The Salaf (رحمهم الله) use to comfort each other with:

** "These are but only few days,
our appointment is in Jannah" **

[صفة الصفوة ١/١٢٢]

INNOVATORS ARE NEVER PRAISED.

The Salaf would not attend funerals of innovators, let alone sit with them on public stages and praise them. You try and oppose Zakir Naik or Yasir Qadhi today on social media and watch the public ire that coalesce against you. This is the reality today and grand scheme of affairs - its ignorance all round.

The origin with ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah, the Salafis, is that they do not attend the gatherings of ahlul-Bid’ah, they do not praise them or honour them, or share platforms with them – and even if an Imaam of Sunnah agrees to attend, then it is for the purpose of clarifying the truth and exposing their misguidance. So the Salaf were clear with regard to the ijmaa’ concerning disassociation from ahlul-Bid’ah.

Any claimant to knowledge who attends the conferences of ahlul-bid’ah and shares platforms with them, being openly cordial with them, without correcting them and forbidding their innovations, then such a person has opposed the methodology of the noble Salaf and had contradicted the Salafi manhaj. He has given the impression to the masses that he is pleased with their innovations and their hizbiyyah.

The Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) also warned against the People of Innovation, from befriending, supporting or taking from them:

“Whoever innovates or accommodates an innovator then upon him is the curse of ALLAAH, His Angels and the whole of mankind." Reported by Bukhaaree (12/41) and Muslim (9/140)

The consensus of the abandonment of the people of innovation has been reported from a group of the Salaf – and whoever denies or rejects this ijmaa’ is either ignorant or himself a person of innovation.

al-Fudayl bin ‘Iyaad (d. 187H) said: “I met the best of people, all of them people of the Sunnah and they used to forbid from accompanying the people of innovation.”

Reported by al-Laalikaa’ee (no. 267)

عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه أن النبي ﷺ قال: «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لِيَكُونُ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الْمَنْزِلَةُ، فَمَا يَبْلُغُهَا ‌بِعَمَلٍ فَمَا يَزَالُ اللَّهُ يَبْتَلِيهِ بِمَا يَكْرَهُ، ‌حَتَّى ‌يُبَلِّغَهُ إِيَّاهَا»

Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه reported that the Prophet ﷺ said (in meaning): Indeed a man will have a rank before Allah and he cannot reach it by his actions, thus Allah does not stop testing him with what he dislikes until he reaches that rank.

أخرجه أبو يعلى (٦٠٩٥) وابن حبان (الإحسان ٤/٢٤٨) وصححه الألباني وزبير عليزئي والشثري
وزبير عليزئي

Abu Ya'lā (6095) and Ibn Ḥibbān (al-Iḥsān 4/248) reported it, authenticated by al-Albāni, Zubair 'Ali Zaī and al-Shithrī
❤️❤️‼️‼️🌺🌺

‎It was said to Abu Hanīfah رحمه الله, 'If you say a word and the Book of Allah contradicts it, [what should we do]?'

‎He said, 'Leave my statement for the Book of Allah.'

‎It was said to him, 'What if the narration of the Messenger (ﷺ) contradicts it?'

‎He said, 'Leave my statement for the narration of the Messenger (ﷺ).'

‎It was asked, 'What if a statement of a companion contradicts it?

‎He said: 'Leave my statement for that of the companion.'

‎———
‎I’lām al-Muwaqqi’īn (1/282)

Whoever makes the Hereafter his primary concern

Anas ibn Malik (radiAllahuanhu) adiallahuanhu reported:

The Messenger of Allah, (sallallaahu Alaihiwasallam), said,

“Whoever is concerned about the Hereafter, Allah will place richness in his heart, bring his affairs together, and the world will come to him although he is reluctant for it.

