A. ACCEPT ISLAM AND FIND SALVATION

١. عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ لَمَّا قَدِمَ عَدِيُّ ابْنُ حَاتِمٍ رَضِيَ اللّٰهُ عَنْهُ الْكُوفَةَ أَتَيْنَاهُ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ فُقَهَاءِ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ: حَدِّثْنَا مَا سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ:

«يَا عَدِيَّ ابْنَ حَاتِمٍ، أَسْلِمْ تَسْلَمْ»

قُلْتُ: «وَمَا الْإِسْلَامُ؟» فَقَالَ:

«تَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ وَتُؤْمِنُ بِالْأَقْدَارِ كُلِّهَا خَيْرِهَا وَشَرِّهَا حُلْوِهَا وَمُرِّهَا».

1. Sha’bi narrates:

When Adi b. Hatim (r.a) came to Kufah, we went to visit him with a group of jurists from Kufah. We said to him:

“Would you mind telling us about the things that you heard from the Prophet?”

Upon this, Adi (r.a.) said:

I went to the Prophet. He told me:

“O Adi b. Hatim, accept Islam and reach salvation!”

I asked him:

“What is Islam?”

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:

“ –That you bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and that I am His Messenger, you believe everything in fate, its good, its bad, those which are sweet and those which are bitter.” (Ibn Majah, Muqaddimah, 10)