Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "A M
Muslim, male or female, continues to remain under trial in respect of his life, property and offspring until he faces Allah, the Exalted, with no sin record".
[At- Tirmidhi].
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : " ما يزال البلاء بالمؤمن والمؤمنة في نفسه وولده ة وماله حتى يلقى الله تعالى وما عليه خطيئة" ((رواه الترمذي وقال حديث حسن صحيح
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "A M
Muslim, male or female, continues to remain under trial in respect of his life, property and offspring until he faces Allah, the Exalted, with no sin record".
[At- Tirmidhi].
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : " ما يزال البلاء بالمؤمن والمؤمنة في نفسه وولده ة وماله حتى يلقى الله تعالى وما عليه خطيئة" ((رواه الترمذي وقال حديث حسن صحيح
*For Or Against*
Shaykh ul-Islaam 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 is for him or against him.❞
[Majmoo al-Fatawa, (10/600)
Ibnul Mubaarak said;
“The people of the dunya exited the dunya before tasting the sweetest of that which is in it. It was said to him, and what is the sweetest of that which is in it?
He said: Ma’rifatu Allah (knowledge and awareness of Allah).”
Hilyatul Awliyaa Vol. 3 Page 431
The Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"He who is not merciful to others, will not be treated mercifully."
[Narrated Jarir bin 'Abdullah | Sahih al-Bukhari | 6013]
Shaykh ul-Islaam 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 is for him or against him.❞
[Majmoo al-Fatawa, (10/600)
Ibnul Mubaarak said;
“The people of the dunya exited the dunya before tasting the sweetest of that which is in it. It was said to him, and what is the sweetest of that which is in it?
He said: Ma’rifatu Allah (knowledge and awareness of Allah).”
Hilyatul Awliyaa Vol. 3 Page 431
The Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"He who is not merciful to others, will not be treated mercifully."
[Narrated Jarir bin 'Abdullah | Sahih al-Bukhari | 6013]
Abū ‘Imrān al-Jūnī:
“Whoever loves that his heart is enlightened for him then let him eat less.”
‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Dāwūd:
“Eating a little aids in hastening towards doing good (deeds).”
Al-Hasan al-Basrī:
“Subhān Allāh! Does a Muslim eat until he cannot eat anymore?!”
Sufyān ath-Thawrī:
“If you want your body to be correct then sleep and eat less.”
● [Jāmi’ al-‘Ulūm wal-Hikam (v. 2 p. 472)]
Al-Hasan al-Basrī:
“O' son of Ādam! Eat in ⅓ of your stomach, drink in ⅓ and leave ⅓ for breathing.”
● [Jāmi’ al-‘Ulūm wal-Hikam (v. 2 p. 469)]
‘Amr bin al-Aswad used to leave a lot from his fill of food out of fear from it showing on his stomach.
‘Abdullaah ibn ‘Umar رضي الله عنهما:
“I have not eaten my fill of food since I embraced Islaam.”
● [Jāmi’ al-‘Ulūm wal-Hikam (v. 2 p. 470)]
‘Amr bin Qays:
“Beware of (filling) the stomach for verily it hardens the heart.”
Salamah bin Sa’īd:
“Indeed a person would be rebuked for his stomach just like he was for his sins.”
Some of the scholars said:
“If you have a stomach then prepare yourself for some time until it reduces.”
Some of the scholars said:
“If you have a stomach then prepare yourself for some time until it reduces.”
● [Jāmi’ al-‘Ulūm wal-Hikam (v. 2 p. 471)]
Ibn Rajab:
“Indeed the Prophet ﷺ and his companions used to remain hungry a lot.”
● [Jāmi’ al-‘Ulūm wal-Hikam (v. 2 p. 475)]
“Whoever loves that his heart is enlightened for him then let him eat less.”
‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Dāwūd:
“Eating a little aids in hastening towards doing good (deeds).”
Al-Hasan al-Basrī:
“Subhān Allāh! Does a Muslim eat until he cannot eat anymore?!”
