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www.alhakam.org AL HAKAM | Friday 10 July 2026 | Issue CDXXXIV Ahmadiyya Archive & Research Centre (ARC), 22 Deer Park Road, London, SW19 3TL, UK info@alhakam.org | ISSN 2754-7396
Heatwave in France: The cost of a warming world
Hadith-e-Rasul – Sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa
The upper hand is better
َ َ َ َ َّ ْ ُّ ُ َ َ َّ َ ﻗﺎل َﺣﺪﺛ َﻨﺎ،ﺎن ِ ﺣﺪﺛﻨﺎ أﺑﻮ اﻟﻨﻌ َﻤ َ َ َ ُّ َ َ َّ ُ ﺑْ ُﻦ َ ْ َﻋ ْﻦ ،ﺣﻤﺎد زﻳ ٍﺪ أﻳ ،�ٍ ﻋ ْﻦ ﻧﺎ ِﻓ،ﻮب َ َ َ ُ ﻋ ِﻦ اﺑْ ِﻦ ﻋ َ� َ� ـ رﺿﻰ ا��� ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ ـ ﻗﺎل َ َّ ُ ْ َ اﻟﻨ ِ� ّ� ﺻﻠﻰ ا��� �ﻠﻴﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ � ِ�ﻌﺖ َ ََ َ َ َ ﻋ ْﻦ،ح� َو َﺣ ّﺪﺛ َﻨﺎ َﻋ ْﺒ ُﺪ ا��ّ ِ� ﺑْ ُﻦ َﻣ ْﺴﻠ َﻤﺔ َّ َ َ ُ َ َ �َ �َ ﻋ ْﻦ ﻋ ْﺒ ِﺪ ا�� ِ� ﺑْ ِﻦ ﻋ،�ٍ ﻋ ْﻦ ﻧﺎ ِﻓ، ٍَﻣﺎﻟ ِﻚ َّ َ ََ ـ رﺿﻰ ا��� ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ ـ أ ّن َر ُﺳﻮل ا�� ِ� ﺻﻠﻰ َ ْ َ ُ َ َ ،�ِ �ا��� �ﻠﻴﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ ﻗﺎل َوﻫ َﻮ َ�ﻠﻰ اﻟ ِﻤ ْﻨ َ َ َ ْ َ ُّ َّ َ َ َ َ َّ َ َ َ َ وذ�ﺮ اﻟﺼﺪﻗﺔ و � اﻟﺘ َﻌﻔﻒ َواﻟ َﻤ ْﺴﺄﻟﺔ َ ْ ُّ َْ َ ٌ ْ َ َ ْ ُ ْ ُ َ ْ ،اﻟﻴﺪ اﻟﻌﻠﻴﺎ ﺧ�� ِﻣﻦ اﻟﻴ ِﺪ اﻟﺴﻔﻠﻰ َ ْ ُّ َ ُ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ْ ُ ْ ُ َ ْ َ �َ ِ� اﻟﺴﻔﻠﻰ و،ﻓﺎﻟﻴﺪ اﻟﻌﻠﻴﺎ �ِ � اﻟﻤﻨ ِﻔﻘﺔ ُ َ َّ �� اﻟﺴﺎﰱِﻠﺔ
Hazrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (ra) narrated that Allah’s Messenger (sa) was on the pulpit and, while mentioning charity, self-restraint from asking and the act of asking others, said, “The upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper hand is the one that spends and the lower hand is the one that asks.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab az-zakat, Bab la sadaqata illa ‘an zahri ghina, Hadith 1429)
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas,
France is currently experiencing one of the most severe heatwaves ever recorded. Since 24 June, approximately 1,000 additional deaths have been observed compared to the deaths recorded in previous months. The summer of 2026 will not be forgotten. Beginning on 22 June, MétéoFrance issued a heatwave red alert for 54 departments as overnight temperatures
reached the hottest recorded since 1947. Temperatures soared to 44.3°C in Pissos, South-Western France, as nearly half of metropolitan France endured the relentless heat. It was a historic event by every standard and one that claimed lives. But amidst all these, the deaths that have shaken this country most are not the ones caused by the heat directly. Currently,
at least 55 people have drowned in France while swimming in unsupervised areas to seek relief from the heatwave gripping the country and other parts of Europe. Talk of running away from a disaster directly into another one. The majority of these victims were youths who desperately needed to cool down, which is why they ran Continued on page 3
In His Own Words
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