The Prophet ﷺ said:
“Guarantee for me six and I
will guarantee for you Jannah:
1. Be truthful when you speak.
2. Do what you promise.
3. Fulfil your trusts.
4. Save yourselves from fornication.
5. Lower your gazes.
6. Withhold your hands [from striking].”
(As-Sahīhah, no. 1470)
Translated by Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wahid ‘Alam
MarkazMuaadh/status/957214914820665344
Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, has stated: “Spend from
what we have provided you before death approaches one of you and he says, ‘My
Lord, if only you would delay me for a brief term so I would give charity and
be among the righteous.'” Qur’aan 63:10
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A man asked the Prophet (may the peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): “Which charity brings the greatest reward?” He replied: “That you give in charity when you are healthy, feeling miserly, whilst you fear poverty and are in hope of becoming rich. So do not delay until you are at the point of death and then you say: “Give this to so-and-so and give that to so-and-so,” when at that point [your wealth and property] already belongs to so-and-so!” (Al-Bukhaaree, no. 1419)
TRANSLATION SOURCE: https://www.wrightstreetmosque.com
Don't Ask When You'll Die! - Explained by Sheikh
ibn 'Uthaymeen
Sheikh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen:
We say: Do not ask about when you will die, or
where you will die because this affair does not need to
be asked. It is an affair that is unavoidable and it must occur. And no matter
how long you live in this world, it is as if you only remained for one day. As
Allah- the Most High- stated:
On the Day they see it (the Day of Judgement), it
will be as if they had stayed (in the world) no more than one evening or its
morning. (Surah An-Naazi’aat: 46).
However, the question which a person must ponder
upon, and (the question) which is incumbent upon the person to have the answer
for is:
In what condition will you die?
I do not mean by your condition, are
you rich or poor, strong or weak, with children or without. Rather, (what’s
intended) is what type of actions will you die upon (obedience to Allah, or
disobedience).
If you (truly) are asking yourself this question,
then it is incumbent upon you to prepare it is incumbent upon
you to prepare because you do not know when death will surprise you.
How many people left (their homes) driving a car,
and did not return except that he was being carried on shoulders (for his
Janazah). And how many people left their homes saying to their families: Prepare the food, the lunch or dinner
(assuming he will return home), but he did not eat (ever again). And how
many individuals, wore their shirts and buttoned their clothing, but they never
unbuttoned them. Instead, the person washing their (dead) body opened the
buttons in order to wash them.
This affair is witnessed by everyone ;
that individuals suddenly die due to (sudden) accidents.Therefore, right now it
is upon you to reflect and contemplate about what state you will die in.
We ask Allah to grant us and you Tawbah and
Inaabah (repentance and turning to Him).
For this reason, it is befitting for you to
increase in istighfaar (seeking forgiveness to Allah) seek as much forgiveness
as you are able!
Translated by Abu Ismaeel Mustafa ibn George
Courtesy of Brother Bilal Nahim
Narrated Abu Mûsâ رضي الله عنه : The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “The example of the one who remembers (glorifies the Praises of) his Lord, (Allâh) in comparison to the one who does not remember (glorify the Praises of) his Lord, is that of a living creature compared to a dead one.”
(Sahīh Al-Bukhârī, Vol.8, Hadīth
No.416)
al-Hilâlî & Muhsin Khân Translation
Ibn al-Qayyim: “The servant breathes 24,000
times a day. Each 1 is a blessing.” Shouldn’t
we be thankful to Allah!
وَآتَاكُم
مِّن كُلِّ مَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُ ۚ وَإِن تَعُدُّوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَا
ۗ إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَظَلُومٌ كَفَّارٌ
34. And He gave you of all that you asked for, and if you
count the Blessings of Allāh, never will you
able to count them. Verily, man is indeed an extreme wrong-doer, a disbeliever
(an extreme ingrate who denies Allāh’s Blessings by disbelief, and by worshipping
others besides Allāh, and by disobeying Allāh and His Prophet Muhammad صلى
الله عليه وسلم). [Sūrah 14. Ibrāhīm: 34]
Source: Hikmah Publications
8: 24 AM . Jan 16, 2017
Al-Alaa Ibn Ziyaad
(rahimahullaah) said:
“Do not [allow] your eyes to
follow the garment of a woman because one’s gaze places desire in the heart.
