*HADITH - THE ANT AND A PROPHET*


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

*نَزَلَ نَبِيٌّ مِنْ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فَلَدَغَتْهُ نَمْلَةٌ فَأَمَرَ بِجَهَازِهِ فَأُخْرِجَ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِبَيْتِهَا فَأُحْرِقَ بِالنَّارِ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ فَهَلَّا نَمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً*

*Once there was a prophet who was resting under a tree when an ant bit him, so he ordered that his luggage be taken away and the ant’s dwelling burned with fire. Allah revealed to him: Was one ant not enough?*


_Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3141, Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi_

In another narration, the Prophet said:

*فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ أَفِي أَنْ قَرَصَتْكَ نَمْلَةٌ أَهْلَكْتَ أُمَّةً مِنْ الْأُمَمِ تُسَبِّحُ*

*Allah revealed to him: A single ant has bitten you, yet you have destroyed a nation that glorifies Allah?*


_Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2241, Grade: Sahih_

Don’t you see that gold does not become pure unless it is first subjected to fire which melts it and removes its impurity? So trialling must occur. The evidence for that is reality and the revealed religion.

As for reality, then look at the trials that happened to the Prophet! There were tremendous trials in the beginning of the da’wah and at the end. What happened to him in Makkah? What happened to him in Tā’if? What happened to him in al Madīnah? Wasn’t his face split open and weren’t his cuspid teeth broken? The answer is of course that happened. So trialling must happen.

As for what is found in that regard in the revelation, then Allah (تبارك وتعالى) said:

﴿ وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوًّا مِّنَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴾

“And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from amongst the criminals.” [al-Furqān: 31]

Do you think that your enemy will sleep without trying to finish you off? Never. However, read what comes after this sentence:

﴿ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيًا وَنَصِيرًا ﴾

“But sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper.” [al-Furqān: 31]

Book: Ibn al Qayyim’s Sincere Advice to Ahl al-Sunnah about the Obligation of Supporting the Truth - شرح وصية الإمام ابن القيم لنفسه ولسائر إخوانه من أهل السنة في وجوب نصرة الحق
With detailed explanatory notes from:
Ahmad bin ‘Isā al-Najdī (1253-1327 h.)
Abd al-Rahmān bin Nāsir al-Sa’dī (1307-1376 h.)
Muhammad Khalīl Harrās (1334-1395 h.)
Muhammad bin Sālih al ‘Uthaymīn (1347-1421 h.)
Sālih bin Fawzān al Fawzān (1354 h. - )
Translated & Compiled by: Abū Suhailah ‘Umar Quinn
Page: 117

"When Yunus (عليه السلام) was swallowed by the whale. In its stomach, he focused on the Tawheed of Allah and it got him through.

When you are drowning in problems, focus on Tawheed of Allah and this will get you through too."

— Ustadh Abu Ibraheem Hussnayn

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
(There is none worthy of worship but You, glory is to You. Surely, I was among the wrong doers.)

https://abuaminaelias.com/dailyhadithonline/2014/02/04/hadith-on-jonah-allah-will-answer-those-who-call-upon-him-with-the-supplication-of-yunus/

#tawheed

Beware of being hasty.

How many calamities, difficulties and problems have afflicted those who are hasty! The days and nights are going and leaving behind the traces and consequences of hastiness!

How much corruption and destruction and unpraiseworthy consequence have occurred because of partisanship and the following of desires? We ask Allaah to keep us safe from that.

Book: Words of Advice Regarding Da’wah - من أقوال سماحة الشيخ عبدالعزيز بن عبدالله ابن باز في الدعوة
Author: the Noble Shaykh ‘Abdul ‘Azeez ibn ‘Abdullaah ibn Baaz
Compiled by: Ziyaad ibn Muhammad as-Sa’doon
Translated by: Bint Feroz Deen & Bint ‘Abd al-Ghafoor
Page: 85

You can NOT run away, hide, avoid the trials, tribulations, & stresses of life.

They will find you wherever you are.

