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Sahih Muslim 179a (Book 1, Hadith 350) #7615
The Majesty of Allah

SUMMARY: This hadith explains that Allah is always awake and He is the one who weighs our deeds. His veil is light or fire, and if He were to remove it, His glory would consume everything in sight.

Abu Musa reported: The Messenger of Allah was standing amongst us and he told us five things. He said: Verily the Exalted and Mighty God does not sleep, and it does not befit Him to sleep. He lowers the scale and lifts it. The deeds in the night are taken up to Him before the deeds of the day, and the deeds of the day before the deeds of the night. His veil is the light. In the hadith narrated by Abu Bakr (instead of the word "light" ) it is fire. If he withdraws it (the veil), the splendour of His countenance would consume His creation so far as His sight reaches.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، قَالَ قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بِخَمْسِ كَلِمَاتٍ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لاَ يَنَامُ وَلاَ يَنْبَغِي لَهُ أَنْ يَنَامَ يَخْفِضُ الْقِسْطَ وَيَرْفَعُهُ يُرْفَعُ إِلَيْهِ عَمَلُ اللَّيْلِ قَبْلَ عَمَلِ النَّهَارِ وَعَمَلُ النَّهَارِ قَبْلَ عَمَلِ اللَّيْلِ حِجَابُهُ النُّورُ - وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ النَّارُ - لَوْ كَشَفَهُ لأَحْرَقَتْ سُبُحَاتُ وَجْهِهِ مَا انْتَهَى إِلَيْهِ بَصَرُهُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ - وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ حَدَّثَنَا

TOPICS
exalted  *  mighty  *  scale  *  deeds  *  night  *  day  *  splendour  *  allah  *  lightfire

QUICK LESSONS:
Do good deeds every day .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about the greatness of Allah. It tells us that He never sleeps, but instead constantly watches over us and weighs our deeds. His veil is either light or fire, depending on which narration you read. If this veil were to be removed, then the splendour of His countenance would consume all creation as far as His sight reaches. This hadith reminds us how powerful and majestic Allah truly is; we should strive to live up to his expectations by doing good deeds every day!

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