♦ Two Types of Sabr

Allah says in surah al-Baqarah:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ‌ وَالصَّلَاةِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِ‌ينَ

O you who believe! Seek help in patience and al-Salaah. Truly! Allah is with al-Sabiroon (the patient ones). [2:153]

Imam ibn Kathir wrote the following under his tafsir of this ayah:

والصبر صبران ، فصبر على ترك المحارم والمآثم ، وصبر على فعل الطاعات والقربات . والثاني أكثر ثوابا لأنه المقصود . كما قال عبد الرحمن بن زيد بن أسلم : الصبر في بابين ، الصبر لله بما أحب ، وإن ثقل على الأنفس والأبدان ، والصبر لله عما كره وإن نازعت إليه الأهواء . فمن كان هكذا ، فهو من الصابرين الذين يسلم عليهم ، إن شاء الله .ـ

Al-Sabr (patience) is of two types: sabr in leaving off the forbidden acts and sins, and sabr in performing the acts of obedience and things which draw one nearer to Allah. And the second of these is greater in reward because that is the desired objective.

This is like what ‘Abdur-Rahman ibn Zaid ibn Aslam said: Sabr is of two types: Sabr for the sake of Allah in what He loves – even if it is heavy on oneself and one’s body -, and sabr for the sake of Allah against what He dislikes – even if your desires draw you towards it.

So whoever is like this, then he is one of the sabiroon upon whom Allah has placed His peace, inshaAllaah.

[Tafsir ibn Kathir 1/467]
https://tulayhah.wordpress.com/2018/12/17/assorted-quran-benefits-13/

🌿 Patience with Prayer

🎓 Shaykh AbdurRahman bin Nasr as-Sa’adi[1] -Rahimullaah-

📝 Translated by: Abbas Abu Yahya

Shaykh AbdurRahman bin Nasr as-Sa’adi (d. 1376 A.H.) said in his Tafseer of the saying of Allaah Ta’ala:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ اسْتَعِينُواْ بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلاةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ

<< O you who believe! Seek help in patience and As-Salat (the prayer). Truly! Allaah is with As-Sabirin (the patient ones.>> [al-Baqarah: 153]

‘Allaah Ta’ala commanded the believers to seek aid for their religious and worldly affairs <<in patience and As-Salat (the prayer)>>

Patience is securing the soul and preventing it from that which it dislikes. It is of three divisions:

Making the soul patient upon obedience to Allaah until it carries out that obedience.
Keeping the soul away from sinning against Allaah until it leaves that sinning.
Keeping the soul patient with the painful Qadr of Allaah (what Allaah has painfully destined) so the soul does not become discontent.
Therefore, patience is a great aid for all matters, there is no way for the one who is impatient to achieve what he needs, especially continuous difficult acts of obedience which are in dire need of having patience and swallowing the bitterness of hardship, therefore, if a person with difficulties adheres to patience then he wins successfully.

If a person rejects difficulties and hardships without patience and being tolerant with them then he does not acquire anything. But has gained that what is Haram, and also that sin which the soul ferociously desires, is inclined to that sin and that is within the capability of the slave of Allaah. This sinning is not possible to leave except with having great patience, and preventing the heart provoke/invoke the soul and its inclination/tendency to Allaah Ta’ala, and seeking aid with Allaah and protection from it, since it is from the Major Fitn (Trials & Tribulations).

Likewise are the difficult tribulations, especially if they are continuous and they cause the physical and psychological strengths to weaken and that which results from this sinning is also found, which is displeasure and anger. These occur if a person does not rectify his soul with patience for Allaah’s sake, with reliance upon Him, and seeking refuge with Him and continuously being in need of Allaah.

You have come to know that the slave of Allaah is in need of patience, rather he is compelled to Allaah in all of his circumstances, so this is why Allaah Ta’ala ordered to have patience, Allaah mentioned that He is 《with As-Sabirin (the patient ones).》meaning: with those who have the mannerisms of patience, its characteristics, possesses seeking aid with Allaah, His success and Allaah correcting him, then the tribulations become easier upon him due to patience, all the difficulties, dislikes and all major things become easy for him, all hardships are taken away from him, this is a specific closeness to Allaah, which necessitates loving him and aiding him, helping him and being close to him. This is a great characteristic for the people who have patience, therefore, if there were not an excellence for the patient ones other than they were given success with this being close to Allaah, then this would be sufficient as an excellence and honour. As for the general understanding of being close to Allaah then it is the being close of knowledge [Allaah has knowledge of everything] and being close of Allaah’s Capability [Allaah is capable of everything], as in the saying of Allaah Ta’ala:

{وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ}

<< And He is with you (by His Knowledge) wheresoever you may be >> [Hadeed : 4] and this is general for all the creation.

