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Zayd al-Khayr

زيد الخير

Zayd al-Khayr is a figure related by Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy in his lesson: the Prophet ﷺ asked him what he felt and he said that he loves good and the people of good. 1 The Sheikh sees in this a sign that God wills good for the servant in the hereafter. 2

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Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
Review

Ethics and character

Summary

Zayd al-Khayr is a figure related by Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy in his lesson: the Prophet asked him what he felt and he said that he loves good and the people of good. 1 The Sheikh sees in this a sign that God wills good for the servant in the hereafter. 2

From Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy's Tafsir lectures (episode 9)

The Sheikh relates that Zayd al-Khayr, when the Prophet asked him what he felt, said that he loves good and loves the people of good, and that when good passes him by he yearns for it (needs_source) 1. The Sheikh holds that loving good and its people is a sign that God wills good for the servant in the hereafter: whoever loves good and its people, seeks to see them, feels that Islam is still well, in the circles of knowledge, with scholars and with those who remind him of God, and yearns for good when it passes him, has in these some of the signs of submission to God (his view) 2.

People and things also explored

Ada' al-dayn (paying a debt: its ruling, the manner of payment, insolvency and the debts of the dead)· Ada' al-shahada (performing testimony: the duty on request, the excused witness, and the wording)· Manners of the Qur'an bearer· Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)· Adha (harm of a slight kind: removing harmful things and the duty not to harm)· Justice and grace (adl wal-fadl)· Pardon (afw) in purity, worship, contracts and penalties· Covenant (ahd) and the duty to keep it; oath by the covenant of God

Sources

  1. Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Tafsir Al Quran Al Qareem, episode 9, at 00:24:30 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
  2. Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Tafsir Al Quran Al Qareem, episode 9, at 00:25:00 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
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Ada' al-dayn (paying a debt: its ruling, the manner of payment, insolvency and the debts of the dead)

Paying a debt in the form owed is obligatory by consensus. A debt due now must be paid on demand when the debtor can pay; a deferred debt is not due before its term. Payment is made in like items, with value owed where there is no like; a better payment is allowed when unconditioned. Remission, gift, assignment, set-off and settlement take the place of payment. A solvent debtor who refuses is compelled, imprisoned and his apparent property sold; the majority hold that a bankrupt is put under interdiction and his property divided among creditors, against Abu Hanifa. The insolvent is given respite, and his debt may be paid from zakat if he borrowed for himself in a lawful matter. A dead person's debt attaches to his estate and takes precedence over bequests and inheritance.