Ali, the son of Husayn, visited Muhammad ibn Usama while he was lying on his deathbed. Muhammad ibn Usama started weeping. When Ali asked him, "Why are you weeping?" He said, I have debt on me. Ali asked him, "How much"? He said, "fifteen thousand Dinars" or he said, "more than ten thousand dinars"
Ali, the son of Husayn said, "I will pay all of your loan."
- Ibn Asakir in Tarikh Damishq 41/385
Ali, the son of Husayn said, "I will pay all of your loan."
- Ibn Asakir in Tarikh Damishq 41/385
A Muslim must have Imaan in Qadr (pre-destiny). Everything that happens is by the Qadr of Allah Subhaana wa ta'aala & He has knowledge of everything that will happen.
Nothing is by chance. Everything was written in the Preserved Tablet (al lawh al mahfoodh).
Beware of the followers of Qadariyyah sect who deny al Qadr.
Nothing is by chance. Everything was written in the Preserved Tablet (al lawh al mahfoodh).
Beware of the followers of Qadariyyah sect who deny al Qadr.
Shaykhul-Islām Ibn Taymiyyāh رحمه الله تعالى said:
“The Saḥāba رضي الله عنهم are the source of all knowledge, righteousness, guidance, & mercy in Islām.”
[Minhāj As-Sunnāh, 6/368]
“The Saḥāba رضي الله عنهم are the source of all knowledge, righteousness, guidance, & mercy in Islām.”
[Minhāj As-Sunnāh, 6/368]
*Words of Wisdom*
- Through giving zakaat, you will cleanse your wealth.
- Through giving sadaqah, you will cure your sick.
- If you speak less, eat less and have less freedom, you will always remain happy and content.
- The example of performing salaah in the earliest time is like eating freshly cooked food. The first person to dish out enjoys it the most. As time goes by, it will not be the same. Performing salaah towards the end of the time is like eating leftovers.
- Do not become so sweet that people chew you up, and do not become so bitter that people spit you out.
- If you keep silent, you are like a king (i.e. you will maintain your honour and dignity).
- Do not allow a rooster to be better than you, where he is awake while you are still asleep (in the early part of the morning).
- If you remain silent, no person will be able to judge you.
- A person who carries tales is worse than a thief - he steals the wealth of friendship.
- Wasting is a sign that poverty is coming your way. Some wives are such that they will make money from dirt, and some are such that they will waste, even if their husbands earn millions.
- In remaining silent, there are thousands of benefits.
- Look at the good qualities of people rather than their faults. Each person has weaknesses, but everyone will also possess at least one good quality. If we look at every person’s good quality and inculcate it, we will become full of good qualities.
- Do not ever have any expectation from any person
- Through making du‘aa, you will ward off the difficulty that was coming your way.
- Through giving zakaat, you will cleanse your wealth.
- Through giving sadaqah, you will cure your sick.
- If you speak less, eat less and have less freedom, you will always remain happy and content.
- The example of performing salaah in the earliest time is like eating freshly cooked food. The first person to dish out enjoys it the most. As time goes by, it will not be the same. Performing salaah towards the end of the time is like eating leftovers.
- Do not become so sweet that people chew you up, and do not become so bitter that people spit you out.
- If you keep silent, you are like a king (i.e. you will maintain your honour and dignity).
- Do not allow a rooster to be better than you, where he is awake while you are still asleep (in the early part of the morning).
- If you remain silent, no person will be able to judge you.
- A person who carries tales is worse than a thief - he steals the wealth of friendship.
- Wasting is a sign that poverty is coming your way. Some wives are such that they will make money from dirt, and some are such that they will waste, even if their husbands earn millions.
- In remaining silent, there are thousands of benefits.
- Look at the good qualities of people rather than their faults. Each person has weaknesses, but everyone will also possess at least one good quality. If we look at every person’s good quality and inculcate it, we will become full of good qualities.
- Do not ever have any expectation from any person
- Through making du‘aa, you will ward off the difficulty that was coming your way.
hadith:A man came to the prophet and said, 'My brother has got loose motions. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, Let him drink honey." The man again (came) and said, 'I made him drink (honey) but that made him worse.' The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Allah has said the Truth, and the `Abdomen of your brother has told a lie." (Hadith 5716, shaih bukhari)
commentry:When the Prophet A first ordered the man to give his brother honey, he did not give him a sufficient amount to cure his condition. When the man said that his brother was not cured, the Prophet s& knew that the dose was not sufficient, so he told the man several times to give his brother more honey, so that the dose would reach a sufficient amount. When the sick person has several doses of honey in a sufficient amount to fight the disease, thecure occurs by Allah's permission.
