Much needed advice from Ibn Taymiyyah 👍

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

"Many people, when they see evil or when the Muslim ummah goes through a lot of trouble, panic, lose hope and start complaining as people who are beset by calamities do. But this is forbidden; rather what is enjoined is to be patient, to put one’s trust in Allah, to be steadfast in adhering to the religion of Islam and to believe that Allah is with those who fear Him and those who do good, and that the best end is for those who fear Him; whatever befalls him is because of his sins, so he should be patient, for the promise of Allah is true; he should seek forgiveness for his sins and glorify and praise his Lord morning and evening."

Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa, 18/295

The whole point of money is clearing a friend's debt, surprising your parents with gifts, giving to your neighbours, following a halal dream in your heart.

Financial stability is a blessing when used to uplift others. Rizq that overflows with barakah is indeed a mercy for all.

May Allaah make us all so financially stable that our Rizq becomes a mercy for others. Aameen 🤲🏽

TOPIC: Making Excuses For Your Fellow Brothers & Sisters

Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez Ibn 'Abdullah Ibn 'Abdur-Rahman Ibn Baz:

"What is prescribed for the believer is to respect his brother if he apologises to him and accept his excuse if possible, and to think positively of him whenever possible, in hopes that hearts will be free from resentment and that people will be brought together and will incorporate in doing good.

It was narrated by 'Umar ibn Al-Khattab - may Allah be pleased with him -
"Do not think badly of a word uttered by your brother, when you can find a good interpretation for it."

Majmoo' Fataawa Ibn Baz [26/365]

'Abdullaah Ibn Muhammad Ibn Manaazil saod:
"The Believer seeks excuses for his brothers, and the hypocrite seeks the mistakes for his brothers."
[Ash-Shu'ab, 7/11197]

Ja'far Ibn Muhammad said:
"If something that you dislike reaches you about your brother then search for one excuse for him up to seventy excuses. If it hits the mark, (then good). If not, then say, 'Perhaps he has an excuse that I am not aware of.""
[Al-Jaami' Li Shu'ab Al-Eemaan, 14/442]

Muhammad Ibn Sireen said:
"If something reaches you about your brother, then search for an excuse for him.
If you do not find an excuse for him, then make an excuse for him."
[Al-Jaami' Li Shu'ab Al-Eemaan, 14/441]

Aboo Haatim said:
"Rebuking a person's for their every mistake, even minor ones, constantly, will lead to the love diminishing."
[Rawdhah, p. 182]

Fudayl Ibn 'lyaad asid:
"Whoever seeks a brother without faults would never have a brother to be his friend."
[Rawdatul 'Uqaalaa, p. 169]

Here's a list of excuses you can make (some maybe repeated, it can also be a reminder):

• He/she was upset
• He/she is depressed
. He/she found out bad news
• He/she is suffering from an illness
. He/she lost their job
• He/she is in debt
• He/she lost a family member
• He/she's mind is all over the place - they can't think straight
• He/she found out they have an illness
• He/she are looking after their ill family member
• He/she snapped because of pressure they are facing - something you do not know about!
. He/she is upset and is being pressured
. He/she didn't know
. He/she was crying
• He/she is being abused
• He/she is going through divorce
• She had a miscarriage
• He/she is in an abusive relationship
• He/she is suffering from a hardship
⚫ You studied Adab al Mufrad - you need to try out what you learnt
• He/she wants to be alone so that they can respond to you later with kindness, not when they are in a mess. • He/she fainted

ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb – raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu:

"Do not be deceived by a man’s chanting in his prayer; rather, look at his state when he deals with his dirham and dinar."

[Muʿīn al-Ḥukkām, p.167]

“Indeed, the best one you can hire is the strong and the trustworthy.” (The Noble Qur'an 28:26)

Ibn Taymiyyah’s Commentary :

1. Two qualities are essential for any position of responsibility:

Strength (al-quwwah): the ability, skill, power, or competence to carry out the duty.

Trustworthiness (al-amānah): sincerity, honesty, and fulfilling the role with integrity.

He says every role — whether religious (like leading salah or giving fatwa) or worldly (like governance, military, business) — needs these two traits.

2. Application in Leadership:

A ruler without strength may be sincere but too weak to implement justice.

A ruler without trustworthiness may be powerful but corrupt.

True leadership balances both.

