98 - الرَّشِيدُ

[Bint e Aisha]

الرَّشِيدُ

 

Translation

الرَّشِيدُ is translated as The Appointer to the Right Path and The Director. It has different derivatives – Raashid, Rushd, Murshid. 

 

Definition

 

الرَّشِيدُ is similar to الْهَادِي (Granter of guidance) but Rushd is more specific in showing the way to guidance. 

 

It is The One Who guides creation to their righteous goals. Therefore it is not just in terms of Hidaayat towards Imaan. Hidaayat is like a path and Rushd is the guidance in that path. 

 

It is mentioned in regard to giving an orphan his wealth when he reaches “Rushd” i.e. time when they can distinguish on how to spend the wealth correctly. Rushd has the concept of righteousness more than the concept of Hidaayah. 

 

 

In the Qur’an

 

It comes in different forms three times in the Qur’an. 

 

لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ ۖ قَدْ تَبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ 

 

There is no compulsion in religion. True guidance has been made clearly distinct from error. [Baqarah:256]

 

 

In Du’a

 

أَللّٰهُمَّ أَلْهِمْنِىْ رُشْدِىْ وَ أَعِذْنِىْ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِىْ

 

O Allah! Inspire in me guidance and deliver me from the evils within myself [Tirmidhi]

 

اللَّهُمَ حَبَّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْإِيمَانَ وَزَيِّنْهُ فِي قُلُوبِنَا، وَكَرِّهْ إِلَيْنَا الْكُفْرَ وَالْفُسُوقَ وَالْعِصْيَانَ، وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنَ الرَّاشِدِينَ

 

O Allah make Imaan beloved to us and beautify it in our hearts, and make us hate disbelief, immorality, and sinning and make us amongst those who are rightly guided.

[Musnad Ahmed]

 

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