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You CAN put your trust in Allah, learn what He wants from you, take a step in the right direction, make dua’a, be patient & wait for the help of Allah to arrive!
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The Number of Major Sins

That which is correct - and Allāh knows best - is that the major sins are not fixed or limited to a specific number.

Ibn ‘Abbās (رضي الله عنه) was asked:

“How many major sins are there? Are they seven?”

He replied:

“They are closer to seven hundred than seven. However, there is no major sin after seeking forgiveness and it is not considered a minor sin if persistently committed.”*

Imām al-Dhahabī (رحمه الله) said:

“He [i.e. Ibn ‘Abbās] spoke the truth, as this Hadīth does not restrict the number of major sins [to this number].”**

* Tafsīr al-Tabarī (8/245). The chain of narration is Sahīh.
** Al-Kabā’īr (p. 89).

Book: Forty Hadīth Concerning The Major Sins - ‎الأربعون حديثا في الكبائر
Compiled by: Hassan Somali
Published by: Hikmah Publications
Translated by: Hassan Hussein Abdi
Page: 15

Jealousy

عن أبي هريرة، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: <<ولا يجتمعان في قلب عبد الإيمان والحسد>>

Abū Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) said:

The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:

“Two things do not gather in the heart of the servant: faith and jealousy.”*

عن أنس عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: "لا يؤمن أحدكم، حتى يحب لأ خيه ما يحب النفسه"

Anas (رضي الله عنه) said:

The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:

“None of you truly believe until you love for your brother what you love for yourself.”**

* Al-Nasā’ī (no. 3109). Shaykh Albānī declared it to be Hasan in Sahīh Sunan al-Nasā’ī.
** Bukhārī (no. 13) and Muslim (no. 45).

Book: Forty Hadīth Concerning The Major Sins - ‎الأربعون حديثا في الكبائر
Compiled by: Hassan Somali
Published by: Hikmah Publications
Translated by: Hassan Hussein Abdi
Page: 99

Imam Hasan al-Basri rahimahullaah said:

I swear by the One (i.e. Allaah) besides Whom none has the right to be worshipped, the Sunnah is the middle path between the extremist and the negligent one; therefore be patient upon it (i.e. the Sunnah) and may Allaah have mercy upon you. Indeed Ahlus Sunnah were the fewest people in the past and they will be the fewest in the future- those who neither agreed with the people of transgression and corruption in their transgression and corruption nor with the people of Bidah in their Bidah, [rather] they were patient upon the Sunnah until they met their Lord; therefore –by the will of Allaah- be like that.

[Sunan Ad-Darimi, 235]

Ask Allah for Everything

Anas ibn Malik (raḍiyAllāhu ‘anhu) reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said,

Let one of you ask his Lord concerning his needs, all of them, until he asks him even for a shoestring when it breaks.

[Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3973
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to as-Suyuti (Rahimahullah)]

Ask Allah for everything, even shoelaces, because if Allah does not make it easy for you to obtain it you will not obtain it.

[Narrated by ‘Aa’ishah (raḍiyAllāhu ‘anha), Musnad Abu Ya’laa (Rahimahullah), v. 8, pg. 44]

‼️ IT'S NOT HIJAAB when it doesn't cover your neck, entire body, hair, ankles, feet.. you are beautified or perfumed.. it reveals the shape of your body.. you are wearing accessories with it.. it is thin and see through.. IT'S NOT HIJAAB ‼️

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Surah al Ahzab : Ayat 59
Surat al Ahzab : Ayat 33
Surat an Nur : Ayat 31

It has been authentically reported that the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: “Whoever says to his brother, ‘O kaafir!’ It returns to one of them.” He also said: “Anyone who called his brother ‘O kaafir!’ Or ‘O enemy of Allaah!’ And it was not correct, it would return back to him.”* i.e., whatever he said falls back on him.

This is a strong threat, warning the people of accusing others of disbelieving and being sinful, except when they have sure knowledge and understanding. This and other evidences are also a warning that one should be careful to guard his tongue, and only say, that which is good.