Sufyān ath-Thawrī:
“If you want your body to be correct then sleep and eat less.”
● [Jāmi’ al-‘Ulūm wal-Hikam (v. 2 p. 472)]
Al-Hasan al-Basrī:
“O' son of Ādam! Eat in ⅓ of your stomach, drink in ⅓ and leave ⅓ for breathing.”
● [Jāmi’ al-‘Ulūm wal-Hikam (v. 2 p. 469)]
‘Amr bin al-Aswad used to leave a lot from his fill of food out of fear from it showing on his stomach.
‘Abdullaah ibn ‘Umar رضي الله عنهما:
“I have not eaten my fill of food since I embraced Islaam.”
● [Jāmi’ al-‘Ulūm wal-Hikam (v. 2 p. 470)]
‘Amr bin Qays:
“Beware of (filling) the stomach for verily it hardens the heart.”
Salamah bin Sa’īd:
“Indeed a person would be rebuked for his stomach just like he was for his sins.”
Some of the scholars said:
“If you have a stomach then prepare yourself for some time until it reduces.”
Some of the scholars said:
“If you have a stomach then prepare yourself for some time until it reduces.”
● [Jāmi’ al-‘Ulūm wal-Hikam (v. 2 p. 471)]
Ibn Rajab:
“Indeed the Prophet ﷺ and his companions used to remain hungry a lot.”
● [Jāmi’ al-‘Ulūm wal-Hikam (v. 2 p. 475)]
Convey with knowledge and wisdom!
How can you convey with knowledge and wisdom?
In the first place you didn't seek knowledge!
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On the authority of Abu Musa who said:
❝When the Messenger [ﷺ] would send one of his companions for something he would say:
‘Give good news and do not push people away. Make things easy and do not make things difficult.’❞
[Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah of Shaykh Al-Albaani, (No. 992) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]
How can you convey with knowledge and wisdom?
In the first place you didn't seek knowledge!
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On the authority of Abu Musa who said:
❝When the Messenger [ﷺ] would send one of his companions for something he would say:
‘Give good news and do not push people away. Make things easy and do not make things difficult.’❞
[Silsilah Ahadeeth As-Saheehah of Shaykh Al-Albaani, (No. 992) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]
NO SECRET IS HIDDEN FROM HIM
It is inevitable that whoever is heedless of taqwā will be hit in his most vulnerable spot, in the open or in secret. - In the open, he will be afflicted with showing off, and in secret, he will be afflicted with violating the prohibitions of Allāh while he is alone. Thus, the person needs taqwā of Allāh in secret and in the open because he knows that all the affairs belong to Allāh and no secret is hidden from Him.
Book: Explanation of the Concise Advices of Shaykh-ul-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
By Shaykh Sulaymān ar-Ruhaylī
Translated by Rasheed Barbee
Authentic Statements Publications| P. 24
It is inevitable that whoever is heedless of taqwā will be hit in his most vulnerable spot, in the open or in secret. - In the open, he will be afflicted with showing off, and in secret, he will be afflicted with violating the prohibitions of Allāh while he is alone. Thus, the person needs taqwā of Allāh in secret and in the open because he knows that all the affairs belong to Allāh and no secret is hidden from Him.
Book: Explanation of the Concise Advices of Shaykh-ul-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
By Shaykh Sulaymān ar-Ruhaylī
Translated by Rasheed Barbee
Authentic Statements Publications| P. 24
Ibn Taymiyyah: "How many have been raised high whilst seeking neither highness nor corruption."
● [السياسة الشرعية ص ٢٣٧]
Ibn Taymiyyah: "How many are those who seek highness whilst this pursuit only increases them in lowliness."
● [السياسة الشرعية ص ٢٣٧]
● [السياسة الشرعية ص ٢٣٧]
Ibn Taymiyyah: "How many are those who seek highness whilst this pursuit only increases them in lowliness."
