Uthman Ibn Abi al-Ās said...

The devil comes between me and my prayers and recitation, confusing me therein. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,

"That is a devil called khinzah. If he affects you, then seek refuge in Allah from him and (dry) spittle to your left three times."

He (the companion) said:

"I did that and Allah took him away from me."

●[Muslim # 223]

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WORDS OF WISDOM

"Whoever keeps himself busy seeking Allah instead of himself, Allah will save him from himself, and whoever keeps himself busy with Allah more than people, Allah will save him from people. Whoever keeps himself busy with himself rather than Allah, Allah will leave him to himself, and whoever busies himself with people rather than Allah, Allah will leave him to the people."

[Ibn al-Qayyim, al-Fawaa’id pg.174]

It was said to Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal رحمه الله, "May Allah reward you for the good you have done for Islam." He said,

"Rather, Allah has done good for me through Islam. Who am I, and what am I?"

● [سير أعلام النبلاء ١١/٢٢٥]

#Taddabur

Ibn Hubayrah:

“From devil's trick is to turn people away from Tadabbur (pondering on) Qur’ān for he knows guidance comes from Tadabbur.”

● [ذيل طبقات الحنابلة ٢/١٥٦]

Ibn al-Mubaarak:

❝If it was not for the chain of narration, everyone would say what they wanted to say.❞

[At-Tamheed, (1/45) | Translated By Abū Ruqayyah 'Abd us-Samad]

Mixing σr Withdrawing fσr Gain

It is repσrted that Wahb b. Munabbih lُ[رَحِمَهُ اْلَّله]l used to say:

The believer mixes with σthers in σrder tσ learn, keeps quiet tσ keep safe (frσm sinning), speaks in σrder tσ understand, and secludes himself tσ the attainment (σf gσσd).

Ibn Abī Al-Dunyā, Al-‘Uzlah article 99.

Allah said in a Hadith Qudsi,

“O son of Adam, Sell this life for me (in my devotion) and I will grant you the best in this world and invest the best for you in the Akhirah.”

● Sunan Ibn Majah, Kitab al-Zuhd , Hadith number 786

WHEN AN ISLAMIC SCHOLAR DIES WE SHOULD WEEP...

Abdullāh Ibn ‘Amr Ibn Al-‘Ās said: I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying:

“Allah does not take away the knowledge by taking it away from the hearts of the people, but He takes it away by the death of the Scholars till no Scholar remains. Then people will take as their leaders the ignoramuses who when asked will give their verdict (fatwa) without knowledge. So they will go astray themselves and will lead the people astray.”

(Reported by Al-Bukhārī, no. 100)

In a wording, he said, “There will remain the ignoramuses from whom verdicts (fatwas) will be sought. They will give verdicts based upon their own opinions, so they will go astray and will lead the people astray.”

(Al-Bukhāri no. 7307)

"Allaah marvels about the despair of His creatures while the changing of their situation from bad to good is very near, He looks at you, and you are very desperate, so He laughs, because He knows that your relief is very close."

●Narrated by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal {vol. 4/12} and Ibn Majah {no.# 181} and authenticated by Shaykh. Al-Albani in As-Sahih, {no.# 28109}

The Messenger of Allāh صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said:
اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلاَلِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ وَأَغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ
“O' Allāh, suffice me with Your lawful against Your prohibited, and make me independent of all those besides You.”
Saheeh al-Jāmi' ٢٦٢٥ |Shaykh al-Albāni
رحمه الله | Hasan

Some persons from the Ansar asked for (something) from the Messenger of Allah (salAllahu alaih wa sallam) and he gave them. They again asked him for (something), and he gave them. Then he said: 'whatever of good that I have, I would never hoard it from any of you. (Remember) whoever abstains from asking others, Allah will make him content, and whoever tries to make due, Allah will suffice him. And whoever remains patient, Allah will make him patient. Nobody can be given a blessing better and more encompassing than patience."
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2024
In-book reference : Book 27, Hadith 130
English translation : Vol. 4, Book 1, Hadith 2024
#Muslim4Real

The Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] said:

«أحب للناس ما تحب لنفسك»

"Love for the people what you love for yourself."

[Silsilah al-Ahaadeeth as-Saheehah of al-Albaanee, (1/153, No. 72) | Translated By Abū Ruqayyah 'Abd us-Samad]

Imam Malik رحمه الله said:

"A believer is like a pearl; wherever he is, his beautiful qualities are with him!"

[Hilyat Al-Awliya, Vol.2, Pg.377]

Ibn Taymiyah's Rule of Love |

❝When you love someone for the sake of Allāh, it is Allāh who you truly love. So whenever you remember that person in your heart, you are reminded of your true love (Allāh) and this automatically increases your love for that person.❞

In another place Ibn Taymiyah explains that when you love someone for a specific reason (what they do for, what they give you, how they make you feel, etc) you don't really love them, you love that thing they offer, and once that thing is gone, so is your love.

To give us an idea of how important this topic is: Love is at the core of religion; it is a pillar of worship. It is your creed to love Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ more than anyone else or anything else.

And in a ḥadīth, Rasūl Allāh ﷺ tells us that there will be seven groups of people who will be shaded on the Day of Judgement, one group consists of people who loved one another purely for Allāh.

