This worldly life only impresses those with no intellect, similar to how vain dreams please the sleeper; imaginary games are perceived as reality by a child, whereas a sensible person cannot be deceived by such delusion.
• Ibn al-Jawzi; Seeds of admonishment and reform, Ibn al-Jawzi, Page 60
• Ibn al-Jawzi; Seeds of admonishment and reform, Ibn al-Jawzi, Page 60
Sa’d said:
“The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
‘The call of Dhoo’l-Noon [Yoonus/Jonah], which he recited when he was in the belly of the fish, ‘La ilaaha illa anta subhaanaka innee kuntu min al-zaalimeen. There is no Muslim who recites this in any situation, but Allaah will respond to him.”
(Reported by al-Tirmidhi, 3427, and classed as saheeh in Saheeh al-Jaami’, 3383).
“The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
‘The call of Dhoo’l-Noon [Yoonus/Jonah], which he recited when he was in the belly of the fish, ‘La ilaaha illa anta subhaanaka innee kuntu min al-zaalimeen. There is no Muslim who recites this in any situation, but Allaah will respond to him.”
(Reported by al-Tirmidhi, 3427, and classed as saheeh in Saheeh al-Jaami’, 3383).
Ibn al-Qayyim said:
"If you knew the true value of yourself, you would never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins.
When Iblīs refused to bow to your father 'Adam, he refused to bow to you, so why have you become his friend and left us?
If there was any love in your heart, its effect would appear on your body."
● [كتاب الفوائد صفحة ١١٨]
#Self_Reminder
"If you knew the true value of yourself, you would never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins.
When Iblīs refused to bow to your father 'Adam, he refused to bow to you, so why have you become his friend and left us?
If there was any love in your heart, its effect would appear on your body."
● [كتاب الفوائد صفحة ١١٨]
#Self_Reminder
Al-Hasan al-Basrī رحمه الله said:
“Patience is a treasure from the treasures of Paradise, Allāh does not grant it except to his noble slaves.”
Majmū ar-Rasāil 3/152 | ibn Hajr رحمه الله
Translation: Authentic Quotes
“Patience is a treasure from the treasures of Paradise, Allāh does not grant it except to his noble slaves.”
Majmū ar-Rasāil 3/152 | ibn Hajr رحمه الله
Translation: Authentic Quotes
Muhammad ibn Yusuf رحمه الله said:
“Sufyān ath-Thawri رحمه الله would make us stand up [to pray] at night, and he would say, ‘Stand up, O’ young people, continue to pray throughout the years of your youth [so that you will have become accustomed to worship in your old age].”
Al-Jarh wa-Ta’deel ibn Hātim ar-Rāzi 1/96
Translation: Authentic Quotes
“Sufyān ath-Thawri رحمه الله would make us stand up [to pray] at night, and he would say, ‘Stand up, O’ young people, continue to pray throughout the years of your youth [so that you will have become accustomed to worship in your old age].”
Al-Jarh wa-Ta’deel ibn Hātim ar-Rāzi 1/96
Translation: Authentic Quotes
FOCUSING ON WHAT MATTERS
“Whoever asks about that which does not concern him will miss out on that which does concern him.”
~ ‘Ali Ibn Abi Taalib رضي الله عنه
[Manhaaj ‘Alee Ibn Abee Taalib, p. 249]
“Whoever asks about that which does not concern him will miss out on that which does concern him.”
~ ‘Ali Ibn Abi Taalib رضي الله عنه
[Manhaaj ‘Alee Ibn Abee Taalib, p. 249]
The Messenger of Allaah, peace and blessings be upon him, said,
“None of you has faith until I am more beloved to him than his children, his father, and all of the people.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 15, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 44
“None of you has faith until I am more beloved to him than his children, his father, and all of the people.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 15, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 44
Seekers of Fitnah
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān حفظه الله was asked: "Some Students of knowledge say that the issue of rebelling against the leader is an issue that is differed upon?"
The Shaykh said: "This is not a seeker of knowledge, this is a seeker of fitnah."
