From the excellent outcomes of knowing one’s rightful status amongst the people!
Question to Imaam Muhammad Ibn Saaleh al-Uthaymeen May Allaah have mercy upon a person who knows his limitations and worth- [Does this (saying) have an (established) source and has it been transmitted in a hadeeth?] Answer: I do not know of an (established) source for it; however its meaning is correct. (That is) because when a person […]
Had it not been the Tawfeeq of Allaah upon you, your souls would not have yielded to Imaan
Allaah (The Most High) said: وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ فِيكُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ يُطِيعُكُمْ فِي كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ لَعَنِتُّمْ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ حَبَّبَ إِلَيْكُمُ الْأِيمَانَ وَزَيَّنَهُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَكَرَّهَ إِلَيْكُمُ الْكُفْرَ وَالْفُسُوقَ وَالْعِصْيَانَ أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الرَّاشِدُونَ فَضْلاً مِنَ اللَّهِ وَنِعْمَةً وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ And know that, among you there is the Messenger of Allah. If he were to […]
A Parable That Cuts off the Heart’s Desire for Shirk’ by Imaam Ibnul Qayyim
Allaah (The Most High) said: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ لَن يَخْلُقُوا ذُبَابًا وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا لَهُ ۖ وَإِن يَسْلُبْهُمُ الذُّبَابُ شَيْئًا لَّا يَسْتَنقِذُوهُ مِنْهُ ۚ ضَعُفَ الطَّالِبُ وَالْمَطْلُوبُ مَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ O mankind! A similitude has been coined, so […]
Shaikh Rabee said: Unfortunately there are a people who conceal refutations (directed at) the people of falsehood and error
Shaikh Rabee (may Allaah preserve him) said: Unfortunately there are a people who conceal refutations (directed at) the people of falsehood and error. They are excited to ally with them and defend them, whilst they are harsh and disapproving towards those who refute falsehood and error. They betray them (i.e. those who refute error) with a […]
Harshness and Leniency In Their Inappropriate Places!- By Imaam Ash-Shanqeeti
Imaam Shanqeeti (rahimahullaah) said: It is idiocy and an offence to (apply) harshness in a place where leniency is to be (applied), and it is weakness and spiritlessness to apply leniency in a place where harshness is to be applied. If it is said: Apply leniency, say: Leniency should be in its place, for the […]
It Is Good To Know Your Lineage, But Neither Be Boastful Nor Look Down On Others Because Righteous Action Is the Determinant of Success
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy The Messenger (sallal-laahu-aalayhi-wasallam) said: Whoever is held back by his deeds, his (nobility) of lineage will not push him forward.(1) Imaam Nawawi (rahimahullaah) said: ”Its meaning is that the one whose deeds are deficient and he does not catch up with the performers […]
Two Short Reminders For Anyone Who Engages In Blameworthy Debate About Who He Prefers As a Khateeb or Considers The Status of a Person More Elevated Than That of Others Because He Stands On a Pulpit To Deliver Khutab!
Imaam Maalik (rahimahullaah) said that it reached him from Al-Qaasim Bin Muhammad (rahimahullaah) who said: “I met a people (i.e. Salaf) who were not amazed by speech; rather they were amazed by actions.” [Quoted by Shaikh Raslaan in Fadlul Ilm. page: 597] Imaam Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) stated: ”Allaah loves that a slave of His should […]
Guarding Oneself From The Disease of Fame Seeking
Imaam Ibn Qudaamah Al-Maqdisee (rahimahullaah) said: Know that the basis of (love) of prestige is the love of widespread fame and glory (for oneself). This is a great danger and in obscurity there is safety. The people of goodness do not have an intention for (seeking) fame -neither do they turn their attention towards it […]
Some Beneficial Contemplation To Help (In-Shaa-Allaah) Extinguish the Inferno of Envy
Imaam Ibn Qudaamah Al-Maqdisee (rahimahullah) said: Know that envy is a great disease of the hearts and the diseases of the hearts are not cured except with knowledge and action. The beneficial knowledge for curing envy is to know that in reality envy is harmful to you in (your) Religious and worldly affairs, and the envied […]
Your Reliable, Fast and Efficient Car Is Provision From Allaah, So Do Not Be Haughty!
Sulaymaan Bin Yasaar (rahimahullaah) reported that a people were on a journey, so they said when they were about to depart: سُـبْحانَ الَّذي سَخَّـرَ لَنا هذا وَما كُنّا لَهُ مُقْـرِنين وَإِنّا إِلى رَبِّنـا لَمُنْقَـلِبون Glory to Him who has subjected this to us, and we could never have it (by our efforts). And verily, to […]
