Ibn Hibbaan said:
"None behaves haughty, unless he becomes self amazed and considers himself more virtuous than others."
[Rawdaul Uqala (pg. 61) | Translated by: The Salafi Centre of Manchester]
"None behaves haughty, unless he becomes self amazed and considers himself more virtuous than others."
[Rawdaul Uqala (pg. 61) | Translated by: The Salafi Centre of Manchester]
ON OBESITY; REACTION OF UMAR (RA)⬇⬇⬇
🔹Umar Ibn al-KHATTAB's advice
Here is 'Umar giving advice on staying fit and healthy and also on avoiding harming people with your sickness.🔹
🔹His concern for the people's health
'Umar was concerned about the people's health. He would warn them against the consquences and dangers of being fat, and would advise them to lose weight, because that would give them strenth to strive and enable them to fulfil their duties. He used to say: " O' people, beware of eating too much, for it makes you lazy in prayer, is bad for your body and causes sickness. Allah hates the fat man. Rather you should be moderate in your eating, for that is closer to righteousness and farther removed from extravagance, and makes one stronger to worship Allah. No person will be doomed unless he gives precedence to his desires over his religious committment."[1]🔹
🔹Ibn al-Jawzi stated that 'Umar saw a man with a huge belly and said: "What is this?" He said, "A blessing from Allah." He said, "Rather it is a punishment from Allah."[2]🔹
🔹UMAR ra used to emphasize the importance of exercise, horsemanship and horseback riding. He used to say: "Teach your children swimming and archery, and train them to be proficient on horseback, and teach them some beautiful poetry."[4]
"Do not make the religion dead"🔹
🔹Umar Ibn al-KHATTAB's advice
Here is 'Umar giving advice on staying fit and healthy and also on avoiding harming people with your sickness.🔹
🔹His concern for the people's health
'Umar was concerned about the people's health. He would warn them against the consquences and dangers of being fat, and would advise them to lose weight, because that would give them strenth to strive and enable them to fulfil their duties. He used to say: " O' people, beware of eating too much, for it makes you lazy in prayer, is bad for your body and causes sickness. Allah hates the fat man. Rather you should be moderate in your eating, for that is closer to righteousness and farther removed from extravagance, and makes one stronger to worship Allah. No person will be doomed unless he gives precedence to his desires over his religious committment."[1]🔹
🔹Ibn al-Jawzi stated that 'Umar saw a man with a huge belly and said: "What is this?" He said, "A blessing from Allah." He said, "Rather it is a punishment from Allah."[2]🔹
🔹UMAR ra used to emphasize the importance of exercise, horsemanship and horseback riding. He used to say: "Teach your children swimming and archery, and train them to be proficient on horseback, and teach them some beautiful poetry."[4]
"Do not make the religion dead"🔹
Ibn 'Abbās رضي الله عنهما: “The one who has in him no Qur'ān (i.e does not recite Qur'ān) is like a ruined house.”
● [تفسير الطبري ٩\٣٨٥]
● [تفسير الطبري ٩\٣٨٥]
🌿⛅ The Early Morning Hours⛅🌿
The best thing to do during the early morning hours is to be preoccupied with prayer, Qur’an, supplication, remembrance of Allah, and asking His Forgiveness.
[Ibn al-Qayyim; ‘Madarij as-Salikin’ (1/188)]
The best thing to do during the early morning hours is to be preoccupied with prayer, Qur’an, supplication, remembrance of Allah, and asking His Forgiveness.
[Ibn al-Qayyim; ‘Madarij as-Salikin’ (1/188)]
The Prophet [ﷺ] said:
❝For the believers, the Day of Judgement will pass like the time between Thuhr and ‘Asr.❞
[Sahīh al-Jāmi’, (No. 8193) | Translated By Abū Ruqayyah 'Abd us-Samad]
❝For the believers, the Day of Judgement will pass like the time between Thuhr and ‘Asr.❞
[Sahīh al-Jāmi’, (No. 8193) | Translated By Abū Ruqayyah 'Abd us-Samad]
Shaikh al-`Uthaymeen supplicated saying:
"I ask Allaah تعالى for al-Hidaayah (guidance) and Deen al-Haqq (true religion)."
