Forwarded from SALAAF AS SAALIH
“O Allaah Bless me in what You have given…” – Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen
The Explanation of:
وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ
“Bless me in what You have given…”
The Arabic word بَرَكَة (barakah) “blessing” literally means an abundance of anything good that is continuous. The scholars even trace this word and its meaning back to the word بِرْكَة (birkah) which means a large amount of water or any wide container or gathering of water that is constantly filled with water. Similarly, the word blessing means a continuously large amount of good. So the meaning of this statement is: Send blessings down upon everything you have given me.
The wording, “…in what you have given…” is comprehensive including anything Allah has given us of wealth, children, knowledge, and anything else Allah ( سبحانه وتعالى ) has bestowed upon us. So you ask Allah to put blessings in all of that. If Allah does not put blessings in what he has given you, you would surely be prevented from a great amount of good.
How many people have a wealth in abundance, yet it is as if they live in poverty? This is because they gain no real benefit from their wealth; they simply collect it and never benefit from it. This is the result of the blessings being removed from it. Likewise, many people have lots of children and grandchildren, yet their children do not benefit their parents in anything due to their disobedience and ungratefulness. Such people have not been blessed in their children.
You also find some people to whom Allah has given a great amount of knowledge, yet it is as if he is illiterate. You see no traces of knowledge upon him in his worship, in his character, in his manners, nor in the way he treats others. Rather, his knowledge may even increase him in arrogance and considering himself to be above the rest of Allah’s worshippers, belittling and humiliating them. Such a person does not realize the one who bestowed this knowledge upon him is none other than Allah. You see that he never benefits people with his knowledge, neither with lessons, nor advice, nor with writings. On the contrary, he is exclusively centered only upon himself. This is without doubt a great loss, even though religious knowledge is one of the most blessed things Allah gives to a servant. One reason for this is that when you teach others and spread this knowledge among people, you are rewarded from several different perspectives:
1. When you spread this religious knowledge, you are spreading the religion of Allah ( عزّ وجلّ ). So you work for the sake of Allah, opening people’s hearts with knowledge.
2. From the blessings of spreading knowledge and teaching it is that by doing so, there is the preservation and protection of Allah’s legislation (religious laws). If it weren’t for the passing on of knowledge, the legislation would not have been preserved.
3. Also from the blessings of spreading knowledge is that when you teach others, you do them a great deal of good. You give them insight into the religion of Allah. And when that person then worships Allah with knowledge and insight, you are rewarded with similar rewards he is given because it was you who directed him towards a particular good deed, and the one who directs another to do something good is just like the one who actually does it. [15]
Also, by spreading and teaching religious knowledge, one’s own knowledge increases. It is known that anyone who teaches a particular knowledge to people, his knowledge in that subject will increase. This is because in teaching, one is recalling what he previously learned and memorized as well as learning new things that he must prepare. To this meaning, there is a famous (Arabic) proverb regarding wealth, “It increases by spending it often, and it decreases if held in a tight fist.” Similarly, if knowledge is withheld and not taught, it will eventually decrease.
Footnotes :
[15] A proof of this is the ḥadīth recorded by Muslim (no. 1893), al-Tirmidhī (no. 2671), Abū Dāwūd (no. 5129), and by Aḥmad in which the prophet ( صلّى الله عليه وسلّم ) said:
مَنْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ
The Explanation of:
وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ
“Bless me in what You have given…”
The Arabic word بَرَكَة (barakah) “blessing” literally means an abundance of anything good that is continuous. The scholars even trace this word and its meaning back to the word بِرْكَة (birkah) which means a large amount of water or any wide container or gathering of water that is constantly filled with water. Similarly, the word blessing means a continuously large amount of good. So the meaning of this statement is: Send blessings down upon everything you have given me.
The wording, “…in what you have given…” is comprehensive including anything Allah has given us of wealth, children, knowledge, and anything else Allah ( سبحانه وتعالى ) has bestowed upon us. So you ask Allah to put blessings in all of that. If Allah does not put blessings in what he has given you, you would surely be prevented from a great amount of good.
How many people have a wealth in abundance, yet it is as if they live in poverty? This is because they gain no real benefit from their wealth; they simply collect it and never benefit from it. This is the result of the blessings being removed from it. Likewise, many people have lots of children and grandchildren, yet their children do not benefit their parents in anything due to their disobedience and ungratefulness. Such people have not been blessed in their children.
