Abdullah Ibn Umar As Sarkhasi said I ate with a person of innovation once, and that reached Abdullah ibn Mubārak and he said: “I will not speak to him for thirty days!”
(Collected by Al
lillakā’i in ‘Sharh I’tiqād Ahlis Sunnah: 1/139)
Translated by Abu Hakeem أبو
حكيم بلال
Taken from: ah-sp.com
Ameerul Mu’mineen Ali
Ibn Abee Taalib [radiyallaahu anhu] said:
“A calamity does not
descend except due to sin and a calamity
is not removed except due to repentance.”
[Al-Jawaab Al-Kaafi’ by
Imaam Ibnul Qayyim. Page 49]
Translated by Salafi
Centre of Manchester // Salaficentre.com
23 December 2018, 7:50
AM
Abu Hurayrah –may Allah be pleased with him – narrated that the
Prophet ﷺ said:
Whoever goes to the Masjid, or returns from it, Allah prepares for him
pleasures within Paradise, each time he goes, and each time he
returns.
Collected by Al-Bukhaaree (#528) and Muslim (#667)
Translated by Jameel Finch, Abu Adam First Edition: 6th of Thul-Q'idah, 1442 AH
Selected from: Eight Hadeeth on the Excellence of the Five Daily Prayers - “An Adequate Treasure for the Seeker of the
Hereafter" page. 2.
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Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas رضي الله عنهما : Some pagans who committed murders in
great number and committed illegal sexual intercourse excessively, came to
Muhammad صلى
الله عليه وسلم
and said: ‘O Muhammad! Whatever you say, and invite people to, is good, but we
wish if you could inform us whether we can
make an expiation for our (past evil) deeds.” So the Divine verses came: “Those
who invoke not with Allah any other god, nor kill such person as Allah
forbidden except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse.”(V. 25:68)”…
Except those who repent…” (V. 25:70).*
And there was also revealed: “Say: O My slaves who have
transgressed against their ownselves! (by committing sins), despair not of the
Mercy of Allah.” (V. 39:53).* (Sahīh Al-Bukhârī, Vol. 6, Hadīth No. 334)
Al-Hilâlī & Muhsin Khân Translation, p. 487 (under footnote), The Noble Qur’ân
---------------------
Note: Added for the benefit of New Muslim
*Complete ayah of Sûrah 25: Al-Furqân verse 70
۞ إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا فَأُولَٰئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ اللَّهُ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ حَسَنَاتٍ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا (70)
70. Except those who
repent and believe (in Islâmic Monotheism), and do righteous deeds; for those, Allâh will change their sins
into good deeds, and Allâh is
Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
*Sûrah 39: Az-Zumar verse 53
۞ قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِن رَّحْمَةِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ (53)
53. Say: “O ‘Ibâdi (My slaves) who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allâh: verily, Allâh forgives all sins. Truly He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
The Distinguishing Signs of Ahl al-Bid’ah – (The People of
Innovation)1
Translated by Abu ʿIyaaḍ
Jumādā al-Ākhirah 1417 AH / November 1996 CE
Abū ʿUthmān al-Sābūnī (d. 449H) (رَحِمَهُ اللهُ) said:
“And the characteristics [resulting] from [the effects of] innovations upon their people are obvious and manifestly clear. The most apparent of their signs and characteristics is the severity of their enmity and hatred towards the carriers of the narrations of the Prophet (صَلَّى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ), their disdain of them, their scorn of them [considering them to be valueless] and naming them with Ḥashawiyyah (Worthless People), Jahalah (the Ignorant), Ẓāhiriyyah (Literalists), and the Mushabbihah (those who liken Allāh to the creation). [And this], due to their belief [concerning] the narrations of the Prophet (صَلَّى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ), that they are devoid of any knowledge and that the [real] knowledge is that which Shayṭān throws at them from the results of their corrupt intellects, the dark whisperings of their chests [i.e. souls], the false notions of their hearts [which are] empty of any goodness, their words and proofs which are devoid of truth and their unjustified and futile doubts.
1 From: ʿAqīdat al-Salaf wa Aṣḥāb al-Ḥadīth (p. 101-107) of Abū ʿUthmān al-Ṣābūnī.
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Abu Hatem ar-Razi:
Ahmad ibn Hanbal is the test (that seperates) us and the
people of innovation.
