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The Incident of the People of the Trench
“Whoever possesses three qualities will taste the sweetness of faith.”
One of the three is:
“After accepting faith, he dislikes returning to disbelief just as he dislikes being thrown into fire.”[1]
It is evident from this that, in order to remain a believer, enter the grave with faith intact, and thereby become deserving of Paradise, it is necessary to constantly maintain hatred for disbelief.
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Dear Islamic brothers, after listening to the incident of the People of the Ditch, there is another important lesson we learn from this Quranic account. Allah Almighty mentions it in the noble Quran:
اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ یَتُوْبُوْا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَ لَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِیْقِؕ(۱۰)
Surely, those who persecuted the believing men and the believing women, then they did not repent, there is the punishment of Hell for them and there is the punishment of fire for them.[2]
From this we learn that causing harm to a Muslim is a grave sin and a terrible crime, and its punishment is severe. The king who claimed divinity inflicted unjust torment upon the Muslims and burnt them in fire. What was the outcome? The wrath and anger of Allah Almighty overtook them, and the king and his soldiers were burned to ashes in the very fire they had lit.
اَلْاَمَان وَالْحَفِیظ! May Allah Almighty protect us from such dreadful crimes and
BOOK TOPIC
- The Excellence of reciting Ṣalāt upon the Beloved Prophet
- The Incident of the People of the Trench
- A Brief Introduction to Surah al-Burūj
- Speech Intentions
- The Incident of the People of the Ditch
- Lessons Derived from the Quranic Event
- (1) The Believer and Trials
- People Think being a Muslim Is Easy
- Trials Come Upon Those Whom Allah Loves
- Trials Are Also a Mercy
- Detesting Disbelief Is Essential
- (2) Do Not Harm Others
- The Sign of a Good and Bad Person
- A Muslim’s Life, Wealth, and Honour Are Sacred
- A Most Heinous Crime
- He Will Be Thrown into the Fire
- Even Glaring Is Forbidden
- The Boy’s Foot Was Stepped On
- Four Causes of a Bad End
- (3) The Fish Bit Off His Thumb
- The Intoxication of Power
- Pearls of Wisdom Regarding Good Conduct
- One of the 12 Religious Activities: Madani Muzakarah
- Announcement
- The 6 salat upon the Prophet and 2 duas that are recited in the Sunna-inspired weekly gatherings of Dawat-e-Islami:
- 1. The ṣalāt for the night preceding Friday
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 3. 70 portals of mercy
- 4. The reward of 600,000 ṣalāt
- 5. Nearness to Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 6. The ṣalāt of intercession
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- Study circle schedules for weekly gatherings - 8th January 2026
- Remaining Pearls of Wisdom Regarding Good Conduct
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- Supplication for the First Morsel and for Each Morsel Thereafter
- Method of collective accountability (72 Pious Deeds)
- Method of collective accountability (72 pious deeds) daily 56 pious deeds
- Record of qufl-e-Madinah
- Ten weekly pious deeds
- Three monthly pious deeds
- One yearly pious deed
- Two lifetime pious deeds
- The Amir of Ahl al-Sunna’s dua
