An Envious person oppresses him (or herself)
Al-Hasan al-Basri (rahimahullaah) said: I have not seen an oppressor who oppresses himself similar to an envious person! He (or she) is always frustrated; permanently sad and upon a distress that never comes to an end. ————————————————————————— [Source: Al-Aqd Al-Fareed’ of Ibn Abdi Rabbihi Al-Andaloosi (rahimahullaah)’ 2/170]
Mu’aawiyah Bin Abee Sufyan mentions one of the goals of the envious person
Mu’aawiyah Bin Abee Sufyaan (radiyallaahu-anhumaa) said: I am able to please all the people (in what is lawful) except the one who harbours envy towards a blessing (bestowed on a person) because he will never be pleased until that blessing ceases. —————————————————- [Source: Taareekh Baghdaad 59/200]
Be mindful of envy because it leads to evil consequences!
Allaah (The Most High) stated: قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ Say: “I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak, مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ “From the evil of what He has created; وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ And from the evil of the darkening (night) as it comes with its darkness; (or the moon as […]
The Foundation of All Evil! – Ibn Al Qayim
Imaam Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said: ”The root of every evil is founded on innovation (in religion) and following (evil) desires.” —————————————- [Al-Fawaa’id…page: 1/136]
Keep Away from the ‘Al-Aghaaleet’ and its deviant UK advocates!
Imaam Al-Awzaa’ee (rahimahullaah) said: ”If Allaah wishes to deprive a slave the blessings of knowledge [i.e. due his (or her) own fault], Allaah places [الأغاليط] upon the tongue of that person.”(1) [الأغاليط–they are those obscure and difficult affairs related to the religion, which a person pursues through asking questions in order to pick a quarrel, […]
A Warning Against The ‘Tobooliyyaat’ and its UK Advocates
Imaam Muhammad Ibn Saaleh Al-Uthaymeen (rahimahullaah) said: [الطبوليات ] are those Masaa-il (affairs of the religion) by way of which fame is sought. They are called Tubooliyyaat because it is similar to a Tabl (drum) which has a sound and an echo. So when an odd affair (i.e. an affair that is exaggerated or exceeds the […]
There are no Muslim scholars in the West, so protect yourselves from those deviants being presented as scholars by naive Journalists
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy The way to know a scholar is that (you) ask the people of knowledge in his era about him. He should be well known amongst the Fuqahaa (the upright jurists) of his era and supported by what they say about his affair. He […]
Adhere to the path of those who have passed away and it will save you from that unhealthy love of personalities
Abdullah ibn Mas‘ood (radiyallaahu-anhu) said: Whoever wants to adhere to a path, then let him adhere to the path of the one who has passed away, for indeed the ones who are alive are not safe from trial, and they (i.e. those who have passed away) are Muhammad’s Companions. They were the best of this […]
Imaam Fudayl Ibn Iyaad mentions few stances of a Sunni against a Mubtadi
Imaam Fudayl Ibn Iyaad (d. 187, rahimahullaah) said: ‘If Allaah (the Mighty and Majestic), knows that a man hates a person of innovation, He will forgive him even if his actions are few. A person of Sunnah would not help an innovator except due to hypocrisy. Whoever turns his face away from an innovator, Allaah will fill […]
Caution Regarding Recommendations: Do not say so and so is a person of the Sunnah until….
Imaam Barbahaaree (rahimahullaah) said: ‘It is not permitted for a man to say, ‘So and so is a person of the Sunnah’ until he knows that he combines the characteristics of the Sunnah, so it is not said of him, ‘a person of the Sunnah’ until he combines all the Sunnah.’ Shaikh Saaleh Al-Fawzaan (may […]
