🎙Al-Hasan al-Basri [may Allāh have mercy on him] would say:

“The grave eats away fat and flesh but it cannot eat away true faith.”

📚Al-Uzlah | Page 204 | Al-Imām ibn Abi Dunyah [may Allāh have mercy on him]

𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗼 𝗔 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱

"This is one of the most beautiful and amazing pieces of advice by the great scholar Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah be pleased with him):

"𝑨 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 (𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚) 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇. 𝑺𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇, 𝒏𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆'𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉.

𝑲𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚.

𝑫𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆; 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖.

𝑫𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒉. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒉. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒉.

𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈: 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒉. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒎, 𝑯𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖.

𝑫𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒑. 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒚, "𝑶 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓."

𝑺𝒂𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝑺𝒂𝒋𝒅𝒂𝒉. 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑫𝒖'𝒂. 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒉 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐. 𝑵𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝑯𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎. 𝑵𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑯𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒚𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉.

𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆:

𝑩𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔' 𝒔𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒉 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅."

_Source of Quote:_ Heartfelt Advice To A Friend by Imam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah.

May الله protect us all آمين

NAME OF ALLAH: AL-QAREEB – AL-MUJEEB
The Close – The Responsive
"Allah will never let you down. He is The Only One Who will never let you down, no matter how large what you yearn for is. Do not limit your requests and never feel embarrassed to ask Allah more than once. Know that Allah loves to be asked and loves to give and provide. From the effects of having faith in this Name of Allah, “Al-Mujeeb” is that it strengthens the certainty the slave has in Allah. It increases the slave’s hope that his supplications will be answered. How can the slave not be confident and certain in his Lord, The All-Rich and the All-Generous? He owns the Dominion, and all affairs are in His hands. " Full article: http://religion-of-islam.com/al-qareeb-al-mujeeb

🗣 Al-Junayd Al-Baghdādī رحمه الله said:

"The march from the world to the Hereafter is easy for a believer, but deserting the people for the sake of Truth (i.e. Allāh) is difficult; the journey from the soul to Allāh is very difficult and to remain steadfast in patience with Allāh is even more difficult."

📚 *Ibn Al-Qayyim, _'Uddah Aṣ-Ṣābirīn wa Ḏhakhīrah Ash-Shākirīn (The Excellence of Patience and Gratitude)_, p. 68*

In today's world of extreme materialism, the Muslims are in need of hearing what the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said about the definition of true wealth, he said ;

ليس الغنى عن كثرة العرض، ولكن الغنى غنى النفس

Wealth is not the abundance of material things, rather true wealth is the wealth of the heart

Reported by bukhari 6446 and Muslim 1051 from Abu hurayrah رضي الله عنه

Be a good neighbor

Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said:

“If you would love for Allāh and His Messenger to love you, observe three characteristics: truthful speech, fulfilling trusts and being a good neighbor. Verily, harming the neighbor obliterates good deeds just as the sun obliterates ice.”

[As-Silsilat-us-Sahīhah 2998]

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The rights of justice will surely be restored to their people on the Day of Resurrection, even the hornless sheep will lay claim to the horned sheep.”

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2582

“If Allāh aids you, then none of the people can overcome you, nor will you be harmed by those who forsake you.

If Allāh forsakes you, then the people cannot help you.”

Muhammad b. Ishāq
Tafsīr Tabarī (Āl-Imrān: 160)

Obey Allah’s command and reject the demands of the people✔️

https://twitter.com/hikmahpubs/status/1144993206876233728?s=19

Imām ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Bāz رحمه الله said:

The Prophet (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) clarified that good only brings good. Wealth is not absolute goodness, rather it is a trial. So whoever spends it in its rightful (place), then it is good; and whoever spends it in dubious ways, then it will be bad for him, such as the eater of the khadira (i.e. a kind of vegetation); but it becomes safe and sound when it defecates and urinates.

[Al-Hulalul Ibreeziyyah. Vol 4. Page: 229. Footnote: 1]

| Translation: Masjid al-Furqān @Islamstoke |

ʿUmar b. Al-Khaṭṭāb – Allāh be pleased with him – said:

Do not expose yourself to what does not concern you, stay away from your enemy, beware of [taking as] your friend anyone except the trustworthy amongst people – and there is no one who is trustworthy except one who fears Allāh; and do not accompany the sinner in case you learn his sinfulness, and do not let him know your secrets, and consult those who fear Allāh for your affairs.