Az-Zuhd, by Imaam Ahmad. 311
Translation source: Salafi
Centre of Manchester
10 March 2018, 2:36 AM // SalafiCentre.com
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Upon the authority of Ka’b
ibn ‘Ujrah – Radhiyallahu Anhu – Who said:
“A man passed by the Prophet
– Sallallahu alaihi Was Salam and the Companions of the Messenger of Allah –
Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Salam saw his hardiness, striving and his briskness, so
they said: Oh Messenger of Allah! If only this was ‘fee sabeelillah’ (In the
way of Allah)! So the Messenger of Allah – Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Was Salam said:
“If he has left out striving for his young son, then he is ‘fee sabeelillah’,
and if he left out striving for his elderly parents, then he is fee
sabeelillah, and if left out striving for the virtue and chastity of his own
soul, then he is ‘fee sabeellillah’. But if he set out to be seen of the
people, and to contend with others in mutual boasting then he is fee sabeelish
Shaytaan! (In the path of Shaytaan!)“
(Collected by Imaamut Tabaraani
in ‘Mu’jam Al Kabeer (282) and declared ‘Saheeh’ by Shaikh Al Albaani in
‘Saheehul Jaami’ (1428)
Written & Prepared by Abu
Hakeem Bilal Davis أبو حكيم بلال
Full article here>> https://ah-sp.com/2021/07/14/__trashed-18/
Note: Emphasis added
FROM THE GLAD TIDINGS OF A
GOOD ENDING
Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya
From Hudayfah who said: I
made the Prophet sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam recline against my chest and he
said:
مَنْ
قَالَ لا إِلَهَ إِلا اللَّهُ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ اللَّهِ خُتِمَ لَهُ بِهَا دَخَلَ
الْجَنَّةَ ،وَمَنْ صَامَ يَوْمًا ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ اللَّهِ خُتِمَ لَهُ بِهَا دَخَلَ
الْجَنَّةَ ، وَمَنْ تَصَدَّقَ بِصَدَقَةٍ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ اللَّهِ خُتِمَ لَهُ بِهَا
دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ
’Whoever says La ilaha ila
Allaah seeking the Face of Allaah and dies whist doing so enters Paradise.
Whoever fasts a day seeking
the Face of Allaah and dies whilst doing so enters Paradise.
Whoever gave charity seeking
the Face of Allaah and dies whilst doing so enters Paradise.’
[Collected by Ahmad.
Al-Mundhri said: Collected by Ahmad and his Isnaad has no problems. Albaani
authenticated it in Saheeh Targheeb no. 985.]
In another narration with
extra wording:
من
ختم له بإطعام مسكين محتسبا على الله عز وجل دخل الجنة ‘
Whoever dies whilst feeding a
needy person seeking a reward from Allaah Azza wa Jal enters Paradise.’
[Researched by Albaani in
Silsilah Saheeh no. 1645]
In another narration:
يا
حذيفة : من خُتِمَ له بصيام يومٍ ، يُريدُ به وجه الله عز وجل ، أدخله الله الجنة
‘O Hudayfah, whoever dies
whilst fasting one day wanting the Face of Allaah Azza wa Jal, then Allaah
enters him into Paradise.’
[Collected by Al-Asbahaani
and authenticated by Albaani in Saheeh Targheeb 1/579]
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ARABIC here>>https://followingthesunnah.com/2018/05/22/from-the-glad-tidings-of-a-good-ending/
Ibn ‘Abd
Al-Barr said:
They (The
Salaf) said: Whoever is impressed with his opinion will be humiliated, whoever
suffices himself with his own intellect will slip, whoever is arrogant against
people will be demeaned, whoever mixes with scoundrels will be despised, and
whoever sits with scholars will be respected.
Jāmi’ Bayān Al-‘Ilm article 969
Translated
by Owais Al-Hashimi
The illustrious scholar Haafidh Ibn Rajab (d. 795H) رحمه الله mentioned:
“Indeed, a bad end is caused by an evil hidden trait in the servant that people are not aware of.”
[Jaami’ al-Uloom wal-Hikam,
pg.115, Dār Ibn al-Jawzee print, 11th edition]
Translation source: www.MarkazMuaadh.com
10:05 PM · Nov 20, 2018
ORDERING WITH THE SUNNAH & PROHIBITING BIDA
Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya
Shaykh-ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah-Rahimahullaah-
said:
والأمرُ بالسُّنَّةِ والنَّهْيُ عن البِدعة هو أمرٌ بِمعرُوفٍ ونَهْيٌ عن مُنكر ، و هو مِن أفضلِ الأعمال الصَّالِحة.
