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The Strength of Abstinence from Evil and the Strength of Courage’ by Imaam Ibnul Qayyim

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Imaam Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said:

There are two (types) of strengths within the soul: The strength of abstinence and the strength of courage. The reality of patience is that one makes the strength of courageousness a means of action in what benefits him and the strength of abstinence a means of action in refraining from what is harmful to him.

Among the people, there is one whose patience in carrying out what benefits him and being firm upon it is stronger than his patience in refraining from what is harmful to him; so he exercises patience in facing difficulty whilst carrying out acts of obedience, but he does not exercise patience in refraining from urges towards what he is forbidden.

And among them, there is one whose patience in refraining from things that are in opposition to the religion is stronger than his patience in carrying out acts of obedience and among them there is one who does not exercise patience in both affairs. The best of people are those who fulfil both affairs.

Many people patiently bear the hardship of praying Tahajjud during hot and cold nights, and the difficulty in fasting; but they do not exercise patience in refraining from looking at forbidden things. Many people exercise patience in refraining from looking at the forbidden things and inclination towards images, but they do not exercise patience in commanding good and forbidding evil….

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[Abridged and slightly paraphrased. For further details, see Uddat As-Saabireen.page 37]

 

A Famous Dictionary of the Arabic Language Mentioned by Ustaadh Aboo Talhah Daawood Ibn Ronald Burbank

Written by Abdullah Jallow on . Posted in Articles.

Ustaadh Abu Talhah (may Allaah have mercy upon him and his wife) stated in the footnotes of his translation of a short biography of Al-Khaleel Ibn Ahmad Al-Azdee , Al-Faraaheedee, Aboo Abdir-Rahmaan [born 100H and died 170 or 175H (rahimahullaah)] that he compiled a famous dictionary whose titled is Al-Ayn.

We ask Allaah (The Most High) to reward Ustaadh Abu Talhah (rahimahullaah) for bringing our attention to this dictionary and may He (The Most High) benefit the students of the Arabic Language by way of this dictionary, whilst seeking clarification and guidance from their teachers in their studies. Aameen

Download Dictionary from link: http://waqfeya.com/book.php?bid=1531

The Appointed Term of Every Nation Will Come To Pass!

Written by Abdullah Jallow on . Posted in Qur'aan.

Allaah (The Most High) said:

وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ۬‌ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمۡ لَا يَسۡتَأۡخِرُونَ سَاعَةً۬‌ۖ وَلَا يَسۡتَقۡدِمُونَ

And every nation has its appointed term; when their term is reached, neither can they delay it nor can they advance it an hour (or a moment).” [Soorah Al-A’raaf: Ayah 34]

Indeed, Allaah created the children of Aadam from the earth (i.e. their father Aadam was created from clay); then He (The Most High) made them reside on the earth and appointed for them a period of residence in it.  No nation amongst the nations can advance or delay its appointed term—neither the nations as whole nor the individuals of those nations can advance or delay their appointed term. [slightly paraphrased. See Tayseer Al-Kareem Ar-Rahmaan Fee Tafseer Kalaam Al-Mannaan]

Boastful about himself, his personality, his significance and in speech!

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Allaah (The Most High) said in Soorah Luqmaan Ayah: 18

 وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ

[وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ  –And turn not your face away from men with pride]; Imaam as-Sa’di (rahimahullaah): Do not turn away and frowning at the people with your face, being arrogant towards them and exalting (yourself).

[ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۖ –Nor walk in insolence through the earth]; That is: out of vanity, boasting about blessings, forgetful of the one who bestowed it upon you (i.e. Allaah) and being amazed with yourself.

[إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ- Verily, Allah likes not each arrogant boaster]; boastful about himself, his personality and significance, and in his speech.

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[Source: Tayseer Al-Kareem Ar-Rahmaan Fee Tafseer Kalaam Al-Mannaan]

The State of Affairs of This Person Will Not Cease To Amaze You!

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Allaah (The Most High) said:

أَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُ هَوَاهُ

Have you (O Muhammad) seen him who has taken as his ilah (god) his own desire?

[Soorah Al-Furqaan: Ayah: 43]

Imaam as-Saa’di (rahimahullaah) said: Are you not amazed by his (i.e. this person’s) state of affairs and you are looking at the misguidance he is upon, whilst he judges for himself that he is upon lofty stations? [1] Imaam Ibn Katheer (rahimahullaah) said: And whenever something is desirable and he sees it as (something) good according to his own desires, it becomes his religion (or creed, judgement, way of life and school of thought). [2]

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[1] Tayseer Al-Kareem Ar-Rahmaan Fee Tafseer Kalaam Al-Mannaan

[2]Al-Misbaah Al-Muneer Fee Tahdheeb Tafseer Ibn Katheer

 

People Sought advice, So Jundub (radiyallaahu-anhu) adviced them about two affairs (to eat what is Lawful and Refrain from Shedding Blood)

Written by Abdullah Jallow on . Posted in Morals and Manners - 'Akhlaaq', Purification of The Soul, Scholars of Islam, The Salaf - Pious Predecessors, Worship - 'Ibaadah'.