Whoever is concerned about the world, Allah will place poverty between his eyes, disorder his affairs, and he will get nothing of the world but what is decreed for him"

Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2465.Grade Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani

عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ كَانَتْ الْآخِرَةُ هَمَّهُ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ غِنَاهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ وَجَمَعَ لَهُ شَمْلَهُ وَأَتَتْهُ الدُّنْيَا وَهِيَ رَاغِمَةٌ وَمَنْ كَانَتْ الدُّنْيَا هَمَّهُ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ فَقْرَهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَفَرَّقَ عَلَيْهِ شَمْلَهُ وَلَمْ يَأْتِهِ مِنْ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَا قُدِّرَ لَهُ

2465 سنن الترمذي كتاب صفة القيامة والرقائق والورع باب منه

2465 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث صحيح في صحيح الترمذي

"𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗲."
— Attributed to Imam al-Ghazali

💎 Don’t Let too Much Time Pass without Visiting Allah’s House if You Are Healthy & Wealthy

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reports from Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ):

إنَّ اللهَ تعالى يقولُ : إنَّ عبدًا أصحَحتُ لهُ جسمَهُ ، ووسَّعتُ عليهِ في مَعيشتِهِ ، تمضي عليهِ خمسةُ أعوامٍ لا يَفِدُ إليَّ لمَحرومٌ

Allah, the Exalted, says: "Indeed, if I grant good health to a servant and provide him with ample sustenance, and five years pass without him coming to visit Me, he is indeed deprived."

[Graded Sahih by Al Albānī in Sahih al-Jami' (1909)] collected by At-Tabarani in "Al-Mu'jam Al-Awsat" (486), Ibn Hibban (3703), and Al-Bayhaqi (10695) with slight variations. 💎

Sincerity is a very serious and important affair! without it our good deeds turn into evil deeds.
We ask Allah for sincerity.

@muhammad_somali

Rejection is a part of life, we get rejected in job interviews, marriage proposals and business transactions but people get depressed and give up, some react badly and some go into self-blame.

Remember, everyone has to undergo rejection even the best people like Prophets. Prophet Noah was rejected for 950 years, and Zakariya and Yahya were killed after being rejected. Even Moses was rejected first by Firawn and then by his own people.

So do not get overwhelmed by rejection but keep on going and try.

Ask Allah alone.

Instead of complaining to people when struck by calamity, one must make it a habit to ask Allah alone for refuge. However, there is no harm to mention your problem to people and share their opinions.

The Prophets of Allah (alayhum salam), whenever they were in severe situations and extenuating circumstances, would turn to Allah, and show their need for Allah’s help.

When Ibrahim (alayhis salam), for example, left his wife and child in the middle of the desert, without any support or help, he prayed to Allah, describing their pitiful situation:

“O our Lord! I have settled some of my family in a valley having no cultivation, near Your Sacred House – O our Lord! So that they may keep the prayer established, therefore incline some hearts of men towards them, and provide them fruits to eat – perhaps they may be thankful.”
[Surah Ibrahim, 14: 37]

When Yaqub (alayhis salam) did not know the fate of his favourite son Yusuf (alayhis salam), and his oldest son stayed behind in Egypt, while Yusuf’s brother Benyamin was also taken captive, all he could cry out was,

“I only complain of my distraction and anguish to Allah, and I know from Allah that which ye know not”
[Surah Yusuf, 12: 86]

In the hadith narrated by Ibn Abbas (radiAllahu anhu), RasulAllah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said to him while he was riding behind him on the same mount,

‘Be mindful of Allah and Allah will protect you. Be mindful of Allah and you will find Him in front of you. If you ask, ask only Allah and if you seek help, seek help only from Allah. And know that if all the nations were to gather together to benefit you, they would benefit you only with something that Allah had already prescribed for you, and if they gather together to harm you, they would harm you only with something that Allah had already prescribed for you. The pens have been lifted and the pages are dry.’
[at-Tirmidhi]

🇸🇦 Saudi man places a banner on his under-construction house addressing his neighbors.

‎"My dear neighbor, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, made a will regarding the rights of the neighbors. Therefore, I am incredibly sorry for the disturbance caused to you by the construction activities.

‎I hope the work will be finished soon, and I will be honored to be in your beautiful neighborhood again.

‎In case of any doubt or complaint, contact me at the number I have given.”

✒ No Such Thing As 'Mind Your Own Business' Or 'Don't Judge Me' In Islām

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : إن الناس إذا رأوا المنكر فلم يغيروه أوشك أن يعمهم الله بعقابه

The Messenger of Allāh Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam said: “Indeed, when people see (something of) evil but do not change it (then) soon Allāh will send his punishment upon all of them.”

● [رواه ابن ماجه ٤٠٠٥ ، صححه الألباني]

Imām an-Nawawee Raḥimahullāh said: “The obligation of enjoining good and forbidding the evil is in accordance with Qur’ān, Sunnah and Ijmā' (consensus) of the Ummah and also it is from the advice which is religion (ad-Deenu an-Naṣīḥah), none opposes it except for the Raafiḍah (i.e extreme pagan Shi'ites).”

