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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying:
"الأَرْوَاحُ جُنُودٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ فَمَا تَعَارَفَ مِنْهَا ائْتَلَفَ وَمَا تَنَاكَرَ مِنْهَا اخْتَلَفَ".
Souls are like connoscripted soldiers. Those who recognize each other (have afinity/similar qualities) will come together and those amongst them who don't, will differ.
📜 Sahih Muslim 2638a
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying:
"الأَرْوَاحُ جُنُودٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ فَمَا تَعَارَفَ مِنْهَا ائْتَلَفَ وَمَا تَنَاكَرَ مِنْهَا اخْتَلَفَ".
Souls are like connoscripted soldiers. Those who recognize each other (have afinity/similar qualities) will come together and those amongst them who don't, will differ.
📜 Sahih Muslim 2638a
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✒ Be The Key To Goodness 🗝
Prophet Muḥammad Ṣallallāhu-ʿAlaihi Wa Sallam said:
“Indeed, from amongst mankind are those who are KEYS to GOODNESS and LOCKS to EVIL and indeed from amongst mankind are those who are KEYS to EVIL and LOCKS to GOODNESS, so GLAD-TIDINGS to the one in whose hand Allāh has placed the keys to goodness and WOE to the one in whose hand Allāh has placed the keys to evil.”
● [مختصر صحيح الجامع الصغير برقم ٢٢٢٣ ، حسنه الألباني]
Prophet Muḥammad Ṣallallāhu-ʿAlaihi Wa Sallam said:
“Indeed, from amongst mankind are those who are KEYS to GOODNESS and LOCKS to EVIL and indeed from amongst mankind are those who are KEYS to EVIL and LOCKS to GOODNESS, so GLAD-TIDINGS to the one in whose hand Allāh has placed the keys to goodness and WOE to the one in whose hand Allāh has placed the keys to evil.”
● [مختصر صحيح الجامع الصغير برقم ٢٢٢٣ ، حسنه الألباني]
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What a beautiful thing to post.
It is attributed to al Hasan basri:
[قال الحسن البصري : قرأتُ في تسعين موضعاً من القرآن : أنَّ الله قدَّرَ الأرزاقَ وضمنها لخلقه وقرأتُ في موضعٍ واحدٍ : ﴿الشيطانُ يعدكم الفقر ويأمركم بالفحشاء ﴾ ،فشككنا في قول الصادق في تسعين موضعاً ! وصدَّقنا الكاذبَ في موضعٍ واحد]
al-Hasan al-Basri said: I have found 90 places in the Qur'an where Allah has decreed provisions and guaranteed it for His created beings, and I have found one place that
[الشَّيْطَانُ يَعِدُكُمُ الْفَقْرَ وَيَأْمُرُكُم بِالْفَحْشَاءِ]
"The shaytaan promises you poverty and commands you to do immorality" [al-Baqarah ayah 268]
So we doubted what the Truthful One said in 90 place but we believed the liar in this one place.
[القرطبي في قمع الحرص بالزهد والقناعة (93) ط دار الصحابة معلقا بصيغة التمريض عن الحسن البصري]
It may not be authentic upto al Hasan basri but the meaning is true.
Copied.
It is attributed to al Hasan basri:
[قال الحسن البصري : قرأتُ في تسعين موضعاً من القرآن : أنَّ الله قدَّرَ الأرزاقَ وضمنها لخلقه وقرأتُ في موضعٍ واحدٍ : ﴿الشيطانُ يعدكم الفقر ويأمركم بالفحشاء ﴾ ،فشككنا في قول الصادق في تسعين موضعاً ! وصدَّقنا الكاذبَ في موضعٍ واحد]
al-Hasan al-Basri said: I have found 90 places in the Qur'an where Allah has decreed provisions and guaranteed it for His created beings, and I have found one place that
[الشَّيْطَانُ يَعِدُكُمُ الْفَقْرَ وَيَأْمُرُكُم بِالْفَحْشَاءِ]
"The shaytaan promises you poverty and commands you to do immorality" [al-Baqarah ayah 268]
So we doubted what the Truthful One said in 90 place but we believed the liar in this one place.
[القرطبي في قمع الحرص بالزهد والقناعة (93) ط دار الصحابة معلقا بصيغة التمريض عن الحسن البصري]
It may not be authentic upto al Hasan basri but the meaning is true.
