Even with such a tremendous advantage for earning good deeds, we must still be cautious not to fall into sins that destroy our good deeds and prevent them from being multiplied. The truly bankrupt Muslims are those who come on the Day of Judgment with some good deeds, only to see them destroyed by their many sins.

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

‎أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْمُفْلِسُ
Do you know who is bankrupt?
They said, “The one without money or goods is bankrupt.” The Prophet said:
‎إِنَّ الْمُفْلِسَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَأْتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِصَلَاةٍ وَصِيَامٍ وَزَكَاةٍ وَيَأْتِي قَدْ شَتَمَ هَذَا وَقَذَفَ هَذَا وَأَكَلَ مَالَ هَذَا وَسَفَكَ دَمَ هَذَا وَضَرَبَ هَذَا فَيُعْطَى هَذَا مِنْ حَسَنَاتِهِ وَهَذَا مِنْ حَسَنَاتِهِ فَإِنْ فَنِيَتْ حَسَنَاتُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُقْضَى مَا عَلَيْهِ أُخِذَ مِنْ خَطَايَاهُمْ فَطُرِحَتْ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ طُرِحَ فِي النَّارِ
Verily, the bankrupt of my nation are those who come on the Day of Resurrection with prayers, fasting, and charity, but also with insults, slander, consuming wealth, shedding blood, and beating others. The oppressed will each be given from his good deeds. If his good deeds run out before justice is fulfilled, then their sins will be cast upon him and he will be thrown into the Hellfire.
Source: Sahih Muslim 2581, Grade: Sahih

Therefore, we must strive to perform many good deeds regularly and be careful not to ruin them with sins.

We ask Allah to accept our deeds and to multiply them in Paradise and to protect us from evil deeds and the destruction they cause in the Hereafter.

Success comes from Allah, and Allah knows best.

Innovations and Innovators : The Stance of the Muslim Who Cares For His Religion.

🖋Author: Translation by Abu 'Iyaad as-Salafi

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Linguistically bid'ah (innovation) means 'a newly invented matter'. The Sharee'ah definition of bid'ah is: "A newly invented way [beliefs or action] in the religion, in imitation of the Sharee'ah (prescribed Law), by which nearness to Allaah is sought, [but] not being supported by any authentic proof - neither in its foundations, nor in the manner in which it is performed."

Al-I'tisaam of ash-Shaatibee (1/37).

The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) said: "Every innovation is misguidance and going astray"

Reported by Abu Daawood (no. 4607), at-Tirmidhee (no. 2676) and it is saheeh. Ibn Hajr authenticated it Takhreej Ahaadeeth Ibn ul-Haajib (1/137).

And he (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) also said: "... and every innovation is misguidance and all misguidance is in the Hellfire." Reported by an-Nasaa'ee (1/224) from Jaabir bin Abdullaah and it is saheeh as declared by Shaikh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah in Majmoo' ul-Fataawaa (3/58).

The Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) also warned against the People of Innovation, from befriending, supporting or taking from them saying: "Whoever innovates or accommodates an innovator then upon him is the curse of Allaah, His Angels and the whole of mankind."

Reported by Bukhaaree (12/41) and Muslim (9/140)

And in his footsteps, we find the Noble Companions and the Taabi'een after them warning from the danger of innovations upon the Ummah, its people and their unity, since it is innovations which have divided the Ummah and split it asunder.

Ibn Abbaas (d. 68H) said:

"Indeed the most detestable of things to Allaah are the innovations."

Reported by al-Bayhaqee in as-Sunan al-Kubraa (4/316)

Ibn Umar (d. 84H) said:

"Every innovation is misguidance, even if the people see it as something good."

Reported by Abu Shaamah (no. 39)

Sufyaan ath-Thawree (d. 161H) said:

"Innovation is more beloved to Iblees than sin, since a sin may be repented from but innovation is not repented from."

Reported by al-Laalikaa'ee (no. 238)

Al-Fudayl bin 'Iyaad (d. 187H) said:

"I met the best of people, all of them people of the Sunnah and they used to forbid from accompanying the people of innovation."

Reported by al-Laalikaa'ee (no.267)

Al-Hasan al-Basree (d. 110H) said:

"Do not sit with the people of innovation and desires, nor argue with them, nor listen to them."

Reported by ad-Daarimee in his Sunan (1/121)

Ibraaheem bin Maysarah (d.132H) said:

"Whoever honours an innovator has aided in the destruction of Islam."

Reported by al-Laalikaa'ee (1/139).

Sufyaan ath-Thawree (d. 161H) said:

"Whoever listens to an innovator has left the protection of Allaah and is entrusted with the innovation."

Reported by Abu Nu'aym in al-Hilyah (7/26) and Ibn Battah (no.444).

Imaam Maalik (d. 179H) said:

"How evil are the people of innovation, we do no give them salaam."

