Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
“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.“
● [Al Fawaaid p.174]
“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.“
● [Al Fawaaid p.174]
Imām Ahmad رحمه الله stated:
"Don't blind follow men in your religion, indeed they will never be free from making mistakes."
[Majmū' Al-Fatāwā of Shaykhul-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah 20/212]
"Don't blind follow men in your religion, indeed they will never be free from making mistakes."
[Majmū' Al-Fatāwā of Shaykhul-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah 20/212]
❌The Innovation of Greeting People One-by-One When Entering a Gathering ❌
Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī said :
From among the widespread innovations of this time—of which none has the capability to point out except the one who is well acquainted with the Sunnah of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and the Salaf al-Ṣālih—is that when a person enters and gives his salām, shakes hands
(and from the perfection of the greetings is to shake hands even though the narration it comes in is weak but its meaning is correct),
so he shakes hands but what is incorrect is that he gives salām [individually]
to everyone he shakes hands with.
So he says: “salāmu ʿʿalaykum, salāmu ʿʿalaykum, salāmu ʿʿalaykum", if there are twenty people in the gathering he gives twenty salāms; this is an innovation.
Rather, the Sunnah is that when a person enters upon a gathering that he say, “salāmu ʿʿalaykum” once, after this if it is possible for him to shake hands with those present in the gathering then that is better. If it is not possible for him to shake hands, he has accomplished the obligation of the Muslim giving salām to another Muslim—one fifth
(of the rights a Muslim has upon a Muslim)—that if you come upon another Muslim, you give him salām.
As for shaking hands, this is a recommended Sunnāh.
Like some of the companions have said :
👉We have not come upon the Messenger of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وسلم) except that we shook his hand.
So adding to the Sunnah al-Qawliyyah (the Prophet’s speech) or Sunnah al-Fiʿliyyah (the Prophet’s actions)
is an innovation in its essence.
For this reason, if it is said that adding good [to the sunnah] is good, [it is said] this speech will not save you because if it was truly good we would have been preceded in it (by the early generations). This is my advice.
Source: Silsilat al-Hudā wa-al-Nūr (181 )
Translated by : Munīb al-Ṣumālī
Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī said :
From among the widespread innovations of this time—of which none has the capability to point out except the one who is well acquainted with the Sunnah of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and the Salaf al-Ṣālih—is that when a person enters and gives his salām, shakes hands
(and from the perfection of the greetings is to shake hands even though the narration it comes in is weak but its meaning is correct),
so he shakes hands but what is incorrect is that he gives salām [individually]
to everyone he shakes hands with.
So he says: “salāmu ʿʿalaykum, salāmu ʿʿalaykum, salāmu ʿʿalaykum", if there are twenty people in the gathering he gives twenty salāms; this is an innovation.
Rather, the Sunnah is that when a person enters upon a gathering that he say, “salāmu ʿʿalaykum” once, after this if it is possible for him to shake hands with those present in the gathering then that is better. If it is not possible for him to shake hands, he has accomplished the obligation of the Muslim giving salām to another Muslim—one fifth
(of the rights a Muslim has upon a Muslim)—that if you come upon another Muslim, you give him salām.
As for shaking hands, this is a recommended Sunnāh.
Like some of the companions have said :
👉We have not come upon the Messenger of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وسلم) except that we shook his hand.
So adding to the Sunnah al-Qawliyyah (the Prophet’s speech) or Sunnah al-Fiʿliyyah (the Prophet’s actions)
is an innovation in its essence.
For this reason, if it is said that adding good [to the sunnah] is good, [it is said] this speech will not save you because if it was truly good we would have been preceded in it (by the early generations). This is my advice.
Source: Silsilat al-Hudā wa-al-Nūr (181 )
Translated by : Munīb al-Ṣumālī
Answering the Claim, "The Caller (Dāʿī) Is Better Than the Scholar "
Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī comments on the verse below, clarifying an existing doubt :
شَهِدَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ وَأُولُو الْعِلْمِ قَائِمًا بِالْقِسْطِ ۚ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
Allāh bears witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Him; and likewise,
the angels and the people of knowledge bear witness: He who maintains justice, none has the right to be worshipped but Him, the All Mighty, the All Wise.
