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Some of the Salaf (may Allāh have mercy upon them) said: “Allāh has gathered all of the medicine in half Āyah ‘And eat and drink but waste not by extravagance’ • [7:31].”

‎● [تفسير ابن كثير ٣\٤٠٦]

🎐 Magic is a real and tangible entity.
That is why it is necessary for the Muslim to fortify himself against it by following what is mentioned in the Sharia


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You have a weak will and the path of life is hard.

Adam tired on this path,

Nûh (Noah, peace be upon him) lamented for it,

Ibrâhîm (Abraham, peace be upon him) was thrown into the fire because of it,

Ismâ'îl (Ishmael, peace be upon him) was about to be slaughtered in its cause,

Yûsuf (Joseph, peace be upon him) was sold for a cheap price and was imprisoned for several years,

Zakariyah (Zachary, peace be upon him) was sawed in half,

Yahyâ (John, peace be upon him) was slaughtered,

Aiyûb (Job, peace be upon him suffered distress,

Dâwûd (David, peace be upon him) cried,

'Îsâ (Jesus, peace be upon him) accompanied dangerous creatures,

And Muhammad (peace be upon him) suffered poverty and many kinds of harm.

You say that you are enjoying yourself with pleasure and delight!

Book: Al-Fawaid, a Collection of Wise Sayings
By Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله
Translation by: Bayan Translation Services
Umm Al-Qura Publishing
Page: 67

Allāh In His Glorious and Perfect Book describes a people in the following manner:

“They are like cattle, nay even more astray; those! They are the heedless ones.”

[Sūrah al-A’rāf [The Heights] 7:179]

Imām Ibn Kathīr mentioned in relation to this verse:

“[This] means, those who neither hear the truth, nor understand it, nor see the guidance, are just like grazing cattle that do not benefit from these senses, except for what sustains their life in this world...”

Regarding the part: “Nay even more astray..”, he said:

“because cattle still respond to the call of their shepherd, even though they do not understand what he is saying. As for the people described here, they are unlike cattle, which fulfill the purpose and service they were created for.”

Basically, a people are described as worse than cattle because even with the sense that Allāh The Most High has blessed them with, they still refuse to accept or act on faith whereas the cattle do not have the senses that humans have been blessed with, will still respond to call of their owner.

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Work and earn a living:

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

كَانَ زَكَرِيَّا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام نَجَّارًا

Zechariah, upon him be peace, worked as a carpenter.

Source: Sahih Muslim 2379, Grade: Sahih

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

وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَأَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَحَدُكُمْ حَبْلَهُ فَيَحْتَطِبَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ رَجُلًا فَيَسْأَلَهُ أَعْطَاهُ أَوْ مَنَعَهُ

By him in whose hand is my soul, if one of you were to carry a bundle of firewood on his back and sell it, that would be better for him than begging a man who may or may not give him anything.

Source: Sahih Bukhari 1401, Grade: Muttafaqun Alayh

The Messenger of Allāh صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said:

“When the day of Friday arrives there are Angels upon the door of every mosque recording those who arrive in order and when the Imām sits to deliver the sermon they close their scrolls and come to listen to the remembrance. The example of one who arrive the earliest is like one who offers a fine camel, then the next is like one who offers a cow, then the next is like one who offers a ram, then the next is like one who offers a chicken, then the next is like one who offers an egg.”

Sahih Bukhari 887 | Saheeh

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ كَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ بَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ مَلَائِكَةٌ يَكْتُبُونَ الْأَوَّلَ فَالْأَوَّلَ فَإِذَا جَلَسَ الْإِمَامُ طَوَوْا الصُّحُفَ وَجَاءُوا يَسْتَمِعُونَ الذِّكْرَ وَمَثَلُ الْمُهَجِّرِ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يُهْدِي الْبَدَنَةَ ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي بَقَرَةً ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي الْكَبْشَ ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي الدَّجَاجَةَ ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي الْبَيْضَةَ كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ كَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ بَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ مَلَائِكَةٌ يَكْتُبُونَ الْأَوَّلَ فَالْأَوَّلَ فَإِذَا جَلَسَ الْإِمَامُ طَوَوْا الصُّحُفَ وَجَاءُوا يَسْتَمِعُونَ الذِّكْرَ وَمَثَلُ الْمُهَجِّرِ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يُهْدِي الْبَدَنَةَ ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي بَقَرَةً ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي الْكَبْشَ ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي الدَّجَاجَةَ ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي الْبَيْضَةَ

صحيح البخاري ٨٨٧ | صحيح

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‘Abdullaah ibn Shawthab said: “It is from the bounties of Allaah upon the young man who becomes keen on practice and worship that he finds a friend who will help him in adhering to the Sunnah.”