Copied.
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Being Truthful with Allāh
The shaikh, Dr. Muḥammad ibn Ghālib Al-ʿUmarī, may Allāh protect him, said:
If you’re truthful with your Mawlá [supporter and manager of affairs] in your relationship with Him, first of all, and then your relationship with creation, no words of abuse from someone casting abuse harm you, and no words of praise from someone throwing praise benefit you.
Being truthful with Allāh is a high level.
A person goes up [in levels] to that as his holding on to being truthful [goes up] in [both] speech and deed. Consider the ḥadīth: “A man continues to be truthful and keeps looking to be truthful [again and again] until he’s recorded with Allāh as an ever-truthful one.”¹
¹Narrated by Al-Bukhārī and Muslim (tr.)
Source: twitter.com/m_g_alomari. 16 Jun 22. 05:51 GMT+3.
Translator: Mikail ibn Mahboob Ariff
Date published: June 17th, 2022
https://tasfiyah.com/being-truthful-with-allah/
The shaikh, Dr. Muḥammad ibn Ghālib Al-ʿUmarī, may Allāh protect him, said:
If you’re truthful with your Mawlá [supporter and manager of affairs] in your relationship with Him, first of all, and then your relationship with creation, no words of abuse from someone casting abuse harm you, and no words of praise from someone throwing praise benefit you.
Being truthful with Allāh is a high level.
A person goes up [in levels] to that as his holding on to being truthful [goes up] in [both] speech and deed. Consider the ḥadīth: “A man continues to be truthful and keeps looking to be truthful [again and again] until he’s recorded with Allāh as an ever-truthful one.”¹
¹Narrated by Al-Bukhārī and Muslim (tr.)
Source: twitter.com/m_g_alomari. 16 Jun 22. 05:51 GMT+3.
Translator: Mikail ibn Mahboob Ariff
Date published: June 17th, 2022
https://tasfiyah.com/being-truthful-with-allah/
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A simple lesson on how one’s self-delusion can hurt others too:
There are two types of people in the world:
1. Those who unapologetically finish an entire bag of popcorn (or chips) and then discreetly toss it away.
2. Those who eat most of it in one sitting but then about 9/10th of the way through grow a conscience and even deem themselves generous by leaving the kernels (or crushed bits of chips and flakes) for everyone else. They may even go as far as folding up the bag nicely and using a chip clip. So thoughtful!
Although the first group selfishly eats the entire bag, at least they're not delusional enough to believe they're doing anyone a favor by leaving them crumbs. Nor are they cruel enough to eat all the fluffy/crispy pieces and leave the stale, lifeless rocks and jagged ones (ouch! there goes that crown) for everyone else!
The first group actually does you two favors: they spare you the disappointment AND a visit to the dentist's office!
So the next time you open up a bag and start munching away or face a similar dilemma, remember:
Sharing, in *some* scenarios, is NOT caring.
And if that's the case, then don't delude yourself or risk harming others. It's better to be like the first group and NOT the second group.
There are two types of people in the world:
1. Those who unapologetically finish an entire bag of popcorn (or chips) and then discreetly toss it away.
2. Those who eat most of it in one sitting but then about 9/10th of the way through grow a conscience and even deem themselves generous by leaving the kernels (or crushed bits of chips and flakes) for everyone else. They may even go as far as folding up the bag nicely and using a chip clip. So thoughtful!
Although the first group selfishly eats the entire bag, at least they're not delusional enough to believe they're doing anyone a favor by leaving them crumbs. Nor are they cruel enough to eat all the fluffy/crispy pieces and leave the stale, lifeless rocks and jagged ones (ouch! there goes that crown) for everyone else!
The first group actually does you two favors: they spare you the disappointment AND a visit to the dentist's office!
So the next time you open up a bag and start munching away or face a similar dilemma, remember:
Sharing, in *some* scenarios, is NOT caring.
And if that's the case, then don't delude yourself or risk harming others. It's better to be like the first group and NOT the second group.
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Tremendous advice from the noble Shaykh Al ‘Allaamah 'Abdul 'Azeez Ibn Baaz (رحمه الله)
It was said to the Shaykh, “Oh Shaykh, so and so has become misguided”.
