💎[The Recipe for a Successful Family]

✍️ Dr. Muḥammad ibn Ghālib wrote:

خَلْفَ كُلِّ بَيْتٍ مُسْتَقِرٍّ وَأَبْنَاءٍ صَالِحِينَ
وَبِيئَةٍ صِحِّيَّةٍ،

“Behind every stable household,
all righteous children, and any healthy environment,

زَوْجَانِ صَالِحَانِ بَذَلَا جُهُودَهُمَا وَأَحْسَنَا الْقِيَامَ بِوَاجِبَاتِهِمَا،

are two righteous spouses who exerted their efforts, fulfilled their responsibilities well,

وَقَدَّمَا مَصْلَحَةَ كِيَانِ الْأُسْرَةِ عَلَى حُظُوظِ النَّفْسِ،

prioritized the interest of the family unit over personal desires,

وَقَادَا سَفِينَةَ الْأُسْرَةِ بِحِكْمَةٍ وَتُؤَدَةٍ،

steered the ship of the family with wisdom and calm deliberation,

وَأَكْرَمَا أَنْفُسَهُمَا وَأَفْرَادَ أُسْرَتِهِمَا بِحُسْنِ التَّخْطِيطِ وَالتَّدْبِيرِ،

honored themselves and the members of their household through good planning and management—

اسْتِعَانةً بِاللَّهِ فِي ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ،
وَعَملًا بِالْأَسْبَابِ النَّافِعَةِ.

relying on Allah in all of that,
and acting upon beneficial means.”

💎[The Excellent Character of the Prophets]

✒️ Ibn Baṭṭāl -رحمه الله- said:

إِنَّ لِقَاءَ النَّاسِ بِالتَّبَسُّمِ، وَطَلَاقَةَ الْوَجْهِ، مِنْ أَخْلَاقِ النُّبُوَّةِ، وَهُوَ مُنَافٍ لِلتَّكَبُّرِ، وَجَالِبٌ لِلْمَوَدَّةِ.

“Meeting people with a smile and a cheerful face is part of the character of Prophethood. It contradicts arrogance and brings about affection.”

📚 Ibn Baṭṭāl. Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī. Vol. 5, p. 193.

💎[Adam said: If I repent and set things right, will You return me to Paradise?]

⭐️It has been authentically reported, as a mawqūf narration with the ruling of being marfūʿ (attributable in meaning to the Prophet), from Ibn ʿAbbās - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا - regarding the saying of Allah, the Exalted:

﴿ فَتَلَقَّى آدَمُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ كَلِمَاتٍ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ ﴾ [البقرة: ٣٧]

{Then Ādam received from his Lord words, and He accepted his repentance} [Sūrat al-Baqarah 2:37]:

«قَالَ آدَمُ: أَي رَبِّ، أَلَمْ تَخْلُقْنِي بِيَدِكَ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى،

“Ādam said: O my Lord, did You not create me with Your own Hand? He said: Yes, indeed.

قَالَ: أَي رَبِّ، أَلَمْ تَنْفُخْ فِيَّ مِنْ رُوحِكَ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى،

He said: O my Lord, did You not blow into me from Your Spirit? He said: Yes, indeed.

قَالَ: أَي رَبِّ، أَلَمْ تُسْكِنِّي جَنَّتَكَ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى،

He said: O my Lord, did You not settle me in Your Paradise? He said: Yes, indeed.

قَالَ: أَي رَبِّ، أَلَمْ تَسْبِقْ رَحْمَتُكَ غَضَبَكَ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى،

He said: O my Lord, did Your mercy not precede Your anger? He said: Yes, indeed.

قَالَ: أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ تُبْتُ وَأَصْلَحْتُ، أَرَاجِعِي أَنْتَ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ؟قَالَ: بَلَى،

He said: So, if I repent and set things right, will You return me to Paradise? He said: Yes, indeed.

قَالَ: فَهُوَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿ فَتَلَقَّى آدَمُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ كَلِمَاتٍ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ ﴾ [البقرة: ٣٧]».

He [Ibn ʿAbbās] said: So that is His saying: {Then Ādam received from his Lord words, and He accepted his repentance} [al-Baqarah 2:37].”

📚 This was narrated by al-Firyābī, ʿAbd ibn Ḥumayd, Ibn Abī al-Dunyā in al-Tawbah, Ibn Jarīr, Ibn al-Mundhir, Ibn Abī Ḥātim, al-Ḥākim (who declared it authentic), and Ibn Mardawayh. Authenticated by al-Albānī in his book al-Tawassul (p. 90).