(Al-Laalakaa’i (60/1))
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'Lying and Iman'

Abu Bakr As-Siddiq رضي الله عنه said:

"Beware of lying, for lying is far removed from iman."

📚 [Abu Bakr Al-Kallal, Al-Sunnah no. 1467, 1470; Al-Bayhaqi, Shuʿab Al-Iman no. 4463]

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The Companions and those who followed them upon righteousness did not use to praise themselves.

Therefore, a Walee (righteous person) should not praise himself, saying: “I am one of the Awliyaa’”, or “I am a Walee”, or “I have such-and-such status”. He should not praise himself.

Rather, he should see himself as someone falling short (in fulfilling his duties).

Allaah تعالى says in Surah al-Mu’minoon while describing the characteristics of the Believers of this Ummah, He تعالى says:

وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْتُونَ مَا آتَوا وَّقُلُوبُهُمْ وَجِلَةٌ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ رَاجِعُونَ

{And they who give what they give (in charity) while their hearts are full of fear, because they are sure to return to their Lord (for reckoning).}

[Surah al-Mu’minoon (23): 60]

Umm al-Mu’mineen, Aaishah رضي الله عنها - as reported in al-Musnad (of Imaam Ahmad) and others - asked the Prophet ﷺ about the meaning of this Aayah. She said: “O Messenger of Allaah! Is he the person who commits fornication, steals, murders, while he also fears the punishment?" He ﷺ said: “No, O daughter of al-Siddeeq. Rather, he is a person who performs the Salaah, Fasts, and gives charity while he fears that (His Lord) will not accept it (from him).”

[Sunan al-Tirmidhee (3175), Sunan Ibn Maajah (4198), Musnad Ahmad (25263, 25705) and graded as “Saheeh li ghairihee” by Shaikh al-Albaanee. See al-Saheehah (162)]

And there are numerous Aathaar (narrations) from the Companions in this regards which point to this noble characteristic.

Abdullaah Ibn Abee Mulaikah said: “I met more than thirty Companions (of the Prophet ﷺ) and each one of them was afraid of becoming a hypocrite.”

[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree, vol. 1, Book 2, chapter 36]

Abdullaah Ibn Umar said: “If I come to know that (Allaah تعالى) has accepted from me even one Sajdah that is better for me (and more beloved) than the Dunya and what is in it.”

[al-Tamheed of Ibn Abd al-Barr (4/256)]

They did not use to ascribe purity for themselves.

Al-Hasan al-Basree used to say: “A believer combines between doing good deeds and fear [that his good deeds might not be accepted], whereas a hypocrite combines between evil deeds and hope [that he will be forgiven even if he did not repent].”

[Tafseer al-Tabaree (17/68)]

A believer does good deeds and at the same time fears; fears that his good deeds will not be accepted, that it will be rejected. And this is why he strives in doing more good deeds, and acts of obedience, and the acts which will bring him closer to Allaah.

But he does not ascribe purity for himself. Rather, he only hopes that Allaah سبحانه وتعالى will accept his deeds.

Look at this remarkable example in this regards, in the story of Khaleel al-Rahmaan (Ibraaheem عليه السلام), while he is building the House (Kabah) of al-Rahmaan, at the instructions of al-Rahmaan سبحانه وتعالى.

Allaah تعالى says:

{And (remember) when Ibraaheem and (his son) Ismaaeel were raising the foundations of the House (the Kabah at Makkah), (saying): “Our Lord! Accept (this service) from us. Verily! You are the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.”}

[Surah al-Baqarah (2): 127]

The scholars (the exegesis) have said in their books of Tafseer, he عليه السلام used to say this Du`aa with each stone. With each stone that he used to place during construction, he used to ask Allaah to accept it from him.