[Mafhūm al-Bay'ah (pg.32)]
http://mpubs.org/manhaj/917-reminders-quotes-seekers-of-fitnah-shaykh-saalih-al-fawzaan
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān حفظه الله was asked: "Some Students of knowledge say that the issue of rebelling against the leader is an issue that is differed upon?"
The Shaykh said: "This is not a seeker of knowledge, this is a seeker of fitnah."
[Mafhūm al-Bay'ah (pg.32)]
http://mpubs.org/manhaj/917-reminders-quotes-seekers-of-fitnah-shaykh-saalih-al-fawzaan
Hassan al-Somali:
“Allāh will enter you into Jannah and will give you houses. That is true success. When somebody leaves this world and we say “do you know brother/sister so and so? They died upon Islām and the Sunnah”. That is success”
[Eid Khutbah: “They Predicted The Downfall Of Salafiyyah, However....”]
“Allāh will enter you into Jannah and will give you houses. That is true success. When somebody leaves this world and we say “do you know brother/sister so and so? They died upon Islām and the Sunnah”. That is success”
[Eid Khutbah: “They Predicted The Downfall Of Salafiyyah, However....”]
The Rulings of Photography:
Question: What is the ruling on taking photographs, when they are for necessity and when they are for adornment?
Answer: Pictures of living (humans and animals) are unlawful except for necessity. Examples of necessity include identity photos, passport photos, or photos of criminals for the purpose of identification and then arrest when they commit a crime or attempt to flee.
Permanent Committee for Research and Verdicts (Fatawa Islamiyah Darussalam Vol:8 page no .156)
Question: What is the ruling on taking photographs, when they are for necessity and when they are for adornment?
Answer: Pictures of living (humans and animals) are unlawful except for necessity. Examples of necessity include identity photos, passport photos, or photos of criminals for the purpose of identification and then arrest when they commit a crime or attempt to flee.
Permanent Committee for Research and Verdicts (Fatawa Islamiyah Darussalam Vol:8 page no .156)
Imam Muhammad Naasiruddin al Albani (rahimahullah) said:
“I fear that Salafiyoon one day will say- Photography isn’t picture making. You just press a button.”
[Silsilat ul Huda wan Nur 393]
“I fear that Salafiyoon one day will say- Photography isn’t picture making. You just press a button.”
[Silsilat ul Huda wan Nur 393]
What’s the point becoming jealousy?
“Ibn uthaymeen said: jealousy never changes anything from your situation.”
(قال إبن عثيمين:)
[إن الحسد لن يغير شيئا من الحال]
The book of knowledge p71•
“Ibn uthaymeen said: jealousy never changes anything from your situation.”
(قال إبن عثيمين:)
[إن الحسد لن يغير شيئا من الحال]
The book of knowledge p71•
❝If a person shames or mocks his brother for a fault, perhaps Allahﷻ will have mercy upon him and cure him, and then afterwards afflict the mocker with that fault.❞
— Sh. Ibn al-'Uthaymeen Raḥimahullāh
● [شرح رياض الصالحين ٦/٢٦٣]
— Sh. Ibn al-'Uthaymeen Raḥimahullāh
● [شرح رياض الصالحين ٦/٢٦٣]
Saeed al-Musayyib رحمه الله said:
“There is no honourable person, scholar or doer of good except that he has a shortcoming. However, there are some people whom we should not mention their faults, that is those whose good deeds exceed their faults.”
Sifat as-Safwah 2/81, ibn al-Jawzi رحمه الله
Translation: Authentic Quotes
“There is no honourable person, scholar or doer of good except that he has a shortcoming. However, there are some people whom we should not mention their faults, that is those whose good deeds exceed their faults.”
Sifat as-Safwah 2/81, ibn al-Jawzi رحمه الله
Translation: Authentic Quotes
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله said: “Whoever leaves something for Allaah, Allaah will replace it with something better!”
