Lip service is not proof of real attachment

Lip service is not proof of real attachment

1988 4 April 16 Lip service is not proof of real attachment: (137) Jubair ibn Nufair relates how, as his father was sitting with Miqdad ibn Aswad one day, a passerby, on seeing a Companion of the Prophet said: “How fortunate are those two eyes that have seen the Prophet! By God, if only we could have seen what you saw and shared in your experiences!” Nufair said that he was impressed by the man’s words; he seemed to have spoken well. But Miqdad – may God be pleased with him – looked towards the man and said: “No one whom God has saved from being present at those hours should desire to have been there. Who knows how they would have acted in those circumstances? By God, many whom God cast into Hell came to see the Prophet, such as did not accept what he said, or believe in his mission.”

Sycophantic subordinates protend disaster

1988 4 April 16 Sycophantic subordinates protend disaster (77) Aishah reports the prophet as saying: When God desires the good of someone in a position of power, he assigns to him an honest counsellor, one who reminds him of God’s word when he forgets it, and who assists him when he remembers it. And when he desires the opposite for anyone, he gives him an evil counsellor, one who does not remind him when he forgets and does not assist him when he remembers.”

(Abu Dawood)