Ibn Rajab رَحِمَهُ اللهُ said:
Emptying the stomach of food and drink enlightens the heart and
softens it, removes hardness from it, and cleanses it for the remembrance of Allāh and contemplation.
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Allaah’s Messenger ﷺsaid:
“If you knew the amount of Mercy of Allaah, the Mighty and
Majestic, you would rely upon it and you would not carry out any action from
the good deeds.
And if you knew the amount of His Anger then nothing (from your
deeds) will be of benefit to you.”
(Recorded by Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyah in Husnu-Zan, Silsilah al-Ahadeeth
as-Saheehah no. 2167)
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Abu
Dawūd (no. 1426) also reported from ‘Ali bin Abi Tālib (radiyallāhu ‘anhu) that
Allah’s Messenger (salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam) used to recite at the end of his
Witr:
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي
أَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَبِمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ
مِنْكَ لاَ أُحْصِي ثَنَاءً عَلَيْكَ أَنْتَ كَمَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ
“O
Allah, I seek refuge in your good-pleasure from your anger, and in your
forgiveness from your punishment and I seek refuge in your mercy from your
wrath. I cannot reckon the praise due to you. You are as you have praised
yourself.”
NOTE: Added for the benefit of new muslims who cannot read Arabic:
Allaahumma ‘innee ‘a’oothu biridhaaka min
sakhatika, wa bimu’aafaatika min ‘uqoobatika, wa ‘a’oothu bika minka,
laa ‘uhsee thanaa’an ‘alayka, ‘Anta kamaa ‘athnayta ‘alaa nafsika.
“O Allah, I seek refuge in your good-pleasure from your anger, and in your forgiveness from your punishment and I seek refuge in your mercy from your wrath. I cannot reckon the praise due to you. You are as you have praised yourself.”
Allaah Forgives All Sins
On the authority of 'Abdullaah b. 'Abbas (radiallaahu'anhu) that the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said:
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An Irrevocable Decree By Allāh
Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله mentioned:
Allāh
has decreed a decree that cannot be rejected or repelled, that
whoever loves anything asides Him will be
inevitably punished by it, and that whoever fears other than Him will be
overpowered by it, and that whoever is preoccupied with other than Him will be
befallen by misfortune, and that whoever
prefers something over Him will not be blessed in it, and that whoever
pleases other than Him by earning His anger, He (Allāh) will inevitably make
him (the one who was pleased) angry at him.
Reference: Al-Wābil As-Sayyib
18-19
Translator: Abū Ḥalīmah Kamāldīn
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Question. Is the following statement from
backbiting where a person says, “I don’t like so and so’s recitation (of
Quran)” or So and so isn’t able to recite Quran well.”Is this backbiting?
Answer. It’s belittlement, yes. This is
belittlement of that person. He recited putting forth his best effort and
according to his ability. He did what he was able to do, so you should not put
him down for that.
Shaykh Salih Al-Fawzan
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p. 664
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Beware of “Self-Thought” Intellectuals Claiming
Knowledge
Shaykh Sāliḥ al-Fawzān (حفظه
الله)
stated:
"It is possible for any person to
buy an amount of books and read them, but that doesn’t benefit anything, it
harms more than it benefits. Let’s give an example: If you felt an illness, do
you go to the pharmacy and pick up any random medicine from it? Or must you go
to the doctor first so he can diagnose the type of illness and prescribe the
appropriate medicine? All of that is done (visiting the doctor etc. first)
fearing that you may take a harmful medicine that is not appropriate, which may
kill you or harm you. Similarly, knowledge, you must go to the specialists in
it, and take it from them, and do not suffice with just books, for fear of falling into misguidance, and being
affected by what is in some of them from doubts…”
الخطب المنبرية للشيخ الفوزان ٢١٤/١
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Congregational Dua at the grave is an innovation,
rather a person supplicates individually for the deceased and he does not join
(his dua) with others.
Shaykh Fawzaan’s explanation of Ighaafatul Lahfaan
29-01-1438
Translation: The Salafi Centre of Manchester المركز السلفي
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Abu Al-ʿĀliyah commented on the Āyah:
إِنَّ
الصَّلَاةَ تَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِ ۗ
(Verily, the Ṣalāh prevents from
immoral sins and evil wicked deeds)
Prayer has three attributes, and any prayer that contains none of these attributes is not truly prayer:
Being done purely and sincerely for Allāh alone (Ikhlāṣ), fear of Allāh and
remembrance of Allāh. Ikhlāṣ makes a person do good deeds, fear prevents him from doing evil deeds, and the remembrance
of Allāh is the Qur’ān which contains commands and prohibitions.[1]
[1] Ibn Abi Ḥātim recorded this
narration under this Āyah.