The Shaykh replied: “Perhaps his deviation was due to two things:
1. He didn’t ask Allah for Ath-thabaat (Firmness).
2. He didn’t thank Allaah for Al-Istiqaamah (Steadfastness)
So when Allaah chose for you path of guidance, it was not because you are special, nor was it because of your obedience. But rather, it was mercy from Him that enveloped you. He can remove it from you at any time.
Therefore, do not be deceived by your actions nor by your worship. And do not look down upon the one who has deviated from His path. For had it not been due to His mercy, you would have been in his position.
Repeat the recitation of this verse while pondering:
﴿ ولوﻵ أن ثبتناك لقد كدت تركن إليهم شيئا قليلا ﴾
"Had We not made you firm (Oh Muhammed صلى الله عيه وسلم) then you would have inclined towards them slightly.” (Al Qurʾān 17:74)
So upon is to not to think that thabaat (Firmness) upon Al-Istiqaamah (Steadfastness) is due to your own personal achievements. Ponder over His statement (Ta'aalaa) to the best of mankind: “Had We not made you firm (Oh Muhammed صلى الله عيه وسلم).”
So how about you?!
We are greatly mistaken when we disregard and pay no attention to our athkaar (supplications of remembrance). We believe it to be something that is not important and we forget that Allah preserves us with it. And perhaps the decree will change…
Ibnul-Qayyim (رحمه الله) says: “The need of the servant in his supplications by which he seeks refuge [in Allah], is more severe than his need for food, drink and clothes!”
Be consistent in your athkaar (supplications of remembrance), so that you can encompass the meaning: “Preserve Allah, He will preserve you.”
Fortify [yourselves] every morning and evening [with your athkaar (supplications of remembrance)]. For the dunya (life of this world) is horrifying and full of surprises and Allah is the protector of His servants.
Shaykh Abdul ‘Aziz bin Baaz (رحمه الله)
Majmoo al Fatawa (297\4).
AL WAHYAIN CENTRE.
Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦
Striving to be upon Salafiyyah.
It was said to the Shaykh, “Oh Shaykh, so and so has become misguided”.
The Shaykh replied: “Perhaps his deviation was due to two things:
1. He didn’t ask Allah for Ath-thabaat (Firmness).
2. He didn’t thank Allaah for Al-Istiqaamah (Steadfastness)
So when Allaah chose for you path of guidance, it was not because you are special, nor was it because of your obedience. But rather, it was mercy from Him that enveloped you. He can remove it from you at any time.
Therefore, do not be deceived by your actions nor by your worship. And do not look down upon the one who has deviated from His path. For had it not been due to His mercy, you would have been in his position.
Repeat the recitation of this verse while pondering:
﴿ ولوﻵ أن ثبتناك لقد كدت تركن إليهم شيئا قليلا ﴾
"Had We not made you firm (Oh Muhammed صلى الله عيه وسلم) then you would have inclined towards them slightly.” (Al Qurʾān 17:74)
So upon is to not to think that thabaat (Firmness) upon Al-Istiqaamah (Steadfastness) is due to your own personal achievements. Ponder over His statement (Ta'aalaa) to the best of mankind: “Had We not made you firm (Oh Muhammed صلى الله عيه وسلم).”
So how about you?!
We are greatly mistaken when we disregard and pay no attention to our athkaar (supplications of remembrance). We believe it to be something that is not important and we forget that Allah preserves us with it. And perhaps the decree will change…
Ibnul-Qayyim (رحمه الله) says: “The need of the servant in his supplications by which he seeks refuge [in Allah], is more severe than his need for food, drink and clothes!”
Be consistent in your athkaar (supplications of remembrance), so that you can encompass the meaning: “Preserve Allah, He will preserve you.”
Fortify [yourselves] every morning and evening [with your athkaar (supplications of remembrance)]. For the dunya (life of this world) is horrifying and full of surprises and Allah is the protector of His servants.
Shaykh Abdul ‘Aziz bin Baaz (رحمه الله)
Majmoo al Fatawa (297\4).
AL WAHYAIN CENTRE.
Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦
Striving to be upon Salafiyyah.
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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2391
Hafs bin 'Asim narrated from Abu Hurairah or Abu Sa'eed that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"Seven shall be shaded by Allah under his shade on a day in which there is no shade except His Shade: A just Imam, a young person raised upon worshiping Allah, a man whose heart is attached to the Masjid when he leaves from it until he returns from it, two men who love each other for Allah's sake, coming together upon that, and parting upon that, a man who remembers Allah in privacy and his eyes swell with tears, a man invited by a woman of status and beauty, but he says: 'I fear Allah, Mighty and Sublime is He,' and a man who conceals the charity he gives such that his left hand does not know what his right hand has spent."
