Sound Understanding

Abu Haatim said: “The first sign of goodness for a person in this world is having a sound understanding, and it is one of the best things which Allaah تعالى has granted for His slaves. So do not defile the blessing of Allaah تعالى by sitting in gatherings which opposes it.”

[Rawdhatul `Uqalaa’ (1/11)]

Betrayal by family is a bitter reminder that not all bonds are unbreakable, not all promise are kept, and not all love is unconditional.

You can’t force family to be family. Sometimes they’re just as fake as friends.

Just because someone is family doesn’t mean you have to tolerate lies, chaos, drama, manipulation and disrespect.

Cutting people off doesn’t have limits. Family can get cut off too. If they are causing you stress and you’ve done all you can do. Send them love and send them off. Love the ones who are always there for you.

Family is supposed to help family not watch them struggle and talk about them.

The family member who decides to heal will be seen as enemy, as they will have broken the pattern of family behavior.

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💰 The Weight of Debt After Death

The Prophet ﷺ said:

“The soul of the believer is held back until his debt is paid off.”
📚 Sunan al-Tirmidhi 1078 (Hasan)

Debt does not disappear after death. It is paid from the deceased’s estate (their money, property, and belongings left behind) before any inheritance is distributed. Allah ﷻ says:

“After any bequest which was made or debt.”
📚 Surah An-Nisa 4:11

Many of you chose “The debt is paid by their family” and that is true in practice. The debt should first be cleared from the person’s estate, but if the family or friends choose to pay it on their behalf, it becomes a beautiful act of charity and loyalty. The Prophet ﷺ once refused to pray over a man who owed two dinars until someone promised to settle it. Later, he said:

“Now his skin has become cool (i.e., his soul is at ease).”
📚 Musnad Ahmad 23417 (Hasan)

💭 Even a righteous soul can be held back because of unpaid debts. Whether it is paid from their estate or lovingly settled by family, clearing what we owe helps the soul find peace in the Hereafter.

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The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“One who guides to something good has a reward similar to that of its doer.”
(Saheeh Muslim 1893)

This issue is a disease plaguing the Muslim ummah. How many people have we seen promoting themselves in the daʿwah, yet they are totally unqualified. They think they are aiding the daʿwah, but in reality, they are not. They destroy and corrupt it more than they aid and rectify it.

Shaykh Ibn Bāz (رحمه الله) said: "The ignorant destroys, [he does] not construct, and he corrupts, [he does] not repair.1

And indeed Allāh has spoken the truth when He said:
إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّـهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُ
"From Allāh’s slaves, it is only the scholars who truly fear Him."
[Sūrah Fāṭir, 35:28]

Therefore, had those who promoted themselves had an ounce of fear for their Lord, they would have remained in their rightful places, silent and hidden in the background. And Allāh’s aid is sought.

[1] .الدعوة إلى الله وأخلاق الدعاة

Written by: Musa Shaleem Mohammed (2016.10.04)
Reviewed by: Abū ʿIyāḍ Amjad Rafīq

The One who feeds you and gives you drink is Allah —
not your business or your job.

And the One who cures you when you fall sick is Allah —
not the hospital or the medicine.

{والذي هو يطعمني ويسقين وإذا مرضت فهو يشفين}
— سورة الشعراء، الآيتان 79–80

So the Muslim takes the necessary means, but relies upon Allah alone.

Whenever ʿAbdullăh b. Masʿūd (r) went out to his friends and companions, he would say to them:

❝You are the relief of my sorrow.❞

أنتم جلاء حزني

(Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ)

#gemsfromthesiyar

Don’t take your friends for granted.

Abu Sulayman ad-Darani (رحمه الله) said:

“When the Dunya settles in a person’s heart, the akhirah leaves.”

[Al-Bidayah Wal Nihaya (14/150)

Salaf

Imām Ahmad ibn Ḥanbal

> “Whoever is silent about clarifying the truth is a mute devil.”

Imām al-Barbahārī

> “If you see a man speaking against an innovation, beware that you love him, for he is upon the Sunnah.”

Imām Ibn Taymiyyah

> “Refuting the people of falsehood is from Jihād and a protection of the Sharīʿah.”

Prophet Yusuf عليه السلام was put in prison even though he did nothing wrong. He stayed patient and kept trusting Allah. His story shows us that even when life feels unfair, Allah’s plan is always best.

Ubaadah Ibn as-Saamit رضي الله عنه:

The World will be brought on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said:

"Separate (all) what was (done) from it for (the sake of) Allāh (alone). And it will (all) separate."

Then (it will be) said:

"Throw the rest of it into the fire. "

[Kitab az-Zuhd al-Wak’ee رحمه الله, 362]

Al-Ḥasan said, "Knowledge is of two types: knowledge that is superficial utterance upon the tongue, that is Allāh's proof against the children of Ādam; and knowledge that takes root in the heart and that is beneficial knowledge."

