Al-Hāfiż Salamah ibn Dīnar said:

“Every blessing that does not bring you closer to Allâh is [really] a calamity.”

[Tahdhib Al-Kamal, vol 11 p.275 | Translated by Mikail ibn Mahboob Ariff]

“If you hear the eloquent one speaking, do not give yourself into him
For this unnatural (way of speaking) is something artificial
Be pleased with taking knowledge and understanding, and
His eloquent speech will come to an end without any fight.”
https://abdurrahman.org/2014/09/29/this-is-suroorism-so-beware-of-it-shaykh-muqbil-bin-haadee/

Ibn al-Qayyim said: "Be children of the hereafter and don't be children of the worldly life, for verily the child follows the mother."

● [كتاب الفوائد للإمام ابن القيم صفحة ٤٤٦]

Ibn al-Qayyim:

• Key of prayer is purity

• Key of Ḥajj is Iḥrām

• Key of righteousness is sincerity

• & Key of Jannah is Tawḥeed

● [حادي الأرواح ٦٨]

Narrated Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه:

The Prophet ﷺ said, "In very hot weather delay the Zuhr prayer till it becomes (a bit) cooler because the severity of heat is from the raging of Hell-fire. The Hell-fire of Hell complained to its Lord saying: O Lord! My parts are eating (destroying) one another. So Allah allowed it to take two breaths, one in the winter and the other in the summer. The breath in the summer is at the time when you feel the severest heat and the breath in the winter is at the time when you feel the severest cold."

Sahih al Bukhari, The Book of the Prayer Times, No. 513
http://www.sahihalbukhari.com/sps/sbk/sahihalbukhari.cfm?scn=dsphadeeth&HadeethID=513&txt=In%20very%20hot%20weather%20delay

TEACHING PEOPLE ABOUT KNOWLEDGE - GOOD

》Prophet ﷺ said:
“Allaah and His angels and the inhabitants of the heavens and the earths, even the ant in its hole and the fish in the sea send blessings upon the one who teaches people what is good.”

(Tirmidhi 2609| Sahih by al-Albaani)

》Prophet ﷺ said:
“Whoever treads on a path in search of Islamic knowledge, Allaah will ease the way to Paradise for him. The angels will lower their wings, pleased with this seeker of knowledge, and everyone in the heavens and on earth will ask forgiveness for the knowledgeable person, even the fish in the deepest of waters will ask for his forgiveness”

[Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Tirmidhi 2835 | Grade - Sahih]

》Abdullāh Ibn al-Mubārak said:

“And I do not know any status after the Prophethood, better than spreading knowledge.”

[تهذيب الكمال ١٦\٢٠]

》Haafidh Ibn al Jawzi (RH) said:
"Allaah never sent a female as a messenger, nor did He allow for a woman to be a judge, imam or a mu'adhin.This is because a woman will always be desired."

[Talbis Iblis, 385]

Alī Ibn Abu Talīb رضي الله عنه said;

This world is like a snake, soft to the touch, kills you with its poison.

Kitab al-Zuhd 164

Shaykh Ibn Uthaymīn

"Always keep in mind the fact that Allāh wants you to be happy all the time, far from grief."

[Sharh Bulugh al-Maram, (3/532-533)]

(https://twitter.com/SalafiIbnSalaf/status/1009475581229109249?s=03)

The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said:

‎"If you love that Allāh and His Messenger love you then safeguard three characteristics: truthful speech, fulfilling trusts and being good to neighbours."

‎[As-Sahīhah (no. 2998) of al-Albānī]

Taylah said: "My mother is with me."

‎Ibn Umar رضي الله عنه responded to him:

‎"By Allāh, if you speak nicely to her and feed her you will definitely enter paradise as long as you abstain from major sins."

‎Taken from At Their Feet Piety Towards Parents by Ibn Al-Jawzī رحمه الله

Mālik ibn Dīnār -رحمه الله- Said:

‎"If a man seeks knowledge to act upon it, his knowledge will make him happy. And if he seeks knowledge, for other than acting upon it, his knowledge increases him in haughtiness."