You also find some people to whom Allah has given a great amount of knowledge, yet it is as if he is illiterate. You see no traces of knowledge upon him in his worship, in his character, in his manners, nor in the way he treats others. Rather, his knowledge may even increase him in arrogance and considering himself to be above the rest of Allah’s worshippers, belittling and humiliating them. Such a person does not realize the one who bestowed this knowledge upon him is none other than Allah. You see that he never benefits people with his knowledge, neither with lessons, nor advice, nor with writings. On the contrary, he is exclusively centered only upon himself. This is without doubt a great loss, even though religious knowledge is one of the most blessed things Allah gives to a servant. One reason for this is that when you teach others and spread this knowledge among people, you are rewarded from several different perspectives:
1. When you spread this religious knowledge, you are spreading the religion of Allah ( عزّ وجلّ ). So you work for the sake of Allah, opening people’s hearts with knowledge.
2. From the blessings of spreading knowledge and teaching it is that by doing so, there is the preservation and protection of Allah’s legislation (religious laws). If it weren’t for the passing on of knowledge, the legislation would not have been preserved.
3. Also from the blessings of spreading knowledge is that when you teach others, you do them a great deal of good. You give them insight into the religion of Allah. And when that person then worships Allah with knowledge and insight, you are rewarded with similar rewards he is given because it was you who directed him towards a particular good deed, and the one who directs another to do something good is just like the one who actually does it. [15]
Also, by spreading and teaching religious knowledge, one’s own knowledge increases. It is known that anyone who teaches a particular knowledge to people, his knowledge in that subject will increase. This is because in teaching, one is recalling what he previously learned and memorized as well as learning new things that he must prepare. To this meaning, there is a famous (Arabic) proverb regarding wealth, “It increases by spending it often, and it decreases if held in a tight fist.” Similarly, if knowledge is withheld and not taught, it will eventually decrease.
Footnotes :
[15] A proof of this is the ḥadīth recorded by Muslim (no. 1893), al-Tirmidhī (no. 2671), Abū Dāwūd (no. 5129), and by Aḥmad in which the prophet ( صلّى الله عليه وسلّم ) said:
مَنْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
"The majority of people have sold their souls for a cheap price."
[Jawab al-Kafi (pg.104)]
"The majority of people have sold their souls for a cheap price."
[Jawab al-Kafi (pg.104)]
Iblis has a devil named Qubqub, so beware of him O’ youth!
Qatadah said: ‘One of Iblis’s devils is called Qubqub. Iblis has ordered him to rest for forty years.’ Whenever ayouth enters this path (of righteousness), Iblis tells Qubqub: ‘There he is, I have been preparing you for this type of youth. Deceive and seduce him.’
lbn Al-Jawzi in Dhamm ai-Hawti, 145.
Posted from the excellent Book – The Devil’s Deceptions (Talbis Iblis): By Imam Abu’l Faraj Ibn Al Jawzi.
Qatadah said: ‘One of Iblis’s devils is called Qubqub. Iblis has ordered him to rest for forty years.’ Whenever ayouth enters this path (of righteousness), Iblis tells Qubqub: ‘There he is, I have been preparing you for this type of youth. Deceive and seduce him.’
lbn Al-Jawzi in Dhamm ai-Hawti, 145.
Posted from the excellent Book – The Devil’s Deceptions (Talbis Iblis): By Imam Abu’l Faraj Ibn Al Jawzi.