● [السياسة الشرعية ص ٢٣٧]
Understanding The Meaning Of The Qur’aan
Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah [رحمه الله] said:
«المطلوب فهم معاني القرآن والعمل به، فإن لم تكن هذه همة حافظه لم يكن من أهل العلم والدين»
❝What is required is understanding the meanings of the Qur’aan and acting upon it, if the one who memorised it does not have a concern for understanding the meanings of the Qur’aan then he is not from the people of knowledge and Deen.❞
[From Majmoo al-Fatawa, (23/55) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]
Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah [رحمه الله] said:
«المطلوب فهم معاني القرآن والعمل به، فإن لم تكن هذه همة حافظه لم يكن من أهل العلم والدين»
❝What is required is understanding the meanings of the Qur’aan and acting upon it, if the one who memorised it does not have a concern for understanding the meanings of the Qur’aan then he is not from the people of knowledge and Deen.❞
[From Majmoo al-Fatawa, (23/55) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]
The things that nullify (nawāqid) the wuḍū (ablution) are eight:
"ونواقضه ثمانية":
(1) Whatever comes out from the two private parts;
الخارج من السبيلين،
(2) Any foul impure substance that comes out from the body;
والخارج الفاحش النجس من الجسد
(3) Loss of consciousness (i.e. sleep/insanity);
وزوال العقل،
(4) Touching a woman with sexual desire;
ومس المرأة بشهوة،
(5) Touching one’s private part with the hand, whether it is the frontal or rear (private part);
ومس الفرج باليد قبلا كان أو دبرا،
(6) Eating the meat of camels;
وأكل لحم الجزور،
(7) Bathing a deceased person;
وتغسيل الميت،
(8) Apostating from Islām, may Allāh protect us from that!
والردة عن الإسلام. أعاذنا الله من ذلك.
Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb, Shurūṭ ʾl-Ṣalāh wa Arkānuhā wa Wājibātuhā 1/4
محمد بن عبد الوهاب، شروط الصلاة وأركانها وواجباتها ١/٤
http://shamela.ws/browse.php/book-11266/page-3
"ونواقضه ثمانية":
(1) Whatever comes out from the two private parts;
الخارج من السبيلين،
(2) Any foul impure substance that comes out from the body;
والخارج الفاحش النجس من الجسد
(3) Loss of consciousness (i.e. sleep/insanity);
وزوال العقل،
(4) Touching a woman with sexual desire;
ومس المرأة بشهوة،
(5) Touching one’s private part with the hand, whether it is the frontal or rear (private part);
ومس الفرج باليد قبلا كان أو دبرا،
(6) Eating the meat of camels;
وأكل لحم الجزور،
(7) Bathing a deceased person;
وتغسيل الميت،
(8) Apostating from Islām, may Allāh protect us from that!
والردة عن الإسلام. أعاذنا الله من ذلك.
Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb, Shurūṭ ʾl-Ṣalāh wa Arkānuhā wa Wājibātuhā 1/4
محمد بن عبد الوهاب، شروط الصلاة وأركانها وواجباتها ١/٤
http://shamela.ws/browse.php/book-11266/page-3
[Morning And Evening Adhkar - A Shield For The Believers:]
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said,
“The morning and evening adhkar play the role of a shield; the thicker it is the more its owner will not be affected. Rather, its strength can reach to such an extent that the arrow shot at it will bounce back to affect the one who shot it.”
Shaykh Uthaymeen رحمه الله said,
“The morning and evening adhkar are a stronger fortress than the wall of Ya’jooj and Ma’jooj, for the one who says it while his heart is present.
And Ibn Salah رحمه الله said,
“Whoever maintains the morning and evening adhkar, the adhkar after the prayers, and the adhkar before sleeping will be written among those “who remember Allah much.””
Ibn Katheer رحمه الله said,
“Wear the ‘coat’ of adhkar so it can protect you from the evils of humans and jinn. And cover your souls with istighfar so it can erase the sins of the night and day.”
The greatest of these benefits is that these adhkar keep Shaitan away from the person who recites them, and they prevent the evil from mankind and jinn from harming such people. The person who recites these adhkar on a daily basis builds around himself a fortress to protect himself from his enemy.