[Sūrah al-ʿImrān, 3:18]
Present in this verse is a refutation of some of those who ascribe to the daʾwah, who say : The caller (dāʿī) is better than the scholar.
They use the argument that the caller is like the rain cloud, travelling from place to place, everyone benefits from it
[i.e. the rain].
While the scholar is like a well, no one drinks from it except those who travel to it. Glorified is Allāh the Exalted !
Are they more knowledgeable or Allāh? Who are the ones who testify to the oneness of Allāh [in this verse],
the scholar or the caller?
The scholar ! !
Who are the inheritors of the prophets? The scholars, or the callers who travel from place to place?
Some of them [i.e. callers] are not even able to recite Sūrah al-Fātiḥah correctly and do not know the pillars of Islām.
Corrupt reasoning and misinterpetation of the speech of Allāh and His Messenger (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) is the way of the people of innovation and desires;
so be warned.
Source :
Itḥāf al-ʿUqūl, pg. 89-90
Translated by : Munīb al-Ṣumālī
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Shaykh ʿUbayd al-Jābirī comments on the verse below, clarifying an existing doubt :
شَهِدَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ وَأُولُو الْعِلْمِ قَائِمًا بِالْقِسْطِ ۚ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
Allāh bears witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Him; and likewise,
the angels and the people of knowledge bear witness: He who maintains justice, none has the right to be worshipped but Him, the All Mighty, the All Wise.
[Sūrah al-ʿImrān, 3:18]
Present in this verse is a refutation of some of those who ascribe to the daʾwah, who say : The caller (dāʿī) is better than the scholar.
They use the argument that the caller is like the rain cloud, travelling from place to place, everyone benefits from it
[i.e. the rain].
While the scholar is like a well, no one drinks from it except those who travel to it. Glorified is Allāh the Exalted !
Are they more knowledgeable or Allāh? Who are the ones who testify to the oneness of Allāh [in this verse],
the scholar or the caller?
The scholar ! !
Who are the inheritors of the prophets? The scholars, or the callers who travel from place to place?
Some of them [i.e. callers] are not even able to recite Sūrah al-Fātiḥah correctly and do not know the pillars of Islām.
Corrupt reasoning and misinterpetation of the speech of Allāh and His Messenger (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) is the way of the people of innovation and desires;
so be warned.
Source :
Itḥāf al-ʿUqūl, pg. 89-90
Translated by : Munīb al-Ṣumālī
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Sufyaan Bin Uyaynah (rahimahullaah) said:
"If my morning is like that of the foolish and my night is like that of the ignorant,
then what will I do with the knowledge I wrote down?"
[Source: Akhlaaq Al-Ulamaa’ of Imaam Al-Aajurree. Page: 44]
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"If my morning is like that of the foolish and my night is like that of the ignorant,
then what will I do with the knowledge I wrote down?"
[Source: Akhlaaq Al-Ulamaa’ of Imaam Al-Aajurree. Page: 44]
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Our Salaf—Knowledge and Action [Sufyaan Bin Uyaynah and Al-Hasan Al-Basri]
Sufyaan Bin Uyaynah (rahimahullaah) said: ”If my morning is like that of the foolish and my night is like that of the ignorant, then what will I do with the knowledge I wrote down?” [So…
Sahl ibn Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Angel Gabriel (alayhissalaam) came to the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wassallam) and he said, “O Muhammad, live as you wish, for you will die. Work as you wish, for you will be repaid accordingly. Love whomever you wish, for you will be separated. Know that the nobility of the believer is in prayer at night and his honor is in his independence of the people.”
Source: al-Muʻjam al-Awsaṭ 4410
Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Albani
The Angel Gabriel (alayhissalaam) came to the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wassallam) and he said, “O Muhammad, live as you wish, for you will die. Work as you wish, for you will be repaid accordingly. Love whomever you wish, for you will be separated. Know that the nobility of the believer is in prayer at night and his honor is in his independence of the people.”
