‫‪Know your Enemy PT 4 The‬‬
‫‪Devil is waiting on your road‬‬
‫‪to Attack.‬‬
‫‪Know your Enemy PT 4‬‬
‫‪The Devil is waiting on your road to Attack.‬‬
‫”‪(Allah) said: “You are of those allowed respite.‬‬
‫‪(Iblis) said: “Because you have sent me astray, surely I will‬‬
‫‪sit in wait against them (human beings) on Your Straight Path.‬‬
‫‪Then I will come to them from before them and behind them,‬‬
‫‪from their right and from their left, and You will not find‬‬
‫‪most of them as thankful ones (i.e. they will not be dutiful‬‬
‫]‪to You).”[1‬‬
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‫ﺳَﺒْﺮ َةَ ﺑ ْﻦ ِ أ ﺑِﻰ ﻓ َﺎﻛ ِﻪٍ ﻗ َﺎلَ ﺳَﻤِﻌْﺖُ ر َﺳُﻮلَ اﻟﻠَّﻪِ ‪-‬‬
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‫ﺻﻠﻰ اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ‪ -‬ﻳَﻘُﻮل » إِنَّ اﻟﺸ َّﻴ ْﻄ ﺎنَ ﻗ َﻌَﺪ َ ﻻِ ﺑ ْﻦ ِ‬
‫آدَمَ ﺑِﺄَﻃ ْﺮ ُﻗ ِﻪِ ﻓ َﻘَﻌَﺪ َ ﻟَﻪُ ﺑِﻄ َﺮ ﻳﻖ اﻹ ﺳْﻼ َمِ ﻓ َﻘَﺎلَ‬
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‫ﺗُﺴ ْﻠِﻢُ وَﺗَﺬ َر ُ د ِﻳﻨَﻚ َ وَد ِﻳﻦ َ آﺑ َﺎﺋ ِﻚ َ وَآﺑ َﺎءِ أَﺑِﻴﻚ َ‬
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‫ﻓ َﻌَﺼ َﺎه ُ ﻓ َﺄ ﺳْﻠَﻢَ ﺛُﻢَّ ﻗ َﻌَﺪ َ ﻟَﻪُ ﺑِﻄ َﺮ ِﻳﻖ ِ اﻟْﻬ ِﺠ ْﺮ َةِ‬
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‫ﻓ َﻘَﺎلَ ﺗُﻬ َﺎﺟ ِﺮ ُ وَﺗَﺪ َع ُ أ ر ْﺿ َﻚ َ وَﺳَﻤَﺎءَك َ وَإِﻧَّﻤَﺎ‬
‫ﻣَﺜَﻞ ُ اﻟْﻤُﻬ َﺎﺟ ِﺮ ِ ﻛ َﻤَﺜَﻞ ِ اﻟْﻔَﺮ َسِ ﻓ ِﻰ اﻟﻄ ِّﻮَل ِ ﻓ َﻌَﺼ َﺎه ُ‬
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‫اﻟْﺠ ِﻬ َﺎد ِ ﻓ َﻘَﺎلَ‬
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‫ﻓ َﻬ َﺎﺟ َﺮ َ ﺛُﻢَّ ﻗ َﻌَﺪ َ ﻟ ﻪُ ﺑِﻄ ﺮ ِﻳﻖ ِ‬
‫ﺗُﺠ َﺎﻫ ِـﺪ ُ ﻓ َﻬ ُـﻮَ ﺟ َﻬ ْـﺪ ُ اﻟﻨَّﻔْـﺲ ِ وَاﻟْﻤَـﺎل ِ ﻓ َﺘُﻘَﺎﺗِـﻞ ُ‬
‫ﻓ َﺘُﻘْﺘَــﻞ ُ ﻓ َﺘُﻨْﻜ َــﺢُ اﻟْﻤَــﺮ ْأَةُ وَﻳُﻘْﺴ َــﻢُ اﻟْﻤَــﺎلُ‬
‫ﻓ َﻌَﺼ َﺎه ُ ﻓ َﺠ َﺎﻫَﺪ َ «‪ .‬ﻓ َﻘَﺎلَ ر َﺳُﻮلُ اﻟﻠَّﻪِ ‪-‬ﺻﻠﻰ اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ‬
‫وﺳﻠﻢ‪ » -‬ﻓ َﻤَﻦ ْ ﻓ َﻌَﻞ َ ذ َﻟِﻚ َ ﻛ َﺎنَ ﺣ َﻘًّﺎ ﻋ َﻠَﻰ اﻟﻠَّﻪِ ﻋ َﺰ َّ‬
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‫وَﺟ َﻞ َّ أ نْ ﻳُﺪ ْﺧ ِﻠَﻪُ اﻟْﺠ َﻨَّﺔَ وَﻣَﻦ ْ ﻗ ُﺘِﻞ َ ﻛ َﺎنَ ﺣ َﻘًّﺎ‬
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‫ﻋ َﻠَﻰ اﻟﻠَّﻪِ ﻋ َﺰ َّ وَﺟ َﻞ َّ أ نْ ﻳُﺪ ْﺧ ِﻠَﻪُ اﻟْﺠ َﻨَّﺔَ وَإِنْ‬
‫ﻏ َﺮ ِقَ ﻛ َﺎنَ ﺣ َﻘًّﺎ ﻋ َﻠَﻰ اﻟﻠَّﻪِ أَنْ ﻳُﺪ ْﺧ ِﻠَﻪُ اﻟْﺠ َﻨَّﺔَ‬
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‫أ وْ وَﻗ َﺼ َﺘْﻪُ دَاﺑ َّﺘُﻪُ ﻛ َﺎنَ ﺣ َﻘًّﺎ ﻋ َﻠَﻰ اﻟﻠَّﻪِ أ نْ‬
َ‫ﻳُﺪ ْﺧ ِﻠَﻪُ اﻟْﺠ َﻨَّﺔ‬
It was narrated that Sabrah bin Abi Fakih said:
“I heard the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬say: ‘the Shaitan sits in
the paths of the son of Adam. He sits waiting for him, in the
path to Islam, and he says: Will you accept Islam, and leave
your religion, and the religion of your forefathers? But he
disobeys him and accepts Islam. Then he sits waiting for him,
on the path to emigration, and he says: Will you emigrate and
leave behind your land and sky? The one who emigrates is like
a horse tethered to a peg. But he disobeys him and emigrates.