Allah azza wajal says,
"O you who believe! Remember Allah with much remembrance. And glorify His Praises morning and evening.”
[Quran 33:41,42]
"And glorify the Praises of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting.”
[Quran 50:39]
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said,
“The morning and evening adhkar play the role of a shield; the thicker it is the more its owner will not be affected. Rather, its strength can reach to such an extent that the arrow shot at it will bounce back to affect the one who shot it.”
Shaykh Uthaymeen رحمه الله said,
“The morning and evening adhkar are a stronger fortress than the wall of Ya’jooj and Ma’jooj, for the one who says it while his heart is present.
And Ibn Salah رحمه الله said,
“Whoever maintains the morning and evening adhkar, the adhkar after the prayers, and the adhkar before sleeping will be written among those “who remember Allah much.””
Ibn Katheer رحمه الله said,
“Wear the ‘coat’ of adhkar so it can protect you from the evils of humans and jinn. And cover your souls with istighfar so it can erase the sins of the night and day.”
The greatest of these benefits is that these adhkar keep Shaitan away from the person who recites them, and they prevent the evil from mankind and jinn from harming such people. The person who recites these adhkar on a daily basis builds around himself a fortress to protect himself from his enemy.
Allah azza wajal says,
"O you who believe! Remember Allah with much remembrance. And glorify His Praises morning and evening.”
[Quran 33:41,42]
"And glorify the Praises of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting.”
[Quran 50:39]
Our Salaf: The Night prayer-Thaabit Al-Bunaanee and Maymoon Ibn Mehraan:
Thaabit Al-Bunaanee رحمه الله used to pray at night and fast during the day. He used to say:
‘’There is nothing I find more pleasing to my heart than Qiyaamul Layl (i.e. Tahajjud)’’
[Sifatus Safwah 3/262]
Maymoon Ibn Mehraan رحمه الله said:
”The nobility of a Muslim is in performing the prayer in the darkness of night and not being desperate for what is in the hands of the people (i.e. their possessions)
[Shu’ab Al-Imaan 3/171]
Thaabit Al-Bunaanee رحمه الله used to pray at night and fast during the day. He used to say:
‘’There is nothing I find more pleasing to my heart than Qiyaamul Layl (i.e. Tahajjud)’’
[Sifatus Safwah 3/262]
Maymoon Ibn Mehraan رحمه الله said:
”The nobility of a Muslim is in performing the prayer in the darkness of night and not being desperate for what is in the hands of the people (i.e. their possessions)
[Shu’ab Al-Imaan 3/171]
IF A CALAMITY BEFALLS YOU..
If a calamity befalls you, look towards Allāh's favor upon you. If Allāh tests you with a sickness in your body, then surely, despite your illness, He has blessed you in your body in many other ways. Thus, the One who tested you is the One who has also favored you with countless blessings. This will assist the Muslim in being patient with calamities that befall him. If a calamity befalls him and he is patient, he will attain a tremendous position.
Book: Explanation of the Concise Advices of Shaykh-ul-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
By Shaykh Sulaymān ar-Ruhaylī
Translated by Rasheed Barbee
Authentic Statements Publications| P. 83
If a calamity befalls you, look towards Allāh's favor upon you. If Allāh tests you with a sickness in your body, then surely, despite your illness, He has blessed you in your body in many other ways. Thus, the One who tested you is the One who has also favored you with countless blessings. This will assist the Muslim in being patient with calamities that befall him. If a calamity befalls him and he is patient, he will attain a tremendous position.
Book: Explanation of the Concise Advices of Shaykh-ul-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
By Shaykh Sulaymān ar-Ruhaylī
Translated by Rasheed Barbee
Authentic Statements Publications| P. 83
💠 When the Qadr of Allaah takes place (i.e. when a calamity befalls), the sight is lost and the caution is thrown to the wind.
➡️ If Allaah تعالى has written for a thing to happen, will it happen or not happen?
It will happen!