Source: al-Muʻjam al-Awsaṭ 4410
Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Albani
Uqbah bin Abi Sahbā’i said I heard al-Hasan al-Basri رحمه الله say:
“O’ assembly of young people, I warn you of procrastination, [by saying]: ‘Soon, I shall do this, and soon I shall do that.”
TN. Procrastination: The action of delaying or postponing something.
Qisar al-Amal, page 212, ibn Abi Dunyah رحمه الله
Translation: Authentic Quotes
“O’ assembly of young people, I warn you of procrastination, [by saying]: ‘Soon, I shall do this, and soon I shall do that.”
TN. Procrastination: The action of delaying or postponing something.
Qisar al-Amal, page 212, ibn Abi Dunyah رحمه الله
Translation: Authentic Quotes
غدا توفى النفوس ما كسبت … ويحصد الزارعون ما زرعوا
إن أحسنوا أحسنوا لأنفسهم … وإن أسؤا فبئس ما صنعوا
لطائف المعارف فيما لمواسم العام من الوظائف - لإبن رجب رحمه الله - صفحة ٢١٠-٢٠٩
“Tomorrow the souls will be granted what they worked for, and the farmers will harvest what they planted.
If they did good, then they did so for themselves, and if they did evil, then what terrible actions they have prepared.”
Latā'if al-Ma'ārif feemā li-Mawāsim al-Ām min al-Wadhā'if of ibn Rajab رحمه الله, Pages 209-210
Translation: Authentic Quotes
إن أحسنوا أحسنوا لأنفسهم … وإن أسؤا فبئس ما صنعوا
لطائف المعارف فيما لمواسم العام من الوظائف - لإبن رجب رحمه الله - صفحة ٢١٠-٢٠٩
“Tomorrow the souls will be granted what they worked for, and the farmers will harvest what they planted.
If they did good, then they did so for themselves, and if they did evil, then what terrible actions they have prepared.”
Latā'if al-Ma'ārif feemā li-Mawāsim al-Ām min al-Wadhā'if of ibn Rajab رحمه الله, Pages 209-210
Translation: Authentic Quotes
WORLDLY LIFE = INTOXICANT ❗
In the Name of Allaah, Ar-Rahmaan, Ar-Raheem…
Yahya Ibn Mu’aadh Ar-Raazee stated:
“This worldly life is the Devil’s intoxicant (Khamr). Whoever is intoxicated by it will not regain consciousness until they are in the ranks of the dead, in a state of regret, among the losers.” In the book ‘Uddah As-Saabireen of Al-Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim, p. 349, Daar Ibn Al-Jawzee.
Ibn Al-Qayyim said in the same book:
“The intoxicating effect of loving this world is far more potent than the intoxication that results from drinking alcohol by a long way. The one who is intoxicated by this will not gain his senses until he is in the darkness of his grave, and [if he regains his senses] and the effects of this cease while he is living then he will surely appreciate the extent of intoxication that this worldly life can cause and that it is more severe than alcohol…” (p. 349)
Ibn Al-Qayyim said,“Numerous narrations have been transmitted from the rightly guided predecessors where [they have mentioned] that the love of this world is the root of (all) sins and the source of them.” (p. 349)
He said, “The love of this world and leadership is that which has filled the Hellfire with its inhabitants, and the practice of abstinence as it relates to the life of this world and leadership is that which has filled paradise with its inhabitants.” (p. 349)
By Allah, the scholars of Islam, or the doctors of the hearts, have spoken the truth; this is truly an epidemic.
Even some non-Muslims are now attesting to the fact that materialism has brought nothing but misery to the world, and they have defined it as disease as ‘Affluenza’. However, they fail to understand that true happiness can only be achieved through belief in Allah and His Messenger.