He رحمه الله then explained their meaning, saying:
"al-Hidaayah is beneficial knowledge and Deen al-Haqq is acting upon that knowledge."
"I ask Allaah تعالى for al-Hidaayah (guidance) and Deen al-Haqq (true religion)."
He رحمه الله then explained their meaning, saying:
"al-Hidaayah is beneficial knowledge and Deen al-Haqq is acting upon that knowledge."
🔊Imam Ibn ul-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said:
“O you of _little_ resolve!
❔ Where do you stand upon this path?
💥Aadam found it _difficult_ and Nuh _lamented_ because of it, while Allaah’s Khaleel, Ibraaheem, was thrown into a pit of fire _due to it_.
💥Isma’eel was lying upon his side _ready to be sacrificed for its sake_, and while _upon it_ Yusuf was sold for a cheap price then falsely cast into prison for many years.
💥Zakariyah was _sawn in half_, and Yahya was slaughtered _due to it_.
💥Ayyub suffered _great distress_, while Dawood _cried_ copiously, and ‘Isaa cured the wretched poor of their diseases and walked with wild beasts _due to it_.
And how many, how many forms of difficulty and hardship did the Messenger Muhammad face while proceeding upon it
...
– *_yet you live through amusements and distractions_*!”
📘[al-Fawaaid, page 41]
“O you of _little_ resolve!
❔ Where do you stand upon this path?
💥Aadam found it _difficult_ and Nuh _lamented_ because of it, while Allaah’s Khaleel, Ibraaheem, was thrown into a pit of fire _due to it_.
💥Isma’eel was lying upon his side _ready to be sacrificed for its sake_, and while _upon it_ Yusuf was sold for a cheap price then falsely cast into prison for many years.
💥Zakariyah was _sawn in half_, and Yahya was slaughtered _due to it_.
💥Ayyub suffered _great distress_, while Dawood _cried_ copiously, and ‘Isaa cured the wretched poor of their diseases and walked with wild beasts _due to it_.
And how many, how many forms of difficulty and hardship did the Messenger Muhammad face while proceeding upon it
...
– *_yet you live through amusements and distractions_*!”
📘[al-Fawaaid, page 41]
For the sake of Allaah or for the sake of Shaitaan?!
Ka
The Messenger of Allaah ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ said:
*❝If he goes out to work for the sake of his young children, he is striving for the sake of Allaah;*
*if he goes out to work for the sake of his aged parents, he is striving for the sake of Allaah;*
*if he goes out to work to keep himself from having to beg, he is striving for the sake of Allaah;*
*but if he goes out to work for the purposes of showing off and boasting, then he is striving in the way of the Shaytaan.❞*
_[al-Tabaraanee in al-Kabeer (282) and in al-Sagheer (940) and graded as “Saheeh li-ghairihi” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in Saheeh al-Targheeb (1692 & 1959) and in al-Saheehah (2232) from the Hadeeth of Abu Hurairah]_
*May Allah grant us Taqwa in all what we do!*
Ameen
Ka
b ibn Ujarah ﺭﺿﻲ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻪ said: *“A man passed by the Prophet ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ and his Companions were impressed by the man's strength and energy. They said: ‘O Messenger of Allaah ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ , if only this was for the sake of Allaah!’*The Messenger of Allaah ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ said:
*❝If he goes out to work for the sake of his young children, he is striving for the sake of Allaah;*
*if he goes out to work for the sake of his aged parents, he is striving for the sake of Allaah;*
*if he goes out to work to keep himself from having to beg, he is striving for the sake of Allaah;*
*but if he goes out to work for the purposes of showing off and boasting, then he is striving in the way of the Shaytaan.❞*
_[al-Tabaraanee in al-Kabeer (282) and in al-Sagheer (940) and graded as “Saheeh li-ghairihi” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in Saheeh al-Targheeb (1692 & 1959) and in al-Saheehah (2232) from the Hadeeth of Abu Hurairah]_
*May Allah grant us Taqwa in all what we do!*
Ameen
Taking Knowledge in Stages
It is reported that Al-Zuhrī – Allāh have mercy on him – said to Yūnus b. Yazīd:
O Yūnus! Do not try to overcome knowledge, for verily knowledge is [like vast] valleys: whichever of them you take will stop you before you traverse it. Instead, take it over the days and nights. And do not take knowledge all at once, for whoever tries to take it all at once will lose it all at once. Rather take it bit by bit over the days and nights.