Irrespective of how much one tries and whatever he does, and irrespective of how rich he is and how much he spends to avert it, he cannot avert the Qadr of Allaah, it is impossible!
Look at the story of Moosaa عليه السلام and Firaoun. Some of the fortunetellers or those who saw the dream approached Firaoun and said to him that your destruction will be at the hands of the child from Banee Israaeel.
Regarding dreams there are two occurrences, either it is false and it will not harm you, or it is true and it will happen no matter what you do.
So Firaoun, his intelligence deceived him and he started killing all the male infants from the tribes of Banee Israaeel so that the one who will be the reason for his destruction is killed and the threat eliminated.
But that child (Moosaa عليه السلام) was born, and was nurtured and raised in the house of the one who tried to kill him - Firaoun; and he (Firaoun) spent on him from his wealth, and let him live in his palace.
Then when Moosaa عليه السلام grew up, he went to Madyan and stayed there for as long as Allaah Willed him to stay there. Then he returned to Egypt. So, the reason for the destruction of Firaoun was at the hands of whom?! At the hands of the same child whom he had tried to kill.
Nothing can avert the Qadr of Allaah.
There are things which Allaah plants deeply in a person’s heart and that person cannot remove it except by doing it.
When Moosaa عليه السلام along with the Banee Israaeel left the land of Egypt, where was Firaoun? He was in Egypt, the land which he ruled, and those in Egypt used to worship him. The best for him was to let Moosaa عليه السلام go away, as he was already leaving, and Firaoun would have his kingdom for himself, and he would live therein, and the people to worship him.
Irrespective of all this, something lingered in his heart. So, he and those who were with him and his army were made to leave their land and chase Moosaa عليه السلام. As Allaah تعالى said:
فَأَخْرَجْنَاهُم مِّن جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ * وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
{So We removed them from gardens and springs; and treasures and honorable station...}
📚 [Surah al-Shuaraa (26): 57-58]
Allaah تعالى did not sent Angels to take Firaoun and his people by their hands and made them to come out of their houses. Rather, Allaah instilled the desire in the heart of Firaoun and those who were with him and made it easy for them to go on the chase for Moosaa عليه السلام and the Banee Israaeel. So, they did not go out to benefit themselves, but they went out to their own destruction and death.
Similarly, when Allaah wishes good for his slave, He تعالى instills love in his heart to do good.
Sometimes, you see a person is more desirous than you to do good, even though you are stronger than him physically. The question is not about: “from where he got this strength?” Rather, the question is: “from where did he get this desire to do good?”
Allaah creates the desires in the hearts of His slaves and assists them in doing good, when He تعالى knows the sincerity of their intentions, and truthfulness of their faith.
🌴🌴🌴
📑 Note:
Abu Hurairah reported: The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said: “A strong believer is better and dearer to Allaah than a weak one, and both are good. Adhere to that which is beneficial for you. Keep asking Allaah for help and do not refrain from it. If you are afflicted in any way, do not say: “If I had taken this or that step, it would have resulted into such and such”, but say only:
قَدَّرَ اللَّهُ وَمَا شَاءَ فَعَلَ
Qaddara-llaahu, wa maa shaa’ fal
(It is the decree of Allah and what He wills He does)
The word 'if' opens the gates of satanic thoughts.”
📚 [Saheeh Muslim]
➡️ If Allaah تعالى has written for a thing to happen, will it happen or not happen?
It will happen!
Irrespective of how much one tries and whatever he does, and irrespective of how rich he is and how much he spends to avert it, he cannot avert the Qadr of Allaah, it is impossible!
Look at the story of Moosaa عليه السلام and Firaoun. Some of the fortunetellers or those who saw the dream approached Firaoun and said to him that your destruction will be at the hands of the child from Banee Israaeel.
Regarding dreams there are two occurrences, either it is false and it will not harm you, or it is true and it will happen no matter what you do.
So Firaoun, his intelligence deceived him and he started killing all the male infants from the tribes of Banee Israaeel so that the one who will be the reason for his destruction is killed and the threat eliminated.
