Publisher's Synopsis
Noble attendees: The speech tonight is concerning the seven whom Allah will shade under His shade on the day when there is no shade except for His shade. The noble Prophet peace be upon him, mentioned them and their descriptions in one hadith. The authenticity of this hadith has been agreed upon and it has been collected by the two Imaams Al Bukhari and Muslim within their Saheehs. It is a tremendous and comprehensive narration. The people of knowledge consider it to be from the most comprehensive narrations that have come from the Prophet, prayers and peace be upon him, in the field of virtuous actions Such that Imam ibn Abdul Barr may Allah have mercy upon him said in his book At Tamheed: "This is the best hadith narrated concerning the virtuous actions, it is the most comprehensive and the most authentic insha-Allah. And it is sufficient for you as a virtue, because it contains the knowledge that everyone who is under the shade of Allah on the Day of Judgment will not be affected by the terror of standing. May Allah make us and you from them."Thus this hadith-O noble attendees-is an extremely great hadith, worth sitting for its mentioning. Treaties have been written clarifying and explaining its content by more than one scholar. As Imam ibn Abdul Barr may Allah have mercy upon him, mentioned the importance of giving concern to this hadith and clarifying its great content. Noble attendees: Verily it is from the blessings of Allah the Exalted and His virtue upon us all, that He prepared for us this gathering for nothing other than so we can mention the contents of this hadith. And Allah the Exalted is the only One we ask; alone, and the One we put our hope in; alone. We ask Him-the One who prepared for us this gathering and favored us with it, that He grant us success to adorn ourselves with these blessed noble and tremendous traits. So that we can all be from those under the shade on the day of Judgment the day of standing in front of Allah the Great, the Owner of Majesty. It has been collected in Sahih Al Bukhari and Muslim from our Prophet peace be upon him that he said: There are seven whom Allah will shade with His shade on the day when there will be no shade except His shade: the just ruler; a youth brought up upon the worship of Allah; a man whose heart is attached to the Masjid; two people who love one another for the sake of Allah and meet and part on that basis; a man who is called by a woman of rank and beauty and says 'I fear Allah'; a man who gives in charity and conceals it to such an extent that his left hand does not know what his right hand gives; and a man who remembers Allah when he is alone, and his eyes fill up with tears. (Al-Bukhari, no. 620; Muslim, no. 1712)
