True Knowledge
Ibn Rajab (d.795H) rahimahullaah said:
"Knowledge is not about relating an abundance of narrations nor having plenty of statements. But rather, it is a light that is placed in the heart and by which the slave understands the truth and is able to distinguish between it (the truth) and the falsehood, and he articulates that with concise statements that achieve their Maqaasid (intents and purposes)."
Reference: Bayaan Fadl 'ilm as-Salaf 'Alaa al-Khalaf by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalee (p.58), Checking by al-'Ajamee.
Translation by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
Ibn Rajab (d.795H) rahimahullaah said:
"Knowledge is not about relating an abundance of narrations nor having plenty of statements. But rather, it is a light that is placed in the heart and by which the slave understands the truth and is able to distinguish between it (the truth) and the falsehood, and he articulates that with concise statements that achieve their Maqaasid (intents and purposes)."
Reference: Bayaan Fadl 'ilm as-Salaf 'Alaa al-Khalaf by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalee (p.58), Checking by al-'Ajamee.
Translation by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
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Guard Your Religion From Argumentation
'Umar b. 'Abdul-'Azeez (d. 101H) - rahimahullaah - said:
"Whoever makes his religion Ghardan (an object or target) for disputation, will often change."
Reference: Ibn Sa’d (5/371), ad-Daarimee (no.304), Ta’weel Mukhtalif al-Hadeeth (no.78) ‘Ataa print, no.(44) al-Mutanabi print, As-Samt wa Aadab al-Lisaan (no.161, no.674), ash-Sharee’ah (no.66, no.62), al-Ibaanah (no.566, no.568, no.569, no.577, no. 578, no.580), al-Laalikaa’ee (no.216), al-Hilyah (9/218), Jaami’ Bayaanil-‘Ilm (no.412).
Translation by: Aboo Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
'Umar b. 'Abdul-'Azeez (d. 101H) - rahimahullaah - said:
"Whoever makes his religion Ghardan (an object or target) for disputation, will often change."
Reference: Ibn Sa’d (5/371), ad-Daarimee (no.304), Ta’weel Mukhtalif al-Hadeeth (no.78) ‘Ataa print, no.(44) al-Mutanabi print, As-Samt wa Aadab al-Lisaan (no.161, no.674), ash-Sharee’ah (no.66, no.62), al-Ibaanah (no.566, no.568, no.569, no.577, no. 578, no.580), al-Laalikaa’ee (no.216), al-Hilyah (9/218), Jaami’ Bayaanil-‘Ilm (no.412).
Translation by: Aboo Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
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A Sunni Sinner Is Better Than An Innovator
Sa’eed b. Jubayr (d. 94H) - rahimahullaah - said:
"That my son accompanies a rebellious sinner, a Shaatir (crafty rascal) who is a Sunni is more beloved to me than he accompanies a devout worshipper who is an innovator.”
Reference: Ibn Battah in al-Ibaanah as-Sughraa (p.138, no.89), checking by Dr. Ridaa Na'saan, First Edition, 2003.
Translation by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
Sa’eed b. Jubayr (d. 94H) - rahimahullaah - said:
"That my son accompanies a rebellious sinner, a Shaatir (crafty rascal) who is a Sunni is more beloved to me than he accompanies a devout worshipper who is an innovator.”
Reference: Ibn Battah in al-Ibaanah as-Sughraa (p.138, no.89), checking by Dr. Ridaa Na'saan, First Edition, 2003.
Translation by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
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From The Greatest Causes Of The Deen Becoming Manifest & Uppermost Is The Rise Of Adversaries & Opponents To It
Ibn Taymiyyah (d.728H) rahimahullaah said:
"Among the greatest ways and means that the faith and the religion is made manifest and uppermost, and the reality of the message of the Messengers is clarified and elucidated is through the emergence and rise of opponents against them from the people of clear falsehood..."
Ibn Taymiyyah (d.728H) rahimahullaah said:
"Among the greatest ways and means that the faith and the religion is made manifest and uppermost, and the reality of the message of the Messengers is clarified and elucidated is through the emergence and rise of opponents against them from the people of clear falsehood..."