It was said to Ibn Mubaarak:
“What’s the best thing given to a man he said: “Deep intellect [that coincides with the book and the Sunnah]”
It was said: “and if he is not given that?” He said: “Good manners”
It was said: “and if he is not given that?” He said: “A righteous friend that advises him”
It was said: “and if he is not given that?” He said: “To remain silent for a long time”
It was said: “and if he is not given that?” He said: “Immediate death”
[Rawdhah Al-Uqalaa wa An-Nuzhah Al-Fudhalaa Ibn Hibbaan (no3/34)]
“What’s the best thing given to a man he said: “Deep intellect [that coincides with the book and the Sunnah]”
It was said: “and if he is not given that?” He said: “Good manners”
It was said: “and if he is not given that?” He said: “A righteous friend that advises him”
It was said: “and if he is not given that?” He said: “To remain silent for a long time”
It was said: “and if he is not given that?” He said: “Immediate death”
[Rawdhah Al-Uqalaa wa An-Nuzhah Al-Fudhalaa Ibn Hibbaan (no3/34)]
Shaikh Saalih Al Fawzaan (May Allah preserve him) said:
«تعليق عبارات (ما شاء الله) وغيرها على السيارات لا يجوز»
It is NOT permissible to hang or stick phrases such as “ما شاء الله” (Ma shaa Allaah) and others on cars
شرح المنتقى 24-06-1437هـ
Translated by: Abu Abdullah Saqib Khan
«تعليق عبارات (ما شاء الله) وغيرها على السيارات لا يجوز»
It is NOT permissible to hang or stick phrases such as “ما شاء الله” (Ma shaa Allaah) and others on cars
شرح المنتقى 24-06-1437هـ
Translated by: Abu Abdullah Saqib Khan
Shaykh Bin Baz [رحمه الله] said:
❝If the people of truth did not speak out in clarification of the truth, then the people of error would remain upon their mistakes, others would blindly follow them in that, and the sin of withholding the truth would fall back on those who remained silent.❞
[Fatawa Shaykh Bin Baz, (3/72) | Translated By Abu Muadh Taqweem Aslam]
❝If the people of truth did not speak out in clarification of the truth, then the people of error would remain upon their mistakes, others would blindly follow them in that, and the sin of withholding the truth would fall back on those who remained silent.❞
[Fatawa Shaykh Bin Baz, (3/72) | Translated By Abu Muadh Taqweem Aslam]
Healing with the Qur'an.
Curing Your Heart With the Quran - Weakness of Imaan:
“First you should remove your heart from the life of this world and settle it in the Last Life. Then, pay your full attention to pursuing the meanings of the Quran, and try to comprehend and understand them and what they were sent down to accomplish. Then, offer these meanings to the sickness that your heart feels, and when they touch the disease, they will cure the heart, Allah willing.”
Ibn al-Qayyim (Al-Fawaid).
The Prophetic medicine is not suited except for wholesome bodies, just as the cure of the Qur’an is not suited except for good souls and lively hearts. The people turning away from the Prophetic medicine [in bodily matters] therefore is like them turning away from seeking cure from the Qur’an which is indeed the beneficial cure. And this is not because of any deficiency in the treatment, but due to the vileness of the bodily disposition and corruption of the diseased location and non-acceptance of (the healing capacity)… and Allah is the one who grants success.”
Imaam Ibn al-Qayyim - Zaad al-Ma’aad (3/97-98)
Curing Your Heart With the Quran - Weakness of Imaan:
“First you should remove your heart from the life of this world and settle it in the Last Life. Then, pay your full attention to pursuing the meanings of the Quran, and try to comprehend and understand them and what they were sent down to accomplish. Then, offer these meanings to the sickness that your heart feels, and when they touch the disease, they will cure the heart, Allah willing.”
Ibn al-Qayyim (Al-Fawaid).
The Prophetic medicine is not suited except for wholesome bodies, just as the cure of the Qur’an is not suited except for good souls and lively hearts. The people turning away from the Prophetic medicine [in bodily matters] therefore is like them turning away from seeking cure from the Qur’an which is indeed the beneficial cure. And this is not because of any deficiency in the treatment, but due to the vileness of the bodily disposition and corruption of the diseased location and non-acceptance of (the healing capacity)… and Allah is the one who grants success.”
Imaam Ibn al-Qayyim - Zaad al-Ma’aad (3/97-98)
The purpose of seeking knowledge:
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (رحمه الله) said:
“The seeker of knowledge should seek knowledge to benefit himself, and to get rid of his ignorance, and to come closer to his lord, and to please him - upon sure knowledge; and to benefit the people, taking them from darkness to light, deciding their problems, making terms of peace among them, teaching the ignorant among them, guiding those who are astray, enjoining the good and forbidding the evil, and so on.”
(Majmoo Fataawa Ibn Baaz (7/204)
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (رحمه الله) said:
“The seeker of knowledge should seek knowledge to benefit himself, and to get rid of his ignorance, and to come closer to his lord, and to please him - upon sure knowledge; and to benefit the people, taking them from darkness to light, deciding their problems, making terms of peace among them, teaching the ignorant among them, guiding those who are astray, enjoining the good and forbidding the evil, and so on.”
