talbiya is clamorous; let them be by nation! But He said, They are the nation of Ahmad. Moses said, What will You give them for that? And Allah said, I shall grant them more forgiveness, and shall allow them to intercede for those who come after them. Moses said, O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people who ask for forgiveness for their sins; when they raise their food to their mouths it does not reach their stomachs before they are forgiven; they start with Your Name and end with Your Praise; let them be my nation! But He said, They are the nation of Ahmad. Moses said, O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation whose members will be the foremost on the Day of Rising, but are the last to be created; let them be my nation! But He replied, They are the nation of Ahmad. Moses said, O lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people whose gospels are held within their breasts and they recite them; let them be my nation! But He replied, They are the nation of Ahmad. Moses said, O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people among whom, when one of them intends a good deed but does not perform it, it is written as one good deed for him, while if he does perform it, it is written as ten to seven hundred times worth its worth; let them be my nation! But Allah said, They are the nation of Ahmad. Moses said, O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation among whom, when one of them intends a sin but does not commit it, it is not recorded against him, while if he commits it, it is written as a single sin; let them be my nation! But He replied, They are the nation of Ahmad. Moses said, O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation who are the best of people, who exhort to good and forbid evil; let them be my nation! But He said, They are the nation of Ahmad. Moses said, O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people who will be resurrected and brought on the Day of Rising as three groups. One group shall enter the Garden without reckoning, anothers reckoning will be easy, and another will be rigorously judged, then made to enter the Garden; let them be my nation! But He said, They are the nation of Ahmad. Moses said, O Lord! You have spread out all this goodness for Ahmad and his nation; let me be a member of his nation! But Allah told him, O Moses! I have chosen you and preferred you over other people with My Message and My Speech; take what I have given you, and be one of the thankful. - Taken from: Imam Abdullah Al-Haddad r.a. The Lives of Man Naziah Hanafi (small sharing taken from usts slides.) :) Those (angels) who carry the Throne and those around it exalt (Allah) with praise of their Lord and believe in Him and ask forgiveness for those who have believed, (saying) Our Lord, You have encompasses all things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who have repented and followed Your Way and protect them from the punishment of Hellfire. Our Lord, and admit them go Gardens of perpetual residence which You have promised them and whoever is righteous among their fathers, their spouses and their offspring. Indeed, it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. And protect them from the evil consequences (of their deeds). And he whom You protect from evil consequences that Day - You would have given him mercy. And that is the great attainment. (Al-Ghāfir:40:7-9)
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