Source: Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf (p. 66)
Source: Tafsir of Surah al-Kahf (p. 66)
Fātimah Bint Muhammad l[رَضِّيْ اْلَّلهُ عَنْهاَ]l Sai∂
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❝The best wσmen are thσse whσ do nσt see the men and whσ are nσt seen by the men.❞
[Ahkām an-Nisā’, (Page: 219) | Translated By Abū Ruqayyah 'Abd us-Samad].
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❝The best wσmen are thσse whσ do nσt see the men and whσ are nσt seen by the men.❞
[Ahkām an-Nisā’, (Page: 219) | Translated By Abū Ruqayyah 'Abd us-Samad].
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Youths' Special
❗REASON FOR LOSS OF BARAKAH FROM TIME❗
Shaikh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen (رحمه الله ) warned:
If you see your time pass and your life go, and you have not produced anything worthwhile or beneficial and you do not find any blessing in your time then be wary that the Statement of Allah has overcome you:
"And obey not him whose heart we have made heedless of our Remembrance one who follows his own lust and whose affair (deeds) has been lost. " (Al-Kahf:28 (1).
The Shaykh (رحمه الله) also Said:
And in this ayah is an indication to the important of ( having) presence of heart when performing dhikr of Allah. And that the person who remembers Allah with ( only) his tongue and not his heart, (then) the barakah ( blessing) is removed from his actions and his time to the extent that his deeds became lost.
❗REASON FOR LOSS OF BARAKAH FROM TIME❗
Shaikh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen (رحمه الله ) warned:
If you see your time pass and your life go, and you have not produced anything worthwhile or beneficial and you do not find any blessing in your time then be wary that the Statement of Allah has overcome you:
"And obey not him whose heart we have made heedless of our Remembrance one who follows his own lust and whose affair (deeds) has been lost. " (Al-Kahf:28 (1).
The Shaykh (رحمه الله) also Said:
And in this ayah is an indication to the important of ( having) presence of heart when performing dhikr of Allah. And that the person who remembers Allah with ( only) his tongue and not his heart, (then) the barakah ( blessing) is removed from his actions and his time to the extent that his deeds became lost.
Some of the people said to Ahmad bin Hanbal (rahimahullāh);
“I find it difficult to say about a person that he has such and such problem, and so and so is like such and such.”
Imam Ahmad Rahimahullah said: “If you remain silent and I remain silent when will an ignorant person know the authentic from the unauthentic?!”
[Majmoo Fatawa, 28/231] | Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya |
“I find it difficult to say about a person that he has such and such problem, and so and so is like such and such.”
Imam Ahmad Rahimahullah said: “If you remain silent and I remain silent when will an ignorant person know the authentic from the unauthentic?!”
[Majmoo Fatawa, 28/231] | Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya |
The Ayaat of As-Sakeenah ( Tranquility )
The saying of Allaah Ta’ala:
<< إِذْ جَعَلَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْحَمِيَّةَ حَمِيَّةَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ وَعَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ >>
<< When those who disbelieved had put into their hearts chauvinism – the chauvinism of the time of ignorance. But Allah sent down His tranquility upon His Messenger and upon the believers >>[al-Fath: 26]
Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah (d.728 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- used to read the Ayaat ofas-Sakeenah (Tranquility) if matters became intense for him.
And I heard him talk about a great incident which occurred when he was sick, the general intellect is too deficient to comprehend how evil souls emerged and waged war against him in his state of weakness.
Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah (d.728 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- said :
When this matter became intense, I said to my relatives and those around me: ‘Read the Ayaat of as-Sakeenah (Tranquility).
Then I would be free from this condition, and I would sit up as if a transformation had taken place and there was nothing wrong with me.’
Ibn Qayyim aj-Jawzeeyah (d.751 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- said:
I also tried this, and I read these Ayaat of as-Sakeenah (Tranquility) when the heart becomes agitated due to what affects it and I witnessed the amazing effects of theseAyaat on the tranquility of the heart and its peacefulness.’
