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Three Persons

Rasulullah Sallallaho alaihe wasallam has said that Allah Taala loves three persons and detests three. Those whom Allah loves are (1) a person who, when a beggar came and begged from some people, none of them being related to him, and was refused by them, got up quietly and gave him something secretly so that only Allah Taala and the beggar knew of it; (2) a person who was one of a party that travelled all night till sleep overtook them, but when all of them went to sleep (for a short while), he got up and engaged in devotions, begging Allahs favour with importunity and reciting from the Holy Quran; and (3) a person who was in a detachment that fought in Jehaad and was defeated but he went straight ahead till he was martyred or granted victory. The three whom Allah Taala detests are an old man who indulges in adultery, a beggar who is proud and a rich man who is oppressive. One Hadith says that there are three occasions when the prayer (Duaa) of a person is not rejected, but certainly accepted. First, when a person offers his Salaat in a jungle alone, and no one can see him, his Duaa is certain to be accepted; second when a person who is engaged in Jehaad along with a party, which runs away from the enemy, but he remains steadfast alone; the third is a person who stands in devotion before Allah Taala in the latter part of night. Allah Taala will not listen to three persons on the Day of Judgement, nor will He purify them of their sins, nor look at them graciously and, for them, there will be grievous punishment. First the persistent adulterer in old age; second the lying ruler; and third an arrogant beggar. In this context, will not purify them may mean, either not purify them of their sins, or will not commend their actions. Another Hadith has it to the following effect: There are three to whom Allah Taala will not accord a look of Grace on the Day of Resurrection and they will have a severe, painful punishment: an elderly man indulging in fornication, a proud beggar and a merchant who swears on all occasions, unnecessarily and repeatedly, both while buying and selling. Undoubtedly it amounts to sheer impudence towards the Divine Majesty of Allah Taala to swear unnecessarily. Still another Hadith says: There are three at whom Allah Taala will not look gracefully on the Day of Resurrection and they will have painful punishment; an old man indulging in fornication, a man who makes capital out of oaths, true or false, and a proud beggar who is vain of himself. It occurs in a Hadith that Allah Taala loves three persons and detests three: those he loves are (1) a person who joins a detachment making Jehaad, faces and fights the enemy most bravely till he is granted victory or dies a martyr, (2) a person journeying with a party of travellers who go to sleep at night, but he stands in devotional prayers till his fellow-travellers have taken rest for a while and then wakes them up, and (3) a person who is patient towards a neighbour who keeps molesting him till the two are separated by death or one of them journeying to a distant place. And the three whom Allah detests are: a merchant who swears frequently, a proud beggar and a person who, after giving Sadaqah, keeps reminding people of his generosity towards them.

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