Ibn Taymiyyah famously applies this verse to explain why the most suitable people for leadership are those with a balance of competence and sincerity.

3. Practical Wisdom:

For military command → strength means strategy & courage; trustworthiness means protecting the rights of soldiers and people.

For finance → strength means skill in trade/accounting; trustworthiness means avoiding betrayal or theft.

For religious positions → strength means knowledge; trustworthiness means piety and sincerity.

📌 So, for Ibn Taymiyyah, this verse is not just about Musa (عليه السلام) — it’s a universal principle:
👉 The best man for any job is the one who is capable and sincere.

🌿Beautiful Graciousness in the Face of Harm🌿

Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728 AH رحمه الله) demonstrates the three beautiful responses of the righteous when facing harm, as found in the Qur’an:

“Allah commanded His Prophet ﷺ with three noble responses:

• 🌸 Beautiful shunning (hajr) — to shun without causing harm.

• 🌸 Beautiful pardoning — to pardon without rebuke.

• 🌸 Beautiful patience — to endure without complaint.

Yaʿqūb عليه السَّلام declared:

“I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allah.” (Yusuf 12:86)

And also:
{So have beautiful patience. And Allah is the One sought for help against that which you describe.}(Yusuf 12:18)

🤲 Complaint directed to Allah does not contradict beautiful patience—it is instead the path of faith, dignity, and reliance.”

⸻

📖 Ibn Taymiyyah, Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā, vol. 10, p. 666.

🌺Complain to Allaah alone!
🎓By Shaikh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah

“al-Sabr al-Jameel” (the good patience الصَّبْرُ الْجَمِيلُ) is that patience in which there is no complaining (towards the creation). Yaqoob عليه السلام said:

﴿إنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي إلَى اللَّهِ﴾

{I only complain of my grief and sorrow to Allaah}
📚[Surah Yusuf (12): 86]

Even though he also said:

﴿فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَاللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَى مَا تَصِفُونَ﴾

{So (for me) patience is most fitting. And it is Allah (Alone) Whose help can be sought against that which you assert}
📚[Surah Yusuf (12): 18]

Complaining to Allaah (about the harm that has befallen you) does not contradict or negate “the good patience”.

And whenever Umar Ibn al-Khattaab رضي الله عنه used to recite in the Fajr prayer:

﴿إِنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي إِلَى اللَّـهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّـهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ﴾

{I only complain of my grief and sorrow to Allaah and I know from Allaah what you do not know}
📚[Surah Yusuf (12): 86]

He used to weep so profusely that his sobbing would be heard in the last rows.

(Complain to the Creator) instead of complaining to the creation!

(Complaining to the Creator is permissible) because the one who is complaining is doing so based on the situation he is in, either (beseeching Allaah) to remove the thing which is harming him, or seeking (from Allaah) that which is beneficial for him. A person has been commanded to beseech the Creator instead of the creation. Allaah تعالى said:

﴿فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ * وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب﴾

{So when you have finished (from your occupation), then stand up for Allaah’s worship (i.e. stand up for prayer). And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your intentions and hopes and) your invocations.}
📚[Surah al-Sharh (94): 7-8]

And the Prophet ﷺ said to Ibn Abbaas رضي الله عنهما: ❝If you ask, then ask Allaah [alone]; and if you seek help, then seek help from Allaah [alone].❞
📚[Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2516) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

And it is a must that a person should adhere to two things:
1) To do that which he has been commanded to do and to shun that which has been prohibited.
2) And to be patient when a thing which has Decreed befalls him.

The first is from Taqwaa (piety) and the second is patience (Sabr).

📚[Majmoo al-Fataawa of Ibn Taymiyyah (10/666-667)]

🌴🌴🌴

👉[TN: The Prophet ﷺ also said to Ibn `Abbaas رضي الله عنهما: ❝And know that what has passed you by [and you have failed to attain] was not going to befall you, and what has befallen you was not going to pass you by. And know that victory comes with patience, and relief after affliction, and ease after hardship.❞ 📚[Mustadrak of al-Haakim (6304)]

Did you know that some of the Sahaba (رضي الله عنهم) used to eagerly await Fridays not just for the Jummah prayer, but also for a special meal prepared by a generous woman?

