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Let There Be No God But God

The Prophet, bpuh, said: ‘The right of God upon His servants is that they worship and serve Him alone, and make none a god beside Him; and the right of servants upon God is that He does not punish those who do not make anything a god beside Him.’

(Bukhari, Muslim: Mu adh)

Once we were with the Prophet, bpuh, on one of his expeditions, when we came upon certain people. He asked them who they were. They said that they were Muslims. Among them was a woman who had a child with her. She was kindling a fire, and when the flames rose, she moved her child away.

She went to the Prophet, bpuh, and asked, ‘Are you God’s Messenger?’ He said, ‘Yes, I am.’ She, then, said, ‘You for whom I would give my father and mother as ransom, tell me if God is not the most merciful of all who are merciful?’ He said, ‘Yes, He is.’ She, then, asked, ‘Is God not more merciful to His servants than a mother to her child?’ He said, ‘Yes, He is.’ She, then, said, ‘But a mother does not throw her child into fire.’

On hearing this, the Prophet, bpuh, bowed his head and wept. Then he raised it, looked at her, and said, ‘God would not punish any of His servants except the one who is bent upon denying and rebelling against Him and refuses to say “there is no god but God.”’

(Ibn Majah: Abdullah ibn Umar)