“If Allāh aids you, then none of the people can overcome you, nor will you be harmed by those who forsake you.

If Allāh forsakes you, then the people cannot help you.”

Muhammad b. Ishāq
Tafsīr Tabarī (Āl-Imrān: 160)

Obey Allah’s command and reject the demands of the people✔️

https://twitter.com/hikmahpubs/status/1144993206876233728?s=19

“I do not know of something more beneficial than isolating from people; you don’t come across anyone except one who complains about a calamity, or is envious of a blessing, or looking for your faults.”

— Ibn al-Jawzī [Ṣayd al-Khāṭir (p. 275)]

Whenever the topic of Bidah comes up, to counter the argument many come up with questions like:

"Did the Prophet ﷺ travel in a ship?

Did the Salaf travel in cars and planes?

Prove from the Sunnah that it is permissible to eat fried chicken?"

One has to understand that vehicles, planes and ships are used only as a means to reach the destination, they are not part of Ibaadah in themselves.

When we talk about Bidah, we are referring to innovations in the Deen only. We are not referring to innovations in Science and Technology.

Anyways, to get to the point, by the Will of Allaah, if the people would commit to memory these two principles, they would protect their Deen and save themselves from doubts and confusion.

The First Principle:
In the matters of Ibaadah (Worship), everything is Haraam/not allowed unless proven from the Qur’aan and Sunnah.

And the evidence for this is the saying of the Prophet ﷺ: ❝whosoever does an action which we have not commanded then it will be rejected.❞

And also: ❝whosoever introduces into this religion of ours that which is not part of it then it must be rejected.❞

And there are many more Ahaadeeth.

The Second Principle:
And in the matters of customs (food, clothing etc.), everything is allowed unless prohibited in the Qur’aan and Sunnah.

And the evidence for this is the saying of Allaah تعالى :
{Say: "Who has forbidden the adornment of Allaah which He has produced for His servants and the good [lawful] things of provision?"} [Surah al-A`raaf]

And Allaah is the One who Grants success.

Ibn al-Jawzis ‘Talbees Iblees’ - The Devils Deception (Download Link below)
English : https://ia802501.us.archive.org/31/items/TheDevilsDeception_201406/TheDevilsDeception.pdf
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#Free #Ebook #Must #Read #Ramadan #Gift

Author: Imam Ibn Al-Jawzi
Paperback: 590 pages
Published: 2014

It is from enmity and hopelessness of the devil that his endeavour to misguide mankind from the Path of Allah will persist. This misguidance takes many shades and forms; be it from planting seeds of doubt, or giving rise to deviant ideas antithetical to the sacred teachings of Islam, and essentially becoming entangled within regressive intellectual and rhetorical discourses. The Ummah has suffered varying levels of deviation, some of which remain prevalent today, while more continue to be uncovered - and such is the impact of delusive plottings of the devil and his allies.

This book is the sixth instalment from Dar as-Sunnah of the illustrious Imam, Abu'l-Faraj Ibn Jawzi. Being a complete translation of his well-known and prized work, Ibn Jawzi enumerates within it, many of the mechanisms and modus operandi used by the devil in deceiving and leading mankind away from the Straight Path. It is of particular value and importance because only by unearthing and accentuating some of the traps of the devil, can mankind avoid them as well as navigate others away from falling prey to his harm.

Speaking about the devil and his plotting, the author wrote that, "he was only able to do so while creeping during the night of ignorance. Had the dawn of knowledge shone on him, he would have been exposed. Thus I decided to warn from his plots... for identifying evil is a form of warning from it."

This translation of Tablees Iblees will provide important analysis in developing self-awareness and critical thinking to ward off many deceptions of the devil, which have plagued mankind from the time of Adam. For such reasons alone, this work is a valuable addition to the scholarly discourse it presents to the English speaking world.

