النص العربي
يَا غُلاَمُ، إِنِّي أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ: احْفَظِ اللَّهَ يَحْفَظْكَ، احْفَظِ اللَّهَ تَجِدْهُ تُجَاهَكَ، إِذَا سَأَلْتَ فَاسْأَلِ اللَّهَ، وَإِذَا اسْتَعَنْتَ فَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللَّهِ، وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ الأُمَّةَ لَوِ اجْتَمَعَتْ عَلَى أَنْ يَنْفَعُوكَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَنْفَعُوكَ إِلَّا بِشَيْءٍ قَدْ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ لَكَ، وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى أَنْ يَضُرُّوكَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَضُرُّوكَ إِلَّا بِشَيْءٍ قَدْ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ، رُفِعَتِ الأَقْلاَمُ وَجَفَّتِ الصُّحُفُ.
الترجمة الإنجليزية
O young man, I will teach you words: Guard Allah's commands and He will guard you. Guard Allah's commands and you will find Him before you. When you ask, ask Allah; when you seek help, seek it from Allah.
— Ibn ‘Abbās (RA) (Tirmidhi)
الشرح
If the entire world gathered to harm you with what Allah did not write, they cannot — and vice versa.
شرح موسّع
Ibn ‘Abbās was a young boy riding behind the Prophet ﷺ when he received this teaching — and it shaped him into the great mufassir of the Ummah. The hadith establishes the doctrine of tawakkul: complete reliance on Allah without abandoning means.
‘Guard Allah’ means: keep His commands, His prohibitions, and His limits. The reward is divine guardianship — protection of one’s religion, family, body, and ending. ‘When you ask, ask Allah’ is a foundational principle against directing worship (du‘ā’ being its core) to any other than Him.
من كلام أهل العلم
"Whoever guards Allah in his youth, Allah guards him in his old age. Whoever guards Allah in ease, Allah guards him in difficulty."
"‘Find Allah before you’ — meaning, you find His help, His guidance, and His tawfīq directing your affairs ahead of you."
الفقه والأحكام
- •Du‘ā’ (calling, supplication) is worship — directing it to other than Allah (dead saints, graves) is shirk.
- •Tawakkul does not negate taking means — tying one’s camel and trusting Allah, as the hadith of the Bedouin teaches.
- •Asking other people for help in things they can do is permitted; but the heart must rely on Allah, not on them.
الصلة بآيات القرآن
مفردات عربية مفتاحية
guard Allah (His commands)
before you / facing you
you seek help
تأمل اليوم
Take comfort: your provision and harm are with Allah alone. Ask Him directly today.
أبرز الفوائد
- 1Tawakkul is anchored in this hadith.
- 2Asking creation what only Allah controls is a form of weakness.
أخطاء شائعة وتنبيهات
- ⚠‘Ask Allah alone’ does not forbid asking living, present people for things in their capacity (a glass of water, a job reference) — that is permitted.
- ⚠Calling on the dead, no matter how pious, expecting them to bring benefit or remove harm, is shirk.
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