Prayer is light, charity is proof, patience is illumination

Shaykh Bali unpacked this hadith piece by piece — purity, the scale, salah, sadaqah, patience, the Qur'an. The final sentence is the most shaking.

What the hadith says

• Purity is half of faith
• “Alhamdulillah” fills the scale
• “Subhan Allah and Alhamdulillah” fill the space between the heavens and the earth
• Prayer is light · Charity is proof · Patience is illumination
• The Qur'an is an argument for you, or against you

The Shaykh says that the word “faith” here refers to salah — just as in verse 143 of Surah Al-Baqarah, speaking about the change of the qiblah, Allah says “your faith” and means the prayer.

The Shaykh's answer

Every person goes out in the morning to sell himself — some free themselves, and some destroy themselves.

The Shaykh says — you are either selling yourself to Allah, or to your desires and Shaytan. The Qur'an is an argument for you when you obey its commands; and when you disobey, that very Qur'an stands against you — whether you have it memorized or not.

The evidence — the hadith of the light of faith

وَالصَّلَاةُ نُورٌ، وَالصَّدَقَةُ بُرْهَانٌ، وَالصَّبْرُ ضِيَاءٌ، وَالْقُرْآنُ حُجَّةٌ لَكَ أَوْ عَلَيْكَ

Prayer is light, charity is proof, patience is illumination, and the Qur'an is an argument for you or against you. (Sahih Muslim 223)Copy

The Shaykh says — patience is of three kinds: patience in staying steadfast in worship, patience in staying away from sin, and patience with a painful qadar. This is the light that shows the way in the darkness.

What to do

1. Keep your wudu in order — purity is half of faith.
2. Do not abandon salah — this is light on your face and on your path.
3. Give sadaqah every day, even if it is small — this is proof of faith.
4. Do not stop at merely listening to the Qur'an — take one command and start putting it into amal (practice) today.

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Source: Based on the talk of Shaykh Waheed Abdussalam Bali

Translation and compilation: Raqi Faisal Ahmed Sabit — Al Qur'an Ruqyah Healing Center