Narrated by Sahl bin Sa'd رضي الله عنه:

"There was a woman amongst us who had a farm and she used to sow Silq (a leafy kind of vegetable) on the edges of streams in her farm. On Fridays she used to pull out the Silq from its roots and put the roots in a utensil. Then she would put a handful of powdered barley over it and cook it. The roots of the Silq were a substitute for meat.

After finishing the Jummah prayer we used to greet her and she would give us that food which we would eat with our hands, and because of that meal, we used to look forward to Friday."

[Bukhari: 938, 6248]

Imam Bukhari even noscriptd a chapter based on this hadith: "Greeting of men to women, and women to men," showing the purity and respect in their interactions.

...🍀

Compiler unknown!!!!
💫 *points to ponder*
🤔

1) When the axe came to the forest, the trees said the handle was one of us. Until they felt its cuts:. BETRAYAL IS within.

2) When a kid grows up, a pencil is replaced by a pen just to make the kid realize that now it is not easy to erase the mistake.

3) If loyalty was real, water is not supposed to cook the fish.

4) How I wish RIP means Return If Possible.

5) One sad truth about life is that you may not even be part of the future you’re stressed about.

6) The day you lose your father is the day you will realize that you have lost the only man who wanted to see you better than him.
7) The sheep lived all her life, fearing the wolf, but it was the shepherd that finally ate it.

8) When we were kids, we cried loudly to be noticed. But now we cry silently because we don’t want anyone to know.

9) My mom always said, "don’t talk while eating." I never knew she was talking about life.

11) Just because you’re a good person, doesn’t mean the world owes you kindness.

12) When the blind man sees, he throws away the stick that has been helping him for years.

13) *Nowadays, you MAY need money to become a member of your own family.*

14) FAMILY is like a FOREST from a distance. They are all close until you get closer to see how SEPARATED trees are !

👆 *Undeniable truths of life*

Imām Bukhārī’s respect for hadīth.

Imām Bukhārī once went to see a man in order to hear a Ḥadīth.

The man’s horse had run away from him and stood at a distance.

To make the horse walk towards him he lifted his shirt and acted as if he had barley inside it and began to tempt the animal, this made the animal come back to him, allowing the man to catch it.

Imām Bukhārī asked the man if he really did have barley in his shirt, to which the reply was: “No, I only did it to bring the horse back.”

Imām Bukhārī said: “By Allāh, I will not narrate from you! How can I take a blessed hadīth of the Holy Prophet from a man who lies to animals!?”

‎● [نزهات المجالس ١\١٩١]

Abu al-Darda’ رضي الله عنه said:

"Death is sufficient as an admonisher, and time is sufficient as a separator; today in the houses, tomorrow in the graves."

📚 [Lata’if al-Ma’arif, vol. 1]

Vices, Virtues, Expiations and Elevations.
(Hadeeth in English & Arabic )

Ibn Umar (radiallahuanhuma ) reported: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu Alaihiwa sallam) said “Three deeds are destructive vices, three are salvific virtues, three are expiations, and three are a rise in ranks.

As for Destructive Vices, they are:

■ Greed that is obeyed.
■ Whims that are followed.
■ Man being impressed with himself.

As for Salvific Virtues, they are:

■ Justice in times of anger or pleasure,
■ Moderation in wealth or poverty, and
■ Fear of Allah in public and private.

As for Expiations, they are:

■ Waiting for prayer in between prayers,
■ Thorough ablution on cold mornings, and
■ Walking to the congregations.

As for rises in ranks, they are:

■ Feeding the poor,
■ Spreading peace,
■ Prayer at night while people are asleep.”

Source: al-Mu’jam al-Awsaṭ 5750
Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Albani

عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثَلَاثٌ مُهْلِكَاتٌ وَثَلَاثٌ مُنَجِّيَاتٌ وَثَلَاثٌ كَفَّارَاتٌ وَثَلَاثٌ دَرَجَاتٌ فَأَمَّا الْمُهْلِكَاتُ فَشُحٌّ مُطَاعٌ وَهَوًى مُتَّبَعٌ وَإِعْجَابُ الْمَرْءِ بِنَفْسِهِ وَأَمَّا الْمُنَجِّيَاتُ فَالْعَدْلُ فِي الْغَضَبِ وَالرِّضَى وَالْقَصْدُ فِي الْفَقْرِ وَالْغِنَى وَخَشْيَةُ اللَّهِ فِي السِّرِّ وَالْعَلَانِيَةِ وَأَمَّا الْكَفَّارَاتُ فَانْتِظَارُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِسْبَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ فِي السَّبَرَاتِ وَنَقْلُ الْأَقْدَامِ إِلَى الْجَمَاعَاتِ وَأَمَّا الدَّرَجَاتُ فَإِطْعَامُ الطَّعَامِ وَإِفْشَاءُ السَّلَامِ وَصَلَاةٌ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ
5750 المعجم الأوسط للطبراني
3045 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث حسن في صحيح الجامع.