Then he sits, waiting for him, on the path to Jihad, and he
says: Will you fight in Jihad when it will cost you your life
and your wealth? You will fight and be killed, and your wife
will remarry, and your wealth will be divided. But he disobeys
him and fights in Jihad.’ The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said:
‘Whoever does that, then he had a right from Allah, the Mighty
and Sublime, that He will admit him to paradise. Whoever is
killed, he has a right from Allah, the Mighty and Sublime,
that He will admit him to Paradise. If he is drowned, he has a
right from Allah that He will admit him to paradise, or
whoever is thrown by his mount and his neck is broken, he had
a right from Allah that he will admit him to Paradise.'”[2]
Benefits for this topic:
Shaytaan is a cunning adversary who knows what it takes
to mislead us. He uses every means at his disposal to
separate us from the straight path. Therefore he’s
waiting on every road and direction that leads you to
success in this life and in the next. (Iblis) said:
“Because you have sent me astray, surely I will sit in
wait against them (human beings) on Your Straight Path.
“(Iblis) said: “Because you have sent me astray, surely
I will sit in wait against them (human beings) on Your
Straight Path…”
Shaykhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (728H) said: Satan wants
people
to be excessive and extreme in every aspect of the religion.
For example If the devil notices the person leans towards
mercy, Satan will beautify mercy in his mind until the things
that Allah hates doesn’t anger him, and the acts that Allah
has Protective Jealousy for, he won’t. Likewise when our
adversary notices a man goes to extremes he spruces it up
until the person leaves off treating others kindly, being
polite, and having gentleness. Satan convinces the person’s
harshness has its place in abandoning family ties and showing
mercy. Allah and His Messenger ordered Kindness, politeness,
gentleness, mercy and keeping close family ties.
Satan lays his trap so the person becomes totally extreme
with harsh and rigorous behavior; hence he increases in hatred
and finds fault with everybody, so he censures people for acts
Allah and His Messenger love.
Through this behavior
he
doesn’t implement the mercy and kindness Allah ordered. This
kind of behavior is blameworthy and sinful.[3]
“ Then I will come to them from before them and behind
them, from their right and from their left, and You will
not find most of them as thankful ones (i.e. they will
not be dutiful to You).”
The Devil’s speech here shows he’s utterly determined to lead
the son of Adam astray. He didn’t have this attitude towards
us until he was aware that we would be generations after
generations on Earth.
Qadi Abu Muhammad said: Ibliss said he will come towards
Human-being from every direction and path in order to lead
astray. This enemy of ours will do his best to destroy
Aqeedah, make us forget righteous deeds, and make us do
say things for Worldly gain. [4]
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The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said: ‘the Shaitan sits in
the paths of the son of Adam…”
Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah said: From the evil of Satan is he
sits in on each path of good for the son of Adam. Every path
that leads to good Satan is there keeping his eyes on it and
waiting for us to pass. The Devil exerts his ability to
prevent the Slave from passing the path, but when the Muslim
doesn’t get detoured Shaytaan then tries to slow him down with
an obstacle and distraction that cuts him off the road. Now if
the slave did the good deed the Devil then sends him something
that will fade the effect of that deed and revert it to its
original state or origin-(i.e nonexistent.). It’s enough to
know this enemy’s evil by the fact he took an oath to Allah to
sit on the Son of Adam’s straight path. He vowed that he would
attack from their front, back, right and left paths.[5]
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said: ‘Whoever does that,
then he had a right from Allah, the Mighty and Sublime,
that He will admit him to paradise…”
Shaykh Muhammad Adam Al-Ethiopi (may Allah preserve him) said:
“ This is the reward for the person who does all the deeds in
this hadeeth and opposes Satan.
Among the 6 books of Hadith only Imam An-Nisa’I
collected this hadeeth.[6]
Prepared by the one in need of Allah’s mercy
Abu Aaliyah Abdullah ibn Dwight Battle
Doha, Qatar 1436H©
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[2]
Quran : Al-A’raf : 15-17
An-Nisa’I 3134 / graded as being Sahih by Sh Al-Bani
[3] Tafseer Al-Kabeer 5/247/ This book is attributed to Ibn
Taymeeyah
[4] Tafsir ibn Attiyah vol 3/ 525-526
[5] Tafsir Surah Falaq and Nas, pg 94
[6] Sharh Sunnan An-Nisa’I
vol 26/ pg 189