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From The Greatest Causes Of The Deen Becoming Manifest & Uppermost Is The Rise Of Adversaries & Opponents To It
Ibn Taymiyyah (d.728H) rahimahullaah said:
"Among the greatest ways and means that the faith and the religion is made manifest and uppermost, and the reality of the message of the Messengers is clarified and elucidated is through the emergence and rise of opponents against them from the people of clear falsehood and outright lying.
As Allaah, the Most High mentions:
"And so We have appointed for every Prophet enemies - Shayaateen (devils) among mankind and jinn, inspiring one another with adorned speech as a delusion (or by way of deception). If your Lord had so willed, they would not have done it; so leave them alone with their fabrications. (And this is in order) that the hearts of those who disbelieve in the Hereafter may incline to such (deceit), and that they may remain pleased with it, and that they may commit what they are committing (all kinds of sins and evil deeds). [Say (O Muhammad (ﷺ)] "Shall I seek a judge other than Allaah while it is He Who has sent down unto you the Book (the Qur’aan), explained in detail." Those unto whom We (previously) gave the Scripture know that it is revealed from your Lord in truth. So be not you of those who doubt. And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice. None can change His Words. And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower." [Surah al-An'aam: 112-115]
And He, the Most High mentions:
"And (remember) the Day when the Dhaalim (wrong-doer, oppressor, polytheist) will bite at his hands (in regret), he will say: "Oh! Would that I had taken a path with the Messenger. Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never taken so-and-so as a Khaleel (an intimate friend)! He indeed led me astray from the Reminder (this Qur’aan) after it had come to me. And Shaytaan (Satan) is to man ever a deserter in the hour of need." And the Messenger [Muhammad (ﷺ)] will say: "O my Lord! Verily, my people deserted this Qur’aan (neither listened to it, nor acted on its laws and teachings). Thus have We made for every Prophet an enemy among the Mujrimoon (disbelievers, polytheists, criminals). But Sufficient is your Lord as a Guide and Helper." [Surah Al-Furqaan: 27-31].
And that is because when the truth is rejected and opposed by way of doubts then Allaah, the Most High, establishes for it - that which will cause the truth to triumph and cause falsehood to be vanquished - from the clear Aayaat (proofs, signs, Quranic verses); through which (i.e. the Aayaat) He manifests the clear evidences for the truth and its decisive proofs and (He clarifies) the corruption of what is used to oppose and contradict it by way of futile arguments.
So when Polytheists (al-Mushrikoon from Makkah) belied and disbelieved in the Qur'aan, and they endeavoured to render it false and futile in every way possible - whilst it challenged them to bring something like it, then (it challenged them) to bring one tenth of its like and then to bring one single Surah (chapter). This is what proved to the intelligent people the weakness and incapability of the Polytheists in having any opposition to it; despite them striving hard and having all the strong means (at their disposal).
And if they had followed the Qur'aan - without opposing it and (without) persistently trying to prove it to be false and futile - then their inability to oppose it (i.e. the Qur'aan) would not have become apparent and manifest through/with which the decisive proof is accomplished and completed.
And likewise (is the case) when the sorcerers opposed Moosa ('alayhis-salaam), Allaah, the Most High, rendered futile what they came with (from magic and falsehood). That was how Allaah, the Blessed and the Most High, clarified the truthfulness of what Moosa ('alayhis-Salaam) came with (from the clear signs)."
Reference: Al-Jawaab as-Saheeh Li-Mann Baddala Deen al-Maseeh of Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullaah, (1/85-86), Daar al-'Aasimah print, 2nd Edition, 1999.
Translation by Aboo Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
Ibn Taymiyyah (d.728H) rahimahullaah said:
"Among the greatest ways and means that the faith and the religion is made manifest and uppermost, and the reality of the message of the Messengers is clarified and elucidated is through the emergence and rise of opponents against them from the people of clear falsehood and outright lying.