[From: ‘Samma’aat Ibn al-Qayyim min Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah’ p.352-353 Quoted from: ‘Madarij as-Salikeen’ 2/502]
The saying of Allaah Ta’ala:
<< إِذْ جَعَلَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْحَمِيَّةَ حَمِيَّةَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ وَعَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ >>
<< When those who disbelieved had put into their hearts chauvinism – the chauvinism of the time of ignorance. But Allah sent down His tranquility upon His Messenger and upon the believers >>[al-Fath: 26]
Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah (d.728 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- used to read the Ayaat ofas-Sakeenah (Tranquility) if matters became intense for him.
And I heard him talk about a great incident which occurred when he was sick, the general intellect is too deficient to comprehend how evil souls emerged and waged war against him in his state of weakness.
Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah (d.728 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- said :
When this matter became intense, I said to my relatives and those around me: ‘Read the Ayaat of as-Sakeenah (Tranquility).
Then I would be free from this condition, and I would sit up as if a transformation had taken place and there was nothing wrong with me.’
Ibn Qayyim aj-Jawzeeyah (d.751 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- said:
I also tried this, and I read these Ayaat of as-Sakeenah (Tranquility) when the heart becomes agitated due to what affects it and I witnessed the amazing effects of theseAyaat on the tranquility of the heart and its peacefulness.’
[From: ‘Samma’aat Ibn al-Qayyim min Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah’ p.352-353 Quoted from: ‘Madarij as-Salikeen’ 2/502]
Abdullaah Bin Abbas [رضي الله عنه] mentions in the Tafseer of Soorah Kafiroon:
❝There is nothing in the Qur’ān which makes Iblees more angry because [this Soorah] is Tawheed and being completely far away from Shirk.❞
[Jamia Ahkam al-Quran - Qurtubi, (20/199) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]
❝There is nothing in the Qur’ān which makes Iblees more angry because [this Soorah] is Tawheed and being completely far away from Shirk.❞
[Jamia Ahkam al-Quran - Qurtubi, (20/199) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]
"My son, will you not sleep?"
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Umm ar-Rubayyi’ bin Khuthaim was very worried about her son. She rarely saw him sleep, for after the toils of the day, he would spend his nights worshipping Allaah.
"My son, will you not sleep?" Umm ar-Rubayyi’ pleaded with him one day. "My mother, when it is nighttime, and when one fears that sudden death will overtake him (and this is the case for every human being), then it is befitting for him not to sleep."
Umm ar-Rubayyi’ soon became afraid when she noticed that her son cried a lot during the night. She feared that his tears were prompted by feelings of guilt for some wicked crime he committed.
"O my son," she said, "Perhaps you have killed someone?"
"Yes," he answered.
"Who is he?" she asked. "We will go to his family, and (hopefully) they will forgive you; surely they will pity you when they find out how much you cry every night."
"My mother, it is my own self [that I have killed through constant sinning (i.e. I have subjected to destruction and punishment in the Hereafter)]."
[Source: Sifatus-Safwah, (3/39-40) and Hilyatul-Awliya, (2/114)]
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Umm ar-Rubayyi’ bin Khuthaim was very worried about her son. She rarely saw him sleep, for after the toils of the day, he would spend his nights worshipping Allaah.
"My son, will you not sleep?" Umm ar-Rubayyi’ pleaded with him one day. "My mother, when it is nighttime, and when one fears that sudden death will overtake him (and this is the case for every human being), then it is befitting for him not to sleep."
Umm ar-Rubayyi’ soon became afraid when she noticed that her son cried a lot during the night. She feared that his tears were prompted by feelings of guilt for some wicked crime he committed.
"O my son," she said, "Perhaps you have killed someone?"
"Yes," he answered.
"Who is he?" she asked. "We will go to his family, and (hopefully) they will forgive you; surely they will pity you when they find out how much you cry every night."
"My mother, it is my own self [that I have killed through constant sinning (i.e. I have subjected to destruction and punishment in the Hereafter)]."
[Source: Sifatus-Safwah, (3/39-40) and Hilyatul-Awliya, (2/114)]
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