Keep These Words on Your Tongue

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Um Salamah , Mother of the Believers (may Allah be pleased with her) said the Pr
ophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to frequently say “ Oh changer of the
hearts make my heart stick to Your religion.” So, I asked him, “ Oh Messenger of Al
lah, why do you often say, “Oh changer of the hearts make my heart stick to Your
religion ?” He (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Oh Um Salamah, every human b
eing’s heart is between the two fingers of Allah. Whoever Allah wants to remain gu
ided he’s guided. And whoever Allah wishes to be lead astray deviates. “
Collected by At-Tirmithi (3522) Al-Albani graded this hadeeth as being Saheeh in
his checking of At-Tirmithi.
Lessons to be learned from this Hadeeth:
Al-Imam, Al-Hafith Al-Mubarakfuri ([1353] may Allah have mercy on him) wrote som
e wonderful words for this hadeeth in his explanation for Jam’I At-Tirmithi. He wr
ote:
1. “Oh changer of the hearts…” Sometimes the heart is turned to obedience and other
times its lead to disobedience. Also there are times when the heart is directed
to be attentive of Allah, and other times its diverted to be heedless.

2. “Make my heart stick to Your religion… This is a request to Allah to make the
heart remain solid in Islam, without any deviation from the upright Religion and
straight path.

3. “Whoever Allah wants to remain guided he’s guided…” This means everybody’s heart All
ah wishes to be guided; He allows it to remain sound and the person obedient.
4.And whoever Allah wishes to be lead astray deviates. “This implies that whoever
Allah wants to be lead astray He turns his heart away from the truth, or away f
rom Islam ,and obedience to the Most Wise.
5. There is another narration where after Mu’adh heard this hadeeth he recited
the verse, “(They say): "Our Lord! Let not our hearts deviate (from the truth) aft
er You have guided us, and grant us mercy from You. Truly, You are the Bestower.
" [ Al-Imran 8].

6. Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) also asked the Prophet (peace and bl
essings be upon him), “You regularly say, “Oh changer of the hearts make my heart st
ick to Your religion.” Are you afraid for us? He (peace and blessings be upon him)
said, “Yes!”. This means Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) knew these words the
Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said weren’t for him, because he was pro
tected by Allah from sin and deviation, especially his heart. Rather, He (peace
and blessings be upon him) would constantly say these words in order to teach hi
s nation. [ end of quote]
**Translator s note (May Allah pardon him) We need to constantly follow and stic
k to the Sunnah; especially this Sunnah from the Prophet (peace and blessings be
upon him). We need it now more than ever, in this time where Fitnah is knocking
on everybody’s door and being sent to everyone s inbox. Just look around and refl
ect. How many people were praised from Ahulus Sunnah, and are now dispraised by
Ahulus Sunnah?! How many scholars were recommended to be learnt from, but now ar
e being warned against?! How many people were Muslims have now left Islam?!. Ref
lect, Reflect, “Oh Ahulus Sunah, “Oh changer of the hearts make my heart stick to Yo
ur religion.”-Ameen

Taken from “ Tuhfatul Ahwathee bi shari Jami’ At-Tirmithi”

Translated by Abu Aaliyah Abdullah ibn Dwight Battle
Doha, Qatar
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