As Allaah, the Most High mentions:
"And so We have appointed for every Prophet enemies - Shayaateen (devils) among mankind and jinn, inspiring one another with adorned speech as a delusion (or by way of deception). If your Lord had so willed, they would not have done it; so leave them alone with their fabrications. (And this is in order) that the hearts of those who disbelieve in the Hereafter may incline to such (deceit), and that they may remain pleased with it, and that they may commit what they are committing (all kinds of sins and evil deeds). [Say (O Muhammad (ﷺ)] "Shall I seek a judge other than Allaah while it is He Who has sent down unto you the Book (the Qur’aan), explained in detail." Those unto whom We (previously) gave the Scripture know that it is revealed from your Lord in truth. So be not you of those who doubt. And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice. None can change His Words. And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower." [Surah al-An'aam: 112-115]
And He, the Most High mentions:
"And (remember) the Day when the Dhaalim (wrong-doer, oppressor, polytheist) will bite at his hands (in regret), he will say: "Oh! Would that I had taken a path with the Messenger. Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never taken so-and-so as a Khaleel (an intimate friend)! He indeed led me astray from the Reminder (this Qur’aan) after it had come to me. And Shaytaan (Satan) is to man ever a deserter in the hour of need." And the Messenger [Muhammad (ﷺ)] will say: "O my Lord! Verily, my people deserted this Qur’aan (neither listened to it, nor acted on its laws and teachings). Thus have We made for every Prophet an enemy among the Mujrimoon (disbelievers, polytheists, criminals). But Sufficient is your Lord as a Guide and Helper." [Surah Al-Furqaan: 27-31].
And that is because when the truth is rejected and opposed by way of doubts then Allaah, the Most High, establishes for it - that which will cause the truth to triumph and cause falsehood to be vanquished - from the clear Aayaat (proofs, signs, Quranic verses); through which (i.e. the Aayaat) He manifests the clear evidences for the truth and its decisive proofs and (He clarifies) the corruption of what is used to oppose and contradict it by way of futile arguments.
So when Polytheists (al-Mushrikoon from Makkah) belied and disbelieved in the Qur'aan, and they endeavoured to render it false and futile in every way possible - whilst it challenged them to bring something like it, then (it challenged them) to bring one tenth of its like and then to bring one single Surah (chapter). This is what proved to the intelligent people the weakness and incapability of the Polytheists in having any opposition to it; despite them striving hard and having all the strong means (at their disposal).
And if they had followed the Qur'aan - without opposing it and (without) persistently trying to prove it to be false and futile - then their inability to oppose it (i.e. the Qur'aan) would not have become apparent and manifest through/with which the decisive proof is accomplished and completed.
And likewise (is the case) when the sorcerers opposed Moosa ('alayhis-salaam), Allaah, the Most High, rendered futile what they came with (from magic and falsehood). That was how Allaah, the Blessed and the Most High, clarified the truthfulness of what Moosa ('alayhis-Salaam) came with (from the clear signs)."
Reference: Al-Jawaab as-Saheeh Li-Mann Baddala Deen al-Maseeh of Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullaah, (1/85-86), Daar al-'Aasimah print, 2nd Edition, 1999.
Translation by Aboo Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
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The Advice Of The Great Illustrious Taabi'ee Yunus b. Ubayd To His Son
Yunus b. ‘Ubayd (d. 139H) - rahimahullaah - said to his son:
“I forbid you from fornication, stealing and drinking alcohol; but if you were to meet Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, with these (i.e. major sins) is more beloved to me than you meeting Him with the view of ‘Amr b. ‘Ubayd and his associates.”
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Translator's Side Note: Amr b. Ubayd (perished in 144H), he was an innovator, one of the figureheads of the Mu'tazilah of his time.
Reference: Musnad of Ibnul-Ja'd (no.1330), ad-Du'afaa of al-'Uqaylee (3/285), al-Ibaanah (no.464), Hilyatul-Awliyaa (3/21), Siyar A'laamun-Nubalaa (6/294), at-Tahdheeb (11/390).