source: prophetic medicine by ibn al qayyim, p.44
commentry:When the Prophet A first ordered the man to give his brother honey, he did not give him a sufficient amount to cure his condition. When the man said that his brother was not cured, the Prophet s& knew that the dose was not sufficient, so he told the man several times to give his brother more honey, so that the dose would reach a sufficient amount. When the sick person has several doses of honey in a sufficient amount to fight the disease, thecure occurs by Allah's permission.
source: prophetic medicine by ibn al qayyim, p.44
Much needed advice from Ibn Taymiyyah 👍
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
"Many people, when they see evil or when the Muslim ummah goes through a lot of trouble, panic, lose hope and start complaining as people who are beset by calamities do. But this is forbidden; rather what is enjoined is to be patient, to put one’s trust in Allah, to be steadfast in adhering to the religion of Islam and to believe that Allah is with those who fear Him and those who do good, and that the best end is for those who fear Him; whatever befalls him is because of his sins, so he should be patient, for the promise of Allah is true; he should seek forgiveness for his sins and glorify and praise his Lord morning and evening."
Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa, 18/295
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
"Many people, when they see evil or when the Muslim ummah goes through a lot of trouble, panic, lose hope and start complaining as people who are beset by calamities do. But this is forbidden; rather what is enjoined is to be patient, to put one’s trust in Allah, to be steadfast in adhering to the religion of Islam and to believe that Allah is with those who fear Him and those who do good, and that the best end is for those who fear Him; whatever befalls him is because of his sins, so he should be patient, for the promise of Allah is true; he should seek forgiveness for his sins and glorify and praise his Lord morning and evening."
Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa, 18/295
Me ☞ Myself and ☞ I
Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (Rahimahullaah) said:‘Every Muslim should be warned of the oppression of:
➡ I
➡ My
➡ Mine
➡ I Possess ’
Indeed these three words are what:
🔹Iblees' (Shaytan),
🔹Fir’awn and
🔹Qaroon were tried with...!
Iblees said:
‘I am better than him’.
Fir’awn said:
‘Is not Mine the Kingdom of Egypt,’ ?
Qaroon said:
‘This has been given to me only because
of knowledge I possess.’
So regarding the saying of the Slave of Allaah : ‘I’ ..then the best that he can be described with is...
'I am a slave who sins, makes mistakes,
seeks forgiveness and recognizes this.
So regarding the saying of ‘My/Mine’
and those statements similar to that is:
“my Sins,
my Crimes,
my Humbleness,
my Deprevation
and Submissiveness.”
So regarding the saying of ‘I Possess’:
“Forgive me for my mistakes and what I do intentionally,in jest, or in seriousness
and I possess all these shortcomings.”
Taken from ‘Za’ad al-Ma’aad’ 2/475|
By: Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah.
Tanslated by: Abbas Abu Yahya]
Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (Rahimahullaah) said:‘Every Muslim should be warned of the oppression of:
➡ I
➡ My
➡ Mine
➡ I Possess ’
Indeed these three words are what:
🔹Iblees' (Shaytan),
🔹Fir’awn and
🔹Qaroon were tried with...!
Iblees said:
‘I am better than him’.
Fir’awn said:
‘Is not Mine the Kingdom of Egypt,’ ?
Qaroon said:
‘This has been given to me only because
of knowledge I possess.’
So regarding the saying of the Slave of Allaah : ‘I’ ..then the best that he can be described with is...
'I am a slave who sins, makes mistakes,
seeks forgiveness and recognizes this.
So regarding the saying of ‘My/Mine’
and those statements similar to that is:
“my Sins,
my Crimes,
my Humbleness,
my Deprevation
and Submissiveness.”
So regarding the saying of ‘I Possess’:
“Forgive me for my mistakes and what I do intentionally,in jest, or in seriousness
and I possess all these shortcomings.”
Taken from ‘Za’ad al-Ma’aad’ 2/475|
By: Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah.
Tanslated by: Abbas Abu Yahya]
Al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
If a person intends two good things by his action: the good of this world and the good of the Hereafter, there is nothing wrong with that [i.e., no blame and no sin on him] because Allah says :
“And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty).
And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine.”
[al-Talaq 65:2-3]
al-Qawl al-Mufeed (2/244)
If a person intends two good things by his action: the good of this world and the good of the Hereafter, there is nothing wrong with that [i.e., no blame and no sin on him] because Allah says :
“And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty).
And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine.”
[al-Talaq 65:2-3]
al-Qawl al-Mufeed (2/244)
"How can I advice when I fall short?"