(Majmoo Fataawa Ibn Baaz (7/204)
Injustice is not necessarily carried out by tyrants and taghut leaders only, Injustice can be carried out by us too....
The Prophet (Sall Allahu Alayhi Wasalam) said:
"Be careful of the supplication of those who have suffered injustice, for there is no obstacle between such supplication and Allah".
(Recorded by Bukhari and Muslim)
The Prophet (Sall Allahu Alayhi Wasalam) said:
"Be careful of the supplication of those who have suffered injustice, for there is no obstacle between such supplication and Allah".
(Recorded by Bukhari and Muslim)
"The heart will rest and feel relief if it is settled with Allah ,
And it will worry and be anxious if it is settled with the people."
- Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah)
[Al Fawa’id: A Collection of Wise Sayings, p. 158]
And it will worry and be anxious if it is settled with the people."
- Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah)
[Al Fawa’id: A Collection of Wise Sayings, p. 158]
Imām Mālik رحمه الله said:
"The believer is like a pearl; wherever he is, his beautiful (qualities) are with him."
[حلية الأولياء ٢/٣٧٧]
"The believer is like a pearl; wherever he is, his beautiful (qualities) are with him."
[حلية الأولياء ٢/٣٧٧]
✨Advice: How to Set Your State Aright – Imam Ibn al Qayyim رحمه الله
"Let’s strive to be close to Allah.
Let’s long for the dwelling of peace wherein there is no toil, stress or weariness.
The easiest way is to consider the fact that you are passing a period that lies between two other periods, namely your current life, which is the present one and it is between your past and your future.
The past can be set aright through repentance, regret and asking the forgiveness of Allah, and this is a way, which affords you no toil, weariness or hard work, as it is concerned with the heart.
The future can be set aright by abstaining from misdeeds, and this is a means of comfort and relief for you, for it is not a difficult act, but it is an intention that relieves your body, heart, and your mind.
In brief, your past is set aright through repentance; your future is set aright through abstention, determination and intention, which have nothing to do with overburdening the body.
However, our concern here is with the present time as it stands between the two other periods. If you waste it, then you are wasting your happiness and salvation. On the contrary, if you maintain it through setting your past and present aright, indeed you will attain success, salvation, relief, and pleasure.."
Improving your present state is much more difficult than setting your past and your future aright, because it means that you should abide by the most deserving and beneficial deeds to achieve happiness. There are great differences between people in this regard. This is your chance to take the provision for your Hereafter, either Paradise or Hellfire. So, if you take this path to your Lord, you will attain glorious happiness and great success during this short period of time which has no value compared with eternity. However, if you prefer vain desires, idleness, play and amusement, the period would pass quickly, followed by a permanent and great pain, the suffering of which is much more severe than the suffering of patience, the patience required to obey Allah.
Source: AL-FA WA’ID: A Collection of Wise Syaings – Imam Ibn al Qayyim
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"Let’s strive to be close to Allah.
Let’s long for the dwelling of peace wherein there is no toil, stress or weariness.
The easiest way is to consider the fact that you are passing a period that lies between two other periods, namely your current life, which is the present one and it is between your past and your future.
The past can be set aright through repentance, regret and asking the forgiveness of Allah, and this is a way, which affords you no toil, weariness or hard work, as it is concerned with the heart.
The future can be set aright by abstaining from misdeeds, and this is a means of comfort and relief for you, for it is not a difficult act, but it is an intention that relieves your body, heart, and your mind.
In brief, your past is set aright through repentance; your future is set aright through abstention, determination and intention, which have nothing to do with overburdening the body.
However, our concern here is with the present time as it stands between the two other periods. If you waste it, then you are wasting your happiness and salvation. On the contrary, if you maintain it through setting your past and present aright, indeed you will attain success, salvation, relief, and pleasure.."
Improving your present state is much more difficult than setting your past and your future aright, because it means that you should abide by the most deserving and beneficial deeds to achieve happiness. There are great differences between people in this regard. This is your chance to take the provision for your Hereafter, either Paradise or Hellfire. So, if you take this path to your Lord, you will attain glorious happiness and great success during this short period of time which has no value compared with eternity. However, if you prefer vain desires, idleness, play and amusement, the period would pass quickly, followed by a permanent and great pain, the suffering of which is much more severe than the suffering of patience, the patience required to obey Allah.