‎[Rawdatul ‘Uqalā, Dār al-Mirāth p. 78]

The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said:

‎ “If the servant (of Allāh) says: 'Alḥamdulillaahi Katheeran' (all praises and thanks be to Allāh a lot) Allāh, the Most High, says: 'Write for my servant My Mercy a lot'.”

‎● [صحيح الترغيب والترهيب ١٥٧٨، حسنه الألباني]

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

Do you know who is poor? They (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) said: A poor man amongst us is one who has neither dirham with him nor wealth. He (the Holy Prophet) said: The poor of my Umma would be he who would come on the Day of Resurrection with prayers and fasts and Zakat but (he would find himself bankrupt on that day as he would have exhausted his funds of virtues) since he hurled abuses upon others, brought calumny against others and unlawfully consumed the wealth of others and shed the blood of others and beat others, and his virtues would be credited to the account of one (who suffered at his hand). And if his good deeds fall short to clear the account, then his sins would be entered in (his account) and he would be thrown in the Hell-Fire.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 2581
In-book reference : Book 45, Hadith 77
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 32, Hadith 6251

⭐🍃 A Good Life.

Shaykh Muhammad bin Salih al-Uthaymeen- Rahimuhullaah said:

“A good life is not as some people perceive it to be, it is thought to be protection from trials, poverty, sickness and grief.

No! On the contrary, what is intended by a good life is that a person possesses a good heart, feels delight (through the expansion of his chest) and is content with Allah’s Qadr (predestined) and His Qada (execution of predestined matters).

Thus if he is granted good he is grateful and that is better for him, and if he is afflicted with harm, he is patient, and that is better for him.

This is what is meant by a good life, and it refers to a contented heart.

[From ‘Fatawa Islameeya 4/75]

Online source : https://followingthesunnah.com/2017/06/15/a-good-life/

Narrated Az-Zubair bin Al'Awwam (RA)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said,

"It is better for anyone of you to take a rope (and cut) and bring a bundle of wood (from the forest) over his back and sell it and Allah will save his face (from the Hell-Fire) because of that, rather than to ask the people who may give him or not."

●Sahih Bukhârî 1388
Similar hadeeth in Bukhârî 1950 & 2223

Anas ibn Mālik رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْه narrated:

“A man said: ‘O’ Messenger of Allāh صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ should I tie my camel and place [my] trust in Allāh, or should I leave it untied and place [my] trust in Allāh?’ The Messenger of Allāh صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said:
‘Tie it and place [your] trust in Allāh.’”

Saheeh at-Tirmidhi 2517 | Shaykh al-Albāni رحمه الله | Hasan

عن أنس بن مالك قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَعْقِلُهَا وَأَتَوَكَّلُ أَوْ أُطْلِقُهَا وَأَتَوَكَّلُ قَالَ اعْقِلْهَا وَتَوَكَّلْ

صحيح الترمذي ٢٥١٧ | الشيخ الألباني رحمه الله | صحيح

Translation: Authentic Quotes

Knowledge and Good Manners:
Amir al-Mu'minin Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (alayhi salām) said:

"O Believer! This knowledge and good manners are the value of your soul so strive to learn them, for however much your knowledge and good manners increase, so will your value and worth accordingly".

[Reference: Mishkat al-Anwar, p. 135 ]

WHAT WILL SOFTEN THE HEARTS? | Al-‘Allaamah Saalih Al-Fawzaan (hafidhullaah)

Question:If a person has with him hardness in his heart, then what are affairs that will soften the heart?

Answer:
There is nothing better or more necessary (for softening the heart) than the Noble Qur’aan. It is what will soften the hearts. Allah -the Exalted and Sublime – said:

‘’Those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah – Islamic Monotheism), and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah, Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest.’’ [Surah al-Rad Verse 28]

So the Qur’aan is what will soften the hearts, which if Allah were to reveal it on a mountain, you would surely have seen it humbling itself and rending asunder by the fear of Allah;

‘’Had We sent down this Quran on a mountain, you would surely have seen it humbling itself and rending asunder by the fear of Allah.’’ [Suratul Hashr Verse 21]

Likewise sitting with the righteous and listening to The Qur’aan, (listening) to admonitions and reminders–this is what will soften the hearts.

Source: http://alfawzan.af.org.sa/node/1494