📚Source: Fear the Temptation of this WorldCompiled and translated by Abu Abdullaah Hassan Somali
In the Name of Allaah, Ar-Rahmaan, Ar-Raheem…
Yahya Ibn Mu’aadh Ar-Raazee stated:
“This worldly life is the Devil’s intoxicant (Khamr). Whoever is intoxicated by it will not regain consciousness until they are in the ranks of the dead, in a state of regret, among the losers.” In the book ‘Uddah As-Saabireen of Al-Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim, p. 349, Daar Ibn Al-Jawzee.
Ibn Al-Qayyim said in the same book:
“The intoxicating effect of loving this world is far more potent than the intoxication that results from drinking alcohol by a long way. The one who is intoxicated by this will not gain his senses until he is in the darkness of his grave, and [if he regains his senses] and the effects of this cease while he is living then he will surely appreciate the extent of intoxication that this worldly life can cause and that it is more severe than alcohol…” (p. 349)
Ibn Al-Qayyim said,“Numerous narrations have been transmitted from the rightly guided predecessors where [they have mentioned] that the love of this world is the root of (all) sins and the source of them.” (p. 349)
He said, “The love of this world and leadership is that which has filled the Hellfire with its inhabitants, and the practice of abstinence as it relates to the life of this world and leadership is that which has filled paradise with its inhabitants.” (p. 349)
By Allah, the scholars of Islam, or the doctors of the hearts, have spoken the truth; this is truly an epidemic.
Even some non-Muslims are now attesting to the fact that materialism has brought nothing but misery to the world, and they have defined it as disease as ‘Affluenza’. However, they fail to understand that true happiness can only be achieved through belief in Allah and His Messenger.
📚Source: Fear the Temptation of this WorldCompiled and translated by Abu Abdullaah Hassan Somali
Sincerity is as if a safeguarded musk preserved in the depths of the heart, its scent adorning and distinguishing the one who wears it.
Ibn al-Jawzi, Seeds of Admonishment and
Reform, page 84, Dar us-Sunnah Publishers Birmingham
Ibn al-Jawzi, Seeds of Admonishment and
Reform, page 84, Dar us-Sunnah Publishers Birmingham
Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah رحمه الله said:
“To have spent the night sleeping and awakened regretful is better than to have spent the night standing [in prayer] and awakened impressed with oneself.”
Madārij as-Sālikeen 1/183
Translation: Authentic Quotes
“To have spent the night sleeping and awakened regretful is better than to have spent the night standing [in prayer] and awakened impressed with oneself.”
Madārij as-Sālikeen 1/183
Translation: Authentic Quotes
If a Person Keeps Falling into a Sin He Had Repented From
Ibn Taimiyyah, may Allāh have mercy on him, said:
It is not allowed for a Muslim, if he were to repent and then afterwards go back [to committing the sin], to persist [on that sin]; rather, he [must] repent, even if he were to go back [to that sin] a hundred times in a day.
Majmūʿ Al-Fatāwá, vol. 16, p. 58.
N.B.: Title mine (Tr.)
Translated by Mikail ibn Mahboob Ariff
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Ibn Taimiyyah, may Allāh have mercy on him, said:
It is not allowed for a Muslim, if he were to repent and then afterwards go back [to committing the sin], to persist [on that sin]; rather, he [must] repent, even if he were to go back [to that sin] a hundred times in a day.
Majmūʿ Al-Fatāwá, vol. 16, p. 58.
N.B.: Title mine (Tr.)
Translated by Mikail ibn Mahboob Ariff
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Yazeed bin Haaroon said:
«إن العالم حجتك بينك وبين الله تعالى، فانظر من تجعل حجتك بين يدي الله.»
"Verily the scholar is your proof between you and Allaah, the Most High, thus look to whom you make as your proof in front of Allaah."
[Reported By al-Khateeb In al-Faqeeh wal-Mutafaqqih, (2/378) | Translated By Abū Ruqayyah 'Abd us-Samad]
«إن العالم حجتك بينك وبين الله تعالى، فانظر من تجعل حجتك بين يدي الله.»
