Ibnul-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah رحمه الله said
There are two kinds of meeting between friends:
The First is a meeting based on sociability and spending time, in which are more disadvantages than advantage, the least of which is corruption of the heart, and wasting time.
The Second kind is a meeting for the sake of supporting one another, and recommending one another to the truth and to patience. This is the best kind, yet there are still three disadvantages therein,
1. Flattering each other.
2. Being excessively talkative.
3. That such meetings become a habit or routine and they fail to achieve their aims.
There are two kinds of meeting between friends:
The First is a meeting based on sociability and spending time, in which are more disadvantages than advantage, the least of which is corruption of the heart, and wasting time.
The Second kind is a meeting for the sake of supporting one another, and recommending one another to the truth and to patience. This is the best kind, yet there are still three disadvantages therein,
1. Flattering each other.
2. Being excessively talkative.
3. That such meetings become a habit or routine and they fail to achieve their aims.
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It is mentioned in the athar, “If one mountain was to transgress against another Allah would level the transgressor.” Allah removes the oppressor even if it was a mountain, so how about the oppression of humans and nations?!
في الأثر: (لو أن جبلاً بغى على جبلٍ لدك الله الباغي) يُزيل الله الظالم ولو كان جبلاً، فكيف بظلم البشر والدول؟!
في الأثر: (لو أن جبلاً بغى على جبلٍ لدك الله الباغي) يُزيل الله الظالم ولو كان جبلاً، فكيف بظلم البشر والدول؟!
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐 𝐫𝐚𝐤'𝐚𝐡 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐣𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟
Al-Bukhari (1165) narrated that
Shaykh Ibn
(Liqa` Al-Bab Al-Maftuh)
Al-Bukhari (1165) narrated that
Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to make brief the two Rakahs before Fajr prayer, to the extent that I would say: Did he recite the Mother of the Book (Umm Al-Kitab – i.e., Al-Fatihah)?Shaykh Ibn
Uthaymin (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The Sunnah with regard to the Sunnah prayer of Fajr is to make it brief, and to recite in the first Rakah “Qul ya ayyuha Al-kafirun” [Surat Al-Kafirun 109] and in the second Rakah “Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad” [Surat Al-Ikhlas 112], or to recite in the first Rakah “Say (O Muslims), We believe in Allah and that which has been sent down to us…” [Al-Baqarah 2:136] and in the second Rakah “Say (O Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)): "O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians): Come to a word that is just between us and you…” [Al Imran 3:64]
Bowing should also be made brief; so it should be limited to the minimum recommended count, which means saying three times “Subhana Rabbiy Al-Athim (Glory be to my Lord the Almighty)”. Prostration should be made similarly brief, and the Tashahhud should also not be made lengthy. This is the Sunnah of the Messenger (ﷺ).”(Liqa` Al-Bab Al-Maftuh)
‼️EXCESSIVE ARGUING‼️
Bilal ibn Sa'ad, رحمه الله:
"When you see a person engaging in excessive arguing, flaunting his opinions, then his loss is complete."
[Source: "Rawdat al-uqalaa" by Ibn Hibban al-Busti, page 79]
And Imam Malik رحمه الله said:
"Engaging in religious arguments removes the light of knowledge from the heart, hardens it, and begets animosity."
[Source: "Siyar A'lam al-Nubala" 28/106]
Bilal ibn Sa'ad, رحمه الله:
"When you see a person engaging in excessive arguing, flaunting his opinions, then his loss is complete."
[Source: "Rawdat al-uqalaa" by Ibn Hibban al-Busti, page 79]
And Imam Malik رحمه الله said:
"Engaging in religious arguments removes the light of knowledge from the heart, hardens it, and begets animosity."
[Source: "Siyar A'lam al-Nubala" 28/106]
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It was reported by Ibn Abī ʿl-Dunyā in his book “al-Tawakkul” from Muʿāwiyyah b. Qurrah:
وروى ابن أبي الدنيا في كتاب التوكل عن معاوية ابن قرَّة قال:
ʿUmar Ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (may Allah be pleased with him) was in the presence of some people from Yemen (who did not want to work),
(( لقي عمر بن الخطاب ناساً من أهل اليمن
And he asked them: “Who are you?”
فقال: مَن أنتم؟
They said: “We are the mutawakkilūn (ie: those who put their trust in Allah).”
