Muhammad b. Seereen (d. 110H) rahimahullaah said:
“Indeed this knowledge is religion, so beware of whom you take your religion from.”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Ad-Daarimee (1/125), al-Faqeeh wal-Mutafaqqeh (2/96), Adabul-Imlaa [wal-Istimlaa] (no.150), Taareekh ad-Damishq (55/351), Mu'jam al-Muhadditheen (no.276), Tadreebur-Raawee (1/301), Kashful-Khafaa (no.796) and it will come with extra references in (no.295).
“Indeed this knowledge is religion, so beware of whom you take your religion from.”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Ad-Daarimee (1/125), al-Faqeeh wal-Mutafaqqeh (2/96), Adabul-Imlaa [wal-Istimlaa] (no.150), Taareekh ad-Damishq (55/351), Mu'jam al-Muhadditheen (no.276), Tadreebur-Raawee (1/301), Kashful-Khafaa (no.796) and it will come with extra references in (no.295).
Muhammad b. Seereen (d. 110H) rahimahullaah said:
“Indeed this knowledge is religion, so beware of whom you take your religion from.”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Ad-Daarimee (1/125), al-Faqeeh wal-Mutafaqqeh (2/96), Adabul-Imlaa [wal-Istimlaa] (no.150), Taareekh ad-Damishq (55/351), Mu'jam al-Muhadditheen (no.276), Tadreebur-Raawee (1/301), Kashful-Khafaa (no.796) and it will come with extra references in (no.295).
“Indeed this knowledge is religion, so beware of whom you take your religion from.”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Ad-Daarimee (1/125), al-Faqeeh wal-Mutafaqqeh (2/96), Adabul-Imlaa [wal-Istimlaa] (no.150), Taareekh ad-Damishq (55/351), Mu'jam al-Muhadditheen (no.276), Tadreebur-Raawee (1/301), Kashful-Khafaa (no.796) and it will come with extra references in (no.295).
Az-Zuhree (d. 124H) rahimahullaah said:
“I used to come to the door of 'Urwah and sit waiting at his door, and if indeed I wanted to enter then I could have entered but (I did not) out of respect for him.”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Ad-Daarimee (no.569), al-Madkhal of al-Bayhaqee (no.675) & Taareekh ad-Damishq (55/315).
“I used to come to the door of 'Urwah and sit waiting at his door, and if indeed I wanted to enter then I could have entered but (I did not) out of respect for him.”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Ad-Daarimee (no.569), al-Madkhal of al-Bayhaqee (no.675) & Taareekh ad-Damishq (55/315).
Az-Zuhree (d. 124H) rahimahullaah said:
“I used to come to the door of 'Urwah and sit waiting at his door, and if indeed I wanted to enter then I could have entered but (I did not) out of respect for him.”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Ad-Daarimee (no.569), al-Madkhal of al-Bayhaqee (no.675) & Taareekh ad-Damishq (55/315).
“I used to come to the door of 'Urwah and sit waiting at his door, and if indeed I wanted to enter then I could have entered but (I did not) out of respect for him.”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Ad-Daarimee (no.569), al-Madkhal of al-Bayhaqee (no.675) & Taareekh ad-Damishq (55/315).
Sufyaan ath-Thawree (d. 161H) rahimahullaah said:
“It used to be such that if a man wanted to write Hadeeth he had to acquire good mannerisms and worship before that for twenty years.”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Al-Hilyah (6/361).
“It used to be such that if a man wanted to write Hadeeth he had to acquire good mannerisms and worship before that for twenty years.”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Al-Hilyah (6/361).
Al-Hasan b. 'Alee al-Barbahaaree (d. 329H) rahimahullaah said:
“If you see a man supplicating for the ruler’s rectification then know he is a person of the Sunnah, if Allaah wills.”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Sharhus-Sunnah al-Barbahaaree (no.136).
“If you see a man supplicating for the ruler’s rectification then know he is a person of the Sunnah, if Allaah wills.”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Sharhus-Sunnah al-Barbahaaree (no.136).
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “The Dunya (worldly life); all of it is a fleeting enjoyment, and the best of the fleeting enjoyments of the Dunya is a righteous woman.”