Hafs bin 'Asim narrated from Abu Hurairah or Abu Sa'eed that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"Seven shall be shaded by Allah under his shade on a day in which there is no shade except His Shade: A just Imam, a young person raised upon worshiping Allah, a man whose heart is attached to the Masjid when he leaves from it until he returns from it, two men who love each other for Allah's sake, coming together upon that, and parting upon that, a man who remembers Allah in privacy and his eyes swell with tears, a man invited by a woman of status and beauty, but he says: 'I fear Allah, Mighty and Sublime is He,' and a man who conceals the charity he gives such that his left hand does not know what his right hand has spent."
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The Four Levels of Al-Qadr:
Taken from The Tenets of Faith by Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Saalih al-Uthaimeen (d. 1421H, rahimahullah). Refer to full section here: https://islamtees.uk/2011/07/15/the-pillars-of-imaan-6-belief-in-the-divine-decree-al-qadr/
Taken from The Tenets of Faith by Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Saalih al-Uthaimeen (d. 1421H, rahimahullah). Refer to full section here: https://islamtees.uk/2011/07/15/the-pillars-of-imaan-6-belief-in-the-divine-decree-al-qadr/
Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
"Sitting with righteous people turns you from six (things) to six (things):
❶ From doubt to certainty.
❷ From showing off to sincerity.
❸ From heedlessness to remembrance.
❹ From desire in this world to the desire for the Hereafter.
❺ From arrogance/pride to humility.
❻ From bad intentions to (giving) advice.
Source:
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان - ابن قيم الجوزية
Ighaathatul-Lahfaan min Masaaid Ash-Shaytaan
Supporting the Anxious Against the Traps of the Shaytaan
"Sitting with righteous people turns you from six (things) to six (things):
❶ From doubt to certainty.
❷ From showing off to sincerity.
❸ From heedlessness to remembrance.
❹ From desire in this world to the desire for the Hereafter.
❺ From arrogance/pride to humility.
❻ From bad intentions to (giving) advice.
Source:
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان - ابن قيم الجوزية
Ighaathatul-Lahfaan min Masaaid Ash-Shaytaan
Supporting the Anxious Against the Traps of the Shaytaan
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Having Halloween celebrations even a small piece of objects and Christmas 🎄 trees or any other accessories of these festivals shows that this house is far very far from the deen of Islam. Far very far from Tawheed. These objects are the signs of shirk taking place in that house. Stay far from shirk. The hidden shirk. It’s like you're saying I accept this ritual. Which means I associate partners with Allah azwajal.
Shirk e Akbar. Major shirk.
Be mindful and ponder over those verses from the Quran that talk about shirk.
May Allah guide us all and keep our homes clean and pure from shirk. Give us all the death on Tawheed Ameen.
Shirk e Akbar. Major shirk.
Be mindful and ponder over those verses from the Quran that talk about shirk.
May Allah guide us all and keep our homes clean and pure from shirk. Give us all the death on Tawheed Ameen.
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It was narrated from that 'Ali said:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Do not tell lies about me, for telling lies about me leads to Hell (Fire)."
علی رضی اللہ عنہ کہتے ہیں کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا: مجھ پر جھوٹ نہ باندھو، اس لیے کہ مجھ پر جھوٹ باندھنا جہنم میں داخل کرتا ہے ۔
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَامِرِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ، وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " لاَ تَكْذِبُوا عَلَىَّ فَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ عَلَىَّ يُولِجُ النَّارَ " .
Grade: Sahih (Darussalam)
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 31
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Do not tell lies about me, for telling lies about me leads to Hell (Fire)."
علی رضی اللہ عنہ کہتے ہیں کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا: مجھ پر جھوٹ نہ باندھو، اس لیے کہ مجھ پر جھوٹ باندھنا جہنم میں داخل کرتا ہے ۔
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَامِرِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ، وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ حِرَاشٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " لاَ تَكْذِبُوا عَلَىَّ فَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ عَلَىَّ يُولِجُ النَّارَ " .