.

DEPRIVED IS THE ONE:

● Deprived is the one:

Who knows that the duration of Duhaa is nearly 6 hours; yet he couldn't pray the two Rak'ah of Duhaa, which won't take him 5 mins. It is Sadaqah for the 360 joints in his body.

● Deprived is the one:

Who knows that the night extends to nearly 11 hours, but he is unable to perform a single Witr Raka'ah; yet, this may not take even up to 3 mins.

● Deprived is the one:

Who knows that there are 24 hours in a day but he's unable to recite one Juz'u (1/30) portion of the Qur'aan! Yet this won't take up to 30 minutes.

● Deprived is the one:

Who knows he has a restless tongue, but hardly ever remembers Allaah in his daily life.

● Truly Deprived is the one:

Who knows that whoever performs for Allaah at daytime twelve Rak'ah (of Rawaatib, accompanying the Five Daily Obligatory Prayers), Allaah will build for him a house in Paradise, yet; weeks, months or even a year passes him by, and no single house (in Paradise) has been built for him.

● Truly Deprived is the one:

Who knows that the undisclosed Sadaqah extinguishes Allaah's anger, yet he doesn't give a penny in charity.

● Deprived is the one:

Who knows that good character raises a person's status in the Most Beneficent's Gardens (Paradise), yet he doesn't strive to perfect his character just to please his Lord, the Most High.

● Deprived is the one:

Who knows that a man will be gathered with those he loves, yet, he doesn't love the righteous ones so that he might be gathered with them.

Thus life goes on and we remain negligent and heedless in our affairs...

May Allah make us amongst the people who fulfill the above obligations everyday and enable us to earn Jannah in sha Allah Ameen.

Shaykhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) said:

“…Even if it is a little of the Halal, Allah will bless it. But if it is a lot of the Haram, it will vanish and Allah will erase it.”

-Majmu’ul Fataawa, 28/646.

Imam Nawawi رحمه الله said:

"Reciting the Qur'an is the most important of adhkar, which should be done regularly. No day or night should be without and it may be attained by reciting a few verse."

[ كتبا الأذكار للنووي ١٢٢٥/٢]

Yūnus ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlā said that Imām al-Shāfiʿī said to him:

“O Abū Mūsā, the satisfaction of people is an unreachable goal. There is no way to be completely safe from their criticism. So think about what benefits your soul, hold on to it, and ignore people and what they focus on.”

Ibn al-Anbārī stated that Abū al-ʿAbbās recited:

“Let people say whatever they want about me, for I can handle most of what’s spoken against me. I don't have to appease everyone I upset, nor is everything told about me something I have actually said."

Ibn al-Aʿrābī recited:

“Should I swat at the fly every time it buzzes? If I did, the fly would truly be valuable to me.”

[Abū Sulaymān Ḥamd ibn Muḥammad al-Khaṭṭābī, al-ʿUzlah, 2nd ed. (Cairo: al-Maṭbaʿah al-Salafiyyah, 1399 AH), 76, trans: ‘Umar Quinn]

Al-Shāfiʿī also said:

“Whoever is sincere in brotherhood accepts his brother’s flaws, patches his shortcomings, and pardons his slips.”

And Najm al-Dīn Ibn Qudāmah advised:

“The root cause of failing to cover your brother’s faults—and being obsessed with exposing them—is ḥiqd (malice) and ḥasad (envy).”

[Mukhtaṣar Minhāj al-Qāṣidīn, p. 101, trans: ‘Umar Quinn]

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Said:

"By the One in whose hand is my soul, you must enjoin good and forbid evil, or else;
Allah will soon send punishment upon you. Then, you will call upon Allah and it will not be answered for you."

Jami-Tirmidhi: 2169 (Hasan)