But that child (Moosaa عليه السلام) was born, and was nurtured and raised in the house of the one who tried to kill him - Firaoun; and he (Firaoun) spent on him from his wealth, and let him live in his palace.
Then when Moosaa عليه السلام grew up, he went to Madyan and stayed there for as long as Allaah Willed him to stay there. Then he returned to Egypt. So, the reason for the destruction of Firaoun was at the hands of whom?! At the hands of the same child whom he had tried to kill.
Nothing can avert the Qadr of Allaah.
There are things which Allaah plants deeply in a person’s heart and that person cannot remove it except by doing it.
When Moosaa عليه السلام along with the Banee Israaeel left the land of Egypt, where was Firaoun? He was in Egypt, the land which he ruled, and those in Egypt used to worship him. The best for him was to let Moosaa عليه السلام go away, as he was already leaving, and Firaoun would have his kingdom for himself, and he would live therein, and the people to worship him.
Irrespective of all this, something lingered in his heart. So, he and those who were with him and his army were made to leave their land and chase Moosaa عليه السلام. As Allaah تعالى said:
فَأَخْرَجْنَاهُم مِّن جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ * وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
{So We removed them from gardens and springs; and treasures and honorable station...}
📚 [Surah al-Shuaraa (26): 57-58]
Allaah تعالى did not sent Angels to take Firaoun and his people by their hands and made them to come out of their houses. Rather, Allaah instilled the desire in the heart of Firaoun and those who were with him and made it easy for them to go on the chase for Moosaa عليه السلام and the Banee Israaeel. So, they did not go out to benefit themselves, but they went out to their own destruction and death.
Similarly, when Allaah wishes good for his slave, He تعالى instills love in his heart to do good.
Sometimes, you see a person is more desirous than you to do good, even though you are stronger than him physically. The question is not about: “from where he got this strength?” Rather, the question is: “from where did he get this desire to do good?”
Allaah creates the desires in the hearts of His slaves and assists them in doing good, when He تعالى knows the sincerity of their intentions, and truthfulness of their faith.
🌴🌴🌴
📑 Note:
Abu Hurairah reported: The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said: “A strong believer is better and dearer to Allaah than a weak one, and both are good. Adhere to that which is beneficial for you. Keep asking Allaah for help and do not refrain from it. If you are afflicted in any way, do not say: “If I had taken this or that step, it would have resulted into such and such”, but say only:
قَدَّرَ اللَّهُ وَمَا شَاءَ فَعَلَ
Qaddara-llaahu, wa maa shaa’ fal
(It is the decree of Allah and what He wills He does)
The word 'if' opens the gates of satanic thoughts.”
📚 [Saheeh Muslim]
Whoever Fears Allāh...
Some of the Salaf said,
"Whoever fears Allāh, everything will fear him, and whoever does not fear Allāh will fear everything."
Book: One Hundred Pieces of Advice
By Ibn Al-Qayyim
Translated by Rasheed Barbee
Authentic Statements Publications
Page: 60
Some of the Salaf said,
"Whoever fears Allāh, everything will fear him, and whoever does not fear Allāh will fear everything."
Book: One Hundred Pieces of Advice
By Ibn Al-Qayyim
Translated by Rasheed Barbee
Authentic Statements Publications
Page: 60
The Whole Year for Ramadan
It is reported that Muʿlā b. Al-Faḍl – Allāh have mercy on him – said:
They (the Salaf) used to supplicate to Allāh for six months asking Him to get them to the month of Ramaḍān; and they used to supplicate for six months that Allāh accept [their fasting and other worship in Ramaḍān].
Abul-Qāsim Al-Aṣbahānī, Al-Targhīb wa Al-Tarhīb article 1761.
It is reported that Muʿlā b. Al-Faḍl – Allāh have mercy on him – said:
They (the Salaf) used to supplicate to Allāh for six months asking Him to get them to the month of Ramaḍān; and they used to supplicate for six months that Allāh accept [their fasting and other worship in Ramaḍān].