Grade: Sahih (Darussalam)
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 31
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Jannah is Our Dream
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And few of My servants are grateful. [34:13]
You speak to people and you notice a lot of ungratefulness and taking blessings for granted, especially among women, may Allāh forgive us.
Sisters who are struggling to get married are not grateful to Allāh سبحانه وتعالى during the wait, and sisters who are already married are not grateful to be married and that they have good husbands.
The unmarried sister who is of older age complains of the difficulty in the search for a spouse and constantly compares herself to her peers, thinking — if not saying — “Why me?” Dear sisters, there is goodness in your delay, and you will not be able to perceive it or take benefit of it until you stop complaining and start being grateful to Allāh سبحانه وتعالى for what you HAVE been blessed with in the meantime. The search for a spouse can be extremely trying and unbearable, especially if one reaches older age, but what reward is left for the one who spends the duration of her trial moaning and lamenting at her state? Does one who harbors resentment against Allāh’s Qadr and repeats “if only, if only…” have any share of reward for going through it? Gratitude only makes your trials easier!
And on the flip side, the married sisters who got married young or on time and didn’t have to wait at all…SubhānAllāh, some of them reach the age of 40, and anytime you you talk to them, they just complain about getting married young (most of them weren’t even young by Islamic standards, only by Western standards). What’s even more ironic is that they’re happy in their marriages and love their husbands, yet they can’t help but complain about their age at marriage. “I was just a child, what did I know!”, “Poor me, I was a clueless little girl!”, “He expected me to make him tea, I was so small!”, “I had no childhood, I missed out on the joys of of girlhood since my parents married me off so young!”
Meanwhile, she was an 18-year-old woman the whole time… after some time Allāh blessed her with children and then whenever she is overwhelmed by them, she complains “Oh why did I have to get married so young! The other women by age are enjoying themselves in peace with their parents and I’m here running after toddlers and changing diapers!” All while the sister who struggles to conceive looks on with longing at her state. While I know some women use complaints as a way to indirectly boast about a matter, I remind these sisters of the Hadīth:
Asmā', the daughter of Yazīd Al-Ansāri, said, "The Prophet ﷺ passed by me while I was with some young slavegirls belonging to me. He greeted us and said, 'Beware of the ingratitude of those with blessings.' I was the boldest of them in coming forward to question him and I said, 'Messenger of Allāh, what is the ingratitude of those with blessings?' He replied, 'Perhaps one of you remains unmarried for a long time with her parents, and then Allāh provides her with a husband and provides her with children from him and then she gets angry and is ungrateful…” [Al-Adab Al-Mufrad]
And the parents of these respective sisters are a whole worse story at times, and they’re often the ones feeding the ingratitude and stress in the daughters. If they’re daughter is aging, and FROM ALLĀH (not her own bad choices or something similar) she remains unmarried, they start to complain to every being who will listen about her age and marriage prospects being insufficient, الله المستعان. It’s always “Perhaps someone has done black magic on her!” Or “Why my family? So-and-so’s daughters got married one after the other before they even graduated!” Or they begin to blame her or her appearance or something out of her control for the delay. Stress and worry from a parent to see their daughter in good hands is natural and from their love and concern, yet delay in the matter is a trial that Allāh سبحانه وتعالى commanded patience in, just like every other trial. It’s not befitting for a believer to complain to creation about Allāh’s decree and despair over it!
You speak to people and you notice a lot of ungratefulness and taking blessings for granted, especially among women, may Allāh forgive us.
Sisters who are struggling to get married are not grateful to Allāh سبحانه وتعالى during the wait, and sisters who are already married are not grateful to be married and that they have good husbands.
The unmarried sister who is of older age complains of the difficulty in the search for a spouse and constantly compares herself to her peers, thinking — if not saying — “Why me?” Dear sisters, there is goodness in your delay, and you will not be able to perceive it or take benefit of it until you stop complaining and start being grateful to Allāh سبحانه وتعالى for what you HAVE been blessed with in the meantime. The search for a spouse can be extremely trying and unbearable, especially if one reaches older age, but what reward is left for the one who spends the duration of her trial moaning and lamenting at her state? Does one who harbors resentment against Allāh’s Qadr and repeats “if only, if only…” have any share of reward for going through it? Gratitude only makes your trials easier!