Translation by Aboo Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
Yunus b. ‘Ubayd (d. 139H) - rahimahullaah - said to his son:
“I forbid you from fornication, stealing and drinking alcohol; but if you were to meet Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, with these (i.e. major sins) is more beloved to me than you meeting Him with the view of ‘Amr b. ‘Ubayd and his associates.”
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Translator's Side Note: Amr b. Ubayd (perished in 144H), he was an innovator, one of the figureheads of the Mu'tazilah of his time.
Reference: Musnad of Ibnul-Ja'd (no.1330), ad-Du'afaa of al-'Uqaylee (3/285), al-Ibaanah (no.464), Hilyatul-Awliyaa (3/21), Siyar A'laamun-Nubalaa (6/294), at-Tahdheeb (11/390).
Translation by Aboo Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
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I'd Rather A Lute Player Be My Neighbour Than An Innovator
Ahmad b. Sinaan al-Waasitee (b. 170H - d. 256H) - rahimahullaah - said:
“That a Tunboor (lute)* player lives next door to me is more beloved to me than a person of innovation; because I can forbid the Tunboor player and break the Tunboor. However, the innovator corrupts the people, the neighbours and the youth."
Reference: Al-Ibaanah 'An Sharee'atil-Firqah an-Naajiyah wa Majaanabah al-Firaq al-Mathmoomah; well known as al-Ibaanah al-Kubraa of Imaam Ibn Battah, checking by Ridaa b. Na'saan Mu'tee, (no.473), Daar ar-Raayah print, (1988 CE/1409H) First Edition.
Translation by Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
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*Translator’s Side Note: A Tunboor is one of the musical instruments, it has a long neck and six strings." (Mu'jam ar-Raa'd, p.526). Tunboor is a stringed musical instrument of the lute family. [Refer to Encyclopaedia Britannica.].
Ahmad b. Sinaan al-Waasitee (b. 170H - d. 256H) - rahimahullaah - said:
“That a Tunboor (lute)* player lives next door to me is more beloved to me than a person of innovation; because I can forbid the Tunboor player and break the Tunboor. However, the innovator corrupts the people, the neighbours and the youth."
Reference: Al-Ibaanah 'An Sharee'atil-Firqah an-Naajiyah wa Majaanabah al-Firaq al-Mathmoomah; well known as al-Ibaanah al-Kubraa of Imaam Ibn Battah, checking by Ridaa b. Na'saan Mu'tee, (no.473), Daar ar-Raayah print, (1988 CE/1409H) First Edition.
Translation by Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
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*Translator’s Side Note: A Tunboor is one of the musical instruments, it has a long neck and six strings." (Mu'jam ar-Raa'd, p.526). Tunboor is a stringed musical instrument of the lute family. [Refer to Encyclopaedia Britannica.].
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The Reverence That The Imaams Of The Sunnah Had For Listening To Hadeeth
The Great Ilustrious Taabi'ee (successor) 'Ataa b. Abee Rabaah (d. 114H) rahimahullaah said:
"Indeed when a man would narrate a Hadeeth to me, I would listen attentively to it as if I had never heard it before. When in fact, I had heard it (the Hadeeth) before he was even born...
The Great Ilustrious Taabi'ee (successor) 'Ataa b. Abee Rabaah (d. 114H) rahimahullaah said:
"Indeed when a man would narrate a Hadeeth to me, I would listen attentively to it as if I had never heard it before. When in fact, I had heard it (the Hadeeth) before he was even born...
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The Reverence That The Imaams Of The Sunnah Had For Listening To Hadeeth
The Great Ilustrious Taabi'ee (successor) 'Ataa b. Abee Rabaah (d. 114H) rahimahullaah said:
"Indeed when a man would narrate a Hadeeth to me, I would listen attentively to it as if I had never heard it before. When in fact, I had heard it (the Hadeeth) before he was even born. And I would make it seem to him that I had only just heard it from him."
In another narration: "Whilst I was more knowledgeable of it than him, but I would make it seem to him that I had never heard of it before."