* Saheeh al-Bukhaaree [Eng. transl.8/80/no.125(b)] and [Eng. transl.8/44/no.71] p.36

Book: Words of Advice Regarding Da’wah - من أقوال سماحة الشيخ عبدالعزيز بن عبدالله ابن باز في الدعوة
Author: the Noble Shaykh ‘Abdul ‘Azeez ibn ‘Abdullaah ibn Baaz
Compiled by: Ziyaad ibn Muhammad as-Sa’doon
Translated by: Bint Feroz Deen & Bint ‘Abd al-Ghafoor
Page: 85

“Truly, Allāh loves those who turn unto Him in repentance..” — [al-Qurʾān 2:222]

Imām Ibn Katheer Raḥimahullāh said:

“Meaning those who turn to Allāh in repentance after committing a sin EVEN IF the sin is REPEATED FREQUENTLY.”

● [تفسير ابن كثير]

Ibn Qayyim rahimahullah on Akhlaq: Entire religion is good character,manners:

Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “The religion itself is entirely good character, so whoever surpasses you in character has surpassed you in religion. Likewise, it is such with spirituality (al-tasawwuf). Al-Kanani said: Spirituality is itself good character, so whoever surpasses you in character has surpassed you in spirituality.”

And he said, “Good manners itself is the religion in its entirety.”

Source: Madārij al-Sālikīn 2/294

قال ابن القيم رحمه الله الدِّينُ كُلُّهُ خُلُقٌ فَمَنْ زَادَ عَلَيْكَ فِي الْخُلُقِ زَادَ عَلَيْكَ فِي الدِّينِ وَكَذَلِكَ التَّصَوُّفُ قَالَ الْكِنَانِيُّ التَّصَوُّفُ هُوَ الْخُلُقُ فَمَنْ زَادَ عَلَيْكَ فِي الْخُلُقِ فَقَدْ زَادَ عَلَيْكَ فِي التَّصَوُّفِ

وقال وَالْأَدَبُ هُوَ الدِّينُ كُلُّهُ

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

The Doors To The Hellfire

Ibnul-Qayyim, may Allaah have mercy upon him, said:
          
"The people enter the Hellfire by three doors: 

1) The door of doubts which led to uncertainty in the religion of Allaah, 

2) the door of lusts which led to preferring desires over obedience to Allaah,

3) and the door of anger which led to aggression against His creation.

The sources of every sin are 3 matters:

- Arrogance which caused shaytaan to behave the way he did,
- Greed which caused Aadam to be expelled from the garden, 
- And envy which emboldened one of the sons of Aadam against his brother.

He who protects himself from these three matters will be protected from evil;

- Disbelief comes from arrogance, 
- Disobedience comes from greed,
- And transgression and injustice come from envy.

Allaah in His wisdom made every inward and outward part of the son of Aadam as a machine which, if he used properly, will complete him. The eye is a device for seeing, the ears a device for hearing, the nose a device for smelling, the tongue a device for speaking, the private parts a device for marriage, the hands a device for power, the legs a device for walking, the heart a device for faith and knowledge, the soul a device for love, the mind a device for reflection and contemplation of worldly and religious consequences and to prefer what is worthy of preference and to neglect what is worthy of neglect.

The people who lose the most are those who are preoccupied with themselves instead of Allaah. Those who are preoccupied with other people are in even greater loss than them.

In the Sunan is the tradition of Abuu Sa’eed Al-Khudree which he attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him:

إِذَا أَصْبَحَ ابْنُ آدَمَ فَإِنَّ الْأَعْضَاءَ كُلَّهَا تُكَفِّرُ اللِّسَانَ فَتَقُولُ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ فِينَا فَإِنَّمَا نَحْنُ بِكَ فَإِنْ اسْتَقَمْتَ اسْتَقَمْنَا وَإِنْ اعْوَجَجْتَ اعْوَجَجْنَا

'When the son of Aadam awakens in the morning, all of his body parts defer to the tongue and they say: Fear Allaah concerning us, for we are only a part of you. If you are straight then we are straight, and if you are crooked then we are crooked.'