Reported by al-Baghawee in Sharh us-Sunnah (1/234).

Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee (d. 204H) said:

"That a person meets Allaah with every sin except Shirk is better than meeting Him upon any one of the innovated beliefs."

Reported by al-Bayhaqee in al-I'tiqaad (p.158)

Al-Fudayl bin 'Iyaad (d. 187H) said:

"Whoever sits with a person of innovation, then beware of him and whoever sits with a person of innovation has not been given wisdom. I love that there was fort of iron between me and a person of innovation. That I eat with a Jew and a Christian is more beloved to me than that I eat with a person of innovation."

Reported by al-Laalikaa'ee (no.1149)

Al-Layth bin Sa'd (d. 175H) said:

"If I saw a person of desires (i.e. innovations) walking upon the water I would not accept from him." So Imaam as-Shaafi'ee then said: "He (al-Layth) has fallen short. If I saw him walking in the air I would not accept from him."

Reported by as-Suyooti in al-Amr bil 'Ittibaa wan-Nahee anil Ibtidaa'.

Al-Fudayl bin 'Iyaad said:

"If a man comes to a person to consult him and he directs him to an innovator, then he has made a deception of Islaam. Beware of going to a person of innovation for they divert [people] from the truth."

Sharh Usool ul-I'tiqaad of al-Laalikaa'ee (no.261)

Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (Rahimahullah) said:

Anger is like a lion; if it’s owner sets it free it will eat him. Desire is like a fire; if it’s owner starts it, it will burn him. Pride is like fighting against a king to take his Kingdom, if it does not destroy you it will expel you, and envy is like showing enmity to one who is more powerful than you. Whoever overcomes his desire and anger, Satan will depart from him, and whoever’s desire and anger beat him, Satan will stick to him.

[al-Fawaa'id, pg. 267]

Allah تعالى said,

(قَالَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا يَا أَبَتِ اسْتَأْجِرْهُ إِنَّ خَيْرَ مَنِ اسْتَأْجَرْتَ الْقَوِيُّ الْأَمِينُ)

"And said one of them (the two women): "O my father! Hire him! Verily, the best of men for you to hire is the strong, the trustworthy." {Surah Al-Qasas, 28:26}

Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen رحمه الله said,

"Inefficiency at work is the result of a deficiency in one of the two attributes: strength and trustworthiness."

[Sharh Al-Mumti', Vol. 2, Page 51]

Ali on fear, hope, knowledge and patience

It is reported that ‘Alî b. Abî Tâlib – Allâh be pleased with him – said,

“The servant [of Allâh] should not FEAR except his sins, and should not HOPE except in his Lord.

The ignorant should not be ashamed to ask, and the knowledgeable should not be ashamed to say – if he does not know something – ‘Allâh knows best.’

Patience (al-sabr) to faith (Al-Îmân) is like the head to the rest of the body: if the head is cut off, the body will rot.☝🏼

And one who has no patience, has no faith".

Al-Baihaqî, Shu’ab Al-Îmân, Vol.12 p195.

🌐https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/ali-on-fear-hope-knowledge-and-patience/

⚠️Dangers Of Not Forbidding Evil‼️

✅ Allah ﷻ cursed the disbelievers among the Children of Israel because:

•••كَانُوا لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَنْ مُنْكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ•••
They used not to forbid one another from the Munkar (wrong, evil-doing, sins, polytheism, disbelief, etc.) which they committed. Vile indeed was what they used to do. [Surah Al-Ma'idah:79]

✅ Hudhaifah bin Al-Yaman narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said:

“By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! Either you command good and forbid evil, or Allah will soon send upon you a punishment from Him, then you will call upon Him, but He will not respond to you.”

[Jami'at-Tirmidhi 2169]

🔹Having Taqwa of Allaah Leads to Removal of Difficulty and Provision (Rizq) From Unimagined Sources:

Allaah, the Sublime and Exalted, said:

وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ
And whoever has taqwa of Allaah, He will provide for Him a way out (of difficulty) and will provide him through (ways and means) he could not imagine (al-Talaq 65:2-3)

Note: Ibn Katheer: Whoever had taqwa of Allaah in what He commanded and abandoned what He prohibited, He will make for him a way out (of his difficulty) and will provide him through a direction that he had never thought of. Al-Baghawi: Abu al-Aaliyah said, "A way out of every severity" and al-Rabee' bin al-Khaytham said, "From everything that (causes) hardship upon people."
Translated by Abu Iyaad

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Beware of Boasting

Beware of self-amazement, it is self-amazement that causes people to become arrogant and haughty. It is a reason for many rejecting the truth. We must seek Allaah's protection from it.

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Do not feel sad and lonesome due to small number of its people.

RASULULLAH صلى الله عليه وسلم SAID:

“The DEAREST of PRAYER to Allah is the prayer of DAWOOD عليه السّلام.