[Manaqib Ahmad, ibn al-Jawzi p. 222]
Translated by Salah al-Iranee
9 October 2017
IMAAM
AS-SA’DI (رحمه الله)
AS IT
IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE KIND TO ALL PEOPLE WITH THEIR WEALTH AT
ALL TIMES, ALLAH HAS ENJOINED KINDNESS THAT ONE MAY DO TO ALL OTHERS, NAMELY
KINDNESS IN WORDS. THAT ALSO IMPLIES THAT IT IS PROHIBITED TO SAY BAD WORDS TO
PEOPLE, EVEN THE DISBELIEVERS. HENCE ALLAH (تعالى) SAYS:
وَلَا تُجَادِلُوا أَهْلَ
الْكِتَابِ إِلَّا بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ
“AND
DO NOT ARGUE WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE SCRIPTURE EXCEPT IN A WAY THAT IS BEST..”
[SURAH
AL-‘ANKABUT 29:46]
TRANSLATION
by Oxford CC Da’wah
19
APRIL 2019, 8:47 PM //@OxfordCCDawah
The Imām, ibn al-Mubārak said:
“Whoever belittles the scholars has lost his
hereafter and whoever belittles the leaders has
lost his worldly life and whoever belittles the brothers has lost his
sense of honour.”
@SalahIranee
See Sīyar Ā’lam
al-Nubāla’, adh-Dhahābī, Shams ad-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, Bayrūt, Lubnān: Mu’assasat al-Risālah (8/308).
Note: Posted with kind permission
Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya
THE PATH OF THE SUNNAH طريق السنة
Shaykh ul Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah
-Rahimahullaah- said:
Indeed the path of the Sunnah is: Knowledge,
Justice,
Guidance.
The path of Bida’ is:
Ignorance,
Oppression,
It is following presumption and that
which they themselves desire.
[Majmoo al-Fatwaa 10/231]
Arabic here: https://followingthesunnah.com/2021/01/26/the-path-of-the-sunnah/
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The Prophet
(sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said:
“For whomsoever lives amongst you after me, will see many differences so
upon you is to follow my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the
rightly guided caliphs after me. Stick to it and bite onto it with the molar
teeth and be warned of the newly invented matters for verily every newly
invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is misguidance.”
Sahīh Sunan Abī Dawood no. 4607.
Translated by Dr. Abdulilah Lahmami
Source: MarkazMuaadh.com
Note: Emphasis Added
Five
Essential Qualities of a Mufti
Ibn
Battah records that Imām Ahmad – Allāh have mercy on him – said:
No
man should appoint himself to issue verdicts (fatwa) until and unless he
fulfills five characteristics:
First, he should
have a [firm and good] intention; for if he does not, he will have no light
upon him, and nor will his words.
Second, he should be forbearing, tranquil and serene.
Third, he should be strong upon what he is involved in, strong in its knowledge.
Fourth, he should
have sufficient means (wealth), otherwise the people will chew him up.
Fifth, he should
know people and their ways.
Ibn Battah, Ibtāl Al-Hiyal p24.
After
quoting this statement, and before his commentary on it, Ibn Al-Qayyim states:
This
is one of the proofs of the eminence of Imām Ahmad and his lofty status in
knowledge and insight; for these five are the pillars of fatwā, and to the
extent that there is deficiency in any of them, to that extent faults will
appear in the mufti.
I’lām Al-Muwaqi’īn, 6:106
Taken from: https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/five-essential-qualities-of-a-mufti/
‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (may Allaah be pleased with
him and his father) said:
“Indeed the most hated of affairs with Allaah is
innovation.”
[al-Laalikaai (1/132) Abu Nu’aim in Hulyah (7/26)
and Baghawi in Sharh Sunnah (1/216)].
Translated by Abdulilah Lahmami
www.MarkazMuaadh.com
Imām Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (d. 241H) said: “It is not
permissible for anyone among the people to fight the ruler and not to rise up
against him. And whosoever does that is an innovator, upon other than Sunnah
and upon other than the Straight Path.”
