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In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful!

وَقِيلِهِ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

فَاصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَقُلْ سَلَامٌ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

And by oath of My Prophet's cry: “O my Lord! These are a people who do not believe!”

So turn away from them and say: “Peace [be upon you]!” - for soon they will come to know the truth!

Quran 43:88-89 الزخرف

Few Reminders about the People Mentioned In the Above Aayah

Their hearts are filled with fear due to the fear they have of their Lord. They fear that the justice of their Lord will take effect on them and thus they will be left with no good deeds. They are afraid of having a false good opinion about themselves that they have fulfilled the rights of their Lord and they fear that their Eemaan will cease. This is due to the fact that they know their Lord and what He deserves of exaltation and glory. This fear of theirs necessitates that they refrain from that which will bring about those evil consequences of sins and due to falling short in that which one has been commanded. They carry out that which they have been commanded, such as the prayer, zakat, hajj etc whilst fearing for themselves when their deeds will be presented in the presence of their Lord and on that Day in which they will stand in His presence [on the day of judgement] – fearing that their deeds will not save them from the punishment of Allaah due to their knowledge of their Lord and what He truly deserves of obedience through various types of worship. [Ref 1]

Ibraaheem At-Taymi [rahimahullaah] said: I do not compare my speech with my actions except fearing that my [speech] belies [my deeds].
Ibn Abee Mulayka [rahimahullaah] said: I met thirty Companions of the Prophet [sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam] and each of them was afraid of hypocrisy for himself and none of them said that he was as strong in belief as the angel Jibreel or Meekaa’eel.
And Al-Hasan Al-Basri [rahimahullaah] said: It is only true believers who fear nifaaq and only a munaafiq who considers himself safe [i.e. does not fear nifaaq]. [Ref 2]

[Ref 1: (Tayseer Al-Kareem Ar-Rahmaan Fee Tafseer Kalaam Al-Mannaan). Abridged and paraphrased]

[Ref 2: Saheeh Al-Bukhaari Vol 1. Chapter 36. (What is said regarding) the fear of a believer that his good deeds may be annulled without his knowledge]

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Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said;

"The majority of people have sold their souls for a cheap price."

[al-Jawab ul-Kaafi (pg.104)]

✒ Be The Key To Goodness كن مفتاح للخير 🗝

Prophet Muḥammad Ṣallallāhu-ʿAlaihi Wa Sallam said:

*“Indeed, from amongst mankind are those who are KEYS to GOODNESS (and) LOCKS to EVIL and indeed from amongst mankind are those who are KEYS to EVIL (and) LOCKS to GOODNESS, so GLAD-TIDINGS to the one for whom Allāh has placed the keys to goodness in his hand and WOE to the one for whom Allāh has placed the keys to evil in his hand.”*

● [مختصر صحيح الجامع الصغير برقم ٢٢٢٣ ، حسنه الألباني]

The Essential Characteristics of the Hypocrites in Personality...

From Abu Hurairah (radiyallaahu 'anhu) who said that Allaah's Messenger said:

''Two characteristics are not found together in a hypocrite: good manners and [good] understanding of the Religion [of Islam].''

[Reported by At-Tirmidhee (no.2685)]

Envy Is A Burning Coal

The Noble Scholar Ibn 'Uthaymīn [رحمه الله] said:

«الحسدُ جمرةٌ في القلب والعياذ بالله، كلَّما أنعم الله على عبده نعمة احترق هذا القلب والعياذ بالله حيث أنعم الله تعالى على عباده، فتجدهُ دائماً في نكد ودائماً في قلق.»

❝Envy is a burning coal in the heart and Allāh's refuge is sought. Everytime Allāh bestows a blessing upon His worshipper this heart becomes inflamed and Allāh's refuge is sought because Allāh the Most-High bestows a blessing upon His worshippers, so you find the envious person always miserable and with worry.❞

[Sharh Riyādh As-Sālihīn, (6/249) | Translated by Abbās Abu Yahya, Mirāth al-Anbiyya]

Be PATIENT ‼️

Ibn al-Jawzi (رحمة الله):

"Understand that life has occasions. One time it is poverty, and another time it is wealth. Once it is honour, and another it is humiliation. Happy is he is who remains grounded in each situation."

[Sayd al-Khatir [p.282]

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‎How the salaf recognized good people

‎Fudayl ibn iyad رحمه الله said:

‎We do not recognize one [merely] due to his many prayers & fasting;

‎Rather what we recognise is generosity,openness,being good natured & to give sincere advice to the ummah.