We live in a time when knowledge is bursting forth yet there is unbelievable amount of chaos and we stopped honoring fellow muslims. Everyone is refuting one another. We are attacking each other without giving time & without personally consulting them. Each one of us is a cult in itself. Imagine what Ibn Umar (ra) said centuries ago and how *extremely* it applies on today. A man wrote to ibn ‘Umar ra and said, “write to me about knowledge”, so he (ibn ‘Umar) wrote back (saying), من أقوال عبد الله بن عمر في الحثّ على حفظ حقوق الناس عندما بعث إليه رجل أن يكتب له علمه كلّه بقرطاس، فردّ عليه ابن عمر بقول:(إِنّ العلم كثير ولكن إن استطعت أن تلقى الله خَفيف الظّهر من دماء الناس خميص البطن من أموالهم كافّ اللسان عن أعراضهم لازماً لأَمر جماعتهم فافعل “Verily knowledge is ABUNDANT ; however, if you are able to meet Allaah with a lightened back with regard to the muslim's blood, an empty stomach from their wealth, refraining the tongue from their honor, and clinging to their jamā’ah (the people of truth) ,then do (that)" Tareekh Dimashq (31/170)/Siyar ‘Alámun Nubala (3/222) If knowledge was abundant at that time, what about today? Is it not gushing forth? But we are in the worst of states. Try to ping any one of the muslim brothers (online/offline) you aren't in good terms try to ask about his wellbeing and make mends. Try to do it once for Allah's sake. As our beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ asked us to do when he said : كونوا عباد الله إخوانا Do not envy each other, be the slaves of Allah as brothers. Nothing can stop us from our misdeeds except acting upon what we already know. The right of a muslim is not a small thing to take lightly. I, Ahmed, appologize to anyone and everyone of you out there and to anyone who of you I ever hurt. Please forgive me..

The ummah is not in a mess because we don't have people of knowledge (scholars). The ummah is in a mess because these scholars are neglected. Meanwhile, the masses are attracted to social media personalities who lack proper education and understanding of the deen.

Many people on social media are creating [Islamic] content to gain views and for popularity. They will dive head first into controversial issues and have problematic takes because negativity and shock value content generates views and engagement. Stick to the scholars.

The scholars are known, and scholars generally have a tazkiyah showing whom they have taken knowledge from.

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Invocations From the Qur'an & Sunnah + Ar-Ruqiya
By Sa'id b. Wahf Al-Qahtani, 
👆👆👆👆

Don't forget to fast In sha Allah!

(It is Sunnah to fast on Mondays & Thursdays)

Fasting cleanses the soul. Take advantage of a rewarded deed by fasting on Mondays and Thursdays.

‎The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Deeds are presented on Monday and Thursday, and I love that my deeds be presented while I am fasting."

‎[Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Book of Fasting, Hadith 747]

If Allāh has made something very obvious to you and you have clearly seen the signs, trust His process. Stop forcing things. Stop creating a little frustrating, disturbing, peace snatching process of your own. Stop being impatient, pushy and forceful. Don’t disturb your heart.

Stop relying so much on your own understanding. Trust Allāh’s process. Trust Allāh’s timing. Do the work required of you, gracefully. On your journey in this difficult phase, seek assistance through patience and prayer.

Allāh does not want you to be stressed. Allāh wants you to peacefully do the internal work for the external bounty you seek to arrive.

Patiently let the reality unfold which is planned in the Lord’s process. Stop disturbing your heart and wanting everything now. Be patient. Allāh has an incredible plan for your life. Do the work of now, peacefully. And know that when Allāh wants something to happen, nothing and no one can get in its way.

⛔️JUST STOP!⛔️

⛔️ stop running after people
They will only give what they want.
Stop begging people to keep their promises,
If they can't be faithful to Allah, they will never be faithful to you.

⛔️Stop trying to hold them accountable for the commitments they made.
If they wanted to, they would.
Instead they will make you feel unbalanced, unhinged and call you crazy for reminding them of their own words.

⛔️ Stop waiting for people to put you first just because you did for them.
They could look at your carved out heart, the most precious and vulnerable part of you, they will say all the things they think you want to hear so you believe it's safe with them.
Once the novelty wears off, they will simply discard it like unwanted garbage.
This is not a reflection on you.
No, what they do is a reflection of them,
How you respond is a reflection of you.
Don't let people with no integrity drag you down to their level.
You can't buy character, so don't stain yours.
People are who they are, NOT who they say they will be.
Step back, let people do want they want, how else will you know what they would rather do.
Observe, no matter how painful it may be...
People always shows us who the really are, and what they would rather be doing.
Stop colouring that picture with who you would like them to be.

JUST STOP! ⛔️
let the pieces fall, let the pieces lay where they fall.
Remove evey idea you had of what it could have been.
Potential isnt real until its reached.
No one is paid for he could have done!