Saheeh Muslim (no.1467) and the wording is from Saheeh al-Jaami as-Sagheer wa Ziyaadah no. 3413
Shaykh al-Uthaymeen rahimahullaah mentions:
So his (ﷺ) statement: “The Dunya is a fleeting enjoyment.” Meaning a thing that one benefits from and enjoys (i.e. utilises) just like a traveller utilises and benefits from his provisions and then it ends (i.e. it is temporary). And the best of these temporary enjoyments and provisions (that one enjoys and benefits from) is a righteous woman. If a person is given the success and ability to have a woman who is Saalihah (righteous and sound) in her religion and her intellect then this is the best of the transitory enjoyments and provisions of the life of this world. That is because she will safeguard and protect his secrets, his wealth and his children. And if she is sound in her intellect then she will be able to organise and manage his house in a good manner, and likewise the cultivation of her children. When he looks at her she pleases him, if he is away from her she safeguards herself for him, and if he entrusts her with something she will not betray him. So this woman is the best of the fleeting and temporary enjoyments and provisions of the worldly life.
For this reason the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) said: “A woman is married for four reasons: for her wealth, her lineage, her beauty and her religion. So get (married to) the one with the religion, may your hands be covered with dust.” Meaning upon you is to marry her (the religious one) because she is the best a man can marry. The one with the religion even if she is not beautiful in appearance, but her manners and her religion will beautify her. So get married to the one with the religion, may your hands be covered with dust.
Translation by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Sharh Riyaadh as-Saaliheen by Shaykh Ibn al-'Uthaymeen rahimahullaah, (3/136-137).
Saheeh Muslim (no.1467) and the wording is from Saheeh al-Jaami as-Sagheer wa Ziyaadah no. 3413
Shaykh al-Uthaymeen rahimahullaah mentions:
So his (ﷺ) statement: “The Dunya is a fleeting enjoyment.” Meaning a thing that one benefits from and enjoys (i.e. utilises) just like a traveller utilises and benefits from his provisions and then it ends (i.e. it is temporary). And the best of these temporary enjoyments and provisions (that one enjoys and benefits from) is a righteous woman. If a person is given the success and ability to have a woman who is Saalihah (righteous and sound) in her religion and her intellect then this is the best of the transitory enjoyments and provisions of the life of this world. That is because she will safeguard and protect his secrets, his wealth and his children. And if she is sound in her intellect then she will be able to organise and manage his house in a good manner, and likewise the cultivation of her children. When he looks at her she pleases him, if he is away from her she safeguards herself for him, and if he entrusts her with something she will not betray him. So this woman is the best of the fleeting and temporary enjoyments and provisions of the worldly life.
For this reason the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) said: “A woman is married for four reasons: for her wealth, her lineage, her beauty and her religion. So get (married to) the one with the religion, may your hands be covered with dust.” Meaning upon you is to marry her (the religious one) because she is the best a man can marry. The one with the religion even if she is not beautiful in appearance, but her manners and her religion will beautify her. So get married to the one with the religion, may your hands be covered with dust.
Translation by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Sharh Riyaadh as-Saaliheen by Shaykh Ibn al-'Uthaymeen rahimahullaah, (3/136-137).
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “The Dunya (worldly life); all of it is a fleeting enjoyment, and the best of the fleeting enjoyments of the Dunya is a righteous woman.”
Saheeh Muslim (no.1467) and the wording is from Saheeh al-Jaami as-Sagheer wa Ziyaadah no. 3413
Explanation by Shaykh al-Uthaymeen rahimahullaah
Saheeh Muslim (no.1467) and the wording is from Saheeh al-Jaami as-Sagheer wa Ziyaadah no. 3413
Explanation by Shaykh al-Uthaymeen rahimahullaah
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Al-Hajjaaj b. Arta’ah (d. 149H) rahimahullaah said:
“Truly one of you is in more need of acquiring good Adab (mannerisms) than learning fifty Hadeeth.”
Translated by: Aboo ‘Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Al-Jaami’ li-Akhlaaq ar-Raawee at-Tahhaan’s checking (no.355) & 'Ajaaj’s checking (no.358).
“Truly one of you is in more need of acquiring good Adab (mannerisms) than learning fifty Hadeeth.”
Translated by: Aboo ‘Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Al-Jaami’ li-Akhlaaq ar-Raawee at-Tahhaan’s checking (no.355) & 'Ajaaj’s checking (no.358).
Al-Hajjaaj b. Arta’ah (d. 149H) rahimahullaah said:
“Truly one of you is in more need of acquiring good Adab (mannerisms) than learning fifty Hadeeth.”