Source: AL-FA WA’ID: A Collection of Wise Syaings – Imam Ibn al Qayyim
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https://abdurrahman.org/2010/07/22/advice-how-to-set-your-state-aright-imam-ibn-al-qayyim/
Shaykh Muḥammad Ibn Ṣāliḥ al-‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله:
“Knowledge; if a person conveys it to someone, then this is a gift.
Wallahi, it’s from the best of gifts. Better than wealth!”
Source: Sharh Saheeh Bukhari (v. 8, p. 218)
“Knowledge; if a person conveys it to someone, then this is a gift.
Wallahi, it’s from the best of gifts. Better than wealth!”
Source: Sharh Saheeh Bukhari (v. 8, p. 218)
Sh. al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: “That a person prefers listening to music above the Qur'an shows that he’s a friend of Shaytan and not a friend of Allaah.”
● [al-Furqan bayna Awliya ar-Rahman wa Awliya al-Shaytan (p.55)]
● [al-Furqan bayna Awliya ar-Rahman wa Awliya al-Shaytan (p.55)]
Clarification on the statement of Ibn Uthaymeen’s - "The Salafi Sect" Vs. The Way of the Salaf by Dr. Abdulilah Lahmami
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
I asked Dr. Abdulilah Lahmami حفظه الله if what did Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen رحمه الله meant on the Salafi sect. He replied:
❝Yā akhī, this kalām of Shaykh Al-‘Uthaymeen رحمه الله, he mentioned it in front of Shaykh Rabee’, and Shaykh Rabee’ corrected him by saying “Do not put Salafiyyah with all the other groups”, then at the end Shaykh Al-'Uthaymeen رحمه الله said “Take from your brother what he has said”. So they have cut it without mentioning the rest of the tape, so they are deceiving people, or they are ignorant Bārakallāhu feek.
Secondly, Shaykh Al-'Uthaymeen رحمه الله in 'Aqīdatul Wasitiyyah himself says “Whoever follows the Qur'ān and Sunnah in the understanding Salaf then he is Salafī. [Page 34 Sharh Al-'Aqīdatul Wasitiyyah].
Also my dear brother, Shaykh Al-'Uthaymeen رحمه الله i met myself personally, in Hajj time, and mentioned to him about his Kalām regarding, he said what he is against is that you don’t be partisan, thinking that you are saved (Not correcting mistakes), and that’s what he was against, not against ascribing to the way of the Salaf Bārakallāhu feek.
And as I said Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله said in volume 4 p.149 bārakallāhu feek, there is no harm in ascribing to the way of the Salaf, and saying I’m a Salafi. They used it in the past, and we use it now. Imām Adh-Dhahabi رحمه الله said in Siyār An-Nubalā, 'Abdullah bin Mubarak As-Salafi. So it’s not an issue Akhī Barakallāhu feek.
And as I said Shaykh Al-'Uthaymeen رحمه الله took it back, when he was corrected by shaykh Rabee’ when Shaykh Rabee’ visited the 'Unayza. So tell this people, stop lying about the Shaykh, or at least know what the Shaykh is saying Bārakallāhu feek.❞ -End Quote
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فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَابَهَ مِنْهُ ابْتِغَاءَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَابْتِغَاءَ تَأْوِيلِهِ ۗ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ تَأْوِيلَهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
So as for those in whose hearts there is a deviation (from the truth) they follow that which is not entirely clear thereof, seeking Al-Fitnah, and seeking for its hidden meanings, but none knows its hidden meanings save Allah
[Surah Al-’Imran verse 7 | Translator: Muhsin Khan]
Written by: Tahir Bin Mansoor
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
I asked Dr. Abdulilah Lahmami حفظه الله if what did Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen رحمه الله meant on the Salafi sect. He replied:
❝Yā akhī, this kalām of Shaykh Al-‘Uthaymeen رحمه الله, he mentioned it in front of Shaykh Rabee’, and Shaykh Rabee’ corrected him by saying “Do not put Salafiyyah with all the other groups”, then at the end Shaykh Al-'Uthaymeen رحمه الله said “Take from your brother what he has said”. So they have cut it without mentioning the rest of the tape, so they are deceiving people, or they are ignorant Bārakallāhu feek.