Abul-Qāsim Al-Aṣbahānī, Al-Targhīb wa Al-Tarhīb article 1761.
“Used to offer the full Prayer”
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The Sunnah of Fajr
'Ā'ishah has been reported to have said: "The Prophet (ﷺ) did not take care of any voluntary act of worship the way he took care of the two prayer units of Fajr." (al-Bukhārī, 1169, Muslim, 724, 94 (repeated).
It has also been reported from 'Ā'ishah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The two prayer units of Fajr are better than this world and all that it contains." (Muslim, 725, 96)
In another report of his (725, 97): "They are more beloved to me than the whole world."
[Book: Sincere Counsel to the Students of Sacred Knowledge by al-Ḥāfiẓ Abū'l-Faraj ibn al-Jawzī, p. 60 (footnote: 64) | Translation by Aymān ibn Khālid | Dār as-Sunnah Publishers]
'Ā'ishah has been reported to have said: "The Prophet (ﷺ) did not take care of any voluntary act of worship the way he took care of the two prayer units of Fajr." (al-Bukhārī, 1169, Muslim, 724, 94 (repeated).
It has also been reported from 'Ā'ishah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The two prayer units of Fajr are better than this world and all that it contains." (Muslim, 725, 96)
In another report of his (725, 97): "They are more beloved to me than the whole world."
[Book: Sincere Counsel to the Students of Sacred Knowledge by al-Ḥāfiẓ Abū'l-Faraj ibn al-Jawzī, p. 60 (footnote: 64) | Translation by Aymān ibn Khālid | Dār as-Sunnah Publishers]
🌱 A Comfortable Life 🌱
It is reported that ‘Umar b. ‘Abd Al-‘Azîz once wrote to Al-Hasan Al-Basrî to get a brief exhortation from him, so Al-Hasan wrote back , “The dunyâ distracts and preoccupies the heart and body, but al-zuhd (asceticism, not giving importance to worldly things) gives rest to the heart and body. Verily, Allâh will ask us about the halâl things we enjoyed, so what about the harâm!”
Al-Bayhaqî, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabîr, article 26
https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/a-comfortable-life
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It is reported that ‘Umar b. ‘Abd Al-‘Azîz once wrote to Al-Hasan Al-Basrî to get a brief exhortation from him, so Al-Hasan wrote back , “The dunyâ distracts and preoccupies the heart and body, but al-zuhd (asceticism, not giving importance to worldly things) gives rest to the heart and body. Verily, Allâh will ask us about the halâl things we enjoyed, so what about the harâm!”
Al-Bayhaqî, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabîr, article 26
https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/a-comfortable-life
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Sayings of the Salaf
A Comfortable Life - Sayings of the Salaf
It is reported that ʿUmar b. ʿAbd Al-‘Azīz once wrote to Al-Ḥasan Al-Baṣrī to get a brief exhortation from him, so Al-Ḥasan wrote back , “The dunyā
How many of us would say this?
Abu al-Dardā (radiallāhu anhu) said:
ثلاثة أحبهن ويكرههن الناس الفقر والمرض والموت أحب الفقر تواضعا لربي والموت اشتياقا لربي والمرض تكفيرا لخطيئتي
"Three things I love but the people hate: Poverty, illness and death. I love poverty out of humility to my Lord, and death out of fondness (of meeting) my Lord, and illness as expiation for my sin"
Al-Siyar of al-Dhahabi (2/349)
How many of us have the courage to genuinely say this and mean it?
Abu al-Dardā (radiallāhu anhu) said:
ثلاثة أحبهن ويكرههن الناس الفقر والمرض والموت أحب الفقر تواضعا لربي والموت اشتياقا لربي والمرض تكفيرا لخطيئتي
"Three things I love but the people hate: Poverty, illness and death. I love poverty out of humility to my Lord, and death out of fondness (of meeting) my Lord, and illness as expiation for my sin"
Al-Siyar of al-Dhahabi (2/349)
How many of us have the courage to genuinely say this and mean it?