Translated by: Aboo ‘Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Al-Jaami’ li-Akhlaaq ar-Raawee at-Tahhaan’s checking (no.355) & 'Ajaaj’s checking (no.358).
“Truly one of you is in more need of acquiring good Adab (mannerisms) than learning fifty Hadeeth.”
Translated by: Aboo ‘Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Al-Jaami’ li-Akhlaaq ar-Raawee at-Tahhaan’s checking (no.355) & 'Ajaaj’s checking (no.358).
The Scholars Protect The People From The Hellfire
Yahya b. Mu'aadh ar-Raazee (d. 258H) rahimahullaah said:
"The 'Ulamaa (scholars) are more merciful to the Ummah of Muhammad (ﷺ) than their mothers and their fathers.”
It was said to him: ‘How is that?’
He said: “Since their mothers and their fathers protect them from the fire of this world whereas the scholars protect them from the fire of the Hereafter.”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Mukhtasir Naseehah Ahlil-Hadeeth (p.167).
Yahya b. Mu'aadh ar-Raazee (d. 258H) rahimahullaah said:
"The 'Ulamaa (scholars) are more merciful to the Ummah of Muhammad (ﷺ) than their mothers and their fathers.”
It was said to him: ‘How is that?’
He said: “Since their mothers and their fathers protect them from the fire of this world whereas the scholars protect them from the fire of the Hereafter.”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Mukhtasir Naseehah Ahlil-Hadeeth (p.167).
The Messenger (ﷺ) said:
“Two blessings which many people lose out (by not utilising them), good health and spare time.”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Al-Bukhaaree (no.6049), at-Tirmidhee (no.2304) and others.
“Two blessings which many people lose out (by not utilising them), good health and spare time.”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Al-Bukhaaree (no.6049), at-Tirmidhee (no.2304) and others.
The Messenger (ﷺ) said:
“Take advantage of five before five; your youth before your old age, and your health before your sickness, and your wealth before you become poor, and your spare time before you become preoccupied [and your life before your death].”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Musannaf of Ibn Abee Shaybah (no.16166), al-Haakim (4/306) and he declared it to be Saheeh (authentic) and Imaam adh-Dhahabee agreed, Musnad ash-Shihaab (no.729), Shu’ab al-Imaan [of al-Bayhaqee] (no.10248, no.10250).
“Take advantage of five before five; your youth before your old age, and your health before your sickness, and your wealth before you become poor, and your spare time before you become preoccupied [and your life before your death].”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Musannaf of Ibn Abee Shaybah (no.16166), al-Haakim (4/306) and he declared it to be Saheeh (authentic) and Imaam adh-Dhahabee agreed, Musnad ash-Shihaab (no.729), Shu’ab al-Imaan [of al-Bayhaqee] (no.10248, no.10250).
The Messenger (ﷺ) said:
“Take advantage of five before five; your youth before your old age, and your health before your sickness, and your wealth before you become poor, and your spare time before you become preoccupied [and your life before your death].”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Musannaf of Ibn Abee Shaybah (no.16166), al-Haakim (4/306) and he declared it to be Saheeh (authentic) and Imaam adh-Dhahabee agreed, Musnad ash-Shihaab (no.729), Shu’ab al-Imaan [of al-Bayhaqee] (no.10248, no.10250).
“Take advantage of five before five; your youth before your old age, and your health before your sickness, and your wealth before you become poor, and your spare time before you become preoccupied [and your life before your death].”
Translated by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Musannaf of Ibn Abee Shaybah (no.16166), al-Haakim (4/306) and he declared it to be Saheeh (authentic) and Imaam adh-Dhahabee agreed, Musnad ash-Shihaab (no.729), Shu’ab al-Imaan [of al-Bayhaqee] (no.10248, no.10250).
The Excellence Of Lengthening The Rukoo' & Sujood
On the authority of Jubayr b. Nufayr that ‘Abdullaah b. 'Umar (radiallaahu 'anhuma) saw a young man lengthening his prayer and he exerted himself in it (to the utmost degree). So he (Ibn 'Umar) said: "Who (from among you) knows this (young man)?" So a man replied: "I do." Then he (Ibn 'Umar) said: "Had I known him, then indeed I would have commanded him to lengthen the Rukoo’ (the bowing position in prayer) and the Sujood (the prostration). For indeed I heard the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) say: “Indeed when a servant (of Allaah) stands for prayer then all of his sins are brought and placed upon his head and both of his shoulders, so every time he bows or he prostrates they (i.e. his sins) fall off him.”