Secondly, Shaykh Al-'Uthaymeen رحمه الله in 'Aqīdatul Wasitiyyah himself says “Whoever follows the Qur'ān and Sunnah in the understanding Salaf then he is Salafī. [Page 34 Sharh Al-'Aqīdatul Wasitiyyah].
Also my dear brother, Shaykh Al-'Uthaymeen رحمه الله i met myself personally, in Hajj time, and mentioned to him about his Kalām regarding, he said what he is against is that you don’t be partisan, thinking that you are saved (Not correcting mistakes), and that’s what he was against, not against ascribing to the way of the Salaf Bārakallāhu feek.
And as I said Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله said in volume 4 p.149 bārakallāhu feek, there is no harm in ascribing to the way of the Salaf, and saying I’m a Salafi. They used it in the past, and we use it now. Imām Adh-Dhahabi رحمه الله said in Siyār An-Nubalā, 'Abdullah bin Mubarak As-Salafi. So it’s not an issue Akhī Barakallāhu feek.
And as I said Shaykh Al-'Uthaymeen رحمه الله took it back, when he was corrected by shaykh Rabee’ when Shaykh Rabee’ visited the 'Unayza. So tell this people, stop lying about the Shaykh, or at least know what the Shaykh is saying Bārakallāhu feek.❞ -End Quote
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فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَابَهَ مِنْهُ ابْتِغَاءَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَابْتِغَاءَ تَأْوِيلِهِ ۗ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ تَأْوِيلَهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
So as for those in whose hearts there is a deviation (from the truth) they follow that which is not entirely clear thereof, seeking Al-Fitnah, and seeking for its hidden meanings, but none knows its hidden meanings save Allah
[Surah Al-’Imran verse 7 | Translator: Muhsin Khan]
Written by: Tahir Bin Mansoor
♻️PONDER OVER THIS :RELIGION IS NOT LEFT UP TO THE INTELLECTS OF MEN AND OPINIONS♻️
The Religion is ‘not left up to the intellects of men and their opinions:
From Shaykh Fawzaan‘s حفظك الله explanation of Sharh-us-Sunnah:
His saying, “It was not left up to the intellects of men and their opinions.”
The Religion is not what men deem to be good or what they hold as their opinion, because this is not the Religion of Allaah. This is the Religion of the people, which they have newly invented. As for the Religion of Allaah the Mighty and Majestic, then it is what He legislated. As for that which the men hold as their opinion, based upon their own opinions, this is not the Religion of Allaah the Perfect and Most High. Rather it is just a religion of whoever holds that opinion. So nothing can be ascribed to Allaah from the Religion except that which He legislated upon the tongue of His Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam. And as for what others besides Him legislated, then it cannot be ascribed to Allaah, rather it can only be ascribed to whoever legislated it, and Allaah is free of it.
He the Most High said:
Do they have partners who legislate for them religion which Allaah has not permitted (Sooratush-Shooraa (42), aayah 21)
His saying, “And its knowledge is with Allaah and His Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam.” The affairs of the Religion are towqeefiyyah (depend upon text); there must be proofs from Allaah and His Messenger with regard to the affairs of the Religion. The matter is restricted to what occurs in the Book and the Sunnah from the affairs of the Religion. And newly introduced matters and innovations are abandoned, that which Allaah has not sent down any proof for – even if their people hold them to be religion, and they draw closer to Allaah through them, then we turn no attention to these things and we do not believe in them, because the Religion of Allaah is what He legislated and His Messenger.
Because the Religion is based upon knowledge which came from Allaah and His Messenger. And do not follow the desires of the people and the opinions of the people and what they declare to be good and what they follow each other upon, and it has no basis in the Book of Allaah or the Sunnah of His Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam. Just as he `alayhis-salaatu was-salaam said:
“Whoever introduces into this affair of ours that which is not from it, it is rejected.”
And in one narration:
“Whoever does an action which our affair is not in accordance with, it is rejected”[1]
So the person who wishes that his action be righteous and be beneficial, then he should adhere to two matters:
The first matter: is that he makes his Religion pure for Allaah and free from shirk.
And the second matter: ittibaa` following the Sunnah of Allaah’s Messenger sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam, free of innovations and newly introduced affairs.
