Ibn Taymiyyah:

‎"The strength of the heart returns when one repents!"
‎
‎أمراض القلب وعلاجاتها صفحة

The Prophet ﷺ said:

‎“Do not speak with a statement for which you may have to apologise tomorrow.”

‎[Sunan Ibn Maajah | 4171]

English translation of "The Causes of Istighfār" by Shaykh Nāsir al-Fahd فك الله أسره

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

‎‘The covenant that distinguishes between us and them is prayer; so whoever leaves it, he has committed Kufr.’

‎Sunan Ibn Majah 1079

Shaykh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah

"A believer to another believer is like two hands, one washes the other
(correcting each other)."

[Majmu al-Fatawa | 53/281]

Advice for the Youth:

وَوَصَّيْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُۥ وَهْنًا عَلَىٰ وَهْنٍ وَفِصَـٰلُهُۥ فِى عَامَيْنِ أَنِ ٱشْكُرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَيْكَ إِلَىَّ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

"And We have enjoined upon man [care] for his parents. His mother carried him, [increasing her] in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years. Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the [final] destination." [Surah Luqman]

Go kiss your mothers face and seek her forgiveness for anything you may have ever done and serve her. She broke her body carrying you In pregnancy and birth, she broke her back nurturing and caring for you from childhood till now, and she breaks her heart everyday hearing your harsh words and seeing your indifferent attitude and eye rolls towards her words.

Your mothers are humans too. They have feelings and emotions, you’re not the only one who gets sad when treated wrong and yelled at. She cries at night too while you sleep, because she doesn’t only bear her own emotional burden, but she bears the emotions of her entire family and their worries and their stress. Be her support and her friend, don’t be her burden. She sacrificed her youth in hopes to see you flourish in yours, and now that you've reached it, you neglect her except when you have a need from her, and you treat her with harshness and insignificance.

Your parents are not guaranteed to live as long as you may expect them to. Live with them in such a way that you wouldn't be able to find something to regret over (in regards to your treatment of them) after you lose them.

May Allah preserve our parents upon Islam and Imaan, and guide those who are misguided, and forgive their sins. May Allah make us dutiful and obedient children, who don't just treat them well, but treat them with Ihsaan.

#Advice from Shaykh Ahmad Jibril (حفظه الله) regarding taking Islāmic classes/courses from those who charge money & make you fill out forms


💰 Charging Money for Ilm 📋

With all due respect to everyone:
Charging money and filling out forms for Islamic classes and courses, is all one needs to know it’s suspicious. Nothing else needed. I spoke in my Tawheed classes on charging for ilm.

The slogan of all the Messengers was
“قل ما اسألكم عليه من أجر”
(Say: No wage do I ask of you for this)

— Shaykh Ahmad Jibril (حفظه الله)

Here is the lecture where Shaykh Ahmad (حفظه الله) talks about charging money to teach Islāmic knowledge, and qualities one should look for when choosing a teacher:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7lqHn57NMkk&feature=youtu.be

Ash-Sharh - 94:8

وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرۡغَب

And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your intentions and hopes and) your invocations.

Al-Ma'idah - 5:83

وَإِذَا سَمِعُواْ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ تَرَىٰٓ أَعۡيُنَهُمۡ تَفِيضُ مِنَ ٱلدَّمۡعِ مِمَّا عَرَفُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّۖ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱكۡتُبۡنَا مَعَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ

And when they (who call themselves Christians) listen to what has been sent down to the Messenger (Muhammad SAW), you see their eyes overflowing with tears because of the truth they have recognised. They say: "Our Lord! We believe; so write us down among the witnesses.

Al-Baqarah 2:165
وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَندَادًا يُحِبُّونَهُمۡ كَحُبِّ ٱللَّهِۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَشَدُّ حُبًّا لِّلَّهِۗ وَلَوۡ يَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ إِذۡ يَرَوۡنَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ أَنَّ ٱلۡقُوَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡعَذَابِ

And of mankind are some who take (for worship) others besides Allah as rivals (to Allah). They love them as they love Allah. But those who believe, love Allah more (than anything else). If only, those who do wrong could see, when they will see the torment, that all power belongs to Allah and that Allah is Severe in punishment.

