Threats do not harm me!
It’s Not The Land That Makes Anyone Holy . . .
February 13, 2011
I spent two years of my life without ever lying down
February 14, 2011
As for myself, threats do not harm me or mean anything to me. They will not keep me from advising the ruler, for I believe that this is obligatory upon me and others . . .
—Imām Nawawī [d. 676/1278]
responding to the Sultan who had threatened him when he was advising the Sultan on behalf of the Muslim masses.
(Read on pg 37, Jamaal al-Din M. Zarabozo,Commentary on the Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi (2-Volume Set). Al-Basheer Company. Denver: 2008)
2 Comments
Salam Alykum
I have checked the reference for this and this particular quote of the imam at this ref does not match at all. Could you maybe verify and give me a more accurate ref? JAzakAllahu Kharain
Walaikum As salaam
The reference may have been from the 3-volume set (1999). I have updated the reference to the updated 2-volume set from 2008.