He used to SLEEP for HALF the NIGHT, get up and pray for one THIRD of it, and SLEEP for one SIXTH of it, and he used to FAST one DAY and not the NEXT.” 

[AL-BUKHAARI 1131 & MUSLIM 1159]

⏬INTERPRETATION:

⏩SLEEP 1/2
⏩PRAY 1/3
⏩SLEEP again 1/6

1/2 + 1/3 + 1/6 = 1

🔹Narrated 'Abu Huraira:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The young should greet the old, the passer by should greet the sitting one, and the small group of persons should greet the large group of persons. "


Sahih al-Bukhari, Asking Permission : Book 79, Hadith 5

Allah Wrongs Not Even the Weight of a Speck of Dust – Tafseer Ibn Katheer

إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ ۖ وَإِن تَكُ حَسَنَةً يُضَاعِفْهَا وَيُؤْتِ مِن لَّدُنْهُ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا

Surely! Allah wrongs not even of the weight of a speck of dust, but if there is any good (done), He doubles it, and gives from Him a great reward. (Surah An-Nisa , aayah 40)

Allah states that He does not treat any of His servants with injustice on the Day of Resurrection, be it the weight of a mustard seed or a speck of dust. Rather, Allah shall reward them for this action and multiply it, if it were a good deed. For instance, Allah said,

(And We shall set up balances of justice)Allah said that Luqman said,

(O my son! If it be (anything) equal to the weight of a mustard seed, and though it be in a rock, or in the heavens or in the earth, Allah will bring it forth). Allah said,

(That Day mankind will proceed in scattered groups that they may be shown their deeds. So whosoever does good equal to the weight of a speck of dust shall see it. And whosoever does evil equal to the weight of a speck of dust shall see it.) The Two Sahihs recorded the long Hadith about the intercession that Abu Said Al-Khudri narrated, and in which the Messenger of Allah said,

(Allah then says, “Go back, and take out of the Fire everyone in whose heart you find the weight of a mustard seed of faith”) In another narration, Allah says,

(“Whosoever had the least, least, least speck of faith, take him out of the Fire,” and they will take out many people.)Abu Said then said, “Read, if you will,

(Surely! Allah wrongs not even of the weight of a speck of dust).”

Source: Tafseer Ibn Katheer, Darussalam English Publication


https://abdurrahman.org/2018/01/04/allah-wrongs-not-even-the-weight-of-a-speck-of-dust/

Ali(ra) on fear, hope, knowledge and patience

It is reported that ‘Alî b. Abî Tâlib – Allâh be pleased with him – said,

“The servant [of Allâh] should not FEAR except his sins, and should not HOPE except in his Lord.

The ignorant should not be ashamed to ask, and the knowledgeable should not be ashamed to say – if he does not know something – ‘Allâh knows best.’

Patience (al-sabr) to faith (Al-Îmân) is like the head to the rest of the body: if the head is cut off, the body will rot.☝🏼

And one who has no patience, has no faith".

Al-Baihaqî, Shu’ab Al-Îmân, Vol.12 p195.

🌐https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/ali-on-fear-hope-knowledge-and-patience/

One Should Not Poke His [or Her] Nose In People’s Business!

It is forbidden for a person to just come and sit with a person who is talking to another person because it may be that they are engaged in a private conversation. The Prophet (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) said, “Whoever listens to the talk of some people who do not like him (to listen) or they run away from him, then molten lead will be poured into his ears on the Day of Resurrection. [Sahih Al-Bukhaari Number 7042]. This is a severe threat, so one should not listen to the speech of the people if they do not want anyone to know what they are talking about.

Abridged & paraphrased. Source: It’haaf At-Tullaab Bi-Sharhi Mandhoomah Al-Aadaab, page 149 by Shaikh Fawzaan (may Allaah preserve him).
http://masjidfurqan.co.uk/2017/12/28/one-should-not-poke-his-or-her-nose-in-peoples-business/

PREOCCUPY THE TONGUE WITH NINE AFFAIRS – BY RABEE BIN KHUTHAYM

🖋Written by The Salafi Centre of Manchester on November 9, 2016.

Rabee Bin Khuthaym (rahimahullaah) used to say:

”There is no good in speech except in nine(affairs):

Tahleel(i.e. uttering Laa-ilaaha ilal-laah); Takbeer (i.e. uttering Allaahu Akbar); Tasbeeh (i.e. uttering Subhaanallaah); Tahmeed (i.e. uttering Al-Hamdulil-laah); Enquiring about good; Seeking refuge from evil; Enjoining good; Forbidding evil and Recitation of the Qur’aan’’.

[Source: ‘Kitaab As-Samt’ by Ibn Abee Dunyaa (rahimahullaah) page:246]

🌐https://salaficentre.com/2016/11/preoccupy-tongue-nine-affairs-rabee-bin-khuthaym/