قالوا: نحن المتوكِّلون،
So ʿUmar said: “Rather, you are the muttakilūn (those who expect others to feed them)! And as for al-mutawakkil, he first throws the seeds into the earth (ie: as labour) and then depends on Allah the Mighty and Majestic (to provide for him).”
قال: بل أنتم المتَّكلون، إنَّ المتوكِّل الذي يلقي حبَّة في الأرض ويتوكَّل على الله عزَّ وجلَّ)).
ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Badr / عبد الرزاق البدر
وروى ابن أبي الدنيا في كتاب التوكل عن معاوية ابن قرَّة قال:
ʿUmar Ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (may Allah be pleased with him) was in the presence of some people from Yemen (who did not want to work),
(( لقي عمر بن الخطاب ناساً من أهل اليمن
And he asked them: “Who are you?”
فقال: مَن أنتم؟
They said: “We are the mutawakkilūn (ie: those who put their trust in Allah).”
قالوا: نحن المتوكِّلون،
So ʿUmar said: “Rather, you are the muttakilūn (those who expect others to feed them)! And as for al-mutawakkil, he first throws the seeds into the earth (ie: as labour) and then depends on Allah the Mighty and Majestic (to provide for him).”
قال: بل أنتم المتَّكلون، إنَّ المتوكِّل الذي يلقي حبَّة في الأرض ويتوكَّل على الله عزَّ وجلَّ)).
ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Badr / عبد الرزاق البدر
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Allah recounts the story of Zakariyyah and Yahya in surah Aal 'Imran [3] in which Zakariyyah saw Maryam being miraculously provided with fruits outside of their season and then asking Allah to provide him with righteous offspring despite his old age. Allah then says:
[فَنَادَتْهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فِي الْمِحْرَابِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَىٰ]
"So the angels called Zakariyyah while he was standing in prayer in the prayer niche, saying that Allah gives you glad tidings of Yahya ..." [39]
The root of the name "Yahya" goes back to the meaning of "living". In his tafsir of this ayah, Ibn Kathir wrote:
[قال قتادة وغيره : إنما سمي يحيى لأن الله تعالى أحياه بالإيمان . ]
Qatadah and others said: The reason why he was named *Yahya* is because Allah gave him life as a result of eemaan.
[Tafsir ibn Kathir 2/38]
[فَنَادَتْهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فِي الْمِحْرَابِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَىٰ]
"So the angels called Zakariyyah while he was standing in prayer in the prayer niche, saying that Allah gives you glad tidings of Yahya ..." [39]
The root of the name "Yahya" goes back to the meaning of "living". In his tafsir of this ayah, Ibn Kathir wrote:
[قال قتادة وغيره : إنما سمي يحيى لأن الله تعالى أحياه بالإيمان . ]
Qatadah and others said: The reason why he was named *Yahya* is because Allah gave him life as a result of eemaan.
[Tafsir ibn Kathir 2/38]
Question:
What is better, that a person reads the Qur’aan and finishes it many times or that he reads it pondering over its Tafseer [and finishes it] once or twice in Ramadhaan?
Shaykh Ahmad Yahya An-Najmee:
”By Allaah if he reads it once with its explanation and understands it, it is better than if he reads it being hasty or so. And when a man said to Abdullah Ibn Mas’ood (Radiya Allaahu ‘anhu),” I have indeed read al Mufassal yesterday” [Mufassal, 4 Juzz from Qaaf up to An-Naas]. Ibn Mas’ood answered: “This is the reading of a hasty poet.”
It is therefore better to read and ponder [over the Aayah] using an explanation to make the meaning clear. It is better to read with a Tafseer and to ponder [over the Aayah], Na’am.”
What is better, that a person reads the Qur’aan and finishes it many times or that he reads it pondering over its Tafseer [and finishes it] once or twice in Ramadhaan?
Shaykh Ahmad Yahya An-Najmee:
”By Allaah if he reads it once with its explanation and understands it, it is better than if he reads it being hasty or so. And when a man said to Abdullah Ibn Mas’ood (Radiya Allaahu ‘anhu),” I have indeed read al Mufassal yesterday” [Mufassal, 4 Juzz from Qaaf up to An-Naas]. Ibn Mas’ood answered: “This is the reading of a hasty poet.”