Al-Hafidh Ibn Rajab رحيم الله said,
"If only the perfect, free from sins people gave advice, nobody would have ever advised anyone after the messenger of Allah [ﷺ] , because there is no perfection for anyone after him [ﷺ]."
[lataa'if al-ma'aarif. pg. 19]
Al-Hafidh Ibn Rajab رحيم الله said,
"If only the perfect, free from sins people gave advice, nobody would have ever advised anyone after the messenger of Allah [ﷺ] , because there is no perfection for anyone after him [ﷺ]."
[lataa'if al-ma'aarif. pg. 19]
Do You Possess The Characteristics Of Jealousy?
Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saalih Al-'Uthaymeen, may Allaah have mercy upon him:
"When you see yourself disliking that Allaah blesses other than you with knowledge, wealth, good character, good health, or the likes of that, know that you have within you jealousy.
Try to eradicate it."
●[Explanation Of Buluugh Al-Maraam, 15/200]
Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saalih Al-'Uthaymeen, may Allaah have mercy upon him:
"When you see yourself disliking that Allaah blesses other than you with knowledge, wealth, good character, good health, or the likes of that, know that you have within you jealousy.
Try to eradicate it."
●[Explanation Of Buluugh Al-Maraam, 15/200]
Don't be Sad - La Tahzan:
If you are stricken by poverty...others are chained in debt.
If you don't have shoes ... others have no feet.
If you have committed a mistake...correct it - the doors of repentance ever open!
The fountain of forgiveness is ever rich
So dont be sad, let all bygones be bygones.
What is predestined for you, you shall see it happen.
Being sad will not change anything
So dont be sad
Sadness spoils your life
So dont be sad.
Supplication is your shield
Prayer is your beacon
So dont be sad
Prostrration is your means ...
So dont be sad.
See how vast is the Earth, How nice are the gardens and forests
How bright are the stars - all are happy but you are sad...
So dont be sad.
You have sweet water to drink - fresh air to breather - feet to walk with
You sleep safely in your bed
So dont be sad.
Every cloud has a silver lining
After long nights come the bright sun
Life will soon give you a smile
So be ready to get it
And dont be sad!
Real life is that spent in happiness
So cross out your sad days from your age! Peace of mind is the real treasure.
Abu Hurayra reported Allaah's Messenger (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said: "Look at those who are inferior to you and do not look at those who are superior to you, for that is more likely to keep you from despising Allaah's favour on you"
Shaikh A'id al Qarni gave us the above advice in his book La Tahzan (Don't be sad).
If you are stricken by poverty...others are chained in debt.
If you don't have shoes ... others have no feet.
If you have committed a mistake...correct it - the doors of repentance ever open!
The fountain of forgiveness is ever rich
So dont be sad, let all bygones be bygones.
What is predestined for you, you shall see it happen.
Being sad will not change anything
So dont be sad
Sadness spoils your life
So dont be sad.
Supplication is your shield
Prayer is your beacon
So dont be sad
Prostrration is your means ...
So dont be sad.
See how vast is the Earth, How nice are the gardens and forests
How bright are the stars - all are happy but you are sad...
So dont be sad.
You have sweet water to drink - fresh air to breather - feet to walk with
You sleep safely in your bed
So dont be sad.
Every cloud has a silver lining
After long nights come the bright sun
Life will soon give you a smile
So be ready to get it
And dont be sad!
Real life is that spent in happiness
So cross out your sad days from your age! Peace of mind is the real treasure.
Abu Hurayra reported Allaah's Messenger (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said: "Look at those who are inferior to you and do not look at those who are superior to you, for that is more likely to keep you from despising Allaah's favour on you"
Shaikh A'id al Qarni gave us the above advice in his book La Tahzan (Don't be sad).
Stay Humble, Stay Grounded.
"Understand that life has occassions. One time it is poverty, and another time it is wealth. Once it is honour, and another it is humiliation. Happy is he who remains grounded in each situation."
Ibn al-Jawzi (rahimahullah) [Sayd al-Khatir [p282]
"Understand that life has occassions. One time it is poverty, and another time it is wealth. Once it is honour, and another it is humiliation. Happy is he who remains grounded in each situation."
Ibn al-Jawzi (rahimahullah) [Sayd al-Khatir [p282]
Ibn al-Qayyim: Ginger is Beneficial for Digestion, Eyesight and Nausea Among Other Benefits.
