If Speech is Silver, Then Silence is Gold – Ibnul Mubaarak [rahimahullaah] Explains
Ibnul Mubaarak [rahimahullaah] was asked about the statement of Luqmaan [alayhis-salaam] to his son: ‘’If speech is from silver, then silence is from gold.” So he said: ‘’It means that if speech in obedience to Allaah is from silver, then silence [in order to refrain from] disobedience to Allaah is gold.” [Jaami-ul Uloom Wal-Hikam: page: […]
Alqamah [rahimahullaah] Described The Exaggeration of The Rawaafid
Alqamah [rahimahullaah]
Our Salaf: Shu’bah’s Kindness Towards The Poor and Needy
Nadr Bin Shameel [rahimahullaah] said: ”I have not seen one with more mercy to the needy than Shu’bah [rahimahullaah]. Whenever he saw a needy person, he would not stop looking at him until he disappeared from his presence. [Hiyah 7/146]
A Brief Glimpse into the Humility of Our Salaf – Sufyan Ath-Thawri [Rahimahullaah]
Ath-Thawri [rahimahullaah]
Our Salaf – Eagerness to Learn Meanings of The Aayaat of The Qur’aan
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy Imaam Ibn Katheer [rahimahullaah] stated: Ibn Abee Haatim [rahimahullaah] narrated with his own chain of transmission from Amr Bin Murrah [rahimahullaah], who said: I did not come across an Ayah from the Book of Allaah and did not understand it, except that it […]
The Religion [Ordained By Allaah] Would Have Vanished Had Allaah Not Placed a Righteous Group Amongst The Previous Nations – By Imaam as-Sadi [rahimahullaah]
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy Allaah [The Most High] said: فَلَوۡلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ أُوْلُواْ بَقِيَّةٍ۬ يَنۡہَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡفَسَادِ فِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلاً۬ مِّمَّنۡ أَنجَيۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡۗ وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مَآ أُتۡرِفُواْ فِيهِ وَكَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ If only there had been among the generations before you, persons having […]
The Latter Part of The Ummah Cannot Be Rectified Except Through What Rectified Our Salaf – by Imaam Maalik [rahimahullaah]
AbuBakr and Umar [radiyallaahu-anhumaa] Used to Compete Each Other In Good Deeds
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy Imaam Ibnul Qayyim [rahimahullaah] said: Every competitor compete the other and is happy when joined in it, just as the companions of the Messenger of Allaah [sallal-laahua-alayhi-wasallam] used to compete in good and they were pleased when others joined them; rather they used […]
A Glimpse into the Excellence of the Knowledge of the Salaf- by Imaam Ibn Rajab
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy Imaam Ibn Rajab [rahimahullaah] said about the Salaf: There is not to be found in the statements of those who came after the Salaf (any) truth, except that it is found in their statements with a more concise wording and a shorter expression. […]