A person will indeed find many things which contradict what is correct in the `aqeedah, matters which contradict what is correct in matters of worship, many of them; (because) the people have desires, and have their own aspirations, and they have their own opinions and they have their own ways (which they follow). So we do not follow the people, rather we present whatever the people are upon to the Book and the Sunnah. So whatever conforms with the Book and the Sunnah then it is the Truth, and whatever contradicts these two then it is false and futile.
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[1] The checking of this has preceded on page 66. (Hadeeth of Aa`ishah radiyAllaahu`anhaa reported by Muslim and in the Saheeh of al-Bukhaaree)
(Translated by Abu Talhah rahimahullaah)
The Religion is ‘not left up to the intellects of men and their opinions:
From Shaykh Fawzaan‘s حفظك الله explanation of Sharh-us-Sunnah:
His saying, “It was not left up to the intellects of men and their opinions.”
The Religion is not what men deem to be good or what they hold as their opinion, because this is not the Religion of Allaah. This is the Religion of the people, which they have newly invented. As for the Religion of Allaah the Mighty and Majestic, then it is what He legislated. As for that which the men hold as their opinion, based upon their own opinions, this is not the Religion of Allaah the Perfect and Most High. Rather it is just a religion of whoever holds that opinion. So nothing can be ascribed to Allaah from the Religion except that which He legislated upon the tongue of His Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam. And as for what others besides Him legislated, then it cannot be ascribed to Allaah, rather it can only be ascribed to whoever legislated it, and Allaah is free of it.
He the Most High said:
Do they have partners who legislate for them religion which Allaah has not permitted (Sooratush-Shooraa (42), aayah 21)
His saying, “And its knowledge is with Allaah and His Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam.” The affairs of the Religion are towqeefiyyah (depend upon text); there must be proofs from Allaah and His Messenger with regard to the affairs of the Religion. The matter is restricted to what occurs in the Book and the Sunnah from the affairs of the Religion. And newly introduced matters and innovations are abandoned, that which Allaah has not sent down any proof for – even if their people hold them to be religion, and they draw closer to Allaah through them, then we turn no attention to these things and we do not believe in them, because the Religion of Allaah is what He legislated and His Messenger.
Because the Religion is based upon knowledge which came from Allaah and His Messenger. And do not follow the desires of the people and the opinions of the people and what they declare to be good and what they follow each other upon, and it has no basis in the Book of Allaah or the Sunnah of His Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam. Just as he `alayhis-salaatu was-salaam said:
“Whoever introduces into this affair of ours that which is not from it, it is rejected.”
And in one narration:
“Whoever does an action which our affair is not in accordance with, it is rejected”[1]
So the person who wishes that his action be righteous and be beneficial, then he should adhere to two matters:
The first matter: is that he makes his Religion pure for Allaah and free from shirk.
And the second matter: ittibaa` following the Sunnah of Allaah’s Messenger sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam, free of innovations and newly introduced affairs.
A person will indeed find many things which contradict what is correct in the `aqeedah, matters which contradict what is correct in matters of worship, many of them; (because) the people have desires, and have their own aspirations, and they have their own opinions and they have their own ways (which they follow). So we do not follow the people, rather we present whatever the people are upon to the Book and the Sunnah. So whatever conforms with the Book and the Sunnah then it is the Truth, and whatever contradicts these two then it is false and futile.
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[1] The checking of this has preceded on page 66. (Hadeeth of Aa`ishah radiyAllaahu`anhaa reported by Muslim and in the Saheeh of al-Bukhaaree)
(Translated by Abu Talhah rahimahullaah)
"If your brother makes a mistake, then treat and remedy him with kindness and wisdom. If one of us falls, his brother should (help) treat him with kindness and wisdom. Some people have severity and sharpness, if one falls, they would -very regrettably – finish him off. So stay away from the destructive severity and harshness, be merciful towards each other and give advice with wisdom and fair preaching."
[Source: A word by Shaykh Rabee Al Madkhali in (Love for the sake of Allah)]
[Source: A word by Shaykh Rabee Al Madkhali in (Love for the sake of Allah)]
Ja’far ibn Muhammad, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْخُصُومَاتِ فِي الدِّينِ فَإِنَّهَا تُشْغِلُ الْقَلْبَ وَتُورِثُ النِّفَاقَ
Beware of disputes in the religion, for they preoccupy the heart and breed hypocrisy.