Ginger (zanjabil) is described by the great scholar Ibn al Qayyim in his book "The Prophetic Medicine" as a mild cleanser with some of the following benefits on the body:
1) Warming and aids digestion;
2) Beneficial for obstructions of the liver;
3) Beneficial for blurred eyesight, such as that caused by glaucoma, when eaten or used as kohl;
4) Drinking a warm solution of ginger mixed with sugar and water could reduce blood clots from forming;
5) Can be used to treat nausea;
6) Freshens the breath;
7) increases the power of memory
Ginger is mentioned in the Qur'an as one of the delights for its inhabitants: "And they will be given to drink there a cup (of wine) mixed with ginger." [76:17]
What is ginger?
Although ginger is often referred to as a root, it is actually a reed-like herb that has rough, knotty rhizomes (underground stems).
Ginger is a rich source of powerful antioxidants such as gingerols, shogaols and zingerones. It also has blood-thinning qualities.
Some of the many health benefits of ginger include:
Osteoarthritis: one study found that taking extract of ginger helped to reduce knee pain in osteoarthritis patients.
Morning sickness: several studies have shown that eating ginger extract during the first trimester of pregnancy can significantly reduce the nausea and vomiting caused by morning sickness.
Motion sickness: two studies have demonstrated the effects of ginger on preventing and treating motion sickness.
Cancer: The antioxidant that gives ginger its flavor, 6-gingerol, was found to decrease tumor size and produce fewer tumors in mice. Ginger also induced apoptosis (programmed cell death) and autophagy (cells digesting themselves) in ovarian cancer cells. It was effective in controlling inflammation, thus stopping cancer cells from growing.
Tips on Using Ginger:
1) Ginger is available in fresh, pickled, dried or powdered form. Fresh ginger should be stored at room temperature.
2) The centre of the ginger stem in more fibrous and contains the stronger flavors.
3) Ginger can be used to spice up any dish, to make a marinade, or to flavor fresh juices or teas.
http://www.healthymuslim.com/?bhyqy
Ginger (zanjabil) is described by the great scholar Ibn al Qayyim in his book "The Prophetic Medicine" as a mild cleanser with some of the following benefits on the body:
1) Warming and aids digestion;
2) Beneficial for obstructions of the liver;
3) Beneficial for blurred eyesight, such as that caused by glaucoma, when eaten or used as kohl;
4) Drinking a warm solution of ginger mixed with sugar and water could reduce blood clots from forming;
5) Can be used to treat nausea;
6) Freshens the breath;
7) increases the power of memory
Ginger is mentioned in the Qur'an as one of the delights for its inhabitants: "And they will be given to drink there a cup (of wine) mixed with ginger." [76:17]
What is ginger?
Although ginger is often referred to as a root, it is actually a reed-like herb that has rough, knotty rhizomes (underground stems).
Ginger is a rich source of powerful antioxidants such as gingerols, shogaols and zingerones. It also has blood-thinning qualities.
Some of the many health benefits of ginger include:
Osteoarthritis: one study found that taking extract of ginger helped to reduce knee pain in osteoarthritis patients.
Morning sickness: several studies have shown that eating ginger extract during the first trimester of pregnancy can significantly reduce the nausea and vomiting caused by morning sickness.
Motion sickness: two studies have demonstrated the effects of ginger on preventing and treating motion sickness.
Cancer: The antioxidant that gives ginger its flavor, 6-gingerol, was found to decrease tumor size and produce fewer tumors in mice. Ginger also induced apoptosis (programmed cell death) and autophagy (cells digesting themselves) in ovarian cancer cells. It was effective in controlling inflammation, thus stopping cancer cells from growing.
Tips on Using Ginger:
1) Ginger is available in fresh, pickled, dried or powdered form. Fresh ginger should be stored at room temperature.
2) The centre of the ginger stem in more fibrous and contains the stronger flavors.
3) Ginger can be used to spice up any dish, to make a marinade, or to flavor fresh juices or teas.
http://www.healthymuslim.com/?bhyqy
Healthymuslim
Ibn al-Qayyim: Ginger is Beneficial for Digestion, Eyesight and Nausea Among Other Benefits
Ibn al-Qayyim: Ginger is Beneficial for Digestion, Eyesight and Nausea Among Other Benefits . ...
Allāh Raises Those Who Rectify Their Hidden Affairs
Ibn Al-Jawzi (rahimahullah) said:
By Allāh, I have seen one who is abundant in praying, fasting much, often staying silent, [one who] shows humility in himself and in his dress. Yet, the hearts [of people] turn away from him, and his status amongst them is not all that!
And I have seen one who attires himself in luxurious clothes, does not have a lot of voluntary acts [of worship], nor does he make a show of humility, yet the hearts go one after the other in feeling love for him. So I reflected on the cause [of this], and then I realised it was what people keep hidden from others [that Allāh knows].