Ibn ʿAbd Al-Barr, Jāmiʿ Bayān Al-ʿIlm article 652.
It is reported that Al-Zuhrī – Allāh have mercy on him – said to Yūnus b. Yazīd:
O Yūnus! Do not try to overcome knowledge, for verily knowledge is [like vast] valleys: whichever of them you take will stop you before you traverse it. Instead, take it over the days and nights. And do not take knowledge all at once, for whoever tries to take it all at once will lose it all at once. Rather take it bit by bit over the days and nights.
Ibn ʿAbd Al-Barr, Jāmiʿ Bayān Al-ʿIlm article 652.
Ibn Rajab رحمه الله mentions the classical Arab Doctors used to say:
الْحِمْيَةُ رَأْسُ الدَّوَاءِ وَالْبِطْنَةُ رَأْسُ الدَّاءِ
Diet is the foundation of medicine and the stomach is the foundation of illness.
Jāmi’ al-Ulūm wal-Hikam 2/468
الْحِمْيَةُ رَأْسُ الدَّوَاءِ وَالْبِطْنَةُ رَأْسُ الدَّاءِ
Diet is the foundation of medicine and the stomach is the foundation of illness.
Jāmi’ al-Ulūm wal-Hikam 2/468
“O Tālib Al-‘Ilm!”
“Beware of self-admiration, and being deceived (by self-pride and conceit), for verily, it is how righteous people are destroyed.”
- Shaykh Sultān Al-‘Utaybī, Advice for the Seeker of Knowledge (p.6)
“Beware of self-admiration, and being deceived (by self-pride and conceit), for verily, it is how righteous people are destroyed.”
- Shaykh Sultān Al-‘Utaybī, Advice for the Seeker of Knowledge (p.6)
Sh. Ibn al-‘Uthaymīn Raḥimahullāh: “When something tires and overpowers you say: ‘Laa Ḥawla Walaa Quwwata Illaa Billaah’, then Allāh will make it easy for you.”
● [شرح رياض الصالحين ٥\٥٢٢]
● [شرح رياض الصالحين ٥\٥٢٢]
|| Correcting Your Intention When Criticising, By Ibn Rajab ||
Ibn Rajab said:
“As for the inner affairs, then if one’s intention in doing that (criticism) is to just clarify the truth so that the people will not be deceived by the saying of someone who erred in his opinions, then there is no doubt that this individual will be rewarded for his intention. And by doing this with this intention, he falls into the category of being from those who show sincerity to Allaah, His Messenger, the leaders of the Muslims and their common folk…
But if the intention of the one refuting is to expose the faults of the one being refuted and to debase him and manifest his ignorance and shortness of knowledge, then this is forbidden whether the refutation is done in the presence of the one being refuted or in his absence, or whether it is done during that person’s lifetime or after his death.
This type of action falls under the acts which Allaah condemns in His book and which he threatens the one who does it, concerning his slander and backbiting.
It also falls into the statement of the Prophet (Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam):
‘O you group of people that believe with your tongues but not with your hearts! Do not abuse the Muslims nor seek after their faults, for indeed, he who seeks after their faults, Allaah will seek after his faults. And whoever has Allaah seek after his faults, he will expose them, even if he may have committed them in privacy of his own home.‘
All of this talk is with respect to the scholars that are followed in the religion.