(Al-Lālīkā’ī, 1/161)
Translated by Abu Khadeejah أبو خديجة
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A
few extract…
Ishāq Ibn Rāhooyah
(d. 238) said: “Ahmad Ibn Hanbal is a proof between Allah and
His servants in this world.” And as for Qutaibah Ibn Sa’eed
Al-Baghlānee (d. 240), the Hāfidh, then his speech is extensive regarding Ahmad
(rahimahullāh). He would say: “Ahmad is the Imām of the
world.” On an occasion, he mentioned a group of the Tābi’een and mentioned Imām Ahmad along with them.
So someone asked him: “You include Ahmad in your
mention of the Tābi’een?” He responded: “Yes, amongst the greater Tābi’een!” So
not only is he mentioned in the ranks of the Tābi’een but in
the ranks of the greater Tābi’een! On another
occasion, he said: “If Ahmad Ibn Hanbal had
reached back into the era of Sufyān Ath-Thawree (d. 161H), Al-Awzā’ee (d.
157H), Mālik (d. 179H) and Layth Ibn Sa’d (d. 175), he would have given
precedence.” He also stated: “There is none who can be
mentioned alongside Ahmad.” Meaning that when you mention Ahmad
as a scholar, then mention him on his own [due to his level in knowledge and
understanding, bravery and steadfastness]. He also commented: “If it was not for Ahmad, piety would have died out for there was
none greater than Ahmad who served all of the Muslims. And it is a duty upon
every Muslim to seek forgiveness for him.”
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Imām As-Sa’dee رحمه
الله
stated:
“Allāh
will protect the righteous servant himself & will safeguard his children.”
[Tayseer
Al-Kareem Ar-Rahmaan fee Tafseer Kalaam al-Mannān, 3/979, Dār ibn al-Jawzee
print]
Translated by Markaz Mu'aadh bin Jabal Islamic
Centre
12 March 2019 . 11: 37 AM
إِن تَحْرِصْ عَلَىٰ هُدَاهُمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي مَن
يُضِلُّ ۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّاصِرِينَ (37)
(V. 16: 37) Narrated Abû Hurairah :رضي الله عنه I heard Allâh’s
Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم saying, “My example and the example of the
people is that of a man who made a fire, and when it lighted what was around
it, moths and other insects started falling into the fire. The man tried (his
best) to prevent them, (from falling in the fire) but they overpowered him and
rushed into the fire.” The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم added; “Now,
similarly, I take hold of the knots at your waist (belts) to prevent you from
falling into the fire, but you insist on falling into it.”* (Sahīh Al-Bukhârī, Vol. 8, Hadīth
No. 490).
*
The fire symbolizes the unlawful deeds which the Prophet صلى
الله عليه وسلم warned the people of.
SOURCE: Al-Hilâlī
& Muhsin Khân Translation, Surah 16. An-Nahl Ayah 37, Part 14 p.352 (under footnote), The Noble Qur’ân
the
Prophet (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace) stressed its importance,
saying:
(( نِعْمَتَانِ مَغْبُونٌ فِيهِمَا كَثِيْـرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ: الصِّحَّةُ
وَالفَرَاغُ ))
“Two
blessings are neglected by many of the people: good health and free time.” [2]
[2]
Collected by al-Bukhaaree (6412) from the report of Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allah be
pleased with him).
Translation source: Bakkah.net
Yahyaa bin Ja’far said:
“If I was able to increase the lifespan of Muhammad bin Ismāeel (Imām al-Bukharee) from my lifespan I would, for my death would be
the death of just one man, whereas his death would be the departing of
knowledge.”
[Siyar ‘Alaam an-Nubalaa 12/418]
Translated by Markaz Mu'aadh bin Jabal Islamic
Centre
27 August 2018, 4:35 PM
Sincerity in worldly Affairs
Bukhari’s son sent him some merchandise to sell and
some businessmen requested to buy it for five thousand Dirhams, so Bukhari
said:
‘Leave it tonight.’
The next day some other businessmen came and requested
to buy it for ten thousand, so Bukhari said to them:
Indeed I had made the intention to sell it to those who
came last night and I do not love to change my intention.’
[Collected in ‘Tareekh Baghdad’ 2/11]
May Allaah Ta’ala have Mercy on al-Bukhari & his
Parents
Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya for MiraathPublucations.net
11 August 2015 . 2:07 AM