Translated by: Aboo ‘Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Saheeh al-Jaami' (no.1671). Shaykh al-Albaanee declared it Saheeh. Full wording taken from Saheeh Ibn Hibbaan (no.1734)
On the authority of Jubayr b. Nufayr that ‘Abdullaah b. 'Umar (radiallaahu 'anhuma) saw a young man lengthening his prayer and he exerted himself in it (to the utmost degree). So he (Ibn 'Umar) said: "Who (from among you) knows this (young man)?" So a man replied: "I do." Then he (Ibn 'Umar) said: "Had I known him, then indeed I would have commanded him to lengthen the Rukoo’ (the bowing position in prayer) and the Sujood (the prostration). For indeed I heard the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) say: “Indeed when a servant (of Allaah) stands for prayer then all of his sins are brought and placed upon his head and both of his shoulders, so every time he bows or he prostrates they (i.e. his sins) fall off him.”
Translated by: Aboo ‘Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Saheeh al-Jaami' (no.1671). Shaykh al-Albaanee declared it Saheeh. Full wording taken from Saheeh Ibn Hibbaan (no.1734)
The Reasons Why Ahlus-Sunnah Only Speak Good About The Companions
Shaykhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728H) rahimahullaah mentions:
And from the fundamental principles of the People of the Sunnah and the Jamaa’ah is Salaamah (the soundness and protection) of their hearts and tongues regarding the Companions of the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ). And they dissociate and free themselves from the way of the Rawaafid (Shiites) who hate the Companions and revile them. And they withhold from delving into what occurred between the Companions, and they say: ‘Indeed those narrations which are related concerning their shortcomings, then from them are those that are outright lies, and from them are those that are added to, omitted and changed from the true reality. Whilst they (the companions) had many virtues and previous good deeds (of being from the first and foremost ones to accept Islaam) which obligates their pardon from that which may have occurred from them, if indeed it did occur. Nevertheless, they have been pardoned for faults which those after them will not be pardoned. So even if anyone of them fell into sinning, then it is possible that he may have repented from it, or observed good deeds that have wiped it (all) out. Or he has been pardoned due to the virtue and excellence of having precedence (in the Deen), or by intercession of Muhammad (ﷺ) for which they are the most deserving of people. Or he may have been tested with a trial in this worldly life by which he has been expiated. If this is the case with actual faults and sins, then how about affairs in which they made Ijtihaad (making a judgement after much striving and research). If they were correct then they will receive two rewards and if they erred then they will receive a single reward and the error is pardoned.
Translated by: Aboo ‘Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Al-'Aqeedatul-Waasitiyyah (no.26-28) & al-Majmoo’ al-Fataawa (3/152-155) with some abridgement
Shaykhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728H) rahimahullaah mentions:
And from the fundamental principles of the People of the Sunnah and the Jamaa’ah is Salaamah (the soundness and protection) of their hearts and tongues regarding the Companions of the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ). And they dissociate and free themselves from the way of the Rawaafid (Shiites) who hate the Companions and revile them. And they withhold from delving into what occurred between the Companions, and they say: ‘Indeed those narrations which are related concerning their shortcomings, then from them are those that are outright lies, and from them are those that are added to, omitted and changed from the true reality. Whilst they (the companions) had many virtues and previous good deeds (of being from the first and foremost ones to accept Islaam) which obligates their pardon from that which may have occurred from them, if indeed it did occur. Nevertheless, they have been pardoned for faults which those after them will not be pardoned. So even if anyone of them fell into sinning, then it is possible that he may have repented from it, or observed good deeds that have wiped it (all) out. Or he has been pardoned due to the virtue and excellence of having precedence (in the Deen), or by intercession of Muhammad (ﷺ) for which they are the most deserving of people. Or he may have been tested with a trial in this worldly life by which he has been expiated. If this is the case with actual faults and sins, then how about affairs in which they made Ijtihaad (making a judgement after much striving and research). If they were correct then they will receive two rewards and if they erred then they will receive a single reward and the error is pardoned.
Translated by: Aboo ‘Abdillaah Bilal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Reference: Al-'Aqeedatul-Waasitiyyah (no.26-28) & al-Majmoo’ al-Fataawa (3/152-155) with some abridgement