As for the people of innovation and misguidance and those who imitate the scholars but are not from them, then it is permissible to expose their ignorance and manifest their deficiencies, in order to warn others against following them.”
[Al-Farq Bayna An-Naseeha Wat-Ta’yeer, p.30-33]
Ibn Rajab said:
“As for the inner affairs, then if one’s intention in doing that (criticism) is to just clarify the truth so that the people will not be deceived by the saying of someone who erred in his opinions, then there is no doubt that this individual will be rewarded for his intention. And by doing this with this intention, he falls into the category of being from those who show sincerity to Allaah, His Messenger, the leaders of the Muslims and their common folk…
But if the intention of the one refuting is to expose the faults of the one being refuted and to debase him and manifest his ignorance and shortness of knowledge, then this is forbidden whether the refutation is done in the presence of the one being refuted or in his absence, or whether it is done during that person’s lifetime or after his death.
This type of action falls under the acts which Allaah condemns in His book and which he threatens the one who does it, concerning his slander and backbiting.
It also falls into the statement of the Prophet (Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam):
‘O you group of people that believe with your tongues but not with your hearts! Do not abuse the Muslims nor seek after their faults, for indeed, he who seeks after their faults, Allaah will seek after his faults. And whoever has Allaah seek after his faults, he will expose them, even if he may have committed them in privacy of his own home.‘
All of this talk is with respect to the scholars that are followed in the religion.
As for the people of innovation and misguidance and those who imitate the scholars but are not from them, then it is permissible to expose their ignorance and manifest their deficiencies, in order to warn others against following them.”
[Al-Farq Bayna An-Naseeha Wat-Ta’yeer, p.30-33]
👍1
وقال محمَّد بن المبارك الصُّوري أنه: كان سعيدٌ إذا فاتته صلاة الجماعة بكى
سير أعلام النبلاء ٢٤/٣٤ | للإمام الذهبي رحمه الله
Muhammad ibn Al-Mubārak As-Sūri رحمه الله said:
“When Sā'eed (ibn Abdul-Azeez) رحمه الله missed the congregational prayer, he would cry!”
Sīyar A'lām an-Nubalā 24/34 | Imām adh-Dhahabi رحمه الله
سير أعلام النبلاء ٢٤/٣٤ | للإمام الذهبي رحمه الله
Muhammad ibn Al-Mubārak As-Sūri رحمه الله said:
“When Sā'eed (ibn Abdul-Azeez) رحمه الله missed the congregational prayer, he would cry!”
Sīyar A'lām an-Nubalā 24/34 | Imām adh-Dhahabi رحمه الله
🍁🍂The Weight of the Quran🍁🍂
It is reported that Ibn ‘Umar – Allâh be pleased with him – said, “We were the beginning [the heads] of this Ummah, and perhaps a man from the best of the Companions of Allâh’s Messenger – Allâh’s peace and blessings be upon him – and the most righteous amongst them could maintain only one chapter of the Qur
Al-Harawî, Dhamm Al-Kalâm wa Ahlihî Vol. 5 p144.
It is reported that Ibn ‘Umar – Allâh be pleased with him – said, “We were the beginning [the heads] of this Ummah, and perhaps a man from the best of the Companions of Allâh’s Messenger – Allâh’s peace and blessings be upon him – and the most righteous amongst them could maintain only one chapter of the Qur
ân or thereabouts. For the Qurân was weighty upon them, and they were given knowledge of it or action based on it. But the last of this Ummah will find the Qur`ân light [and easy] – the child and the non-Arab will recite it, without possessing any knowledge about it.”Al-Harawî, Dhamm Al-Kalâm wa Ahlihî Vol. 5 p144.
Umar ibn al-Khattāb رضي الله عنه said:
if the Emaan of the people of this earth was weighed against the Emaan of Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه, his Emaan would be heavier.
