Yahya ibn Rashid reported: We went to meet with Abdullah ibn Umar and when he came out, he said to us: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say, “Whoever withholds his intercession regarding other than the legal punishments prescribed by Allah, then Allah will oppose him; and whoever knowingly argues for falsehood, then he will never be free of Allah’s displeasure until he stops; and whoever says something about a believer that is untrue, then Allah will lodge him in a hole of mud until he repents from what he said.”

Source: Sunan Abu Dawud 3597

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Ahmad Shakir

Shaikh Sajid Umar

The companions of the Prophet knew that they were created differently, with different strengths and weaknesses. Each and every one of them chose their own path to Allah based on what their talents were. Whatever they were good at, they would develop that until they excelled in it.

Some were proficient learners of the Qur’an, some were lions in the battlefield, some were scholars of Fiqh and narrators of Ahadith, some were successful merchants in trade, some were gifted in preaching to the masses, and the list goes on.

So discover your strengths and weaknesses, harness your talents, and excel for the sake of Allah.

Shaikh Sajid Umar