21 Sha’baan 1445
02 March 2024
Saturday يوم السبت
Sayyiduna Abu Dharr رضي الله عنه reported:
“My close friend (i.e. Nabi ﷺ) ordered me with seven things:
(1) To love the poor and to be close to them
(2) To look to those who are less [fortunate] than me and not to those who are above me
(3) To maintain the ties of kinship even if they break them off
(4) To not ask anyone for anything (i.e. to abstain from begging)
(5) To say the truth even if it is unpleasant
(6) To not fear the censure of the critics
(7) To increase in saying: ‘La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah’ (There is no might nor power except with Allah), as it is from the treasures that are underneath the Throne.”
(Musnad Ahmad, vol. 5 pg. 159)