💎[How can he feel safe?]

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (d. 751 AH رحمه الله) said:

“How can one be safe who has a wife that shows him no mercy, a child who makes no excuse for him, a neighbor he cannot trust, a friend who does not advise him sincerely, a partner who is unjust to him, an enemy who does not relent in his enmity, a soul that constantly inclines toward evil, and a world adorned in allure? — One who has destructive desire, overwhelming lust, overpowering anger, a devil who adorns evil, and a weakness that overtakes him?

If Allah takes him under His care and draws him near, then all of these are subdued for him. But if Allah forsakes him and leaves him to his own self, they all gather against him, leading to his ruin.”

📚 (al-Fawā’id, p. 64)

💎[Neither wealth, power, knowledge, nor technology can shield oppressors from divine justice]

Al-Saʿdī (d. 1376 AH رحمه الله) said [Al-Ḥaqq al-Wāḍiḥ al-Mubīn p. 466]:

وَمِنْ آثَارِ قُدْرَتِهِ أَنَّكَ تَرَى الْأَرْضَ هَامِدَةً، فَإِذَا أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهَا الْمَاءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَأَنْبَتَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ.

“Among the signs of His power is that you see the earth lifeless, and when He sends down water upon it, it stirs, swells, and produces from every delightful kind.

وَمِنْ آثَارِ قُدْرَتِهِ مَا أَوْقَعَهُ بِالْأُمَمِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ وَالْكُفَّارِ الظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الْعُقُوبَاتِ وَحُلُولِ الْمَثُلَاتِ، وَأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُغْنِ عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ وَمَكْرُهُمْ، وَلَا أَمْوَالُهُمْ، وَلَا جُنُودُهُمْ، وَلَا حُصُونُهُمْ مِنْ عَذَابِ اللَّهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ لَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ، وَمَا زَادَهُمْ غَيْرَ تَتْبِيبٍ.

And among the signs of His power is what He inflicted upon the denying nations and oppressive disbelievers in terms of various punishments and the descent of exemplary retributions. Their scheming, plotting, wealth, soldiers, and fortresses could avail them nothing against the punishment of Allah when the command of your Lord came. It only increased their ruin.

وَخُصُوصًا فِي هَذِهِ الْأَوْقَاتِ، فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الْقُوَّةَ الْهَائِلَةَ وَالْمُخْتَرَعَاتِ الْبَاهِرَةَ الَّتِي وَصَلَتْ إِلَيْهَا مَقْدِرَةُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَمِ هِيَ مِنْ إِقْدَارِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ، وَتَعْلِيمِهِ لَهُمْ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَعْلَمُونَهُ.

Particularly in these times, the immense power and astounding inventions that these nations have achieved are from Allah enabling them and causing them to know what they did not know.

فَمِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ قُوَاهُمْ وَقُدَرَهُمْ وَمُخْتَرَعَاتِهِمْ لَمْ تُغْنِ عَنْهُمْ شَيْئًا فِي صَدِّ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ مِنَ النَّكَبَاتِ وَالْعُقُوبَاتِ الْمُهْلِكَةِ، مَعَ بَذْلِ جِدِّهِمْ وَاجْتِهَادِهِمْ فِي تَوَقِّي ذَلِكَ، وَلَكِنَّ أَمْرَ اللَّهِ غَالِبٌ، وَقُدْرَتَهُ تَنْقَادُ لَهَا عَنَاصِرُ الْعَالَمِ الْعُلْوِيِّ وَالسُّفْلِيِّ.

Among Allah’s signs is that their power, capabilities, and inventions did not avail them in repelling the calamities and destructive punishments that befell them, despite their utmost effort and diligence in trying to prevent that. However, Allah’s command prevails, and His power subdues the elements of both the higher and lower worlds.”

💎Imām Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfi‘ī (d. 204 AH رحمه الله) said [in al-Risālah]:

فَلَيْسَتْ تَنْزِلُ فِي أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ دِينِ اللهِ نَازِلَةٌ إِلَّا وَفِي كِتَابِ اللهِ ‌الدَّلِيلُ ‌عَلَى ‌سَبِيلِ ‌الْهُدَى ‌فِيهَا.


"No crucial issue (nāzilah) befalls anyone among the people of Allah's religion except that the Book of Allah contains evidence providing guidance regarding it."

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💎[Mind Your Own Business!]

Shaykh Abdul Aziz Al-Salman (رحمه الله) said:

وَمِنْ مَحَاسِنِ الدِّينِ الإِسْلَامِيِّ: أَنْ لَا يَتَدَخَّلَ الإِنْسَانُ فِيمَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ، وَهَذِهِ مِنْ جَوَامِعِ كَلِمِهِ ﷺَ كَمَا فِي الحَدِيثِ: “مِنْ حُسْنِ إِسْلَامِ المَرْءِ تَرْكُهُ مَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ”. أَخَذَهُ بَعْضُهُمْ وَصَاغَهُ بِعِبَارَةٍ (ابْحَثْ عَنْ عَمَلِكَ الخَاصِّ).