Source: Fadl al-‘Ilm 1/5
Ibrahim Al-Nakha’i, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
مَا خَاصَمْتُ أَحَدًا قَطُّ
I have never argued with anyone.
Source: Hilyat al-Awliyāʼ 5541
The righteous predecessors were fully capable of arguing and winning debates against their opponents, but they refused to do so out of fear and mindfulness of Allah.
إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْخُصُومَاتِ فِي الدِّينِ فَإِنَّهَا تُشْغِلُ الْقَلْبَ وَتُورِثُ النِّفَاقَ
Beware of disputes in the religion, for they preoccupy the heart and breed hypocrisy.
Source: Fadl al-‘Ilm 1/5
Ibrahim Al-Nakha’i, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
مَا خَاصَمْتُ أَحَدًا قَطُّ
I have never argued with anyone.
Source: Hilyat al-Awliyāʼ 5541
The righteous predecessors were fully capable of arguing and winning debates against their opponents, but they refused to do so out of fear and mindfulness of Allah.
Forwarded from Markaz us-Sunnah
Why call yourself “Salafi”? Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn Abdul-Wahhaab, Ibn Baaz, Al-Albaanee and Ibn ‘Uthaimeen
Ibn Taymiyyah said (d.728): “There is no criticism upon the one who makes manifest the Madh-hab of the Salaf, and ascribes himself to it, and affiliates himself to it [by saying: I am Salafi], rather that anoscription is accepted from him by consensus for indeed the madh-hab of the Salaf is nothing other than the truth.” (Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 4/149)
Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhaab (d.1206) said: “We are, and praise be to Allaah, followers and not innovators. We are followers of the Book and Sunnah and of the Righteous Salaf of this Ummah, upon the Madh-hab of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama’ah, the Madh-hab that Allaah’s Messenger (ﷺ) commanded with.”
‘Abdul-’Azeez Ibn Baaz (d.1420) was asked concerning the Saved Sect, so he responded: “They are the Salafis and all those who proceed upon the path of the Righteous Salaf.”
Muhammad Naasirud-Deen Al-Albaanee (d.1420) said: “There is no doubt that the apparent, clear and distinguishing noscript is that [when] we say: “I am a Muslim upon the Book and Sunnah and upon the manhaj of our Righteous Salaf,” is that you saying in shortened terms: “I am a Salafi”.”
Muhammad Ibn Saalih Al-’Uthaimeen (d.1421) said: “Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah, in belief, they are the Salaf – and even a person of later times until the Day of Resurrection. So long as he is upon the path of the Prophet (ﷺ) and his Companions, then he is a Salafi.” (Sharh al-’Aqeedatil-Waasitiyyah, 8/40 part of his Majmoo’ al-Fataawa)
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Ibn Taymiyyah said (d.728): “There is no criticism upon the one who makes manifest the Madh-hab of the Salaf, and ascribes himself to it, and affiliates himself to it [by saying: I am Salafi], rather that anoscription is accepted from him by consensus for indeed the madh-hab of the Salaf is nothing other than the truth.” (Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 4/149)
Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhaab (d.1206) said: “We are, and praise be to Allaah, followers and not innovators. We are followers of the Book and Sunnah and of the Righteous Salaf of this Ummah, upon the Madh-hab of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama’ah, the Madh-hab that Allaah’s Messenger (ﷺ) commanded with.”
‘Abdul-’Azeez Ibn Baaz (d.1420) was asked concerning the Saved Sect, so he responded: “They are the Salafis and all those who proceed upon the path of the Righteous Salaf.”
Muhammad Naasirud-Deen Al-Albaanee (d.1420) said: “There is no doubt that the apparent, clear and distinguishing noscript is that [when] we say: “I am a Muslim upon the Book and Sunnah and upon the manhaj of our Righteous Salaf,” is that you saying in shortened terms: “I am a Salafi”.”
Muhammad Ibn Saalih Al-’Uthaimeen (d.1421) said: “Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah, in belief, they are the Salaf – and even a person of later times until the Day of Resurrection. So long as he is upon the path of the Prophet (ﷺ) and his Companions, then he is a Salafi.” (Sharh al-’Aqeedatil-Waasitiyyah, 8/40 part of his Majmoo’ al-Fataawa)
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