A Great Achievement through Seeking Forgiveness Constantly!
Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri (radiyallaahu anhu) narrated that the Messenger of Allaah (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) said: Indeed shaytaan said: ”By Your Might O my Lord! I will not cease to misguide your slaves as long as their souls are in their bodies”; The Lord (Allaah) said: ”By My Might and Majesty! I will not cease forgiving them as […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why Hate and Falsely Blame The Trustworthy Scholars and Students After They Fulfil This Great Responsibility!
Imaam Muslim (rahimahullaah) said: know-may may Allaah (The Mot High) grant you success-that it is obligatory upon everyone (i.e. the scholars who criticise or commend narrators of hadeeth) to know the distinction between the authentic chains of transmission and the faulty ones, and the (trustworthiness, precision etc) of the narrators of (the authentic chains) as […]
Seeking The Pleasure of The People Is an Unattainable Goal, So Fulfil Their Rights and Do Not Oppress Them, But Do Not Seek Their Pleasure To Displease Allaah!
Shaikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah) said: And what is obligatory to know is that it is neither an admissible (idea) for the intellect (i.e. the sound, uncorrupted intellect) nor (plausible) in the religion to seek the pleasure of the creation (i.e. mankind) due to two affairs: Firstly: Indeed this is not possible, just as (Imaam) […]
Do Not Scrutinize The Beliefs and Mistakes of the People!
Shaikh Muhammad Baazmool (may Allaah preserve him) said: This statement is reiterated by some people when warning reaches them from one of the scholars or a student of knowledge against innovated statements (or views) that have occurred from some of the people, or when informed about mistakes committed in knowledge and he is warned about […]
The Blessings of Safety, Health and Provision, So Let Us Be Grateful O Slaves of Allaah!
Ubaidullaah Ibn Mihsan Al-Khatmiy narrated from his father that the Messenger (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) said: “Whoever among you wakes up (in the morning) safe in his property, healthy in his body and has his daily nourishment, it is as if he has been granted the entire world. ———————————————————————————————————————- Reported by Imaam Al-Bukhaari in Al-Adabul Mufrad Number 300 […]
The Strength of Abstinence from Evil and the Strength of Courage’ by Imaam Ibnul Qayyim
Imaam Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said: There are two (types) of strengths within the soul: The strength of abstinence and the strength of courage. The reality of patience is that one makes the strength of courageousness a means of action in what benefits him and the strength of abstinence a means of action in refraining from […]