JUST STOP! ⛔️
Wasting your precious life on people who simply dont care.
Who's hearts have already turned and moved on.
We may wish things were different.
But it is what it is.
It hurts to be the one left behind,
But know you are never left Alone.

FLEE
To The One who's been there all along.
Watching and waiting for your return.
Turn to Him in this life.
Hand your pain and sorrows over.
Only He has the ability to soothe the shattered heart and lacerated soul.

He answered the call of Yacoob (AS)
He answered thr call of Musa (AS)
He answered the call of ayoob (AS)
He answered the call of Ibrahim (AS)
He has Promised that He will surely answer you when you call to Him.

After everyone has let you down, you will realize it is only Allah who NEVER breaks His promise.

May Allah grant us understanding ❤️Aameen

Yusuf ﷺ didn’t want to be thrown into the well, but it was best for him.

Musa’s mother didn’t want her son to end up in Firawn’s castle, but it was best for them.

The Sahaabah didn’t want to be prevented from Hajj during the treaty of Hudaybiyyah, but it was best for them.

Haajar didn’t want to be left in the desert, but it was best for her.

When we don’t get what we want, perhaps it’s Allahs way of giving us what we need.

"When a woman needs to speak with those who are not Mahram in buying, selling or other instances where it is permissible for her to be conversed with; 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤 (𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 (𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡). 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭, 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫. "

[Al-Imam An-Nawawi رحمه الله | Al-Adhkaar p. 455]

HEARTS ARE OF FOUR TYPES

‎The Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) would categorise the hearts into four types, as Hudhayfah ibn al-Yamān (رضي الله عنه) said:

‎"Hearts are of four types:
‎A pure heart with a shining lamp, which is the heart of a believer. A sealed heart, which is the heart of a disbeliever.
An inverted heart, which is the heart of a hypocrite who came to know the truth and denied it, seeing it then becoming blind to it. And a heart that alternates between two elements: the element of faith and the element of hypocrisy- and the person takes on the characteristics of whichever element overpowers the other."

Book: Purification Of The Heart Its Disease & Their Cures
‎By Imām Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله
‎Translated by Uthman Mustafa
‎Hikmah Publications
‎P. 30, 31

❝The more people increase in comfort and luxury and the more they open up before the people [with the Dunya], the more evils will open up before them. It is comfort and luxury that destroys a person. Because if a person was to concern himself with comfort and luxury and providing enjoyment to his body, he will become negligent of providing enjoyment to his heart, and his greatest worry will become providing enjoyment to this body that is doomed to become worms and rotten.

This is the ordeal, and this is what has harmed people today. You can hardly find anyone except that they say: "What is our palace? What is our car? What is our furniture? What is our food?" Even those who study [Islamic] knowledge, some of them only study in order to gain rank or status to reach the blessings of the Dunya. As if man was not created for a significant purpose. The Dunya and its blessings are only a means, nothing more. We ask Allah to make us and you use it as a means.

Ibn Taimiyyah, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: "A person should use money as he uses a donkey to ride, and as he uses the toilet to relieve himself."

These are the ones who know money and its value. So do not make money your greatest worry, rather ride on money, for if you do not ride on it, it will ride on you, and your worry will become the Dunya.

For this, we say, that the more the Dunya opens up before the people, and they end up concerning themselves with it, they will lose as much of the Akhira as they have gained from the Dunya. The Prophet
Salla Allahou Alayhi wa salam
said: "By Allah, I am not afraid of your poverty," meaning I am not afraid of poverty for you, for the Dunya will open up before you, "but I am afraid that you will lead a life of luxury as past nations did, whereupon you will compete with each other for it, as they competed for it, and it will destroy you as it destroyed them." [Bukhari & Muslim].

The Messenger Salla Allahou Alayhi wa salam spoke the truth. This is what has destroyed the people today. What has destroyed the people today, is their competing with one another for the Dunya, and them being as if they were only created for it, and not it created for them. So they have preoccupied themselves with what was created for them over what they were created for. This is backwardness. We ask Allah for protection.❞

— Shaikh Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaimeen
Explanation of Riyadh-us-Saliheen [Chapter 10: Hastening to do Good Deeds, Hadeeth #92]

The Three ten days.Muharram ahead.

'..The perfume seller will either gift you some perfume, or you may buy some from him, or you will smell from him a sweet aroma.'