It is therefore better to read and ponder [over the Aayah] using an explanation to make the meaning clear. It is better to read with a Tafseer and to ponder [over the Aayah], Na’am.”
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Someone said,
" Do not make your relationship with Allah like that with an Ambulance 🚑, calling it only in times of emergency "
I remembered by this quote the hadeeth in Arba'een an Nawawi , the speech of our beloved Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم who said :
تَعَرَّفْ إلَى اللَّهِ فِي الرَّخَاءِ يَعْرِفُك فِي الشِّدَّةِ
"Recognize and acknowledge Allah in times of ease and prosperity, and He will remember you in times of adversity"
Ofcourse, it's never a matter of Give n Take with Allah, he is free from all need and he is close whenever you invoke him, however sinful you're, but the point is it's high time we build deeper & continuous relationship of love with our creator.
" Do not make your relationship with Allah like that with an Ambulance 🚑, calling it only in times of emergency "
I remembered by this quote the hadeeth in Arba'een an Nawawi , the speech of our beloved Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم who said :
تَعَرَّفْ إلَى اللَّهِ فِي الرَّخَاءِ يَعْرِفُك فِي الشِّدَّةِ
"Recognize and acknowledge Allah in times of ease and prosperity, and He will remember you in times of adversity"
Ofcourse, it's never a matter of Give n Take with Allah, he is free from all need and he is close whenever you invoke him, however sinful you're, but the point is it's high time we build deeper & continuous relationship of love with our creator.
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THE 3 MOST DIFFICULT DAYS UPON MANKIND...
[ أصعبُ ثلاثة أيَّام على الإنسان ]
قال سفيانُ بن عُيينة - رحمه اللهُ -:
"أوحَشُ ما يكونُ ابنُ آدمَ في ثلاثة مواطن:
Sufyān b. 'Uyaynah Raḥimahullāh said: The most loneliest time that the son of Adam will be in is 3 situations:
يومَ وُلِدَ فيخرجُ إلى دارِ هَمٍّ .
1. The day he is born and comes to the abode of stress and anxiety (i.e. The world).
وليلةَ يبيتُ مع الموتى فيُجاورُ
جيرانًا لم يَرَ مثلَهم.
2. The night he will sleep with the deceased, so he will live beside neighbors he has never seen the likes of (i.e. The Grave).
ويومَ يُبعثُ فيَشهدُ مشهدًا لم يَرَ مثله
3. The day he will be raised up (from the dead) and he will witness the likes of that which he never witnessed before (i.e. The Day of Judgement).
قَالَ اللهُ تعالى ليحيى في هذه
الثلاثة المواطن :
﴿ وَسَلَامٌ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ وُلِدَ وَيَوْمَ يَمُوتُ
وَيَوْمَ يُبْعَثُ حَيًّا ﴾
[مريم : ١٥]
Allāh the Most High said to Yaḥya regarding these 3 situations:
"May peace and safety be upon him, the day he is born, the day he dies and the day he will be brought back to life.”
● [الجامع لأحكام القرآن ٢٧/١٣]
[ أصعبُ ثلاثة أيَّام على الإنسان ]
قال سفيانُ بن عُيينة - رحمه اللهُ -:
"أوحَشُ ما يكونُ ابنُ آدمَ في ثلاثة مواطن:
Sufyān b. 'Uyaynah Raḥimahullāh said: The most loneliest time that the son of Adam will be in is 3 situations:
يومَ وُلِدَ فيخرجُ إلى دارِ هَمٍّ .
1. The day he is born and comes to the abode of stress and anxiety (i.e. The world).
وليلةَ يبيتُ مع الموتى فيُجاورُ
جيرانًا لم يَرَ مثلَهم.
2. The night he will sleep with the deceased, so he will live beside neighbors he has never seen the likes of (i.e. The Grave).
ويومَ يُبعثُ فيَشهدُ مشهدًا لم يَرَ مثله
3. The day he will be raised up (from the dead) and he will witness the likes of that which he never witnessed before (i.e. The Day of Judgement).
قَالَ اللهُ تعالى ليحيى في هذه
الثلاثة المواطن :
﴿ وَسَلَامٌ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ وُلِدَ وَيَوْمَ يَمُوتُ
وَيَوْمَ يُبْعَثُ حَيًّا ﴾
[مريم : ١٥]
Allāh the Most High said to Yaḥya regarding these 3 situations:
"May peace and safety be upon him, the day he is born, the day he dies and the day he will be brought back to life.”
