HOW MANY OF US WILL DO THIS?

🔎 When was the last time you checked on your deceased friends' family?

Shihāb-Deen Ibn Raslān (d. 844h) رحمه الله said,

"In the past (among the Salaf), there were those who would check on the family & children of their brother forty years after his death, taking care of their needs and interests.

They would visit them every day, so they would not miss anything from the deceased except his presence, and one of them would go to the door of his brother in his absence and presence, and he would ask, saying:

‘Do you need oil? Do you need salt? Do you have any need?’ and he would fulfill it without his brother knowing.”

📕 Sharh Sunan Abi Dawud: (18/679).

✍️ Abu Awzaa’ee Abdus-Salaam al-Makki al-Hanbali وفقه الله
🕋 Makkah al-Mukarramah
🗓 17 Ramadan, 1445 (March 27, 2024ce)

“Anger is like a lion; if its owner sets it free it will eat him. Desire is like a fire; if its owner starts it, it will burn him. Pride is like fighting against a king to take his Kingdom, if it does not destroy you it will expel you, and envy is like showing enmity to one who is more powerful than you. Whoever overcomes his desire and anger, Satan will depart from him, and whoever's desire and anger beat him, Satan will stick to him.”

~Ibn al-Qayyim
[al-Fawaid| Pg. 267]📚

Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- said: ‘Iblees (Shaytaan) deceived a group of the Soofeeyah, from them were those who secluded themselves in a mountain, like monks. Spending the night alone, and reach the morning alone, so they would miss the Jumma’ prayer and the congregational prayer and mixing
with the people of knowledge.’

-[‘Talbees Iblees’ by Ibn al-Jawzi p.307, ‘Ijteema al-Jayoosh al- Islaamee’ by Ibn al-Qayyim p.142]

✒ Trust

Prophet Muḥammad Ṣallallāhu-ʿAlaihi Wa Sallam said:

إذا حدث الرجل الحديث ثم التفت فهي أمانة

“If a person tells you something and afterwards looks around (carefully), then it becomes an Amānah (trust with you).”

● [الجامع الصحيح سنن الترمذي ١٩٥٩ ، حسنه الألباني]

💎 Additional Benefit 💎

Sh. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdur-Raḥmān al-Mubārakfūree Raḥimahullāh said in its Sharḥ:

“His ‘looking around’ is a sign for the one he is narrating to that he is afraid of being heard by anyone else [...] and that to hide this conversation and keep it as a trust with you.”

● [تحفة الأحوذي]

Sh. ʿAbdur-Razzāq al-Badr Hafiẓahullāh said EVEN if the person does not say that my speech is an Amānah, his looking around makes it a trust with you.

Via: Brother خلیل ابرار

Not everyone you meet needs to be replied back to, remain quiet.

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who believes in Allah and the Last Day must either speak good or remain silent."

[Muslim]

The stages of seeking knowledge:

Muhammad Ibn al-Nadhar said:
“The first (level) of seeking Ilm is: Listening and paying attention, then its memorization, then its implementation, then its propagation.”
[Siyar Alaam al-Nubalaa’ of al-Dhahabee (7/227)]

Nice people in real life are considered weak by evil people because they behave that way out of kindness of their heart. They can smell your kind heart and find it distasteful. The walls will someday tell the story of so many people's pain.

Be disagreeable, state your own opinions and have your own standards and don't ever let them win.

It will get you much farther in life than feigning pleasantries.

Subhaan Allah if this is the status of the 2 rakah Sunnah prayer of Fajr then whats the status of the Fard?

And still people neglect Fajr & wonder why they are not successful.

The Prophet ﷺ said

“Alcohol is the mother of all evils and it is the most shameful of evils.”

(Ibn Majah Volume 3, Book of Intoxicants, Chapter 30 Hadith No. 3371)

﴿مَن يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ‎﴾

Whoever does a wrong will be recompensed for it. (an-Nisaa’, 4:123)

An example of this is when Adam (alayhi assalam) ate the morsel from the tree; and you know what happened to him.