Painful Truth!!

DEAD YOUNG BIRDS INSIDE A NEST!

●They were waiting for their mother to bring food for them but obviously the mother was killed.

▪︎Listen,
●Every time you fight someone, you are also fighting their dependents.

●Don’t kill someone else’s dream just because you don’t agree with their ideas.

●Don’t be the reason why they quit on their dreams!

●That one person you hurt might put a whole generation in pain!

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This story is not about a woman, but a story about a man who cared for his mother and the value that Islam gives to mothers. It is one of my favorite stories. Owais was the only man who was mentioned by name by the Prophet ﷺ without him having met him. Even Mohammed al Fatih, who was mentioned by the Prophet ﷺ, was not mentioned by name, just by his victory. What did Owais do that was so great? He took care of his mother. This is the story of Owais.
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One day, Omar ibn Khattab, Abu Bakr, Ali and other companions were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ at the mosque when the Prophet ﷺ said to them, “Tomorrow, a man will enter from this door to pray among you and he will be from the people of Paradise.”
Abu Huraira relates that the next day he hurried to Fajr prayer at the Mosque and lined up in the first row in hopes that he would be the man that the Prophet ﷺ was referring to the day before. There were many other Companions standing alongside him who also had the same idea. The Prophet ﷺ conducted Fajr prayer and sat down. The Companions were eager to know who this man of Paradise was, but it didn’t seem the Prophet ﷺ was going to mention it. So they sat and waited for a while and some of them had to go, but others still waited. These included Abu Huraira, Abu Bakr, Ali, and Umar.
Just then walked in a man, who was so poor his clothes were dirty and torn. The Prophet ﷺ immediately stood up and smiled from ear to ear and welcomed the man. The man asked the Prophet ﷺ to pray for him. The Prophet ﷺ raised his hands in duaa and said, “Oh Allah please grant this man a position in the highest levels of Paradise, Al Ferdous, with me.” So then when the man left, Abu Huraira asked the Prophet ﷺ,”Was that him?!” “Yes,” replied the Prophet ﷺ.
“But oh Messenger of Allah, he is nothing more than a poor slave, how can that be him?” asked Abu Huraira. “Oh Abu Huraira,” said the Prophet ﷺ. “What can I do for him if his fate in this world is to be poor? His position on the Day of Judgment is that of a king. Abu Huraira, the ones that have the most value to Allah are those that are pure, starving, whose faces are dusty, who are not known on this Earth, but known in the skies. If they want to get married, no one would marry them. And if they get sick, the do not pass on the sickness to anyone (they are alone), and if they attend something their presence is not felt, and if they leave, no one notices, and when they die, no one attends their funeral. These people however, are not forgotten by Allah and they are held with so much value.”
“Oh Messenger of Allah, show me one of them,” said Abu Huraira.
“I will tell you about Owais Al Qarni,” replied the Prophet ﷺ. The Companions looked at each other, each trying to recall if they know a man named Owais. They didn’t know that he was talking about a man that they will meet years after the Prophet ﷺ has passed away.
“He is a man of medium height, head held high despite being poor with very dark skin. I can see him putting his right arm on his left arm and weeping as he reads Quran. He is wearing a cloak of poor wool,” said the Prophet ﷺ, smiling as if he can see him as Angel Gabriel is describing him. “On his left shoulder, there is a white mark the size of a dirham that is the effect of an illness. He is unknown among the people but known in the skies. His biggest sign is the mother he deeply cares for. When he makes duaa, it is granted. He will come among the people on the Day of Judgment and as they are entering Paradise, he will be stopped. When he asks why, Allah will tell him he can bring whomever he wants into Paradise with him, as much as 200,000 people (the amount of two large tribes).”
“Ali and Umar, if you are ever to find this man, ask him to make duaa for you and ask Allah for your forgiveness,” said the Prophet ﷺ.

“No slave of Allah commits a sin except that a blessing from Allah is removed from him equal to that sin.”
- Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله –
[Tareeq, Volume: 1, Page: 271]

“There are those who do not see the effects of a sin, and they are tricked by it. They don’t realize that the sin can take effect after a while.”
- Ibn Al-Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah رحمه الله
[Al-Fawaa'id, p. 124]

“When sins continue; a blessing at a time disappears, until a person is deprived of all the blessings.”
- Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله – in: طريق الهجرتين