And on the flip side, the married sisters who got married young or on time and didn’t have to wait at all…SubhānAllāh, some of them reach the age of 40, and anytime you you talk to them, they just complain about getting married young (most of them weren’t even young by Islamic standards, only by Western standards). What’s even more ironic is that they’re happy in their marriages and love their husbands, yet they can’t help but complain about their age at marriage. “I was just a child, what did I know!”, “Poor me, I was a clueless little girl!”, “He expected me to make him tea, I was so small!”, “I had no childhood, I missed out on the joys of of girlhood since my parents married me off so young!”
Meanwhile, she was an 18-year-old woman the whole time… after some time Allāh blessed her with children and then whenever she is overwhelmed by them, she complains “Oh why did I have to get married so young! The other women by age are enjoying themselves in peace with their parents and I’m here running after toddlers and changing diapers!” All while the sister who struggles to conceive looks on with longing at her state. While I know some women use complaints as a way to indirectly boast about a matter, I remind these sisters of the Hadīth:
Asmā', the daughter of Yazīd Al-Ansāri, said, "The Prophet ﷺ passed by me while I was with some young slavegirls belonging to me. He greeted us and said, 'Beware of the ingratitude of those with blessings.' I was the boldest of them in coming forward to question him and I said, 'Messenger of Allāh, what is the ingratitude of those with blessings?' He replied, 'Perhaps one of you remains unmarried for a long time with her parents, and then Allāh provides her with a husband and provides her with children from him and then she gets angry and is ungrateful…” [Al-Adab Al-Mufrad]
And the parents of these respective sisters are a whole worse story at times, and they’re often the ones feeding the ingratitude and stress in the daughters. If they’re daughter is aging, and FROM ALLĀH (not her own bad choices or something similar) she remains unmarried, they start to complain to every being who will listen about her age and marriage prospects being insufficient, الله المستعان. It’s always “Perhaps someone has done black magic on her!” Or “Why my family? So-and-so’s daughters got married one after the other before they even graduated!” Or they begin to blame her or her appearance or something out of her control for the delay. Stress and worry from a parent to see their daughter in good hands is natural and from their love and concern, yet delay in the matter is a trial that Allāh سبحانه وتعالى commanded patience in, just like every other trial. It’s not befitting for a believer to complain to creation about Allāh’s decree and despair over it!
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And sisters who get married young or "on time", often their parents lament over that too! When they see her chasing the blessings of Allāh and apples of her eyes (her children) they loathe “Oh my poor daughter was still a child and now she has children!” Or when they see her tired or homesick in the beginning of her marriage, “Poor girl, I married her off too young, I should have kept her with me longer.” Sometimes, unprovoked they will tell people the age she got married in shame, hastily defending themselves by saying, “Oh we wanted to wait but the husband insisted on doing it straight away, so our poor, poor little girl had to go and become a woman early!” Meanwhile their “little girl” was way past the age of adulthood Islāmically and even by non-Muslim standards. When a woman constantly hears about herself as a “victim”, she starts to see herself as a victim. Then, all of a sudden, when she’s no longer happy in her marriage and starts complaining about “being married too young” and turns the tables and blames the parents saying they “forced” her or something, then those same ungrateful parents scramble to remind her to “be grateful” and that “you weren’t THAT young really” and “oh your grandma got married at that age too, everyone does.” Thennnn they remember what a great blessing a good husband and a happy marriage is and they start reminding her to accept Allāh’s decree and be grateful. Or if their other daughters have a delay in marriage and get older, then they start thinking “Alhamdulillah that the other one got married on time. We had no stress or worry for her marriage.” Or if one daughter gets married at a “proper age” that wasn’t “too young” but comes back divorced a few years later, then those same parents start to feel grateful that even if the other one left them earlier than they preferred, she found a good man and a stable marriage.
Indeed, mankind is ungrateful — and indeed women will make up the majority of the inhabitants of hell due to their ungratefulness to their husbands. The one who married early envies her who married later. The one whose marriage is delayed envies the one who married young. The one who has children envies the one who has less and the one who struggles to conceive envies the one who has plenty. If all of them only complained to Allāh سبحانه وتعالى and strove to accept His Decree, they would receive a great reward for their struggles in the hereafter, but alas, most of mankind will not understand.
May Allāh make us of the *few* servants who are grateful and recognize our blessings and are patient in our delays. The mind starts to burst when one sits with these types. Complaint after complaint, seldom do you hear “Alhamdulillāh, Allāh’s decree was the best for me and I’m very happy with His decision.”