[Ibn al-Jawzi (rahimahullah), Sayd al-Khater, 346, 972]

The worst lies are the ones we tell ourselves. The worst verbal abuse comes from our own tongue. The most negative influence is the devil on our own shoulder. The cruelest judge is the one staring back in the mirror. The person really withholding the love you need is you. No one will ever out-do you at your own mind-games. You must stop doing this to yourself!

Type of richness which leads to hell

Saeed ibn Ayman, the servant of Kab ibn Sawr (a Companion), said:
“When the Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was speaking with his companions, a poor man approached and sat next to a rich man. When he did so, the rich man pulled a part of his garment towards himself, as if to not allow the man to touch it. Afterwards, the color of the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, changed, and said: ‘O so-and-so, are you afraid that sitting close
to him will cause your wealth to go to him, and his poverty to you?’

The man said: ‘Is richness bad, O Messenger of Allah?’ He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, replied: ‘Yes; your richness calls you to Hellfire, while his poverty calls him to Paradise.’

The man said: ‘So what will save me from Hellfire?’ He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: ‘Console him.’ The rich man said: ‘I shall do so.’ Meanwhile, the other man said: ‘I have no interest in him.’ So the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: ‘Then seek forgiveness and supplicate for your brother.’”[Ahmad in his book Az-Zuhd (pg. 38]

Don’t argue with about authentic hadiths unless you come with daleel.

“At times we need things to humble us, something that will make us realise that no matter how much physical strength we think we may have, no matter how much wealth we may have, no matter how intelligent we think we are, we are in reality weak, in need of our Creator & Sustainer-Allāh.”

When you see someone with a blessing say Allahumma baarik to prevent giving them the evil eye teach this to your kids as well

Islam has placed great importance on friendship, maintaining good company plays an important role in influencing the path one leads.

Allah the All-Mighty says in the Quran:

{Friends on that Day will be foes one to another except Al-Muttaqun (the pious)}. [43:67]

#Jihad_an_nafs #Striving_againsts_the_soul

Allah عزوجل said:

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا

He has succeeded who purifies the soul, and he has failed who corrupts the soul.

[Surat Ash-Shams 91:9-10]

Ibn Al-Qayyim reported: It was said to Hasan Al-Basri, “O Abu Sa’eed, which jihad is best?” Hasan, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

جِهَادُك هَوَاك

“Your jihad against your desires.”

[Rawdat Al-Muhibeen 1/478]

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

Jihad al-nafs (jihad against one’s self) is of four kinds:

1 – Striving to learn the teachings of Islam without which one cannot attain success and happiness in this world or in the Hereafter; if this is missing then one is doomed to misery in this world and in the Hereafter.

2 – Striving to make oneself act in accordance with what one has learned. Simply knowing without acting, even though it may not cause any harm, is not going to bring any benefit.

3 – Striving to call others to Islam, teaching those who do not know about it. Otherwise one will be one of those who conceal that which Allaah has revealed of guidance and teaching, and it will not benefit him or save him from the punishment of Allaah.

4 – Striving to bear patiently the difficulties involved in calling people to Allaah and the insults of people; bearing all that for the sake of Allaah.

If a person achieves all these four levels, then he will be one of the rabbaaniyyeen (learned men of religion who practise what they know and also preach to others. Cf. Aal ‘Imraan 3:79). The salaf were agreed that the scholar does not deserve to be called a rabbaani unless he knows the truth, acts in accordance with it and teaches it to others. Whoever teaches, acts in accordance with his knowledge and has knowledge, he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

[Zaad al-Ma’aad, 3/9-11]

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:

‎“If Allāh had forgiven the one who had quenched the thirst of a very thirsty dog, so what would be the case for he who quenches the thirst, feeds the hungry, and clothes the unclothed from among the Muslims?.”

‎['Udat as-Saabireen | 1/216]

Jabir (رضي الله عنه) reported:

I heard Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying.

Every servant would be raised (in the same very state) in which he dies.

Sahih Muslim 2878 a

So If you lived a life of disobedience, if you lived a life of sin, you will die the same way and you will be resurrected the way you died !

May Allah accept our acts of worship and forgive our sins. Ameen

And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.

[ Quran, 51:55 ]

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