● [شرح النووي على مسلم صـ ٢٠٧]

Translated by: Sameeullaah Sameeullaah (Aboo Maryamm)

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HIS MERCY ENCOMPASSES ALL
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Therefore Don't Despair

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Allah ﷻ says in the Qur'an:

وَرَحمَتِي وَسِعَت كُلَّ شَيءٍ

And my mercy encompasses all things

فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

So I will decree it [especially] for those who will fear me and give zakah and those who believe in Our verses.
[7:156]
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Allah ﷻ commanded us, not to have despair in His mercy!

لَا تَقنَطُوا مِن رَّحمَةِ اللهِ

Don’t despair in the mercy of Allah
[39:53]
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And His mercy is all around us, in His blessings and favours and His acceptance of us every single time we sin and we repent!
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Imam Al Qurtubi رحمه الله says in his Tafseer:
His saying the most high; my mercy encompasses all things is general, meaning it has no ending!
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Jabir ibn Abdullah رضي الله عنه reported: A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said, “O my sins! O my sins!” The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, “Say:

اللَّهُمَّ مَغْفِرَتُكَ أَوْسَعُ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي وَرَحْمَتُكَ أَرْجَى عِنْدِي مِنْ عَمَلِي

O Allah, your forgiveness is vaster than my sins, and your mercy is more hopeful to me than my deeds.”

The man said it, then the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Repeat it.” The man repeated it, then the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Repeat it again.” The man repeated it, then the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Stand up, for Allah has forgiven you.”
[Shu’ab al-Ima‌n 6622, Grade: Sahih according to Al-Suyuti]
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Salman al-Farisi رضي الله عنه reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Verily, on the day Allah created the heavens and the earth, He created one hundred parts of mercy. Each part can fill what is between the heavens and the earth. He made one part of mercy for the earth, from which a mother has compassion for her child, animals and birds have compassion for each other. On the Day of Resurrection, He will perfect this mercy.”
[S‌ah‌i‌h‌ Muslim 2753]
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الله أكبر
Ya Allah ﷻ have mercy on us, we are deficient in our worship, weak in our effort and sinners in need of your mercy.
Save us from our sins and grant us protection from the fire and enter us into Jannat Al Firdous by your mercy.
آمين

When Allaah intends destruction for a nation, He تعالى makes the path of evil easy upon its people:

وَإِذَا أَرَدْنَا أَن نُّهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً أَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُوا فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا الْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَاهَا تَدْمِيرًا

❝{And when We decide to destroy a town (population), We (first) send a definite order (to obey Allaah and be righteous) to those among them [or We (first) increase in number those of its population] who are given the good things of this life. Then, they transgress therein, and thus the word (of torment) is justified against it (them). Then We destroy it with complete destruction.}❞

📚 [Surah al-Israa (17): 16]

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) said, "Our Lord, the Blessed, the Superior, comes every night down on the nearest Heaven to us when the last third of the night remains, saying: "Is there anyone to invoke Me, so that I may respond to invocation? Is there anyone to ask Me, so that I may grant him his request? Is there anyone seeking My forgiveness, so that I may forgive him? لَهُ ‏"
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 1145

Judging the fate of dead body by its face.

Ibn Abdil Barr said:
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‏الميّت ربّما تغير وجهه بالسواد ونحوه، وذلك لداء أو غلبة دم، فينظر الجهال إليه فينكرونه ويتأولون فيه.
Sometimes the face of dead body becomes black and something like that. This happens due to illness or ascendance of blood. Then ignorant people see it and pass hateful comments about it.
‏ [الاستذكار ٧/ ١٩٥]

Do not say anything about the fate of dead. Read this beautiful hadith.

