English book · An Islamic Treasury of Virtues

Islamic Character

English book, p. 417

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

In latter days fraternal strife will be the greatest destructive force Eight years after the Battle of Uhud, the Prophet visited the site of the battle and prayed for the martyrs. His prayer was as one about to leave the land of the living. Then he ascended the pulpit and said: “I shall be the first to reach the hauz 7 I bear witness before you that we shall meet at the hauz, which I can see from this very place. By God, I do not fear that when I am gone you will set up others beside God. What I do fear is that greed for worldly things will make you fight among yourselves: that is what will destroy you as it destroyed those 8 before you. (AL-BUKHARI, MUSLIM) Note: 7. A reservoir of water in the Heaven for the believers. 8. People of the Book.

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