Alee Ibn Abee Taalib said:

“Serious matters are the best, and newly invented matters are the worst. Every newly invented matter is an innovation, and everyone who introduces something new is an innovator. The one who innovates is mislead, and no innovator introduces an innovation but he has forsaken a Sunnah”

[Al-Bidaayah Wan-Nihaayah, 7/319]

Ibn al-Qayyim Rahimahullahu Ta'ala said:

“Allah sometimes gives the earth permission to breathe, which is when major earthquakes happen; this makes people feel scared, so they repent, give up sins, pray to Allah and feel regret [for their sins]. When there had been an earthquake, some of the Salaf said: ‘Your Lord is warning you.’ When Madeenah was struck by an earthquake, ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allah be pleased with you) addressed the people and said: ‘If there is another earthquake, I will not stay here with you.’”

[Miftah Dar al-Sa’ada (1/221)

The Noble Scholar Shaykh Muhammad bin Sālih Al-'Uthaymīn رحمه الله stated:

"Be firm and do not change due to the abundance of attacks against you or the revilement of your speech so long as you are upon the truth. Be firm, for it's not possible for the truth to be budged."

[Sharh An-Nūniyyah 3/270]

Translated by Abu Yusuf Khaleefah hafidahullah

‘Before the coming of the Hour there will be fitnahs like patches of dark night. A person shall awaken in the morning a believer but by the evening become a disbeliever, or in the evening be a believer but by morning become a disbeliever; and people will sell their religion in order to acquire some portion of the world.’

Al-Tirmidhi, no.2197. The hadith was graded hasan in al-Albani, Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah (Riyadh: Maktabah al-Ma‘arif, 1995), no.810.

Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzan حفظه الله ورعاه said:

‎"Whoever does not follow the Book (the Qur'aan), nor the Sunnah, nor the evidences, then they only follow what their own souls desire."

‎[إفادة المستفيد في شرح تجريد التوحيد ص٣٣]

The Foundation of Islam

Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal said, the foundation of Islam are based on three hadith:

- The hadith of Umar,
"Actions are only by intentions"

- The hadith of A’aisha,
"Whoever innovates in this affair of ours (the religion) that which is not from it then it is rejected"

- The hadith of Nu’maan Ibn Basheer,
"The Halaal is clear and the haraam is clear"

— Jami’ al Ulum wal Hikam Pg.2

'Abdullāh Ibn Shawdhab said: "It is from the blessing of Allāh on a youth who has became religious that he befriends a practitioner of Sunnah, so that he encourages him to practise it."

● [اللالكائي في شرح اصول الائتواد
اهل السنة ١/٦٠/٣١]

Saalih Bin Mihraan Ash-Shaybaani (rahimahullaah) said:

”Every workman is not be able to carry out his work except with tools; and the tools of Islam is knowledge.”

[Source: Quoted by Shaikh Abdullaah Al-Bukhaari in Maqaalaat Ash-Shar-iyyah page 23; and its original source is found in Tabaqaat Al-Muhadditheen Bi-Asbahaan 2/216]
https://masjidfurqan.co.uk/2014/08/11/every-workman-saalih-bin-mihraan/
pdf (arabic): المقالات الشرعية - المجموعة الأولى, الشيخ عبد الله البخاري
https://www.ajurry.com/vb/showthread.php?t=45414

The Lucrative Brother

It is reported that Bilāl b. Saʿd – Allāh have mercy on him – said:

A brother who, whenever you meet him, points out to you one of your faults (for you to correct yourself) is better for you than a brother who, whenever you meet him, puts a dīnār (money) in your hand.

Abū Bakr Al-Daynūrī, Al-Mujālasah wa Jawāhir Al-ʿIlm no. 1428.

https://news.1rj.ru/str/sayingsofthesalaf/88

Students of knowledge of the past

Ibn Qutaibah رحمه الله said: "In the past, a student of knowledge would listen to learn, and learn to act, and gain understanding of the religion in order to benefit himself and others. But now it has become such that they listen (only) in order to accumulate, and they accumulate (only) in order to be mentioned, and they memorise in order to overcome (others) and boast."

