Moaz bin Jabal bin Omar bin Aws, he is from the Ansar tribe and he is one of the most famous companions and one of the imams of jurisprudence in Islam and one of the companions who participated in the Battle of Badr.
He was very careful to distinguish between what is permissible and what is forbidden in all matters of his life, until the Prophet said about him (that he is the most knowledgeable of my nation about what is permissible and what is forbidden).
He was a pious, devout, ascetic, and devout person with great fear of God, Glory be to Him. He was very knowledgeable of justice between his two wives, and was famous for his great generosity and generosity. He had many sermons and commandments that he learned by virtue of his strong adherence to the Messenger - may God bless him and grant him peace - and he conveyed these teachings and sermons to Muslims with accuracy. His honesty and responsibility, the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, praised him so much that he likened him to our master Ibrahim, peace be upon him, and said that he was upright.
The venerable companion Muadh ibn Jabal was buried in Jordan, where he died of plague disease at the age of thirty-eight years.
Moaz bin Jabal, may God be pleased with him, left us a wealth of sermons, wisdom, and educational lessons that refine the soul, refine the character, and nourish the spirit. We will bring you some of them, dear reader.
Encourage him to seek knowledge
Abu Naim narrated in Al-Hilyah on the authority of Muadh bin Jabal that he said
” تَعَلَّمُوا الْعِلْمَ ، فَإِنَّ تَعَلُّمَهُ لِلَّهِ خَشْيَةٌ ، وَطَلَبَهُ عِبَادَةٌ ، وَمُذَاكَرَتَهُ تَسْبِيحٌ ، وَالْبَحْثَ عَنْهُ جِهَادٌ ، وَتَعْلِيمَهُ لِمَنْ لا يَعْلَمُهُ صَدَقَةٌ ، وَبَذْلَهُ لأَهْلِهِ قُرْبَةٌ ، لأَنَّهُ مَعَالِمُ الْحَلالِ وَالْحَرَامِ ، وَمَنَارُ سَبِيلِ الْجَنَّةِ ، وَالأُنْسُ فِي الْوَحْدَةِ ، وَالْمُحَدِّثُ فِي الْخَلْوَةِ ، وَالصَّاحِبُ فِي الْعُزْلَةِ ، وَالدَّلِيلُ عَلَى السَّرَّاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ ، وَالسِّلاحُ عَلَى الأَعْدَاءِ ، وَالزَّيْنُ عِنْدَ الأَخِلَّاءِ ، وَالْقَرِيبُ عِنْدَ الْغُرَبَاءِ ، يَرْفَعُ اللَّهُ بِهِ أَقْوَامًا فَيَجْعَلُهُمْ فِي الْخَيْرِ قَادَةً ، وَهُدَاةً يُهْتَدَى بِهِمْ ، وَأَئِمَّةً فِي الْخَيْرِ تُقْتَصُّ آثَارُهُمْ ، وَتُرْمَقُ أَعْمَالُهُمْ ، وَيُقْتَدَى بِفِعَالِهِمْ ، وَيُنْتَهَى إِلَى رَأْيِهِمْ ، تَرْغَبُ الْمَلائِكَةُ فِي خِلَّتِهِمْ And with her wings she wipes them, and in her prayer she asks forgiveness for them, even the whales of the sea and its vermin, the sea lions and its cattle, and the sky. ْعِلْمَ حَيَاةُ الْقُلُوبِ مِنَ الْعَمَى ، وَنُورُ الأَبْصَارِ مِنَ الظُّلَمِ ، وَقُوَّةُ الأَبْدَانِ مِنَ الضَّعْفِ ، يَبْلُغُ بِالْعَبْدِ مَنَازِلَ الأَبْرَارِ ، وَمَجَالِسَ الْمُلُوكِ ، وَالدَّرَجَاتِ الْعُلَا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ ، وَالْفِكْرَةُ فِيهِ تُعْدَلُ بِالصِّيَامِ ، وَمُدَارَسَتُهُ بِالْقِيَامِ ، وَبِهِ يُطَاعُ وَيُعْبَدُ ، وَبِهِ يُعْمَلُ وَيُحْفَدُ ، وَبِهِ يُتَوَرَّعُ وَيُؤْجَرُ ، With him the kinship bonds, the lawful is known from the unlawful, the imam of work and work, he said: He follows him, the happy inspires him, and the miserable deprives him.
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Muadh bin Jabal, may God be pleased with him, said: “Know what you wish to know, for God will not reward you with knowledge until you act.”
Warning against despair and heresies
On the authority of Abu Idris al-Khawlani that Muadh bin Jabal said that behind you there is a trial in which wealth increases and the Qur’an is opened until it is taken by the believer and the hypocrite, the man and the woman, the young and the old, the slave and the free. For what he invented misguidance, and I warn you of the deviation of the wise, for Satan may say the word of misguidance on the tongue of the wise, and the hypocrite may say the word of truth. He said, “Yes, avoid the well-known words of the wise, which are said to them, ‘What are these?
exhort him to repent
When Abu Ubaidah died in the plague of Amwas, and he appointed Muadh bin Jabal to lead the people in prayer and lead the army, Muadh bin Jabal stood up and said: O people: Repent to God for your sins. If he owes a debt, let him fulfill it, for the servant is dependent on his debt, and whoever of you becomes an immigrant to his brother, let him meet him and reconcile with him, and it is not appropriate for a Muslim to desert his brother for more than three days. I advise him, so have mercy on him and attend prayers for him
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On the authority of Abdullah bin Rafi’, he said: When Abu Ubaidah was afflicted with the plague of Amwas, he appointed Muadh bin Jabal, may God be pleased with him, as caliph over the people.
O people, there are four faults of those of you who are able to not be aware of any of them, so none of them will be able to reach them. They said, “And what are they?” He said, “A time will come when falsehood will appear, and a man will follow one religion and evening will follow another, and the man will say, “By God, I don’t know what I am?” He does not live on insight and does not die on insight, and a man is given money, God’s money, on the condition that he speaks false words that anger God