Ibn Al-Jawzī. Ṣayd Al-Khāṭir. Dār Ibn Al-Khuzaimah. Riyadh: 1437H. p. 355.
Ibn Al-Jawzi (rahimahullah) said:
By Allāh, I have seen one who is abundant in praying, fasting much, often staying silent, [one who] shows humility in himself and in his dress. Yet, the hearts [of people] turn away from him, and his status amongst them is not all that!
And I have seen one who attires himself in luxurious clothes, does not have a lot of voluntary acts [of worship], nor does he make a show of humility, yet the hearts go one after the other in feeling love for him. So I reflected on the cause [of this], and then I realised it was what people keep hidden from others [that Allāh knows].
Ibn Al-Jawzī. Ṣayd Al-Khāṭir. Dār Ibn Al-Khuzaimah. Riyadh: 1437H. p. 355.
DO NOT ABANDON FORBIDDING EVIL
It is narrated that: Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī رحمه الله said to Mutarraf b. ʿAbd Allāh:
"Admonish your companions."
So he replied: "I fear I will say that which I do not do."
al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī رحمه الله said:
"May Allāh have mercy on you! Who from amongst us does (everything) that they say? The shayṭān aspires to attain the like of this (self-deprecating attitude) so that no one enjoins the good and forbids the evil."
[Imām al-Qurṭubī (rahimahullāh), al-Jāmiʿ li Aḥkām al-Qurʾān, 1/367]
It is narrated that: Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī رحمه الله said to Mutarraf b. ʿAbd Allāh:
"Admonish your companions."
So he replied: "I fear I will say that which I do not do."
al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī رحمه الله said:
"May Allāh have mercy on you! Who from amongst us does (everything) that they say? The shayṭān aspires to attain the like of this (self-deprecating attitude) so that no one enjoins the good and forbids the evil."
[Imām al-Qurṭubī (rahimahullāh), al-Jāmiʿ li Aḥkām al-Qurʾān, 1/367]
Take care of your Hereafter and Allāh will take care of your life.
Abu Nu’aim reported that Sufyan Ath-Thawri, may Allāh have mercy on him, said,
“Behave well in your private life and Allāh will make your public life excellent. Take care of what is between you and Allāh, and he will take care of what is between you and the people. Work for your Hereafter and Allāh will suffice your affairs in this world. Sell your worldly life for your Hereafter and you will profit in them both together, and do not sell your Hereafter for your worldly life or you will lose them both together.”
[Source: Ḥilyat al-Awliyā, 7/35]
Abu Nu’aim reported that Sufyan Ath-Thawri, may Allāh have mercy on him, said,
“Behave well in your private life and Allāh will make your public life excellent. Take care of what is between you and Allāh, and he will take care of what is between you and the people. Work for your Hereafter and Allāh will suffice your affairs in this world. Sell your worldly life for your Hereafter and you will profit in them both together, and do not sell your Hereafter for your worldly life or you will lose them both together.”
[Source: Ḥilyat al-Awliyā, 7/35]
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‘Umar bin al-Khattab (رضي الله عنه) wrote in a letter to Abū Mūsā al-Ash’āri (رضي الله عنه) saying,
“Be content with your provision in this world, for the Most Merciful has honored some of His servants over others in terms of provision as a test of both. The one who has been given plenty is being tested to see if he will give thanks to Allāh and fulfill the duties which are his by virtue of his wealth (i.e. charity).”
[Tafṣīr Ibn Kathīr (رحمه الله), 16:71]
“Be content with your provision in this world, for the Most Merciful has honored some of His servants over others in terms of provision as a test of both. The one who has been given plenty is being tested to see if he will give thanks to Allāh and fulfill the duties which are his by virtue of his wealth (i.e. charity).”
[Tafṣīr Ibn Kathīr (رحمه الله), 16:71]
The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said:
“Three things cause destruction and three things lead to salvation.
The three things that cause destruction are :
1. desires that are followed,
2. greediness that is obeyed,
3. and a person’s self-admiration and conceit; this conceit is the worst of the three.
The three things that lead to salvation are :
1. fear of Allaah secretly and publicly,
2. moderation when rich or when poor,
3. and justice when angry or pleased. ”
[Saheeh, al-Bazzaar & Bayhaqi]
“Three things cause destruction and three things lead to salvation.
The three things that cause destruction are :
1. desires that are followed,
2. greediness that is obeyed,
3. and a person’s self-admiration and conceit; this conceit is the worst of the three.
The three things that lead to salvation are :
1. fear of Allaah secretly and publicly,
2. moderation when rich or when poor,
3. and justice when angry or pleased. ”
[Saheeh, al-Bazzaar & Bayhaqi]