Ibn Katheer رحمه الله reported in his Tafseer, in the explanation of this Aayaah, the statement of Wuhaib Ibn al-Ward.

Wuhaib Ibn al-Ward was one of the pious predecessors, when he read this Aayaah, he began to weep. He said: “The Khaleel of al-Rahmaan, building the House of al-Rahmaan, at the instructions of al-Rahmaan, and he (Ibraaheem) still feared that it will not be accepted from him!”

The Evil Impact Of Sins Upon The Heart

Imām Ibn al-Qayyim (d.751AH) رحمه الله said:

"It is sufficient for the sinner as a punishment that the veneration & awe of Allāh جل جلاله is removed from his heart."

[Ad-Daa' wad-Dawaa' p.171.Daar 'Aalim al-Fawaaid print, 2nd edition]

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إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ ٱلۡأَبۡتَرُ
"Certainly, the one who bears hatred towards you is the one severed from all good."
[Soorah al-Kawthar]

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Ibn al-Qayyim, in Al-Fawā'id said:

❝So show no concern for the praise of the one whose praise cannot adorn you in any way, nor for the blame of one whose blame can do nothing to disfigure or dishonor you. And seek the praise of the One in whose praise is all honor and in whose blame is all disgrace.❞

●[Al-Jawziyyah, Ibn Qayyim. Al-Fawā'id. Riyadh: Maktabah Al-Rushd, 2001 (1422 H), 221 | Translated By Mikail Ibn Mahboob Ariff]

Maymun b. Mihran Describes The Salaf He Met
It is reported that Maymūn b. Mihrān – Allāh have mercy on him – said:

I have met men in front of whom I would be ashamed to speak, and I have met men who used to say nothing but the truth, or be silent. And I have met men who had never seen the sky properly, out of fear of their Lord.

Abū Bakr Al-Daynūrī, Al-Mujālasah wa Jawāhir Al-ʿIlm article 2039.

https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/topic/manners-and-conduct/

Distributing Islamic Books

Shaykh AbdulAziz bin Baz -Rahimahullaah- said:
“توزيع الكتب والأشرطة النافعة الصادرة من علماء السنة من أفضل القربات، لأن ذلك من نشر العلم والدعوة إلى الخير”.

‘Distributing beneficial books and cassettes authored by the scholars of the Sunnah is from the best ways of coming closer to Allaah. That is because it is distributing knowledge and inviting to goodness.’
[Fatawa 24/57]

‏قال ابن باز:
“توزيع الكتب والأشرطة النافعة الصادرة من علماء السنة من أفضل القربات، لأن ذلك من نشر العلم والدعوة إلى الخير”.
الفتاوى ٥٧/٢٤
https://followingthesunnah.com/2018/09/26/scholars-and-knowledge/

Knowledge and Manners...

Abu Zakariyya Al 'Anbari said:

"Knowledge without manners is like fire without wood. And manners without knowledge is like a soul without body."

●[Al Jaami' Li Akhlāq Al Rāwī p.12]

🔘 How to identify what your state will be like in the grave?

🎓 Ibn al-Qayyim said:

❝The state of a person in the grave will be like the state of the heart in the chest; in bliss or facing punishment, imprisoned or roaming freely. If you want to know what your state in the grave will be like, then look at the state of your heart in your chest.

💠 If the your heart is filled with joy and tranquility, and is pure (clean from pride, envy and other evils) - then by the Will of Allaah, the same will be your state in the grave. And it's opposite is also true.

💠 This is why you find that a person - who is obedient (to Allaah), and has good manners (with the creation), and who is forgiving (and kind) - to be the most tranquil (and at rest).

💠 Faith takes away distress, removes the grief, and it (Faith) is the coolness of the eyes of the one upon Tawheed (monotheism), and (the means of) comfort for the worshipers.

➡️ Whoever is preoccupied with Tasbeeh (saying: Sub-haan Allaah), his private affairs will be taken care of.

➡️ And whoever is preoccupied with al-Hamd (saying: alhamdulillaah), he will be given bounties one after the other.

➡️ And whoever is preoccupied with al-Istighfaar, the locked (doors) will be opened for him.❞

📚 [al-Daa' wal-Dawaa' (1/187-188)]