[Al-Sunnah 1:378 of Abd Allah bin Ahmad bin Hanbal]
if the Emaan of the people of this earth was weighed against the Emaan of Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه, his Emaan would be heavier.
[Al-Sunnah 1:378 of Abd Allah bin Ahmad bin Hanbal]
**YOUNG INEXPERIENCED/UNQUALIFIED YOUTH GIVING DAWAH ON YOUTUBE/SOCIAL MEDIA (while delving into BIG affairs)
Its very unfortunate to see in 2016, a lot of young people have been getting on social media giving dawah and stepping BEYOND their lane. Nothing wrong with giving dawah on social media. The pressing issue at hand is youth who are stepping beyond their lane & devling into affairs they are NOT qualified to speak about.
💭Had they focused on memorizing the Quran/learning arabic well/sought beneficial knowledge upon the way of the salaf salih & gave dawah (while staying in their lanes) with wisdom (weighing benefits & harms) many of that which we see today of corruption would not have happened.
It is upon the young man to give dawah to that _which he is qualified to speak about_ & busy himself in learning the religion as a priority. If you one wants to delve into the BIG issues which you are not qualified to speak about, *then it is upon you to focus on seeking knowledge & attend the classes of the senior scholars of our time*. This will in turn allow you to mature in both experience & knowledge, thus making you a KEY in the dawah.
Many of the youth giving dawah on social media nowadays are inexperienced and lack knowledge. *Also, it is upon them to seek counsel of the senior students of knowledge & senior scholars (upon the way of the salafus salih - pious predecessors) before setting out in doing this or that*. For many a times, they see that which you don't see due to your lack of experience, emotional being and lack of knowledge.
Look at this hadith below, it mentions exactly what we just mentioned above.
The Prophet (salAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said,
_"There shall come upon people years of deceit in which the liar will be believed, the truthful one disbelieved, the treacherous will be trusted, the trustworthy deemed treacherous; and the Ruwaybidah will speak out.’_
It was asked: Who are the *Ruwaybidah*?
To which the Prophet (salAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), replied:
*‘The lowly, contemptible one who will speak out about public affairs'*."
~ [Ibn Maajah, no.4036; al-Haakim, Mustadrak, 4:465, who said: ‘Its chain is sahih)
In Arabic grammar, the word Ruwaybidah is the diminutive ( _tasgheer_/belittling) of the word Rabidah which itself means ( _“lowly”, “good for nothing”, “worthless”_), so the Ruwaybidah are lower than worthless: they are utterly worthless.
These are people who are incapable of rising up to distinction, lack integrity and, above all, possess little more than a glimmer of religious knowledge. In spite of this, they feel to speak out about socio-political affairs beyond their grasp and experience. They feel to offer fatwas and act as social commentators, based upon their whims and ignorance. They presume to be "sincere advisors" to the Ummah, while being infantile in their understanding. And those who speak from ignorance will, and are, doing more harm than good.
Sadly, the Ruwaybidah are contagious; like rabies, they have infected a significant part of the Ummah. And social media continues to be a perfect platform for their madness and ignorance to spread... what's more pathetic is that our youth actually respond to such individuals and think they are speaking "haqq".
Commitment to taqwa, and a return to knowledge and its people, is the only immunization we have against the Ruwaybidah rabies.
May Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta'aala) protect us and guide us to that which pleases Him.
قال الإمام محمد بن سيرين:
The Imaam Muhammad bin Sireen said:
*«إِنَّ هَذَا العِلْمَ دِيْنٌ؛ فَانْظُرُواْ عَمَّنْ تَأخُذُوْنَ دِيْنَكُمْ».*
*“Indeed this knowledge is the religion*,
so
*_be careful with regards to the one whom you take your religion from_”*
(أخرجه مسلم في مقدمة صحيحه).