‎Jaami-ul uloom wal-Hikam: page: 91

The Prophet (Sallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:

“Whoever is mainly concerned about the Hereafter, Allaah will make him feel independent of others and will make him focused and content, and his worldly affairs will fall into place. But whoever is mainly concerned with this world, Allaah will make him feel in constant need of others and will make him distracted and unfocused, and he will get nothing of this world except what is decreed for him.”

(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2389; classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’, 6510).

Ibn `Umar used to say, "If you survive till the evening, do not expect to be alive in the morning, and if you survive till the morning, do not expect to be alive in the evening, and take(advantage) from your health for your sickness, and (take) from your life for your death."

[Saheeh Al-Bukhari]

The Prophet Sallahu alaihi wa sallam said : "If you all depend on Allah with due reliance, He would certainly give you provision as He gives it to birds who go forth hungry in the morning and return with full belly at dusk".

[At-Tirmidhi]. Saheeh – [Saheeh Al jaami 5254]

✦ Helping others ✦

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ al- ʿUthaymīn رحمه الله said:

“Whenever you fulfil the needs of your brother, Allāh will fulfil your needs.”

[Sharḥ Riyāḍ aṣ-Ṣāliḥīn]

Ibn Umar–[kind treatment towards animals]

Wahb Ibn Kaysaan (rahimahullaah) narrated that Ibn Umar (radiyallaahu-anhu) saw a shepherd and some sheep in a filthy place, and he saw (another) place better than it. So he said to the shepherd: Woe to you, O shepherd! Move your sheep (to the better place); for indeed I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) saying: ”Every shepherd is responsible for his flock.” [1]

Shaikh Zaid Bin Haadi (rahimahullaah) said: This hadeeth shows the obligation of kind treatment towards those under one’s care, whether a human being or cattle…. [2]

[1] See Adabul Mufrad of Imaam Bukhaari. Number: 416

[2] Slightly paraphrased. For more benefits derived from this hadeeth, see ‘Awn Al-Ahadus Samad Sharh Adab Al-Mufrad of Shaikh Zayd (rahimahullaah) Vol. 1 page 459
https://masjidfurqan.co.uk/2014/09/01/our-salaf-ibn-umar-kind-treatment-towards-animals/

In the midst of an explanation of surah al-Hadeed, sheikh Salih al-Fawzan mentioned the following point:

[فليس المقصود أنك تحفظ القرآن عن ظهر قلب ، وأنك تقرؤه بتجويد وصوت الحسن ، ليس هذا هو المقصود ، هذا وسيلة إلى التدبر ، والتدبر وسيلة إلى الخشوغ والعمل . وأما مجرد أن تحفظ القرآن وتتلوه وتجيد تلاوته ، فهذا ليس هو المقصود .]

"The point is not that you memorize the Qur'an by heart and recite it with tajweed and a nice voice. That is not the end goal; that is just a means to contemplating the Qur'an, and contemplating is a means to having khushoo' and acting according to the Qur'an. As for merely memorizing the Qur'an, reciting it and beautifying your recitation - that is not the end goal."

[Tafsir Hizb al-Mufassal 1/394]

Know, my son, that my father was a rich man who left wealth worth thousands behind him. When I reached puberty, I was given twenty dinars and two houses and I was told it was all he had left. I took the dinars and bought books of Sacred Knowledge with them. I sold the houses and spent the money in my pursuit of knowledge. Nothing remained of the wealth I had inherited. Your father has never humiliated himself in his quest for knowledge nor has he gone around cities like other preachers have. He has never sent a note asking something from others and all his affairs are running smoothly:

٢ وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا
٣ وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ

For him who fears Allāh, He shall make a way out and provide for him from places he could not expect.
[Sūrah at- Ṭalāq : 2-3]

al- Ḥāfiẓ Abū’l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī, Sincere Counsel to the Seekers of Sacred Knowledge, page 71, Dār us-Sunnah Publishers

*Waking up your children for Salah isn't disturbing. Good parents train their kids to pray & ensure they have a pious upbringing.*

Taqwa, Knowledge and Beauty

It is reported that Abū Al-Dardā – Allāh be pleased with him – said:
You will never be pious (a person of taqwā) until you become knowledgeable, and you will never be beautiful with your knowledge until you act [by it].

Ibn Ábd Al-Barr, Jāmi’ Bayān Al-‘Ilm wa Faḍlihī article 1239.

https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/taqwa-knowledge-and-beauty/