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4 years and 1400 years!

They were admonished when only 4 years had passed and we feel safe even after 1400 years have passed. Indeed this is the sign of our foolishness.

Allaah تعالى said:

﴿أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ أَن تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ وَلاَ يَكُونُواْ كَالَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ الْكِتَـبَ مِن قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الاٌّمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَـسِقُونَ﴾

❝{Has not the time yet come for the believers that their hearts should be humble for the remembrance of Allaah and that which has been revealed of the truth, lest they become as those who received the Scripture before, and the term was prolonged for them and so their hearts were hardened And many of them were rebellious.}❞
[Surah al-Hadeed (57): 16]

Narrated `Abdullaah ibn Mas`ood: ❝Since our acceptance of Islaam and the revelation of this Aayah in which Allaah has shown annoyance to us: {Has not the time yet come for the believers that their hearts should be humble for the remembrance of Allaah?} there was a gap of four years.❞
[Saheeh Muslim]

Know, Allaah have Mercy on you, this is `Abdullaah ibn Mas`ood رضي الله عنه - he was among the first 6 people to embrace Islaam, and one of the most knowledgable Sahaabee on the Tafseer of Qur’aan - who said that only four years had passed after his embracing Islaam when Allaah تعالى revealed this Aayah of Surah al-Hadeed. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was still with them and they were admonished by Allaah.

But look at our affairs. It is now more than fourteen hundred (1400) years since this Aayah was revealed. It is now more than fourteen hundred (1400) years since the Prophet’s death. We are in need of more admonition than them.

In this age of fitan (trials) where:

one fitnah is being replaced by an even greater one;

where knowledge and scholars are decreasing;

where ignorant and ignorance have become widespread;

where one reads a few books and believes he has become a scholar;

where one reads a few books on `Aqeedah and thinks that he is safe from committing shirk;

where one does only a few good deeds and considers himself amongst the people of Paradise;

where one, time and again, commits major crimes and still feels safe from the punishment of Hell.

Allaahul musta`aan.