‘Enjoining with following the Sunnah and
forbidding from doing Bida is actually Enjoining good and forbidding evil, and
it is from the best of the righteous actions.’
[Minhaj as-Sunnah 5/252]
For better & larger viewing see ARABIC/ENGLISH article here>>https://followingthesunnah.com/2020/12/03/ordering-with-the-sunnah-prohibiting-bida/
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Returning to Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ
وَتَعَالَى) is the
greatest of ways to remove calamities, hardships, epidemic diseases, chronic
illnesses, depression and sadness. Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ
وَتَعَالَى):
وَبَلَوْنَاهُم
بِالْحَسَنَاتِ وَالسَّيِّئَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
“We tested
with good times and bad that perhaps they would return [to obedience].” (Al-A’rāf
7:168)
So, disobedience, going overboard
in sins, lewdness and immorality are from the causes of corruption, tribulation
and hardship in the lives of the people. Allah stated:
ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ
بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُم بَعْضَ الَّذِي عَمِلُوا لَعَلَّهُمْ
يَرْجِعُونَ
“Corruption
has appeared throughout the land and sea due to what the hands of people have
earned so He may let them taste something of the consequence of what they have
done that perhaps they will return [to obedience].” (Ar-Rūm 30:41)
Allah
(عَزَّوَجَلَّ) decrees
whatever He decrees of good and evil, and whatever takes place of corruption on
land and sea so that mankind may return
to the Truth - that they may rush to repent for their sins and transgressions - and they might hasten to His obedience and to
the obedience of His Messenger (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ).
That
is because unbelief, and disobedience to Allah (تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى) and His
Messenger (صَلَّى اللهُ
عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) are the reason behind every evil
and calamity in this world and punishment in the Hereafter.
And it
is the Tawhīd of Allah, which is to single Him
out with worship Him, alone and without partners - and to have Imān in Him, to believe in the resurrection after death and in
the Day of Judgement, to believe in Allah’s Messenger (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) and what
was revealed to him, to obey Allah and to obey His Messeger (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ), to hold
fast to His Sharī’ah and invite others to it, to advise (and even refute) the
one who opposes the Sunnah and the Sharī’ah - it is in that lies the means to every goodness in this world and
the next...
Base loosely on an article and sermon delivered by Shaikh Khālid Adh-Dhufīri (may Allah preserve him).
Extracted from the article How Do I Cope with the Trials, Suffering and Hardships in My Life? Explained in light of the Qur’an and Sunnah page 5-7, Written & Prepared by Ustadh Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wahid (may Allah preserve & protect him).
For original, genuine & safe copy see full article here>>https://www.abukhadeejah.com/how-do-i-cope-with-the-trials-suffering-and-hardships-in-my-life/
وَمَا
اجْتَمَعَ قَوْمٌ فِى بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِ اللَهِ يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ، وَيَتَدَارَسُونَهُ
بَيْنَهُمْ ؛ إِلّا نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّكِينَةُ، وَغَشِيَتْهُمُ الرَّحْمَةُ،
وَحَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ وَذَكَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِيمَنْ عِنْدَهُ.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Any group
of people that assemble in one of the Houses of Allah to recite the Book of
Allah and studying it with each other, tranquility will descend upon them,
mercy will engulf them, angels will surround them and Allah will mention them
to those (the angels) in near Him.” [Muslim]
Translation by Masjid as-Sunnah an-Nabawiyyah مسجد السنة
https://www.germantownmasjid.com
12 April 2018, 12: 37AM
Hard Hearts and Dead Greenery
by Abu Adam Jameel Finch
Al-Haafidh Ibn Katheer, may Allah have mercy on
him, said:
It is upon us, O Muslims, to cease behaving like
those whom Allah has blamed, because they were busied from their Book. It is
time for us to carry out what He, The Most High, has commanded us to do. Such
as learning The Book of Allah – that has been given to us – teaching it,
seeking to understand it, and helping others to understand it.
Allah, The Most High, said – its meaning:
16: Has the time not yet come for the believers’
hearts to be humbled by the remembrance of Allah and the truth that has been
revealed, and to not be like those given the scripture before – those who were
negligent for so long that their hearts became hard, and many of them were
disobedient.