Indeed, mankind is ungrateful — and indeed women will make up the majority of the inhabitants of hell due to their ungratefulness to their husbands. The one who married early envies her who married later. The one whose marriage is delayed envies the one who married young. The one who has children envies the one who has less and the one who struggles to conceive envies the one who has plenty. If all of them only complained to Allāh سبحانه وتعالى and strove to accept His Decree, they would receive a great reward for their struggles in the hereafter, but alas, most of mankind will not understand.
May Allāh make us of the *few* servants who are grateful and recognize our blessings and are patient in our delays. The mind starts to burst when one sits with these types. Complaint after complaint, seldom do you hear “Alhamdulillāh, Allāh’s decree was the best for me and I’m very happy with His decision.”
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𝐀 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐦, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐦, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭!?
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐦.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤, 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐦?
Book: The Disease and The Cure | By Imām Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawzīyah | Translated by Osman Hamid | Hikmah Publications | Page 59,60
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐦, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐦, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭!?
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐦.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤, 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐦?
Book: The Disease and The Cure | By Imām Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawzīyah | Translated by Osman Hamid | Hikmah Publications | Page 59,60
THE QUR’AAN AS A HEALER:
Allaah تعالى said:
وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
{And We send down from the Qur’aan that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe}
[Surah al-Israa (17): 82]
قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاءٌ
{Say: “It is for those who believe, a guidance and a healing.”}
[Surah Fussilat (41): 44]
The Qur’aan is the speech of Allaah, and there is nothing like it, and nothing can stand in its way. The Qur’aan is the best Dhikr (remembrance of Allaah), the best healer, and remover of anxiety and distress for those who recite it morning and evening and ponder over its meaning and contemplate over its teachings. There is nothing like it in removing the suffering, anxiety, distress, and mental illness. Through the recitation of the Qur’aan, the hearts are satisfied, calmed, and settled down in a way that cannot be described. So, depending upon the level a slave approaches the Book of Allaah - by reciting it, pondering over its meaning, memorizing it, learning it, teaching it, and acting upon its teachings – he will find happiness, rest, relief, tranquility, healing, cure, satisfaction to that level. The more one does this, the more he will receive. The more one recites, the more he will be given; the less one recites, the less he will be given; if one abandons it, and he will be abandoned.
Allaah تعالى said:
وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
{And We send down from the Qur’aan that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe}
[Surah al-Israa (17): 82]
قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاءٌ
{Say: “It is for those who believe, a guidance and a healing.”}
[Surah Fussilat (41): 44]
The Qur’aan is the speech of Allaah, and there is nothing like it, and nothing can stand in its way. The Qur’aan is the best Dhikr (remembrance of Allaah), the best healer, and remover of anxiety and distress for those who recite it morning and evening and ponder over its meaning and contemplate over its teachings. There is nothing like it in removing the suffering, anxiety, distress, and mental illness. Through the recitation of the Qur’aan, the hearts are satisfied, calmed, and settled down in a way that cannot be described. So, depending upon the level a slave approaches the Book of Allaah - by reciting it, pondering over its meaning, memorizing it, learning it, teaching it, and acting upon its teachings – he will find happiness, rest, relief, tranquility, healing, cure, satisfaction to that level. The more one does this, the more he will receive. The more one recites, the more he will be given; the less one recites, the less he will be given; if one abandons it, and he will be abandoned.
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There was a time when if a person wanted to acquire a Ḥadīth, he would travel for months, and if the person from whom he wanted to get the Ḥadīth did not properly observe the prayer, he would not take knowledge from him. Today, we have people who don't even pray the five daily prayers, yet they use their own intellect to accept or reject Ḥadīth.
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The Prophet ﷺ said about this temporary Dunya:
مالي وللدنيا؟
ما أنا في الدنيا إلا كراكب استظل تحت شجرة ثم راح وتركها
'𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗜 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱?
𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗲,
𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀.'
['Riyad as-Salihin', 485].
In this world, we are all on a temporary visitor-visa, our final destination is the hereafter.
مالي وللدنيا؟
ما أنا في الدنيا إلا كراكب استظل تحت شجرة ثم راح وتركها
'𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗜 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱?
𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗲,
𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀.'
['Riyad as-Salihin', 485].
In this world, we are all on a temporary visitor-visa, our final destination is the hereafter.
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