{"id":26035,"date":"2026-07-07T07:04:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=26035"},"modified":"2026-07-07T07:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:04:36","slug":"the-great-knowledge-of-hazrat-muaaz-bin-jabal-radhiyallahu-anhu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=26035","title":{"rendered":"The Great Knowledge of Hazrat Muaaz bin Jabal (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-26040\" src=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/English_153_4-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/English_153_4-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/English_153_4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/English_153_4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/English_153_4-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/English_153_4.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Hazrat Abu Muslim Khowlaani (rahimahullah) mentions:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI entered the masjid of Hims and noticed a gathering of people. Among them there were thirty-two companions of Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) present who were narrating Ahaadith from Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In this gathering, there was a young man, whose eyes had surma applied to them and whose teeth were bright. He was seated with a shawl wrapped around him. Whenever the people of this gathering differed on any matter, they referred the matter to him, and they accepted his word as final.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In some narrations, it is mentioned that Abu Muslim (rahimahullah) asked those around him, \u201cWho is this young man?\u201d They replied, \u201cHe is Mu\u2019aaz bin Jabal (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu).\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Hazrat Abu Muslim Khowlaani (rahimahullah) continues:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cEarly the next morning, I proceeded to the masjid and found Mu\u2019aaz (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) performing salaah close to a pillar. I commenced my salaah near him and when he completed his salaah with salaam, I sat so close to him that the only thing between us was a pillar. We sat for a little while in silence until I faced him and said, \u2018O Mu\u2019aaz! I take an oath in the name of Allah, I have love for you in my heart. My love for you is not based on the hope of acquiring any worldly profit or gain from you, nor is it based on any family bond and relationship between us.\u2019<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Hazrat Mu\u2019aaz bin Jabal (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) asked, \u2018Why do you have love for me in your heart?\u2019 I replied, \u2018The love I have in my heart for you is solely for the sake of Allah Ta\u2019ala.\u2019 Hazrat Muaaz (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) replied, Is this the only reason (for you having love for me in your heart), I said, \u2018Yes, by the qasm of Allah (this is the only reason).\u2019 Again he asked me, \u201cBy Allah, is this the only reason (for you having love for me in your heart). I said, \u2018Yes, by the qasm of Allah (this is the only reason).\u2019<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Hazrat Mu\u2019aaz (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) then mentioned to me, \u2018If this is the only reason for you having love for me in your heart, then accept glad tidings; for I have heard Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) mentioning the words of Allah Ta\u2019ala, \u201cAllah Ta\u2019ala says, \u2018My love becomes compulsory for the two people who love each other only for My sake, they spend time sitting with each other only for My sake, they visit each other only for My sake and they spend wealth on each other only for My sake (i.e. Allah Ta\u2019ala says that He will definitely love them and be pleased with them). (On the day of Qiyaamah,) they will have pulpits of Nur (light), they will enjoy the shade of the Arsh of Allah Ta\u2019ala and they will be envied by even the Ambiyaa (alaihimus salaam) and the Siddeeqeen (Musnad Ahmad #22276 &amp; 22030)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Note: Though the Ambiyaa and Siddeeqeen will be far higher in rank and reward, they (the Ambiyaa and Siddeeqeen) will express happiness over the great reward which Allah Ta\u2019ala will grant these people for loving each other solely for His sake in the world.\u2019\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hazrat Abu Muslim Khowlaani (rahimahullah) mentions: \u201cI entered the masjid of Hims and noticed a gathering of people. Among them there were thirty-two companions of Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) present who were narrating Ahaadith from Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam). In this gathering, there was a young man, whose eyes had surma applied to them and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":26040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,920,774],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-articles","category-hazrat-muaaz-bin-jabal-radhiyallahu-anhu","category-sahaabah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26035"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26042,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26035\/revisions\/26042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}