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Omar Ibn Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said:

‘’If one of you knew what is in it (of goodness/reward) in saying Jazaakllahu khayran to his brother, you will keep saying it to each other’’

Ibn Abi Shayba 1/436

Ibnul-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

The traveller will reach his destination if he continues on his way, adheres to the right path, and wakes up at night (for worship). But he who strays from the right path and sleeps at night, how can he reach his destination?

[al-Fawaa'id, p160]

A man was with Yaḥya bin Muadh رحمه الله and recited in his presence the ayaah: "And speak to him (Firawn) with gentle speech." [Surah Ṭaḥa, 44]

Yaḥya began to weep. He then said.

“My Lord, if this is Your mercy and gentleness with the one who says, ‘I am your God’ (i.e Fir'awn claimed lordship for himself), then how will it be with the one who says that You are God?

● [تفسير البغوي ٢٧/١]

Devil's Deception Of The Poor (Al Fuqurā)

✒️..Some poor people pretended to be poor when they are rich. then they resort to begging which is a sin that is punishable by hell

📌The messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

"He who begs to increase his riches is in fact asking only for a live coal.It is up to him to decrease it or increase it".
[Muslim 1041]

✏️Even if they do not beg others, but only hope for people to believe that they are asceptic, then they are showing off.

✏️And if they are truly poor, then it is better for them to conceal this fact. some of the Salaf used to always carry a key with him in order to make others think that he owned a home, when in fact he was so poor that he had no home, and spent his night in the masjid.

📣Also, Iblīs convinces a poor person that he is better than a rich person. This is because he has given up on becoming rich like him. This is wrong because betterment is not a function of what one possesses.

تلبيس إبليس
امام ابن الجوزي رحمه الله
[منهج الاسلامية]

The great Imaam Shaykh Rabee ibn Haadi al Madkhali حفظه الله تعالى said:

‎I advise the Salafi youth:

‎Firstly, that they seek knowledge

‎Secondly, that they sit with the people of good

‎Thirdly, that they stay away from the people of evil

‎الموقف الصحيح من اهل البدع ص٧٩

https://twitter.com/salafireading/status/1075395982895013890?s=21

Hadeeth Number Thirty-Six:

The Virtue of Reciting the Qur’aan & Remembering Allaah Together


On the authority of Aboo Hurayrah رضي الله عنه that the Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم said:

“Whoever removes a grief from a believer from amongst the sorrows of this life, Allaah will remove a grief from him amongst the sorrows of the Day of Resurrection. Whoever brings ease to one in difficulty, Allaah will make it easy for him in this life and the Hereafter. Whoever covers a Muslim, Allaah will cover him in this life and the Hereafter. Allaah is in aid of the servant so long as the servant is in aid of his brother. Whoever traverses a path seeking knowledge, Allaah will make a path to Paradise easy for him. No people gather in one of the houses of Allaah reciting the Book of Allaah and studying it amongst themselves, except that tranquility descends upon them, mercy envelopes them, the Angels surround them, and Allaah mentions them amongst those who are with Him. Whosoever is slowed down by his actions will not be sped forward by his lineage.” (Related by Muslim with this wording)*

*Muslim #2699; Aboo Daawood #3643; at-Tirmidhee #2646, 2935; Ibn Maajah #225; ad-Daaramee #349; Imaam Ahmad in al-Musnad #7421


📚Book: Explanatory Notes on Imaam an-Nawawee’s Forty Ahaadeeth (Revisited) | Page: 226, 227

Published by: Tarbiyyah Publishing

Translated by: Aboo Mu’aawiyah ‘Aqeel ibn Kenneth Ingram

Sakhr b. Ġāmidī narrated that the Prophet ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam said, “Allāhumā bārik li ʾummatī fī bukūrihā” (O Allāh, bless my ummah in the early portion of their days).

Whenever he sent out a detachment or an army, he would do so in the beginning of the day.

Ṣakhr was a businessman. He would send his merchandise at the beginning of the day, so he became rich and acquired a lot of wealth.“

Abū Dāwūd said, ”He is Ṣakhr b. Wadāʿah."

حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى بْنُ عَطَاءٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ بْنُ حَدِيدٍ، عَنْ صَخْرٍ الْغَامِدِيِّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لأُمَّتِي فِي بُكُورِهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَكَانَ إِذَا بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً أَوْ جَيْشًا بَعَثَهُمْ فِي أَوَّلِ النَّهَارِ ‏.‏ وَكَانَ صَخْرٌ رَجُلاً تَاجِرًا وَكَانَ يَبْعَثُ تِجَارَتَهُ مِنْ أَوَّلِ النَّهَارِ فَأَثْرَى وَكَثُرَ مَالُهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَهُوَ صَخْرُ بْنُ وَدَاعَةَ ‏.‏

Al-Albānī: Ṣaḥīḥ.

