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]
May Allaah not make us a trial for those who have disbelieved!
رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا رَبَّنَا ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ “Our Lord! Make us not a trial for those who have disbelieved, and forgive us, Our Lord! Verily, You, only You are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.” [60:5] Mujaahid (rahimahullaah) said: The meaning of it is: Neither punish us at their hands […]
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, […]
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 […]
Imaam Al-Barbahaaree said: Whoever Dies Unknown upon the Sunnah is indeed a truthful witness
Imaam Barbahaaree (rahimahullaah) said that Abul Aaliyah (rahimahullaah) said: ‘ Whoever dies unknown upon the Sunnah is indeed a truthful witness. It is said clinging to the Sunnah is salvation’ Shaikh Saaleh al Fawzaan commented on the above saying: The Siddeeq (the truthful one) is the one given to much truthfulness and his status is at […]
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 […]
Imaam Ahmad (rahimahimahullaah): Nothing is equal to knowledge, for the one who corrects his intention
Imaam Ahmad (rahimahullaah) stated: (There) is nothing equal to knowledge, for the one who makes his intention correct (i.e. sincere). So they (i.e. the people) said: And how do (we) make the intention correct (i.e. sincere) O father of Abdullaah?! He said: You make an intention to remove ignorance from yourself and others. ——————————————————————– [Aadaab […]
Ibn Umar (radiyallaahu-anhumaa) warned a friend of his about deviation! A Reminder to those who deliberately befriend the obstinate people of bidah
It was narrated that Nafi’ said: “Ibn ‘Umar had a friend among the people of Ash-Sham, with whom he used to correspond. ‘Abdullaah bin ‘Umar wrote to him saying: ‘I have heard that you are speaking about some matter of Al-Qadar (the Divine Decree). So do not write to me, for I heard the Messenger […]
The Foundations of Bidah are four- By Abdullaah Ibnul Mubaarak
Abdullaah Ibnul Mubaarak (rahimahullaah) said: The foundations of bidah are four: The Rawaafid The Khawaarij The Qadariyyah The Murji’ah ————————————————- [Source: Majmoo Al-Fataawaa 3/350]