‎● [اختلاف اللفظ صحفة ١٨]

Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbāli رحمه الله said:

"And from the greatest of voluntary deeds that brings you closer to Allāh is abundantly reciting Qur'ān, listening to it, pondering upon it and understanding it."

‎● [جامع العلوم والحكم ٢/٣٤٢]

Standing Out Firmly With Justice

Shaykh Rabee Bin Hadi Al-Madkhali [حفظه الله] said:

«يجب أن نربي أنفسنا على قول الحق ، وقبل ذلك على البحث عن الحق ، فتقف إلى جانب الحق ، وتكون قواماً بالقسط ، شهيداً لله ، ولو على نفسك أو الوالدين والأقربين.»

❝It is obligatory that we educate and train ourselves upon speaking the truth, but before that, is to search for the truth.

You should stand on the side of the truth, standing out firmly with justice, witnesses for Allaah even if it is against your own-self or your parents and close relatives. ❞

[Al-Majmoo Ar-Raiq, (Page: 21) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]

It is mentioned in Saheeh Muslim from the hadeeth of Zayd bin Thaabit, from Our Prophet ﷺ that he said:

تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ "

"Seek protection with Allaah from Fitan, whatever is apparent and hidden."

The companions - رضي الله عنهم - said:

نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ.

"We seek protection with Allaah from Fitan, whatever is apparent and hidden."

[Sahih Muslim, n. 2867]

Book: [The Effects of Fitan, p. 17 | Translation revised by Aboo Ruqayyah Raha ibn Ronald Batts]

How many people sleep through the time of fajr yet jump up to their alarm to attend their job on time? Don't they realise that they go out from their homes to get their provision but they forget about the Provider Himself; Ar-Razzaq.

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said “The two Rak'ah before the Dawn (Fajr) Prayer are Better than this World and ALL it contains.”

Shaykh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymeeyah [رحمه الله] said:

❝The believer is pleased with a truthful statement, whether it is for him or against him, and gets angry at a false statement whether it is for him or against him.❞

[Majmoo Al-Fatawa, (10/600) || Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]

Put your phone down! #Sunnah

On the authority of Ibn Umar who said: ‘A man came to the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: ‘

O Messenger of Allaah! Which of the people are the most beloved to Allaah and which of the actions are most beloved to Allaah?’

The Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:

‘The most beloved of the people to Allaah are the most beneficial for the people. The most beloved of actions to Allaah –Azza wa Jal- are to cause happiness to reach a Muslim, to relieve him from a hardship, to settle a debt for a Muslim or to repel hunger from him. For me to walk with a brother in order to assist him is more beloved to me than to make ‘Itikaf in this Masjid (Masjid al-Madeenah) for a month.

Whoever holds back his anger then Allaah hides his mistakes. Whoever suppresses his anger – even though he is not scared to show it, but withholds due to the truth – Allaah fills his heart with hope on the day of Judgement. Whoever walks with his brother to assist him with a need until he has helped him completely, then Allaah plants his feet firmly on the day people will not stand firmly. Indeed bad behaviour spoils good actions, just as vinegar spoils honey.’

Taken from Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah of Shaykh Al-Albaani. No. 906

https://abdurrahman.org/2014/03/19/actions-and-people-most-beloved-to-allaah/

Hadith

Narrated Abdullah bin Masud:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) entered Mecca (in the year of the Conquest) and there were three-hundred and sixty idols around the Kaba. He then started hitting them with a stick in his hand and say: 'Truth (i.e. Islam) has come and falsehood (disbelief) vanished. Truly falsehood (disbelief) is ever bound to vanish.' (17:81) 'Truth has come and falsehood (Iblis) can not create anything.' (34:49)

Sahih al-Bukhari
USC-MSA web (English) : Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 244
Arabic : Book 65, Hadith 4720

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