Reference: Tahdheeb al-Kamaal (13/53), Siyar Aalaam an-Nubalaa (5/86), Tareekh ad-Damishq, Daar al-Fikr print, 1415H/1996CE, (40/401), Al-Bidaayah wan-Nihaayah , Daar al-Fikr print, 1407H/1986CE, (9/306).
Translation by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
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In Tareekh ad-Damishq (40/401) there is another narration: Mu'aadh b. Sa'eed rahimahullaah said:
"We were with 'Ataa b. Abee Rabaah (d.114H) and a man from the people narrated a Hadeeth, so another man objected to him in his Hadeeth. So 'Ataa (rahimahullah) said: "Subhanallaah! What kind of manners are these? What kind of traits are these? Indeed when I hear a Hadeeth from a person that I am more knowledgeable of it than him, I would make it seem to him as though I do not know it any better than him."
The Great Ilustrious Taabi'ee (successor) 'Ataa b. Abee Rabaah (d. 114H) rahimahullaah said:
"Indeed when a man would narrate a Hadeeth to me, I would listen attentively to it as if I had never heard it before. When in fact, I had heard it (the Hadeeth) before he was even born. And I would make it seem to him that I had only just heard it from him."
In another narration: "Whilst I was more knowledgeable of it than him, but I would make it seem to him that I had never heard of it before."
Reference: Tahdheeb al-Kamaal (13/53), Siyar Aalaam an-Nubalaa (5/86), Tareekh ad-Damishq, Daar al-Fikr print, 1415H/1996CE, (40/401), Al-Bidaayah wan-Nihaayah , Daar al-Fikr print, 1407H/1986CE, (9/306).
Translation by: Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
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In Tareekh ad-Damishq (40/401) there is another narration: Mu'aadh b. Sa'eed rahimahullaah said:
"We were with 'Ataa b. Abee Rabaah (d.114H) and a man from the people narrated a Hadeeth, so another man objected to him in his Hadeeth. So 'Ataa (rahimahullah) said: "Subhanallaah! What kind of manners are these? What kind of traits are these? Indeed when I hear a Hadeeth from a person that I am more knowledgeable of it than him, I would make it seem to him as though I do not know it any better than him."
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Sins Whilst Upon Sound Tawheed
Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (d.728H) rahimahullaah said:
فَهَذِهِ الذُّنُوب مَعَ صِحَة التَّوْحِيد خير من فَسَاد التَّوْحِيد مَعَ عدم هَذِه الذُّنُوب
"So having these sins alongside the correctness of Tawheed is better than the corruption of Tawheed without having any of these sins."
Reference: Al-Istiqaamah of Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah, checking by Muhammad Rashad Saalim, (vol.1, p.466), Second Edition, 1991CE/1411H.
Translation by Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree
Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (d.728H) rahimahullaah said:
فَهَذِهِ الذُّنُوب مَعَ صِحَة التَّوْحِيد خير من فَسَاد التَّوْحِيد مَعَ عدم هَذِه الذُّنُوب
"So having these sins alongside the correctness of Tawheed is better than the corruption of Tawheed without having any of these sins."
Reference: Al-Istiqaamah of Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah, checking by Muhammad Rashad Saalim, (vol.1, p.466), Second Edition, 1991CE/1411H.
Translation by Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree
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The Reference Point In Every Affair Is The Specialist
Shaykh Rabee' b. Haadee al-Madkhalee (hafidhahullaah) mentions:
So the faults and deceptions of the people of innovations were not uncovered and revealed except by the Imaams of Ahlul-Hadeeth. And as for the 'Ulamaa (Scholars) from the Fuqahaa (the Jurists) and others besides them then they would follow them and refer back to them in this great field (of knowledge). That is due to the fact this is their specialty, so the return or the reference point in every art/science is the specialists in it, and this is from the obvious matters with the scholars and intelligent people.
Reference: Majmoo' Kutub wa Rasaa'il wa Fataawa of Shaykh Rabee' (Hafidhahullaah), volume 9, p.78, Daar Imaam Ahmad printers.
