*بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم*
الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم.
All praise is for Allah and may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon His messenger salallahu aleyhi wa Sallam.
We find that there has been a drop in temperature and that it has become extremely cold of late.
This should make the Muslim reflect upon the magnificence of Allah the Most High who by His wisdom alternates between the seasons so that His creation can benefit from the different types of weather and temperature.
Additionally, the severe cold should remind the Muslim of the severity of jahannum. Its been reported in authentic hadith:
عَن أبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم “ اشْتَكَتِ النَّارُ إِلَى رَبِّهَا، فَقَالَتْ رَبِّ أَكَلَ بَعْضِي بَعْضًا، فَأَذِنَ لَهَا بِنَفَسَيْنِ نَفَسٍ فِي الشِّتَاءِ وَنَفَسٍ فِي الصَّيْفِ، فَأَشَدُّ مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي الْحَرِّ، وَأَشَدُّ مَا تَجِدُونَ مِنَ الزَّمْهَرِيرِ ”. (متفق عليه)
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “The (Hell) Fire complained to its Lord saying, ‘O my Lord! My different parts eat up each other.’ So, He allowed it to take two breaths, one in the winter and the other in summer, and this is the reason for the severe heat and the bitter cold you find (in weather). (Al Bukhari and Muslim).
If the severity of the cold and heat that we feel is from the breath of jahannum, then what about jahannum?
We seek refuge in Allah from jahannum.
*Written by:*
_Abu Umaamah_
Mustafa As Somali