الألباني: صحيح

Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī, al-Sunan #2606 3/35
أبي داود، سنن #٢٦٠٦ ٣/٣٥
http://shamela.ws/browse.php/book-1726/page-3552

*His Heart Is Imprisoned*

Shamsuddeen Muhammad Bin Abee Bakr Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah [D.751 A.H.] [رحمه الله] said:

❝From the greatest means for the constraint of the heart is: Turning away from Allaah [تعالى], and attaching the heart to other than Him. Being negligent of His remembrance, and loving other than Him, since whoever loved something other than Allaah then he is punished with that thing. His heart is imprisoned in loving that other thing. So there is none in this world who is more wretched than him, and none more in a gloomier situation, nor a more miserable survival, nor any one with a more tired / sick heart.❞

[Zaad al-Ma’ad By Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, (2/25) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]

The Circles and Gatherings of Knowledge Are Indeed the Gardens of Paradise in This World | Shaykh ʿAbd ar-Razzāq ibn ʿAbd al-Muḥsin al-ʿAbbād

A brief article extolling the virtues of sitting in the gatherings of knowledge, the gardens of paradise in this world.

Ibn al-Qayyim (raḥimahullāh) said:
“Whoever would like to reside [in] the gardens of Paradise in this world, let him take up residency [in] the gatherings of remembrance, for verily, they are the gardens of Paradise.”
[Shaykh ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-ʿAbbād, Fiqh al-Ad‘iyah Wa-al-Adhkar vol. 1, pg. 29.]


Shaykh ʿAbd ar-Razzāq al-ʿAbbad (hafidhahullāh) said:

Verily, the gatherings of remembrance are the gardens of Paradise in this world.

Imam Aḥmad, at-Tirmidhī and others narrated on the authority of Anas ibn Mālik (raḍi Allāhu ͑anhū) that the Messenger of Allah (ṣallallāhu ͑ alayhī wa-sallam) said: “When you pass by the gardens of Paradise, then feast.” They said: “And what are the gardens of Paradise?” He said: “The circles of remembrance.”[2]

[Furthermore,] Ibn Abī ad-Dunyā and al-Ḥakīm and others have [also] narrated this from the Ḥadith of Jābir ibn ʿAbdillāh (raḍi Allāhu ͑anhū) who said: “The Messenger (ṣallallāhu ͑ alayhī wa-sallam) came to us and said: ‘O people! Feast in the gardens of Paradise.’ So we said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh (ṣallallāhu ͑ alayhī wa-sallam)! What are the gardens of Paradise?’ He said: ‘The gatherings of remembrance.’ Then he said: ‘Remember Allāh in the morning and in the evening, and whoever wishes to know his status with Allāh then let him look to see what Allāh’s status with him is. For indeed, Allāh gives the slave the status the slave has given Him for himself.’”[3] This Ḥadith is ḥasān by virtue of the two aforementioned chains.[4]

Ibn al-Qayyim (raḥimahullāh) said: “Whoever would like to reside [in] the gardens of Paradise in this world, let him take up residency [in] the gatherings of remembrance, for verily, they are the gardens of Paradise.”[5]

Endnotes:

[2] Reported by Imām Aḥmad in his Musnad 3/150 and at-Tirmidhī (no. 3510).
[3] al-Mustadrak 1/494.
[4] Refer to Ṣaḥīh at-Targhīb wa-at-Tarhīb (no. 1511).
[5] al-Wābil as-Sayyib pg. 145.

[Fiqh al-Adʿiyah wa-al-Adhkār vol. 1, pg. 29]

Translated by: Musa Shaleem Mohammed

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Shaykh Muqbil Bin Hadi Al Wadi’i
رحمه الله
“Our sins are more harmful upon us than America, and those who govern us.”

(Ghaara tul ashrita 2/170)

“The most sincere people to you are those who make you fear Allāh (i.e. by way of advice).”

[ “Jamī’ al-‘Ulūm wal-Hikam” pg. 161].

The Ruling on Benefitting from Christmas and New Year’s Sales

🎓Shaykh Sulaymān Salīmullāh ar-Ruḥāylī

Addicted to Playstation or Xbox or Pubg??

If one day...

Muḥammad bin 'Abdillāh bin Zinji al-Baghdādi recited the following poetry to me:

If one day a friend apologizes to you

For a shortcoming, the excuse or a brother is accepted;

So spare him from your harshness and forgive him,

Because tolerance is a quality of every noble man.

[Book: Selections From The Gardens Of The Wise And The Meadow Of The Virtuous by Abū Ḥātim Ibn Ḥibbān (D. 354H), p. 100-101 | Translation: Ihsan Gonsalves]

💡 Let's live like our Role Modelﷺ

🕌 Practice What You Preach

☪️ The Messenger of Allahﷺ said: “A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and thrown into the Fire; his intestines will spill forth in the Fire and he will go around them as a donkey goes around the millstone.

The people of Hell will gather around him and will say: O So and so, what is the matter with you? Did you not enjoin us to do what is good and forbid us to do what is evil?

He will say: Yes, but I used to enjoin good and not do it, and I used to forbid evil and do it.”

📜 Narrated by al-Bukhaari (3267) and Muslim (2989)