The people said to Jundub (radiyallaahu-anhu), ”Advise us.” He said: ”The first thing of the human body to putrefy is the abdomen, so he who can eat nothing but good food (halaal and earned lawfully) should do so, and he who does as much as he can that nothing intervenes between him and paradise by not shedding even a handful of blood (i.e. murdering), should do so.”

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[Saheeh Bukhaari Number: 7152]

An Admonition by Imaam Muhammad Ibn Saaleh Al-Uthaymeen (rahimahullaah) Concerning the behaviour of many people towards the worldly things

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In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy

Imaam Muhammad Ibn Saaleh Al-Uthaymeen (rahimahullaah) said:

Indeed, whenever the people increase in opulence and whenever it is made accessible to them, evil gains access to them.  When a person fixes his sight on opulence and becomes engrossed in bodily pleasures, he becomes heedless of softening his heart (i.e. with remembrance of Allaah, remembrance of death, performance of good deeds, repentance, remembrance of the aakhirah etc) and his greatest concern becomes (indulging) this body in opulence–(a body) whose final state will be worms and rot.

This is the calamity and what harms people these days. You do not find anyone (i.e. many people) except that he says: What have we missed (i.e. of the worldly things)?” ”What is our car? (i.e. what car do you have?) And what is our furniture? (i.e. what furniture do you have?) -to the extent that some of those who seek knowledge (of the religion) only do so for the purpose of reaching a (particular) level or grade in order to attain the enjoyment of the worldly things. It is as if the human being is not created for a great purpose.  The enjoyable things of the worldly life are only a means (i.e. a means to fulfilling ones needs and not the purpose of this life). Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah) said:

It is befitting that a person utilises wealth in the manner he utilises his donkey for riding, and in the manner he utilises the toilet for defecation.

 Do not make wealth your greatest concern; rather you should be the one riding on wealth. That is because if you do not ride it (i.e. the one in control and not the one controlled by it), it will ride on you and the worldly life will become your concern.  So for this reason, we say: Whenever the worldly things are opened up to the people and they start looking at it (i.e. with much concern), then indeed they lose the afterlife in accordance with their interest in the worldly life.  The Prophet (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) said:

By Allaah! It is not poverty that I fear for you; rather what I fear is that the worldly things will be made accessible to you, so that you compete one another for it, just as those before you competed one another for it, and it destroys you, just as it destroyed them.”

The Messenger (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) spoke the truth because what has destroyed the people at present is competition for the worldly things as if they were created for that purpose, and as if it was created for them for that purpose.

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[Source: Sharh Riyaadus Saaliheen Cassette number 17. Abridged and slightly paraphrased]

 

Magic is not cured with Magic!

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Question to Shaikh Saaleh Al-Fawzaan (may Allaah preserve him): What is the ruling on curing magic with magic out of a need?

Answer:
There is no need; there is no need; magic is not cured with disbelief because magic is disbelief,—Allaah’s refuge is sought—be it learning, teaching and acting upon it. Disbelief is not (used) as a cure. He (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) said: ‘’Seek (medical treatment) but do not with what is Haraam.” Abdullaah Ibn Mas’ood (radiyallaahu-anhu) stated as (reported) in Bukhaari: ”Indeed Allaah has not placed your cure in that which He has forbidden for you.”

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Two determinants of corruption and devastation in this world

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Imaam Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said:

Everyone with a grasp of common sense knows that the corruption and devastation of the world occurs due to giving precedence to opinion over (Allaah’s) revelation and desires over sound (uncorrupted) intellect.  These two corrupt (affairs) do not get hold of the heart except that its destruction is established….

[A’laam Muwaqqi-een 1/67]

One of Fir’awn’s Many Evils – [He called to evil and debated as one upon truth]

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Allaah (The Most High) said: [وَڪَذَٲلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِفِرۡعَوۡنَ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِ -Thus it was made fair-seeming, in Fir’aun’s (Pharaoh) eyes, the evil of his deeds]

Evil deeds were made fair seeming to him, so shaytaan did not cease to make it fair seeming to him, whilst he called to it and beautified it, until he saw it as something good.  He called to it and debated (in a manner) like those upon truth, whilst he was from the greatest of the corrupters.

[وَصُدَّ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِۚ  -And he was hindered from the path] of truth, due to the falsehood that was made fair seeming to him. [وَمَا ڪَيۡدُ فِرۡعَوۡنَ – And the plot of Fir’aun (Pharaoh)]–the one who  wanted to plot against the truth and give a false impression to the people that he was the one upon truth, and that Moosaa was upon falsehood—[ إِلَّا فِى تَبَابٍ – led to nothing but loss]; That is: (complete) loss and waste.  It benefited him in nothing except wretchedness in this world and in the Hereafter.

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[For further details, see Tayseer Al-Kareem Ar-Rahmaan Fee Tafseer Kalaam Al-Mannaan]