“Has the story reached you, of the honoured guests of Ibrahim”
In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Allah (The Most High) says: هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمُكْرَمِينَ إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَامٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ فَجَاءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ فَقَرَّبَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ […]
Justice Thoroughly Scrutinises the Self: Truthful Testimony Beyond Connection
In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Allah, The Most High, said: أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَا يَكُونُ مِن نَّجْوَىٰ ثَلَٰثَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ رَابِعُهُمْ وَلَا خَمْسَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ سَادِسُهُمْ وَلَآ أَدْنَىٰ مِن ذَٰلِكَ وَلَآ أَكْثَرَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَعَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كَانُوا۟ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُهُم […]
Souls Tested to Be Purified and Supported to Attain Victory
In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: The souls will not become purified and upright until they are put to test through afflictions. Shaikh Al-Islam, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: Allah, The Most High, said: الٓمٓ (١) أَحَسِبَ ٱلنَّاسُ […]
Let’s always strive to be truthful because “He knows the fraud of the eyes, and all that the breasts conceal”
In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Allah, The Exalted, says: يَعْلَمُ خَآئِنَةَ ٱلْأَعْيُنِ وَمَا تُخْفِى ٱلصُّدُورُ Allah knows the fraud of the eyes, and all that the breasts conceal. [Ghafir. 19] [يَعْلَمُ خَآئِنَةَ ٱلْأَعْيُنِ – Allah knows the fraud of the eyes]: This pertains to the gaze that an […]
The highest level of truthfulness
In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Shaikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: The highest level of truthfulness is the level of the Siddeeqeen, which is complete submission to the (commands and prohibitions) of the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, alongside […]
[2] Some Pathways to Order, Wisdom and Good Outcomes
In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Abdullah Bin Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, “Whoever would love to be delivered from Hellfire and admitted into Paradise, let him meet his end whilst believing in Allah […]
Be Steadfast, Unmoved By Trends and Unshaken By People’s Desires
In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Be Steadfast, Unmoved By Trends and Unshaken By People’s Desires; Give Precedence to Principle and Consistency Over Popularity Allah [The Exalted] said: وَٱلۡعَصۡرِ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ لَفِى خُسۡرٍ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ By (the phenomenon of) time (which Allah […]
Generous Victims and the Brave Hearts Who Confessed Their Wrongs – The Radiant Character of Early Muslims
In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. It has been reported regarding Muṣ‘ab ibn al-Zubayr, may Allah have mercy upon him, that when he became the governor of Iraq, he once sat to distribute the allowances of the soldiers. He did ordered his announcer to announce: “Where is Amr ibn […]
An Inspiring Example of Wisdom, Selflessness, and Self-Restraint — The Radiant Character of Early Muslims
In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Aa’isha, may Allah be pleased with her, said that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to her, “O Aisha! Were your people (i.e. the Quraish) not close to the Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance, I would have had the […]
Must strive for this if we truly desire to love and be loved without ulterior motives
In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Shaikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: One must know that neither is it conceivable to the intellect (i.e. sound intellect) nor (plausible) in the religion to seek the pleasure of the creation [i.e. mankind and Jinn] due to […]