“Among the virtues of Islam is that a person does not interfere in what does not concern him. This is one of the concise, comprehensive sayings of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, as mentioned in the hadith: ‘Part of the excellence of a person’s Islam is leaving what does not concern him.’ Some have taken this and expressed it in the phrase: ‘Mind your own business.’

وَلَوْ تَتَبَّعَ المُسْلِمُونَ إِرْشَادَاتِ نَبِيِّهِمْ وَنَصَائِحَهُ ﷺَ لَاسْتَرَاحُوا وَأَرَاحُوا غَيْرَهُمْ، وَلَوْ تَتَبَّعْتَ أَكْثَرَ المَشَاكِلِ، وَالمُنَازَعَاتِ وَالمُخَاصَمَاتِ وَالمُجَادَلَاتِ لَوَجَدْتَ سَبَبَهَا الوَحِيدَ التَّدَخُّلَ فِيمَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ

If Muslims adhered to the guidance and advice of their Prophet ﷺ, they would find peace and bring peace to others. If you were to trace most problems, disputes, conflicts, and arguments, you would find that their sole cause is interference in matters that do not concern one.”

📕 From the Virtues of Islam, p. 54

Note: The Shaykh was from the premier students of Imam Al-Sa’dī رحمهما الله

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💎[No Ulterior Motives in Genuine Brotherhood].

Benefit: Abu Ja'far Al-Ṭaḥāwī (d. 321 AH رحمه الله) says in Sharḥ Mushkal al Athār (4599):

“On the authority of Abū Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه), the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) once went out to the cemetery and said:

" السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ دَارَ قَوْمٍ مُؤْمِنِينَ، وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ بِكُمْ لَاحِقُونَ، وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ إِخْوَانَنَا “

‘Peace be upon you, O dwelling of believing people. And indeed, if Allah wills, we will join you. I wish I had seen our brothers.’

قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَلَسْنَا بِإِخْوَانِكَ، قَالَ: "بَلْ أَنْتُمْ أَصْحَابِي، وَإِخْوَانِي الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بَعْدُ، وَأَنَا فَرَطُهُمْ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ”

The Companions said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, are we not your brothers?’ He replied, ‘No, you are my Companions, but my brothers are those who have not yet come. I will precede them at the basin (al-Ḥawḍ).’

Al-Ṭaḥāwī (رحمه الله) says:

فَتَأَمَّلْنَا هَذَيْنِ الْحَدِيثَيْنِ، فَوَجَدْنَا الْأُخُوَّةَ هِيَ ‌الْمُصَافَاةَ ‌الَّتِي ‌لَا ‌غِشَّ ‌فِيهَا، وَلَا بَاطِنَ لَهَا يُخَالِفُ ظَاهِرَهَا،

Reflecting on this ḥadīth (and the previous one), we find that brotherhood (ukhuwwah) is the state of pure sincerity (muṣāfa)—one free of deception, with no hidden motives that contradict its outward expression.

وَمِنْهَا قَوْلُ اللهِ عز وجل: {إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ} [الحجرات: 10] أَيْ: لِأَنَّ مَا بَيْنَهُمْ، وَمَا بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ لِبَعْضٍ، فَظَاهِرُهُ غَيْرُ مُخَالِفٍ لِبَاطِنِهِ،

Allah’s words reinforce this meaning: ‘Indeed, the believers are but brothers’ [Surat al-Ḥujurāt: 10], indicating that what exists between them and the commitments they uphold for one another are outwardly and inwardly consistent, without contradiction.”

📚 [Mu’assasah al-Risālah, 1st edition, 1415 h.]

💎[Most People are Possessed & Driven by Devils]

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said in Zad al-Ma’ad (4/63):

“ولو كُشِفَ الغِطاءُ لَرَأَيْتَ أَكْثَرَ النُّفوسِ البَشَرِيَّةِ صَرْعى مع هذِهِ الأَرْواحِ الخَبِيثَةِ، وهي في أَسْرِها وقَبْضَتِها تَسُوقُها حَيْثُ شاءَتْ، ولا يُمكِنُها الامتِناعُ عنها ولا مُخالَفَتُها،

“If the veil were lifted, you would see that most human souls are struck down by these evil spirits. They are held captive by them, driven wherever the spirits will, unable to resist or oppose them.

وبِها الصَّرَعُ الأَعْظَمُ الَّذي لا يُفِيقُ صاحِبُهُ إِلّا عندَ المُفارَقَةِ والمُعايَنَةِ، فَهُناكَ يَتَحَقَّقُ أَنَّهُ كانَ هُوَ المَصْروعَ حَقيقَةً.”

This is the greatest form of possession, from which the afflicted person does not awaken except at the time of separation (death) and witnessing (the Hereafter). It is then that they realize they were truly possessed.”