● [الجامع لأحكام القرآن ٢٧/١٣]
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The Dunya is Cursed…
The Messenger of Allāh صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said:
“The dunya is cursed. Cursed is all that is in it except for the remembrance of Allah, and that which resembles it, a scholar, and a student (of knowledge).”
[Related by Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah, and Bayhaqi. The wording is taken from Shaykh al-Albaanee’s Sahīh at-Targhīb wat-Tarhīb (1/34)]
Ali ibn Abi Taalib (رضي الله عنه) said:
“Verily, the Dunya is coming to an end and the Akhirah is coming to a beginning and they both have children. So be children of the Akhirah and don’t be children of the Dunya. For verily today there is action with no account and tomorrow there is account with no action”
[Related by Ibn al-Qayyim]
Al-Hasan al-Basri (رحمه الله) said:
“So beware of this land (the dunya) that is falling down and is misleading and deceiving, being decorated by its deceit and having eluded (others) by its delusion, and having killed its people with its hopes. It looks forward with anticipation towards the one who proposes to it for marriage. Hence it becomes like the unveiled bride – all the eyes are looking towards it, and the souls are in love with it, and the hearts are captivated by it.”
[Related by Abu Nu’aym in al-Hilyah (2/135-136)]
The Messenger of Allāh صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ said:
“The dunya is cursed. Cursed is all that is in it except for the remembrance of Allah, and that which resembles it, a scholar, and a student (of knowledge).”
[Related by Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah, and Bayhaqi. The wording is taken from Shaykh al-Albaanee’s Sahīh at-Targhīb wat-Tarhīb (1/34)]
Ali ibn Abi Taalib (رضي الله عنه) said:
“Verily, the Dunya is coming to an end and the Akhirah is coming to a beginning and they both have children. So be children of the Akhirah and don’t be children of the Dunya. For verily today there is action with no account and tomorrow there is account with no action”
[Related by Ibn al-Qayyim]
Al-Hasan al-Basri (رحمه الله) said:
“So beware of this land (the dunya) that is falling down and is misleading and deceiving, being decorated by its deceit and having eluded (others) by its delusion, and having killed its people with its hopes. It looks forward with anticipation towards the one who proposes to it for marriage. Hence it becomes like the unveiled bride – all the eyes are looking towards it, and the souls are in love with it, and the hearts are captivated by it.”
[Related by Abu Nu’aym in al-Hilyah (2/135-136)]
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Is your loyalty towards Allaah or the people?
Muaawiyah رضي الله عنه wrote to the mother of the believers, Aaishah رضي الله عنها, asking her to write to him some advice but not making it lengthy. So, `Aaishah رضي الله عنها wrote:
“Assalaamu Alaik. To proceed… I heard the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم saying,
❝Whoever seeks the pleasure of Allaah while the people are displeased; then Allaah will protect him from the troubles caused by the people. And whosoever seeks the pleasure of the people while displeasing Allaah; then Allaah will leave his matter for the people (i.e. Allaah will not protect him from the harms of the people)❞
Wassalaamu Alaik.”
[Tirmidhi # 2414. Authenticated by Shaykh Al-Albaanee in as-Saheehah # 2311]
Muaawiyah رضي الله عنه wrote to the mother of the believers, Aaishah رضي الله عنها, asking her to write to him some advice but not making it lengthy. So, `Aaishah رضي الله عنها wrote:
“Assalaamu Alaik. To proceed… I heard the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم saying,
❝Whoever seeks the pleasure of Allaah while the people are displeased; then Allaah will protect him from the troubles caused by the people. And whosoever seeks the pleasure of the people while displeasing Allaah; then Allaah will leave his matter for the people (i.e. Allaah will not protect him from the harms of the people)❞
Wassalaamu Alaik.”
[Tirmidhi # 2414. Authenticated by Shaykh Al-Albaanee in as-Saheehah # 2311]
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#NewYear
My New Year Resolution Is ....
Not to spend a penny or waste a second in any such celebrations as they are neither useful in this world nor in hereafter.
I believe we are answerable to ALLAH for all our actions.
➨ QURAN 23:115
Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?
➨ QURAN 6:32
And the worldly life is not but amusement and diversion; but the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allah , so will you not reason?
► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:
There are two blessings which many people lose: (They are)
1) Health and
2) Free time for doing good.
(SAHIH BUKHARI Hadith #6412)
► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:
The feet of the son of Adam shall not move from before his Lord on the Day of Judgment, until he is asked about FIVE things:
1) About his life and what he did with it,
2) About his youth and what he wore it out in,
3) About his wealth and how he earned it
4) And spent it upon,
5) And what he did with what he knew (knowledge).
(SUNAN TIRMIDHI Hadith #2316-2317)
ULTIMATE BLAST ...
► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:
1) The most affluent of the people in this world, of the inhabitants of the Fire, (who will be) will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and dipped once in the Fire. Then it will be said: 'O son of Adam, did you ever see anything good? Did you ever have any pleasure?' He will say: 'No, by Allah, O Lord.'
2) Then the most destitute of the people in this world, (who will be) of the inhabitants of Paradise, will be brought and dipped once in Paradise, and it will be said to him: 'O son of Adam, did you ever see anything bad? Did you ever experience any hardship?' He will say: 'No, by Allah, O Lord. I never saw anything bad and I never experienced any hardship."
(SAHIH MUSLIM Hadith #7088)
My New Year Resolution Is ....
Not to spend a penny or waste a second in any such celebrations as they are neither useful in this world nor in hereafter.
I believe we are answerable to ALLAH for all our actions.
➨ QURAN 23:115
Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?
➨ QURAN 6:32
And the worldly life is not but amusement and diversion; but the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allah , so will you not reason?
► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:
There are two blessings which many people lose: (They are)
1) Health and
2) Free time for doing good.
(SAHIH BUKHARI Hadith #6412)
► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:
The feet of the son of Adam shall not move from before his Lord on the Day of Judgment, until he is asked about FIVE things:
1) About his life and what he did with it,
2) About his youth and what he wore it out in,
3) About his wealth and how he earned it
4) And spent it upon,
5) And what he did with what he knew (knowledge).
(SUNAN TIRMIDHI Hadith #2316-2317)
ULTIMATE BLAST ...
► PROPHET MUHAMMAD (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:
1) The most affluent of the people in this world, of the inhabitants of the Fire, (who will be) will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and dipped once in the Fire. Then it will be said: 'O son of Adam, did you ever see anything good? Did you ever have any pleasure?' He will say: 'No, by Allah, O Lord.'
2) Then the most destitute of the people in this world, (who will be) of the inhabitants of Paradise, will be brought and dipped once in Paradise, and it will be said to him: 'O son of Adam, did you ever see anything bad? Did you ever experience any hardship?' He will say: 'No, by Allah, O Lord. I never saw anything bad and I never experienced any hardship."
(SAHIH MUSLIM Hadith #7088)
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Most of the Muslims could stay awake till late night to witness a pagan festival (i.e. new year), but couldn't pray their Fajr prayer, yet they want an Islamic State in their place?!
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Al-Hasan al-Basri, [may Allāh bestow mercy upon him], said:
“I encountered within the Qur’ān; in ninety instances, where it is mentioned that Allāh has predetermined and assured sustenance for His creations. Surprisingly, only once have I encountered an āyah where Satan promises poverty.
{Shaytān (Satan) threatens you with poverty}
Surah al-Baqarah, al-āyah 268.
Causing us to question the veracity of the truthful assertion across those ninety āyāt, while inexplicably trusting the falsehood within that lone instance!”
Qam ul-Hirs bi-Zuhd wal Qanā‘āh | Page 60 | Al-Imām | Al-Qurtubi, [may Allāh bestow mercy upon him]
Translation: Authentic Quotes
“I encountered within the Qur’ān; in ninety instances, where it is mentioned that Allāh has predetermined and assured sustenance for His creations. Surprisingly, only once have I encountered an āyah where Satan promises poverty.
{Shaytān (Satan) threatens you with poverty}
Surah al-Baqarah, al-āyah 268.
Causing us to question the veracity of the truthful assertion across those ninety āyāt, while inexplicably trusting the falsehood within that lone instance!”
Qam ul-Hirs bi-Zuhd wal Qanā‘āh | Page 60 | Al-Imām | Al-Qurtubi, [may Allāh bestow mercy upon him]
Translation: Authentic Quotes