Translation by Aboo Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
Shaykh Rabee' b. Haadee al-Madkhalee (hafidhahullaah) mentions:
So the faults and deceptions of the people of innovations were not uncovered and revealed except by the Imaams of Ahlul-Hadeeth. And as for the 'Ulamaa (Scholars) from the Fuqahaa (the Jurists) and others besides them then they would follow them and refer back to them in this great field (of knowledge). That is due to the fact this is their specialty, so the return or the reference point in every art/science is the specialists in it, and this is from the obvious matters with the scholars and intelligent people.
Reference: Majmoo' Kutub wa Rasaa'il wa Fataawa of Shaykh Rabee' (Hafidhahullaah), volume 9, p.78, Daar Imaam Ahmad printers.
Translation by Aboo Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
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The Victorious Sect (At-Taaifatul-Mansoorah)
Explanation by Shaykh Muhammad b. Saalih al-'Uthaymeen rahimahullaah
Text:
Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullaah said: "And they are the Taaifatul-Mansoorah."
Explanation:
Meaning; that indeed the Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa'ah are the Taaifatul-Mansoorah (the Aided/Victorious Sect) whom Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, will (always) grant victory to because they are included in the statement of the Most High:
"Verily, We will indeed make victorious Our Messengers and those who believe during the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses will stand forth, (i.e. Day of Resurrection)." [Surah Ghaafir: 51].
... but as Ibn al-Qayyim rahimahullaah mentions:
"The truth is victorious yet tested...so do not be amazed for indeed such is the Sunnah of the Most Merciful."
Explanation by Shaykh Muhammad b. Saalih al-'Uthaymeen rahimahullaah
Text:
Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullaah said: "And they are the Taaifatul-Mansoorah."
Explanation:
Meaning; that indeed the Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa'ah are the Taaifatul-Mansoorah (the Aided/Victorious Sect) whom Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, will (always) grant victory to because they are included in the statement of the Most High:
"Verily, We will indeed make victorious Our Messengers and those who believe during the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses will stand forth, (i.e. Day of Resurrection)." [Surah Ghaafir: 51].
... but as Ibn al-Qayyim rahimahullaah mentions:
"The truth is victorious yet tested...so do not be amazed for indeed such is the Sunnah of the Most Merciful."
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The Victorious Sect (At-Taaifatul-Mansoorah)
Explanation by Shaykh Muhammad b. Saalih al-'Uthaymeen rahimahullaah
Text:
Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullaah said: "And they are the Taaifatul-Mansoorah."
Explanation:
Meaning; that indeed the Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa'ah are the Taaifatul-Mansoorah (the Aided/Victorious Sect) whom Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, will (always) grant victory to because they are included in the statement of the Most High:
"Verily, We will indeed make victorious Our Messengers and those who believe during the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses will stand forth, (i.e. Day of Resurrection)." [Surah Ghaafir: 51].
They are victorious and the good end is for them.
However, before there is victory it is necessary to suffer hardships, endure fatigue and weariness, and Jihaad (strive hard in the path of Allaah); because victory requires a victorious (party) and a defeated one. So therefore, it is necessary that there is fighting and tribulation; but as Ibn al-Qayyim rahimahullaah mentions:
"The truth is victorious yet tested...so do not be amazed for indeed such is the Sunnah of the Most Merciful."
So let not failure and procrastination overcome you if you observe that you were not able to succeed in accomplishing/achieving certain affairs the first time, but be patient and repeatedly do so time and time again (until you achieve it). And be patient with what is said about you out of mockery and ridicule; for indeed the enemies of the religion are very many.
Do not weaken in your resolve if you see yourself alone in the arena/battlefield; since you are the Jamaa'ah even if you are one (single person) - as long as you are upon the truth. And for this reason have trust that you will be victorious either in the Dunya (worldly life) or in the Hereafter.