Dārimī #375 and ibn Abī Shaybah, vol. 13, p.235 and it is ṣaḥīḥ.

Al-Ḥāfiẓ ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbali, The Excellence of the Knowledge, page 58, Dār us-Sunnah Publishers Birmingham

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ يَنْزِلُ بِهَا فِي النَّارِ أَبْعَدَ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ

Verily, the servant may speak a single word for which he plummets into the Hellfire farther than the distance between East and West.

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6112, Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi.

A man will only entertain a woman if he's going to benefit. So why are women still entertaining men “For the pleasure of Allah”? For the pleasure of Allah direct that man to the Hadith that says (and I paraphrase ), “….if you’re not able to afford marriage, then fast.”

#DivineLaw

~BashirahK🥀

A person with a pure heart cannot find peace in what is haram. Even if he slips or feels weak, his heart continues to rebuke him, leaving him restless, uneasy, and scattered, until he turns back to the right way.

Allah loves His righteous servants. When He loves someone, He draws their attention, through trials, through restraint in worldly matters, not out of anger, but out of mercy, guiding them back to the path of truth. :

Silence is wisdom but not many practice it.

Ibn Abdul Barr reported: Abu Darda, (May Allah be pleased with him), said, “Silence is a form of wisdom, yet few people practice it.”

Source: Jāmiʻ Bayān al-ʻIlm 628.

‘Umar ibn Al-khattab رحمه اللّه said:

“No amount of guilt can change the past & no amount of worrying can change the future.

Go easy on yourself for the outcome of all affairs is determined by the decree of Allah.

"Endure the nights of hardship because if you look through the eye of patience, you shall see the dawn of reward. Indeed the lofty ranks can be attained only by undergoing hardship. Did you not notice the thorns growing beside the roses?"

📚: Seeds of Admonishment and Reform by Al Hafiz Abul Faraj Ibn al Jawzi , p. 122 | Translation by Ayman ibn Khalid

#Sabr

Hasbunallahu Wa Ni'mal Wakeel

𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗽𝗲!

Our grandparents built homes with 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲. But they also built lives with one intention: to stretch what they had, not chase what they didn’t.

They didn’t 𝘀𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝟳𝟱 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗸 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶 in cafés with imported cinnamon. They boiled 𝘁𝗲𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 till the pot stained, poured it into chipped cups, and called it enough.

They didn’t 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘂𝘀. They opened cupboards, found onions, lentils, maybe a tomato; and made a meal that 𝗳𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲. Because the house was full - of children, cousins, neighbours who popped in “just for tea”; and stayed for dhal and roti.

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘁. No measurements. Just instinct, barakah, and love. Somehow, everyone ate, even the uncle who arrived late with a story and no warning.

They didn’t have 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀. They had sabr. They didn’t count calories.
They counted blessings.

𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 didn’t unlock with a face.
They hung on the wall or the sat atop the sideboard cupboard in the diningroom.

There was 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻...in the lounge; and if your father chose the channel, you watched - even if it was news in a language you didn't understand.

Now every room has a screen. The toddler has a tablet. The tween has a phone with more 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘀, and we wonder why we can’t afford rent.

We race through 𝗝𝗼𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 in 𝗕𝗠𝗪𝘀, Jeeps, and Land Rovers - chasing time, chasing status, chasing silence.

But Nana drove a simple Nissan bakkie, the kind with a bench seat in front, and children packed in the back like joy itself - no seatbelts, just wind, laughter, and a packet of Nik Naks passed around.

We say we’re broke, but our carts are full. We say we’re tired, but our calendars are self-inflicted.

We say we’re 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱, but we haven’t prayed maghrib with the family in weeks. We say we’re overwhelmed, but we haven’t touched the Quraan since last Ramadhaan.

We give thousand-rand 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 to children. We eat meals delivered by Uber Eats or Mr D, from places we didn’t visit.

We 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁, but forget that comfort was once a mattress on the floor, a fan in summer, and your duas before sleeping.

Dada didn’t have 47 debit orders.
He had one bank card, or a post office savings account; and a wife who reminded him to pray Esha salaah before bed.

Nani didn’t have bhakoor or scented candles labelled “Tranquility.” She lit lobaan and let the scent 'carry' her prayers.

Barakah doesn’t swipe.
It doesn’t stream.
It doesn’t arrive in a branded paper bag.

It lives in the quiet.
In the cracked mug.
In the walk to the masjid.
In the meal made from memory.
In the dua whispered before sleep.

So don’t ask why the elders could build.
Ask what they didn’t waste.

Parents are a beautiful creation, because in this tough world, they always want to see you happy.

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