އަދި اللَّه ފިޔަވައި އެކަލާނގެއާ އެއްފަދަ شريك ން ތަކެއް ބަލައިގަންނަ ބަޔަކު، މީސްތަކުންގެ ތެރެއިންވެއެވެ. اللَّه ދެކެ ލޯބިވާ ފަދައިން، އެއުރެން އެ شريك ން ދެކެ ލޯބިވެތެވެ. އަދި إيمان ވި މީހުން اللَّه ދެކެ ލޯބިވުން މާބޮޑެވެ. އަދި އަނިޔާވެރިވި މީހުންނަށް (آخرة ދުވަހުގެ) عذاب ފެންނަހިނދު، ހަމަކަށަވަރުން އެންމެހާ ބާރުތައް މިލްކުވެވޮޑިގެންވަނީ اللَّه އަށް ކަމާއި އަދި ހަމަކަށަވަރުން اللَّه އީ عذاب ދެއްވުމުގައި ގަދަފަދަވެވޮޑިގެންވާ ރަސްކަލާނގެކަން އެއުރެންނަށް އެނގޭނެ ނަމައެވެ.

Imagine being known among the angels as an honest and faithful servant of Allah.

‎May Allah make us among the righteous, آمين

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Imām Ahmad رحمه الله was asked:

‎“When is it time to rest?”

‎He answered:

‎ “When I take the first step into Jannah.”

‎(طبقات الحنابلة, pg. 291)

#KnowingAllāh #Contemplate

Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, Verily Allah created Mercy. The day He created it, He made it into one hundred parts. He withheld with Him ninety-nine parts, and sent its one part to all His creatures. Had the non-believer known of all the Mercy which is in the Hands of Allah, he would not lose hope of entering Paradise, and had the believer known of all the punishment which is present with Allah, he would not consider himself safe from the Hell-Fire."

Sahih al-Bukhari 6469
Chapter 19: Hope with fear, Book 81: To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq)

Al-Baqarah 2:201
‎وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ

And of them there are some who say: "Our Lord! Give us in this world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and save us from the torment of the Fire!"

Al-Baqarah - 2:202
English - Ibn Kathir

The supplication mentioned and praised in the Ayah includes all good aspects of this life and seeks refuge from all types of evil. The good of this life concerns every material request of well-being, spacious dwelling, pleasing mates, sufficient provision, beneficial knowledge, good profession or deeds, comfortable means of transportation and good praise, all of which the scholars of Tafsir have mentioned regarding this subject. All of these are but a part of the good that is sought in this life. As for the good of the Hereafter, the best of this includes acquiring Paradise, which also means acquiring safety from the greatest horror at the gathering place. It also refers to being questioned lightly and the other favors in the Hereafter.

As for acquiring safety from the Fire, it includes being directed to what leads to this good end in this world, such as avoiding the prohibitions, sins of all kinds and doubtful matters.

Al-Qasim bin Abdur-Rahman said,

"Whoever is gifted with a grateful heart, a remembering tongue and a patient body, will have been endowed with a good deed in this life, a good deed in the Hereafter and saved from the torment of the Fire."

This is why the Sunnah encourages reciting this Du’a (i.e., in the Ayah about gaining a good deed in this life and the Hereafter).

Al-Bukhari reported that Anas bin Malik narrated that the Prophet used to say:

‎اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ

O Allah, our Lord! Give us that which is good in this life, that which is good in the Hereafter and save us from the torment of the Fire.

Imam Ahmad reported that Anas said,

"Allah's Messenger visited a Muslim man who had become as weak as a sick small bird. Allah's Messenger said to him, `Were you asking or supplicating to Allah about something?'

He said, `Yes. I used to say: O Allah! Whatever punishment you saved for me in the Hereafter, give it to me in this life.'

Allah's Messenger said:

‎سُبْحَانَ اللهِ لَا تُطِيقُهُ أَوْ لَا تَسْتَطِيعُهُ فَهَلَّ قُلْتَ

All praise is due to Allah! You cannot bear it -or stand it-. You should have said:

‎رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ

Our Lord! Give us in this world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and save us from the torment of the Fire!

The man began reciting this Du`a and he was cured."

Muslim also recorded it.

“If Allah finds goodness in your hearts, He will give you better than what has been taken from you, and forgive you. For Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” [Quran 8:70]

"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 (raḥimahullāh)
[Al-Fawaa'id, p. 124]