Is there a Hadith Qudsi (saying of Allah narrated by the Holy Prophet Muhammad, that is not part of the Holy Qur´an) having the meaning “I am ashamed to punish the elderly” or “I am ashamed to leave the prayers offered by elderly unanswered”?
A Brief Description of the Question:
Is there a Hadith Qudsi (saying of Allah narrated by the Holy Prophet Muhammad, that is not part of the Holy Qur´an) having the meaning “I am ashamed to punish the elderly” or “I am ashamed to leave the prayers offered by elderly unanswered”?
The Answer:
According to Ibn Najjar’s narration from Anas, the Prophet stated as follows: “Allah is ashamed to punish His female or male servants who have aged in the religion Islam” (Kanz al-‘Ummal, 15/672).
According to a narrated hadith, the Prophet stated as follows: “Allah is ashamed to leave unanswered the prayer offered by an elderly person who holds fast to the sunnah/Islam” (Kanz al-‘Ummal, 15/672).
We can comprehend the meanings of those kinds of hadiths (saying or tradition of the Prophet Muhammad) as follows:
Allah protects His elderly servants who are respectful to Him more than His young servants because, they are weaker, closer to grave, needier to be inspired with hope and more appropriate to be cherished. This is a reflection of Allah’s compassion to His servants.
The expression of those hadiths’ meanings opens a door to hope for the elderly who are extremely regretful for the sins they have committed.
On the other hand, if an elderly person, who has been fully illuminated by his hair’s turning into grey and through that light who has got rid of his sins and whose spiritual degree has increased, opens his hands for prayer with a genuine heart, the good news that Allah will answer his prayer immediately and that He will even be ashamed to reject such a person’s prayer has been declared. By bringing about the news that Allah will not punish the elderly who are in His way, the Prophet (pbuh) has shown the greatest Divine consolation source for the elderly who are deeply in need of mercy.
Therefore, a good elderly person is the one who chooses Allah’s way. He is a holy brave man with a young heart, who has chosen Allah’s Messenger and his friends and the magnificent gardens of the hereafter. He is a fortunate person who has been freed from all ephemeral things that incite the desires of soul, who has been observing the reflections of the Divine Names in every being and has been employing that physical world completely on account of the hereafter. He is a belief monument progressing without making mistakes, persevering to pass several points before him according to the degree of his belief, yearning with the fire of missing the place where his friends have gotten together, tearing all figurines of despair and hopelessness by the diamond sword of hope tied to Allah’s mercy, and accepting the death which he knows to be close to him by smiling and getting into grave with happiness.
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