Ibn Hajr asqalani said:
وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ أَبُو الْعَلاءِ ، ثنا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ، قَالَ : أَنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَزْدِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَائِذٍ ، يَقُولُ : " خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي جَنَازَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ ، فَلَمَّا وُضِعَ قَالَ عُمَرُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، لا تُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ ، فَإِنَّهُ رَجُلٌ فَاجِرٌ ، فَالْتَفَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : " هَلْ رَآهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْ عَمَلِ الإِسْلامِ " ؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ : نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، حَرَسَ مَعَنَا لَيْلَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ تعالى ، فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ، وحَثَا عَلَيْهِ التُّرَابَ ، وَقَالَ : " أَصْحَابُكَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ ، وَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ " ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " يَا عُمَرُ ! إِنَّكَ لا تُسْأَلُ عَنْ أَعْمَالِ النَّاسِ ، وَلَكِنْ تُسْأَلُونَ عَنِ الصَّلاةِ " .
وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى : حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ ، ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ، ثنا بحير بن سعد ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ ، عَنْ أَبِي عَطِيَّةَ ، قَالَ : أَنَّ رَجُلا تُوُفِّيَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، لا تُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِتَمَامِهِ
Ibn Aaidh narrated:
Prophet peace be upon him came with a funeral of a man among the Ansar. When he was laid down,' Umar ibn al-Khattab said: Do not offer his funeral prayer because he is an immoral person. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) turned his attention to the people and asked: Have anyone of you seen him doing any practice of Islam? A man said: Yes, Messenger of Allah! One night he spent as a guard in the way of Allah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) offered his funeral prayer and poured mud on his grave. And he said: "Your companions think that you are in hell, while I testify that you are among the people of jannah." And he said to Umar: You will not be asked about the deeds of people, but you will be asked about Salah.
Ibn Atiya narrated: A man died at the time of Prophet peace be upon him and some people said: O Rasul Allah do not pray over him and then mentioned same hadith till end.
المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية
by Ibn Hajr asqalani vol 5 pages 463-464 , The Muhaqqiq authenticated this hadith.

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)

One day we were praying behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and when he ﷺ raised his head from the position of ruku` (bowing position), he said: “Sami Allahu leman hamidah” – ‘Allah hears the one who praises Him’. A man from behind added:

رَبَّنـا وَلَكَ الحَمْـدُ حَمْـداً كَثـيراً طَيِّـباً مُـبارَكاً فيه
“Rabbanaa wa la kal hamd, hamdan katheeran tayyiban mubaarakan feeh”
‘Our Lord, all praise is due only to You, praise which is abundant, excellent and blessed.’

When we finished [the prayer] the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Who spoke?’ The man said, ‘I did’. He ﷺ said,

‘Indeed I saw some 30 angels all scuffling to see which one of them could record it.’
[Muslim]

Muharram | The Best Month to Fast after Ramadān

Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) reported: The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said,

{أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللَّهِ الْمُحَرَّمُ وَأَفْضَلُ الصَّلاَةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ.‏}

❝The most excellent fast after Ramadān is Allāh's month al-Muharram, and the most excellent prayer after the prescribed prayer is the prayer at night.❞ [Muslim].

Commentary: 

The month of Muharram is related to Allāh which makes its eminence clear.

It shows that in the optional Saum (fasting) the most meritorious are those which are observed in this month. After the obligatory Salāh (prayer), the most meritorious is the optional Salāh performed at night.

[Riyād as-Sālihin: Book: 9, Hadith: 1167]

Business dealings often involve negotiations, which could lead to unethical behavior such as false oaths (حلف) and idle talk (لغو)

The Prophet ﷺ is advising the merchants, saying :

❞ يا معشر التجار، إن البيع يحضره اللغو والحلف، فشوبوه بالصدقة ❝

"O Merchants, selling involves false oaths & lies, so mix it with charity"

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ie... selling often involves false oaths and unnecessary or frivolous talk. These behaviors can lead to dishonesty and unethical practices in business. To counter these potential pitfalls, the Prophet ﷺ advises merchants to balance out sins accumulated during business activities with charity (صدقة).

Please note that this also nowhere justifies these acts can be done, but when they happen unknowingly while dealing with different kinds of people , the Prophet is giving a solution for the purification of the soul.

Which other Prophet of God / (Holy men taken as Gods besides Allah) has such detailed level of advises documented for saving humanity?

No one even comes close to Him, Muhammad ﷺ (peace, salutations and blessing of God Almighty be upon him)

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said,

"If you were to see a repenting person, you would see weary eyelids early in the morning asking for forgiveness and listening to Allah's command,
'Repent to Allah with a sincere repentance'. (At-Tahrim 66:8)
You would see that his diet is light and his grief heavy; his body weakened by fasting and his feet tired from prayers. He would be exausted both physically and spiritually."

[Tawbah, pg. 12]