"Verily the scholar is your proof between you and Allaah, the Most High, thus look to whom you make as your proof in front of Allaah."
[Reported By al-Khateeb In al-Faqeeh wal-Mutafaqqih, (2/378) | Translated By Abū Ruqayyah 'Abd us-Samad]
The senior scholar Rabee bin Hadi al-Mudkhali -hafidhullaah- said:
‘If your brother makes a mistake, advise him with gentleness and present him proofs and evidences through which Allaah will benefit him.
As for sitting waiting in ambush for someone to make a mistake and to rouse up hatred here and there that so-and-so did such-and-such. These are the ways of the Shayateen not the way of the people of the truth.’
[Bahjatul Qaaree p.107]
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‘If your brother makes a mistake, advise him with gentleness and present him proofs and evidences through which Allaah will benefit him.
As for sitting waiting in ambush for someone to make a mistake and to rouse up hatred here and there that so-and-so did such-and-such. These are the ways of the Shayateen not the way of the people of the truth.’
[Bahjatul Qaaree p.107]
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Truly, a person who favours a current pleasure, whose effect will disturb his life and Hereafter, must be a person with no sense of sensibility. For how can a person favour such pleasures that are as temporary as a dream and as short as a good moment a person spends with a character visiting him in a dream, over an everlasting pleasure that is among the ultimate pleasures!
Imām Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, Heartfelt Advice to a Friend, page 37, Dār as-Sunnah Publishers Birmingham
Imām Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, Heartfelt Advice to a Friend, page 37, Dār as-Sunnah Publishers Birmingham
It is said to the intelligent Muslim who desires the Hereafter and detests this world: be in this world like this stranger who only looks to this world for that which will suffice him and leaves plentitude and luxury. When you do this, truly will you be a stranger, someone who is but passing on his way, someone who desires the Hereafter and looks down on this world. If you do this, you will see the praiseworthy outcome of your bearing with patience all the hardship and adversity of your journey. Allāh knows best.
*[Book: The Journey of the Strangers by al-Ḥāfiẓ ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī (d. 795H) , p. 42 | Translation by Abū Rumaysah | Daar us-Sunnah Publishers]*
*[Book: The Journey of the Strangers by al-Ḥāfiẓ ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī (d. 795H) , p. 42 | Translation by Abū Rumaysah | Daar us-Sunnah Publishers]*
Shaykh Muqbil (رحمه الله):
Disputes & arguments come from [misuse of] free time. When one spends his time memorizing Quran, writing, researching, building Arabic & handwriting skills, & calling to Allah's Way, his time is limited to that, with no time left over for arguments.
قال العلامة مقبل الوادعي
الجدل والخصام والمراء يأتي من الفراغ أما الذي عنده وقت لحفظ القرآن ، ووقت للتأليف أو لمعرفة البحث ووقت لقراءة اللغة العربية ، ووقت لتعلم الخط ووقت للدعوة إلى الله فإنه يضيق وقته عن هذه الأشياء ، ولم يبق له وقت للجدل والمراء والخصام
الجامع الكبير 2/478
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Disputes & arguments come from [misuse of] free time. When one spends his time memorizing Quran, writing, researching, building Arabic & handwriting skills, & calling to Allah's Way, his time is limited to that, with no time left over for arguments.
قال العلامة مقبل الوادعي
الجدل والخصام والمراء يأتي من الفراغ أما الذي عنده وقت لحفظ القرآن ، ووقت للتأليف أو لمعرفة البحث ووقت لقراءة اللغة العربية ، ووقت لتعلم الخط ووقت للدعوة إلى الله فإنه يضيق وقته عن هذه الأشياء ، ولم يبق له وقت للجدل والمراء والخصام
الجامع الكبير 2/478
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Shaykh Muqbil (رحمه الله): Disputes & arguments come from [misuse of] free time. When one spends his time memorizing Quran, writing, researching, building Arabic & handwriting skills, & calling to Allah's Way, his time is limited to that, with no time left…
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