[Sunan At-Tirmithee, No. 2407, Grade: Sahih]

Indeed, they only submit to the tongue as it is the post of the heart, its representative, and the junction between itself and the limbs. The statement that ‘we are only part of you’ means our salvation or destruction only lies with the tongue."

[Al-Fawaaid, 1/58]

The wise person should rectify himself and keep away from sinful behavior by using his taqwā and righteous deeds. Therefore, if his body is not acting piously, he must reign it in and control it with his heart, because the actions of the limbs are purified by the purification of the heart.

Book: Selections from the Garden of the Wise and the Meadow of the Virtuous - المنتقى من كتاب روضة العقلاء ونزهة الفضلاء
Author: Abū Hātim Ibn Hibbān
Published by: Authentic Statements Publications
Translated by: Ihsan Gonsalves
Page: 19

Al-Baghdādi Muhammad bin ‘Abdillāh bin Zinji recited the following poetry:

Your silence makes you safe from error;

Excessive speech causes apprehension.

Do not say something and then follow it with,

“If only I had never said what I said.”

Book: Selections from the Garden of the Wise and the Meadow of the Virtuous - المنتقى من كتاب روضة العقلاء ونزهة الفضلاء
Author: Abū Hātim Ibn Hibbān
Published by: Authentic Statements Publications
Translated by: Ihsan Gonsalves
Page: 27,28

معالي الشيخ د. صالح الفوزان

لا يعجب الإنسان بنفسه يقول: أنا لست بحاجة إلى طلب العلم! أنا متعلم! أنا معي شهادة دكتوراه! أو ماجستير! فالإنسان بحاجة إلى العلم مهما كان

[مسائل علمية وفتاوى شرعية صـ58]

https://twitter.com/DrSFawzan/status/1152934469835382784

Shaykh Salih Fawzan:

The individual must not be amazed with himself and say “I have no need to seek knowledge! I’m educated! I have a doctorate degree! I have a master’s degree!” The people are in need of knowledge regardless of who they are.

(Knowledge based affairs and Legislative verdicts page 58)

Translated by Rasheed ibn Estes Barbee

The Messenger of Allāh صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said:

“Charity in secret extinguishes the wrath of the Lord, maintaining family ties increases life span, and performing good deeds protects [you] from evil fates.”

Saheeh al-Jāmi’ 3760 | Shaykh al-Albāni رحمه الله | Saheeh

Translation: Authentic Quotes

“Whatever afflicts a believer in anything related to his worldly life is indeed nothing in comparison to having correctness of his religion; that which protects his affair in his worldly life and his Hereafter.”

ومهما أصيب المؤمن في شيء من دنياه، فإن ذلك ليس بشيء عند سلامة دينه الذي هو عصمة أمره في دنياه وأخراه

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn, al-Ḍiyāʾ al-Lāmiʿ min ʾl-Khuṭab al-Jawāmiʿ 1/118
ابن عثيمين، الضياء اللامع من الخطب الجوامع ١/١١٨
http://shamela.ws/browse.php/book-30920/page-117

Muslim manners include rectifying our unjust inclination to think poorly of others while thinking highly of oneself. The best of the Muslims are highly critical & suspicious of their own selves, questioning their own motives & actions much, while thinking the best of good people.

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When someone of apparent goodness advises us & we don't see things how they do (initially), let's just listen & ask Allah to show us the good of his advice. Say: "Thank you for the advice. I'll think about it carefully." Maybe its exactly what we need & we just can't see it yet.

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A Series of Reminders About The Month of Muḥarram - No.1

From The Virtues Of The Month Of Muḥarram

Sh. Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān حفظه الله إيمانه said: "From the greatest virtues is that in it is the day of ‘Āshūrā', which the Prophet ﷺ informed that fasting it expiates [the sins of] the previous year."

● [فضائل شهر محرم]