wa ‘alaykum as-salaam. Said Bak, welcome to you, and thank you for your comments. shukr alhamdulillah, I’m praying that these weak attempts at recording my experiences with Seyh Efendi are beneficial for someone, somewhere, inshaAllah.

-Saifuddin

Regarding receiving double reward for performing wudhu in difficult situations, the Hadith can be found here:

Mulakhasan al mu’jamul aswat, V4, P106, Hadith 5366, Dar-ul-Kutubul Ilmiyyah Beirut

I don’t know if you have access to the above reference. If you don’t, I’m afraid I can’t provide more than the above for now. If I can get a scanned copy, I’ll try post it on my blog. Insha’Allah.

As-salamu ‘alaykum,

MashaAllah a very nice article. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us.

I’m not doubting that you read the hadeeth. I have no reason to doubt you.

I like seeing sources attached to hadeeth that aren’t mashoor.

JazakALLAHU khayran.

Wassalaam

as-salaamu ‘alaikum Merzul. It may prove useful to prepare to refer to your sources before citing hadith. Citing hadith from memory is very tricky business especially when writing them on blogs for the whole world to question. It is just a suggestion, wa Allahu a’alam.

-Saifuddin

I can’t remember the Hadith Shareef that you are wanting. If I find the book I read it in, I’ll post the Hadith Shareef here, Isha’Allah Azzawajal.

I have also read that one gets the reward of 70 (maybe more or less) martyrs for reviving the Sunnah during difficult and hard times. Some say that current climate is a difficult time for Muslims.

I would appreciate if someone can help me provide evidences for the above two paragraphs. It may take me a long time finding the book that have the references, so any help would be useful.

I would like to read the source of such a hadeeth or if it is a saying of a sahabi or taabi’ that one gets double thawaab for making wudu’ in the cold for authenticity purposes.

I do know, however, of a hadeeth saheeh that states, “Surely the deen is easy.” (Innad deena yusr)

Wassalaam.

I once read that a person performing wudhu in bitter cold conditions gets double the thawab. My question is, does this principal also apply to the Sunnah’s of our Beloved Prophet (Sall’Allahu Ta’ala Alayhi Wa’alihi Wa’sallam)?

tnasree, very thoughtful questions.

JAK

As’salamu ‘alaykum,

These 2 questions came to my mind after reading some of the comments:

Don’t get more reward for following s Sunnah in difficult situations?

Should’nt we try to adapt our lives to the traditions of the Beloved Prophet (Sall’Allahu Ta’ala Alayhi Wa’alihi Wa’sallam) instead of the other way round?”

In response to the question above (as I have just started to learn about Islam) I would assume that following Sunnah in difficult situations would not yield in any more rewards as suppose to following the traditions of the Prophet in less difficult situations. All muslims are supposed to follow the footsteps of the Beloved Prophet regardless of the situation that they are in. And, by doing so, one can avoid or be rescued form such hard time. One of the comment made by one of classmates was that, the sufferings of the Muslim life are basically Allah’s way of testing his follower’s devotion for him. So, would you not address such difficult times as being tested on the strength of our faith? Also, I believe that by adapting the Prophet’s tradition into our lives will lead to a more fulfilling life where we may not interpret such test as difficult time, rather an opportunity to show our ultimate devotion for Allah.