The Prophet ﷺ said, “Islam began as something strange and will go back to being strange, so glad tidings to the strangers.” [Ibn Majah]
Subhan Allah! What a beautiful, comforting Hadith for those who are trying to hold fast to Islamic teachings in these difficult times.
And this made me wonder – which other sayings of the Prophet ﷺ include glad tidings? Who are the people who have received such blessings from him ﷺ? What are their qualities?
These are the Ahadith I found, and I wanted to share them here so we can try to emulate as many of these qualities as possible, insha Allah.
The Prophet ﷺ gave glad tidings to those who:
- Walk to the Masajid in the dark.
- Seek a lot of forgiveness from Allah ﷻ.
- Practice Islam even if they appear strange to others.
- Stay content with what Allah ﷻ has written for them.
- Are known for being good and upright.
- Believe in Allah ﷻ alone and don’t commit Shirk.
- Promote goodness and prevent evil.
1. The Prophet ﷺ gave glad tidings to those who walk to the Masajid in the dark.
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Give glad tiding to those who walk to the Masajid in the dark; of a complete light on the Day of Resurrection.” [Tirmidhi]
2. The Prophet ﷺ gave glad tidings to those who seek a lot of forgiveness.
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Glad tidings to those who find a lot of seeking forgiveness in the record of their deeds.” [Ibn Majah]
3. The Prophet ﷺ gave glad tidings to those who practice Islam even if they appear strange to others.
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Islam began as something strange and will go back to being strange, so glad tidings to the strangers.” [Ibn Majah]
4. The Prophet ﷺ gave glad tidings to those who stay content with what Allah has written for them.
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Glad tidings to whoever is guided to Islam, his livelihood was sufficient and he was satisfied.” [Tirmidhi]
5. The Prophet ﷺ gave glad tidings to those who are known for being good and upright.
It was narrated from Abu Dharr (ra): “I said to the Prophet ﷺ: ‘(What do you say about when) a man does a deed for the sake of Allah, and people love him for it?’ He said: ‘That is the immediate glad tidings of the believer.'” [Ibn Majah]
6. The Prophet ﷺ gave glad tidings to those who believe in Allah alone and don’t commit Shirk.
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Jibril came to me and gave me glad tidings, that whoever dies without associating anything with Allah, then he will enter Paradise.” [Tirmidhi]
7. The Prophet ﷺ gave glad tidings to those who promote goodness and prevent evil.
The Prophet ﷺ said: “This goodness contains many treasures, and for those there are keys. So glad tidings to the one whom Allah makes a key to good and a lock for evil, and woe to the one whom Allah makes a key to evil and a lock to good.” [Ibn Majah]
May Allah (swt) allow us to bring as many of these qualities into our lives as possible, ameen!
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