May Allāh make us from them.

May Allāh make His love and the love of His Messenger ﷺ foremost in our hearts. ✨

Via sister abeer sadary

نصيحة من رسول ﷺ

"If a man comes and he has religion coupled with manners then marry your daughter to him."

*Couple with manners has Adhāb and Akhlaq.🌸💋

Trials And Tribulations

Shaykh Muhammad Bin Bazmool quotes: Imam Dhahabi [رحمه الله] said:

❝If Al-Fitn [trials and tribulations] occur then cling to the Sunnah, adhere to remaining silent and do not delve into that which does not concern you.

Whatever you find difficult to understand return it back to Allaah and His Messenger, and refrain yourself and say Allaah knows best.❞

[Seera Aalaam, (20/141) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]

Are you too shy to ask from a Lord that is shy to return you empty handed...

Salman al-Farsi reported:

The Prophet, ﷺ, said,

“Verily, Allah is Shy and Most Generous. He would be ashamed, when a man raises his hands to him, to turn them away empty and unfulfilled.”

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ، بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ سَلْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ حَيِيٌّ كَرِيمٌ يَسْتَحْيِي مِنْ عَبْدِهِ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ إِلَيْهِ يَدَيْهِ فَيَرُدَّهُمَا صِفْرًا - أَوْ قَالَ خَائِبَتَيْنِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

● [Sunan Ibn Majah 3865]

Al-Fudhayl Ibn Iyaad as narrated by Ibn Tamiyyah was reported as saying with regards to the tasfeer of Allah's statement in Surah Al-Mulk {(It is Allah) Who has created death and life, that He may test you which of you is best of deeds}. The best deeds are,"The most sincere and the most correct." Then he was asked,"And what are the most sincere and most correct? He replied,"If an action is sincerely for Allah, but is not correct then it is not accepted. It is not accepted until it is sincere and correct. That which is sincere is for Allah(alone) and that which is correct is what is in accordance with the Sunnah."
[Al-Fataawa pg.173, vol.10]
#Muslim4Real

‎'Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb said:

‎ "Behave humbly with those who taught you and those who you teach."

‎● [الآداب الشرعية ٢٢٤/١]

*Some Reasons Why Some Who Know The Truth Still Reject It*

Ibn Taimiyyah [رحمه الله] said:

❝A person might know that the truth is [found] with someone else; despite this, he outwardly denies that [truth] due to his envy for him, his wanting to be in a higher position above him, or [his having] desires in [his] soul.❞

[Majmūʿ Al-Fatāwá, (7/191) | Translated By Mikail Ibn Mahboob Ariff]

REFUSING TO ACCEPT THE TRUTH BECAUSE IT COMES FROM ONE WHO IS LESS THAN YOU IN AGE, KNOWLEDGE, OR POPULARITY *

_Ash-Shawkānī, may Allāh have mercy upon him said :

From the evils which prevent one from returning to the truth is that
the one who speaks with the truth may be younger in age than the one who he is in dispute with ;
or he has less knowledge than him;
or he is less known amongst the people ; whilst the other party is the opposite of that.

Hence, he carries the flag of ignorance and satanic partisanship in clinging to falsehood rather than returning to the statement of one who is younger than him, has less knowledge than him,
or is less known than he is;
*believing that by doing so there lies degradation and diminution of his status.*

This is a poor assumption .

For degradation and diminution of status only lie within firmness upon falsehood whereas honor lies in returning to the truth,
*no matter at whose hand or by what means.*

Adab At-Talab pg. 90
Translated by : Raha Batts.

The Prophet ﷺ said:

❝May Allâh brighten the face of a man who heard my sayings and conveyed them to others.❞ (At-Tirmidhī)

He ﷺ also said:

❝Whoever teaches some knowledge will have the reward of the one who acts upon it, without that detracting from his reward in the slightest.❞ (Ibn Majah)

The person who conveys must have understanding of what they are calling to and call based on knowledge not emotions.

Shaykh Ibn Uthaymīn – may Allâh have mercy on him explained:

❝If a person has proper understanding what he is calling people to, it makes no difference whether he is a great scholar or a seeker of knowledge who is a hard worker, or an ordinary Muslim whose knowledge of a particular issue is clear and certain.

The Messenger (ﷺ) said: “Convey from me, even if it is a Âyah.” He did not stipulate that the dā‘iyah (one who calls people to Allâh) should have vast knowledge; rather he stipulated that he should have knowledge of what he is calling people to. As for the one who is ignorant and calls people on the basis of emotion, that is not permissible.

Hence we see some brothers who call people to Allâh although they have only a little knowledge, and we find that because of the strength of their emotions they declare to be harām things that Allâh has not declared harām, and they impose obligations that Allâh has not enjoined upon His slaves. This is a very serious matter.

Allâh says (interpretation of the meaning):

“And say not concerning that which your tongues put forth falsely: ‘This is lawful and this is forbidden,’ so as to invent lies against Allâh. Verily, those who invent lies against Allâh will never prosper. A passing brief enjoyment (will be theirs), but they will have a painful torment” (al-Nahl: 116 - 117)❞

(Fatāwa ‘Ulama’ al-Balad al-Harām, p. 329)

And Allâh ﷻ knows best