17: Know that Allah revives the Earth after its
death. We have certainly made the signs clear for you, so that perhaps you will
understand.
[Soorah al-Hadeed (57): 16-17]
By mentioning this verse (i.e. #17) after what
came before it (i.e. verse #16), Allah alerted
us that just as He, The Most High, revives the Earth after its death, he
likewise softens the hearts due to faith after hardening due to sin and
disobedience.
Our hope is directed to Allah, and we ask Him to
soften our hearts. Indeed, He is The Most Giving, The Most Generous. (1)
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(1) See “Summarized Tafseer Ibn Katheer” by Shaykh Ahmad Shaakir, vol. 1 / pg. 42.
URL: https://wp.me/pXrbs-WL
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Al-Hassan Al-Basri [may Allaah have mercy upon
him], “The
people say that the one who says Laa Ilaaha Illal laah – There is no deity
worthy of worship except Allaah – will enter paradise”, so he replied, “The
one who says Laa ilaaha illal laah, fulfils it rights and obligations will
enter paradise.”
[Al-Hujjah Fil Bayaan Al-Mahajjah 2/152]
Selected from: Explanation of Important Lessons
For The Muslim Ummah, pages 46-47. Maktabah Malik Al-Fahad 1436AH (2015)
Post # [7] Basics –Revisiting and Revising The
Most Important Fundamentals: [The Shahaadah Has Conditions That Must Be
Fulfilled Otherwise Its Utterance Will Not Benefit The One Who Utters It]
Translation source: Masjid Furqan – Stoke on Trent
URL: https://wp.me/p4cUPQ-1Sh
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Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said:
“…Cursed is the one who is disobedient and undutiful to his
parents.”
[Saheeh At-Targheeb wat-Tarheeb no. 2430]
*Cursed means that a person is far away from Allaah’s mercy
and any bad deed for which the punishment is being cursed is a MAJOR SIN.
Translation by Markaz Mu’aadh
7 May 2018, 2:12 PM
Imaam As-Shawkaani
[rahimahullaah] said:
Indeed, [amongst] the people
[i.e. believers] – those with the loftiest station in goodness and the
worthiest of being described as such – are those people who give their families
the best treatment, for indeed the family of a person are worthier of being
approached with cheerfulness, good manners and kindness, bringing good to them
and repelling harm from them. So, if a man is like this [to his family], he is from
the best of the people [i.e. in this affair]; but if not, he is on the opposite
side – evil [behaviour]. The people often fall into this [behaviour], so you
see a man being the most ill-mannered, the most selfish and the least in
bringing good when he meets his family; but when he meets others, he become
good natured, good mannered, upright and brings a lot of good. Indeed, there is
no doubt that the one who is like this is deprived and has deviated from the
right path [i.e. in this affair]. And we ask Allaah for safety [from evil].
Naylul Awtaar’ 8/121.
Slightly paraphrased
Translation source: The
Salaficentre of Manchester
Imaam adh-Dhahabee stated in Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa (10/518):
Muhammad b. Yahyaa adh-Dhuhlee
(rahimahullaah) said: I heard Yahyaa b. Ma’een say: “Defending the Sunnah is
more virtuous than Jihaad in the Path of Allaah [on the battlefield].” So I
said to him: “A man spends from his wealth, he tires himself out and fights,
yet this one [who defends the Sunnah] is better than him?!” He replied: “Yes,
by a great deal.”
Taken from: https://abukhadeejah.com
https://www.abukhadeejah.com/ibn-taymiyyah-repelling-ahlul-bidah-is-more-virtuous-then-regaining-the-seaport-in-palestine-from-the-crusaders/
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FOLLOWING THE PROPHET FOR
GREATER TAWHEED
Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya
Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah -Rahimahullaah-
said:
The more a person follows Muhammad ﷺ, the greater his Tawheed of Allaah will be, and likewise his
sincerity in [worshipping Him alone] in the religion.
When he distances himself
from following the Messenger then his holding onto the religion becomes
deficient in accordance with that.
When the distance away from
following the Prophet is great, then Shirk and Bida appear in him, that which
does not appear in the one who is closer in following the Messenger ﷺ.
[Majmoo al Fatawa 17/498]
For better viewing see Arabic
& English article here>> https://followingthesunnah.com/2020/12/15/following-the-prophet-for-greater-tawheed/