💎 Benefit: The Dunyaa is like a Prison…

It is mentioned that when al-Hafidh Ibn Hajr was the chief justice (of Egypt), one day he was passing through the market with a caravan, looking well groomed. So a Jew who was selling hot oil, looking very disheveled and dirty because of the oil, accosted him by grabbing the reins of his mule saying,

“Yaa Shaykhul-Islaam, you claim that your prophet said that the dunyaa is a prison for the mu’min and a jannah for the kaafir; so what type of prison are you in and what type of jannah am I in?“

He (Ibn Hajr) replied,

“Regarding what Allaah has prepared for me in the hereafter from its bliss, then it is as if I am in prison, and with regards to what Allaah has prepared for you in the hereafter from its punishment, then it is as if you are in jannah.”

At which point the Jew became a Muslim.

(Faydhul-Qadeer: 3/546)

Having good thoughts about Allah

# Shaykh Salih Al-Fawzan Hafidahullaah:

“Not everyone is fit for Da’wah, and not everyone who has enthusiasm is Da’wah. Enthusiasm coupled with ignorance brings harm and does not benefit.”

Al-Ajwibat-ul-Mufeedah, p.79

📍Ruling on a woman driving a Car :

Questioner: Is it permissible for a woman to drive a car?

Answer:

If it is permissible for her to ride upon a (female) donkey then it is permissible for her to drive a car.

Questioner:

But there is a difference between a donkey and a car.

Sh Al-Albaanee:

Which is more concealing – riding upon a donkey or in a car? I would suggest (riding in) a car.

Shaykh Naasir ud-Deen al-AlbaaneeTranslated by Adnaan bin Salmaan upon www.SalafiTalk.net

http://www.fatwaislam.com/fis/index.cfm?scn=fd&ID=840

Yahyaa ibn Abi Katheer:
“Learn the intention, for it is more serious than the action.”
(Jaamiul-Uloom wal-Hikam, p.34)

Ibn Jawzi
(rahimahullah):
"We seek refuge with Allah from starting any action without basing it on knowledge and reason."
[Tablis Iblis p.277]

Raabi'ah Al-'Adawiyyah رحمه الله:
“I seek forgiveness from Allāh for my lack of sincerity when I say: 'I seek forgiveness from Allāh'.”
● [صفة الصفوة ٢٩٢/٤]

When Allah granted Prophet Yoosuf (`alayhis-Salaam) physical beauty it caused him to be locked up in the prison; but when Allah granted him knowledge (when he interpreted the dream of the king) it not only took him out of prison, but elevated his rank in society, clearly showing us the virtue of knowledge and that physical beauty does not mean anything.

Ibn al Qayyim [Al-‘Ilm wa Fadhluhu wa Sharafuhu p. 32]

"The heart's softness grows due to remembrance (of Allaah), for indeed remembrance of Allaah makes the heart (submissive , tranquil and attentive), upright and soft."

Lataa’if Al-Ma'aarif, page 46 by Imaam Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali ( rahimahallaah )

http://www.salaficentre.com/2016/04/means-of-softening-the-heart-ibn-rajab/

• Sh al-Fawzaan: "Nasheeds are not Islamic. They are like music. They should be shunned and not sold". [Al-Khutab Al-Mimbariyyah 3/184
]
https://twitter.com/SalafiIbnSalaf/status/834034908326686721

Praise Allāh In Ease And Distress

The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Know that the best slaves of Allāh Tabārak Wa Ta'ālā on the Day of Resurrection will be al-Ḥammādūn (those who praise Allāh in every condition).”

● [أخرجه أحمد ٤\٤٣٤ وإسناده صحيح]

May Allāh Make Us From al-Ḥammādūn

The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Indeed the best of servants of Allāh on the Day of Resurrection will be the Ḥammādūn (those who praise Allāh during ease and as well as during hardship).”

● [سلسلة الأحاديث الصحيحة ١٥٨٤]

"Evil has appeared on land and sea because of what the hands of men have earned (by oppression and evil deeds etc) that Allah may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return (by repenting to Allah and begging His Pardon)" - Qur'an 30:41

Our greatest enemy? Our own sins. Isn't it time we returned to Allah and repented?

Abu Ibraheem Hussnayn

Some people are fooled by some of these "callers".

Narrated Abdullah bin Umar:

Two men came from the East and addressed the people who wondered at their eloquent speeches On that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said. Some eloquent speech is as effective as magic.'

Sahih al-Bukhari 5767
#wakeup

No one is perfect.

Shaykh Ṣaliḥ al-Fawzaan:

“A person MUST ask Allaah for firmness ,EVEN IF he's upon truth and acts upon it and is convinced of it.”

[شرح السنة]

People are divided into two categories with respect to knowledge: (1) Those who know, and (2) those who don’t know.

Those who don’t know are obligated to ask the people of knowledge and accept their statements, while expending what effort they can in order to know the proofs and evidences.
Allaah says: “And We did not send before you anyone except men that we gave revelation to. So ask the people of remembrance (knowledge) if you don’t know. With clear signs and books (We sent the Messengers). And We also sent down unto you the Reminder (i.e. Sunnah) so that you may explain clearly to the people what was revealed to them (i.e. the Qur’aan), and that they may give thought.”[Surah An-Nahl: 43-44]

Abu Huraurah (Radhiallaahu Ánhu) relates that Rasulullah(Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said:

'a man commits adultery with his eyes when he looks at a strange (non-Mahram) woman'

[Sahih Bukhari and Agreed by Imaam Muslim ..in Riyadh-Us-Saleheen vol. 2 page 792 Hadith # 1622]

Abu Musa (May Allah bepleased with him) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The relationship of the believer with another believer is like (the bricks of) a building, each strengthens the other." He (ﷺ) illustrated this by interlacing the fingers of both his hands.

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 467, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2585

Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim

‎عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ كَالْبُنْيَانِ يَشُدُّ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا وَشَبَّكَ أَصَابِعَهُ

‎467 صحيح البخاري كتاب الصلاة أبواب استقبال القبلة باب تشبيك الأصابع في المسجد وغيره

‎2585 صحيح مسلم كتاب البر والصلة والآداب باب تراحم المؤمنين وتعاطفهم وتعاضدهم

Hassan al- Basri رحمه الله:

“If you had seen the Sahabah, you would’ve said: ‘They’re crazy!’

If the Sahabah had seen you, they would say: 'They’re not Muslims!’”

• Al Hilyah 2/1324.

“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.”

- Shaikh’ul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah,
al-Furqan bayna Awliya ar-Rahman wa Awliya al-Shaytan (p.55)