Furthermore, indeed this person's victory is not an individual's own personal victory, but rather, the true/real victory is that Allaah, the Most High, grants you victory in that which you call to from the truth. As for when a person is afflicted with humiliation in the Dunya (worldly life), then that does not negate the victory whatsoever. Since the Prophet (ﷺ) received a great deal of harm but in the end he was given victory over those who had harmed him. And he entered Makkah victorious, aided and triumphant after he had left it in a state of fear.
Reference: Kitaab Sharh al-'Aqeedatil-Waasitiyyah of Ibn al-Uthaymeen, 2/377-388, Daar Ibn al-Jawzee, Sixth Edition, 1421H.
Translation by Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
Explanation by Shaykh Muhammad b. Saalih al-'Uthaymeen rahimahullaah
Text:
Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullaah said: "And they are the Taaifatul-Mansoorah."
Explanation:
Meaning; that indeed the Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa'ah are the Taaifatul-Mansoorah (the Aided/Victorious Sect) whom Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, will (always) grant victory to because they are included in the statement of the Most High:
"Verily, We will indeed make victorious Our Messengers and those who believe during the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses will stand forth, (i.e. Day of Resurrection)." [Surah Ghaafir: 51].
They are victorious and the good end is for them.
However, before there is victory it is necessary to suffer hardships, endure fatigue and weariness, and Jihaad (strive hard in the path of Allaah); because victory requires a victorious (party) and a defeated one. So therefore, it is necessary that there is fighting and tribulation; but as Ibn al-Qayyim rahimahullaah mentions:
"The truth is victorious yet tested...so do not be amazed for indeed such is the Sunnah of the Most Merciful."
So let not failure and procrastination overcome you if you observe that you were not able to succeed in accomplishing/achieving certain affairs the first time, but be patient and repeatedly do so time and time again (until you achieve it). And be patient with what is said about you out of mockery and ridicule; for indeed the enemies of the religion are very many.
Do not weaken in your resolve if you see yourself alone in the arena/battlefield; since you are the Jamaa'ah even if you are one (single person) - as long as you are upon the truth. And for this reason have trust that you will be victorious either in the Dunya (worldly life) or in the Hereafter.
Furthermore, indeed this person's victory is not an individual's own personal victory, but rather, the true/real victory is that Allaah, the Most High, grants you victory in that which you call to from the truth. As for when a person is afflicted with humiliation in the Dunya (worldly life), then that does not negate the victory whatsoever. Since the Prophet (ﷺ) received a great deal of harm but in the end he was given victory over those who had harmed him. And he entered Makkah victorious, aided and triumphant after he had left it in a state of fear.
Reference: Kitaab Sharh al-'Aqeedatil-Waasitiyyah of Ibn al-Uthaymeen, 2/377-388, Daar Ibn al-Jawzee, Sixth Edition, 1421H.
Translation by Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
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Concerning the statement of Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullaah):
"The truth is always victorious yet tested, so do not be amazed, for such is the Sunnah (way) of the Most Merciful."
So it is not permissible for us to despair, rather it is incumbent upon us to have forbearance and await (with patient perseverance); since the good end (i.e. the final outcome) will always be for the righteous pious ones. And hope is a strong motivator/cause for continuing in the Da'wah (the propagation and call to Allaah) and striving for its success, just as despair is a cause for the failure and hindrance of the Da'wah.
Reference: Sharh Kashf ash-Shubuhaat of Shaykh Ibn al-Uthaymeen, p.47-48, Daar ath-Thuraaya, 1416H/1996CE, First Edition.
Translation by Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
"The truth is always victorious yet tested, so do not be amazed, for such is the Sunnah (way) of the Most Merciful."
So it is not permissible for us to despair, rather it is incumbent upon us to have forbearance and await (with patient perseverance); since the good end (i.e. the final outcome) will always be for the righteous pious ones. And hope is a strong motivator/cause for continuing in the Da'wah (the propagation and call to Allaah) and striving for its success, just as despair is a cause for the failure and hindrance of the Da'wah.
Reference: Sharh Kashf ash-Shubuhaat of Shaykh Ibn al-Uthaymeen, p.47-48, Daar ath-Thuraaya, 1416H/1996CE, First Edition.
Translation by Aboo 'Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.
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