💎 Let Allāh Deal with Him/Her

A man said to Abū Ad-Dardā': Tell me a statement by which Allāh will benefit me?

He said: "Give your honor unto Allāh. So that whoever reviles you or curses you, leave him to Allāh (to deal with)."

Source: Al-Hilyah 1/219

Trans. by Raha Batts

Imām Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) said:
❝When the people of Jannah will reunite, they will remember all the times they spoke about Jannah in this world. They’ll look back and laugh, at how short life was, and then smile, because beautiful is their final abode.

The people of paradise will have all that they desire. One step into Jannah and they will remember no pain. They will say they never suffered, they will say they never cried.
A dip in Jannah.

Oh how much we long for that moment. The moment where we reunite, we hug our loved ones once again. We forget about all the pain, and thank Allāh for all the tests!
How strange does it seem, that these tests which weigh a ton on our chest today will one day elevate us. Elevate us so high, that we will thank Allāh. We will thank Him for testing us, for loving us and for giving us more than anyone could imagine.

A place of eternity, vast, beautiful, peaceful.
Everything one can desire.

Be patient, oh beautiful slaves of Allāh, for our Lord is more Merciful than a mother is to her child.❞
— “Al-Fawa’īd” (pg. 119)

The One Who Does Not Know Evil

Dead things that do not have flowing blood are pure such as the bees, ants, flies, and scorpions

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said "If a house fly falls in the drink of anyone of you, he should dip it (in the drink) and take it out, for one of its wings has a disease and the other has the cure for the disease." [al-Bukhari 3320]

Imam An Nawawi said: As for the worms that hatch out in food and water, such as worms in dates, apples, broad beans, cheese, vinegar, and other things, they do not make impure the food in which they die, and there is no disagreement on this point.'' [ sharh As Sunnah by Al-Baghawi 11/260]

Be Like Shaykh Hasan Al Basri:

A man said to al-Hasan al-Basri:

“Indeed, someone has backbitten you.”

He sent a dish of sweet dates to the backbiter saying:

“I heard that you have given me your good deeds as a gift, so I want to repay you for it, but please excuse me for I am unable to completely repay you.”

تنبيه الغافلين 1/164

I can _almost_ guarantee you the person will think twice before mentioning you again, and if not...........Well MORE good Deeds for YOU.

We call that a "Win-Win!"

Shaykh ibn Bāz رحمه الله said:

“The one who is listening to the Qur’ān is a participant with the reciter in every letter which incurs a good deed, and every good deed is the equivalent ten the like of it.”

Fatāwa Nūr alā Darb 26/350 | Shaykh ibn Bāz رحمه الله

Translation: Authentic Quotes

Food for thought: If everyone tells you you’re depressed eventually you’ll be in a sunken state of depression, if everyone tells you you’re a bad parent eventually you’ll believe and question everything you are as a parent, if everyone tells you it’s to hard for you and you’re overwhelmed eventually it’ll be to hard for you and you’ll lose your zeal to fight and you’re overwhelming will be overwhelmed. However if people just stop to pour into you because they see you are depleted, if we just pull each other out of darkness instead of stating the obvious with the help of Allah maybe that’s one persons mental we can help nourish instead of over kill with statements of hopelessness!!

The Three Tens. Muharram, Dul Hajjah and Ramdhan

💚🍀Have you noticed how time is flying?

You start the week; before you know it, it’s the weekend. A month begins and ends in a blink. The year starts, and suddenly, it’s almost over. If you’re not mindful, life simply passes you by, leaving you without a sense of fulfillment or purpose.

But how can we embrace slow productivity when time seems to fly by so quickly?

The key is to be intentional about each day and focus on a few keystone habits and intentions that truly matter.

Habits such as Salah, Quran recitation, Remembrance of Allah, Fasting, Exercise, Planning, Seeking Beneficial Knowledge, and Maintaining good relations with people slow you down by encouraging you to fill your fast-moving time with meaningful acts that benefit you in this life and the next.

As salaam alaykum wa rahmaatullahi wa barakatuhu.

"In front of us, death is waiting. Behind us, old age is chasing. On our right, time is warning. On our left, shaitan is calling. Down beneath us, the grave is waiting." And remember that everywhere you are, Allah is watching".

May Allah (SWT) direct and guide our deeds; accept our prayers and bless our little efforts with great reward of Jannah. Aameen.