Imaam Muslim collected it in the introduction to his Saheeh
An excellent explanation of this statement by Shaikh Ahmad Bazmool:
http://www.troid.ca/index.php/new-and-basics/dangers-to-new-muslims/739-be-careful-who-you-take-your-deen-from
Its very unfortunate to see in 2016, a lot of young people have been getting on social media giving dawah and stepping BEYOND their lane. Nothing wrong with giving dawah on social media. The pressing issue at hand is youth who are stepping beyond their lane & devling into affairs they are NOT qualified to speak about.
💭Had they focused on memorizing the Quran/learning arabic well/sought beneficial knowledge upon the way of the salaf salih & gave dawah (while staying in their lanes) with wisdom (weighing benefits & harms) many of that which we see today of corruption would not have happened.
It is upon the young man to give dawah to that _which he is qualified to speak about_ & busy himself in learning the religion as a priority. If you one wants to delve into the BIG issues which you are not qualified to speak about, *then it is upon you to focus on seeking knowledge & attend the classes of the senior scholars of our time*. This will in turn allow you to mature in both experience & knowledge, thus making you a KEY in the dawah.
Many of the youth giving dawah on social media nowadays are inexperienced and lack knowledge. *Also, it is upon them to seek counsel of the senior students of knowledge & senior scholars (upon the way of the salafus salih - pious predecessors) before setting out in doing this or that*. For many a times, they see that which you don't see due to your lack of experience, emotional being and lack of knowledge.
Look at this hadith below, it mentions exactly what we just mentioned above.
The Prophet (salAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said,
_"There shall come upon people years of deceit in which the liar will be believed, the truthful one disbelieved, the treacherous will be trusted, the trustworthy deemed treacherous; and the Ruwaybidah will speak out.’_
It was asked: Who are the *Ruwaybidah*?
To which the Prophet (salAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), replied:
*‘The lowly, contemptible one who will speak out about public affairs'*."
~ [Ibn Maajah, no.4036; al-Haakim, Mustadrak, 4:465, who said: ‘Its chain is sahih)
In Arabic grammar, the word Ruwaybidah is the diminutive ( _tasgheer_/belittling) of the word Rabidah which itself means ( _“lowly”, “good for nothing”, “worthless”_), so the Ruwaybidah are lower than worthless: they are utterly worthless.
These are people who are incapable of rising up to distinction, lack integrity and, above all, possess little more than a glimmer of religious knowledge. In spite of this, they feel to speak out about socio-political affairs beyond their grasp and experience. They feel to offer fatwas and act as social commentators, based upon their whims and ignorance. They presume to be "sincere advisors" to the Ummah, while being infantile in their understanding. And those who speak from ignorance will, and are, doing more harm than good.
Sadly, the Ruwaybidah are contagious; like rabies, they have infected a significant part of the Ummah. And social media continues to be a perfect platform for their madness and ignorance to spread... what's more pathetic is that our youth actually respond to such individuals and think they are speaking "haqq".
Commitment to taqwa, and a return to knowledge and its people, is the only immunization we have against the Ruwaybidah rabies.
May Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta'aala) protect us and guide us to that which pleases Him.
قال الإمام محمد بن سيرين:
The Imaam Muhammad bin Sireen said:
*«إِنَّ هَذَا العِلْمَ دِيْنٌ؛ فَانْظُرُواْ عَمَّنْ تَأخُذُوْنَ دِيْنَكُمْ».*
*“Indeed this knowledge is the religion*,
so
*_be careful with regards to the one whom you take your religion from_”*
(أخرجه مسلم في مقدمة صحيحه).
Imaam Muslim collected it in the introduction to his Saheeh
An excellent explanation of this statement by Shaikh Ahmad Bazmool:
http://www.troid.ca/index.php/new-and-basics/dangers-to-new-muslims/739-be-careful-who-you-take-your-deen-from
Ibn ‘Abdil-Barr Raḥimahullāh: “Dunyā (this world) and Ākhirah (Hereafter) are (like) two wives, if you try to please one of them the other one gets displeased.”
● [بهجة المجالس ٢٣٧]
● [بهجة المجالس ٢٣٧]