Humility of our beloved Salaf – Khalaf Bin Tameem (rahimahullaah) Khalaf Ibn Tameem (rahimahullaah) said: I saw Ath-Thawree at Makkah and many (people gathered or came to) him; so he said, ‘’To Allaah we belong! I fear that the Ummah will be lost when the people have a need of the likes of me’’. [Siyar […]

Our Salaf – Yahyah Ibn Abee Katheer before the Approach of Ramadhaan Yahyah Ibn Abee Katheer (rahimahullaah) used to make du’aa saying:”O Allaah! Preserve me till Ramadhaan; make Ramadhaan blameless for me (and) accept it (from me)’’. [Hilyatul Awliyaa 3/69]

Humility of our beloved Salaf – Fudayl Ibn Iyaad (rahimahullaah) Imaam Fudayl Ibn Iyaad (rahimahullaah) was asked about humility; so he said, ‘’(It is ) to humble oneself to the truth, submitting to it and accepting it from the one who said it. He(i.e. the person) accepts it even if heard from a child or […]

    [1] Humility of our beloved Salaf – Ibn Umar (radiyallaahu-anhumaa) A man said to Ibn Umar (radiyallaahu-anhu): ‘’O (you) the best of the people!” So he said, ‘’I am neither the best of the people nor the son of the best of the people; rather I am a slave from the slaves of […]

Ibn Mas’ood (radiyallaahu-anhu) said to his companions: “You observe fasting, perform prayer and Jihaad more than the companions of Muhammad  (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam ),  whilst they were better than you. ” They said, “Why is that the case?” He said, “They practiced more abstinence from the worldly life and we’re desirous of the afterlife”. [Source: Jaami’ul Uloom […]

Some Hidden Defects of the Inner Self’ By Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah) said: ‘’What is manifestly clear is that many of the affairs of the inner self are hidden from a person and he does not realise them. There are many people in whose souls is a love of leadership […]

Shaikh Muhammad Baazmool (may Allaah preserve him) said: Among the proofs (showing) that preservation of security is everyone’s obligation (is the fact that) by way of it we repel the evil of the people of corruption and falsehood from our country – by deterring the foolish and preventing them from committing their corrupt deeds and […]

Shaikh Muhammad Baazmool (may Allaah preserve him) said: And among the proofs (showing) that the preservation of security is everyone’s obligation (is because it is an aspect) of Jihaad. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah (rahimahullaah) said: As for Jihaad against the leaders of bidah and evil, it is of three levels: Firstly with the hand if one is […]

Shaikh Muhammad Baazmool (may Allaah preserve him) stated: Among the evidences (showing) that preservation of security is a responsibility of everyone is (the fact that it is an act) of enjoining good and forbidding evil, and it is well known that enjoining good and forbidding evil is from the characteristics of this Ummah.  [Allaah (The […]

Indeed, our obligation with regards (to safeguarding a state of security in the land) is not only to do with aspects of security and the people (given authority by the state to carry out different tasks in order to preserve security in the land); rather it is an affair that concerns every Muslim in this world and […]