Sayyidina Haritha bin Wahb Al-Khuzai (RA) narrated that I heard the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) saying. "May I tell you of the people of Paradise? Every weak, poor and obscure person whom the people look down upon but his oath is fulfilled by Allah when he takes an oath to do something. And may I inform you of the people of the Hell-Fire? They are all those violent, arrogant and stubborn people." [Bukhari]
Sayyidina Anas bin Malik (RA) said, "Any of the female slaves of Medina could take hold of the hand of Allah's Apostle (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) and take him wherever she wished. [Bukhari]
The qualities of inhabitants of paradise have to be developed and the qualities of those who deserve the fire of hell have to eliminated.
The two qualities which have to be developed, which nobody really likes to have are:
- To be obscure
- To be unimportant
To be humble is a difficult task but this quality can be achieved if someone tried.
This Hadeeth also commands us to respect those whom the society considers obscure and unimportant, these are the people who are not given importance by others.
Shaykh (Maulana) Ashraf Ali Thanwi (RA) instructed those on the path of Sulook (spirituality) to keep themselves away from the elite of the society and to adopt the appearance and attire (of unimportance) as if nobody cares for them. This is a very tough striving (Mujahada) which will result in the subjugation of base ego which incites for lust (Nafsul-Ammarah). The toughness of the striving (Mujahada) is made easier but keeping in touch with those who are closer to Allah (SWT) i.e. Ahlul-ullah (SWT).
The believers are commanded in the Qur’aan to remain in the company of the Friends of Allah (SWT) who are known as the Truthful ones in the Qur'aan:
[9:119] O you who believe, fear Allah, and be in the company of the truthful.