Source: Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged) Volume 7, Sūrah 29. (45) Al-‘Ankabūt (Part-20), page. 494-495,
Darussalam
Allāh’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
“Whoever fasts Ramaḍān with true faith and hoping for reward, then
his previous sins will be forgiven.”
(Bukhārī and Muslim)
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Allaah’s
Messenger ﷺ said:
“…Then he (the one who had memorized the Quraan and acted upon it) will be given the
dominion in his right hand and eternity in his left, and a crown of honour will
be placed upon his head, and his parents will be clothed with garments that
which is better than this world and what is in it. They will say: “O Lord! This
is for us, (how did we attain it)?” It will be said to them: “BECAUSE YOU
TAUGHT YOUR CHILD THE QUR’AAN.”
Reported
by At-Tabaraanee in al-Awsat, Silsilah al-Ahadeeth as-Saheehah no. 2829
Translation
source: Markazmuaadh.com
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَخُونُوا اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ وَتَخُونُوا أَمَانَاتِكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَأَوْلَادُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ عِندَهُ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن تَتَّقُوا اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّكُمْ فُرْقَانًا وَيُكَفِّرْ عَنكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ
27. O you who believe! Betray not Allāh and His Messenger, nor betray knowingly your Amānāt (things entrusted to you, and all the duties which Allāh has ordained for you).
28. And
know that your possessions and your children are but a trial and that surely
with Allāh is a mighty reward.
29. O
you who believe! If you obey and fear Allāh, He will grant you Furqān [(a criterion to
judge between right and wrong), or (Makhraj, i.e. a way for you to get out from
difficulty)], and will expiate for you your sins, and forgive you; and Allāh is
the Owner of the Great Bounty.
Souce:
al-Hilâlî & Muhsin Khân Translation, Noble Qur'ân, Sûrah 8. Al-Anfâl, Ayâh
27- 29, Part 9, page. 234
Imaam
Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said:
Those
who know Allaah, His Book and His Religion are acquainted with the path
of the believers and that of the criminals in detail. The two
paths are clearly visible to them, just
as a path leading to its destination and the path leading to destruction are made clearly visible. They are
the most knowledgeable amongst the
creation; the ones who benefit (the people) the most, the ones with the most
useful advice for (the people).
Al-Fawaa’id
page 167-170
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Shaykh
ʿAbdul-ʿAzīz bn Bāz رَحِمَهُ اللهُ said:
“Allāh
has commanded His slaves to fear Him.
And as a reward, He promised them the
easing of their affairs, relief from
afflictions, facilitation of sustenance, forgiveness of sins and the attainment
of paradise.”
Majmū’ Al-Fatāwá (2/146)
Translated by Ar-risaalah Publications / (RPubs
Editorial)
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Ibn Qudāmah ُرَحِمَهُ الله said:
If
you know the meaning of a bad end you must be cautioned from the means to them
and prepare. Woe to you that you procrastinate from such preparation as life is
short and your soul could be taken and a person dies upon what he lived and
will be resurrected on what he died upon.
Purification
of the Soul, Dār as-Sunnah Publication, p. 115
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إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن يَقُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۚ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ ۞(51)
51. The only saying of the faithful believers, when they are called to Allāh and His Messenger, to judge between them , is that they say: “We hear and we obey”. And such are the successful.
52. And whosoever obeys Allāh and His Messenger, fears Allāh, and has Taqwā of Him, such are the successful
... Allāh tells us about the attributes of the believers who respond to Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ and who seek no other way apart from the Book of Allāh and the Sunnah of His Messenger ﷺ.
Allāh says:
إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن يَقُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۚ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ ۞ (51)
The only saying of the faithful believers, when they are called to Allāh and His Messenger, to judge between them , is that they say: “We hear and we obey”.
Meaning,
to hear to obey. Allāh describes them as
having attained success, which is
achieving what one wants and being saved from what one fears. So Allāh says:
وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ
And such are the successful
Concerning
the Āyah:
أَن يَقُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا
they say: “We hear and we obey”.
Qatādah said: “We were told
that when ‘Ubādah bin As-Sāmit,
who had been present at Al-‘Aqabah and
at Badr, and was one of the leaders of the Anṣār, was dying, he said to his nephew Junādah bin Abi
Umayyah: ‘Shall I not tell you what you
must do and what is your due?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘You have to listen and
obey when times are easy and when they are hard, when you feel energetic and
when you do not want to, and when you feel selfish. You have to train your
tongue to speak the truth. Do not go against those who are in authority, unless they openly command you to commit
acts of disobedience to Allāh. Whenever you are commanded to do something that
goes against the Book of Allāh, then follow the Book of Allāh. “(1)*
Qatādah said: We were told that Abu Ad-Dardā’ said, “There is no Islām except through obedience to Allāh, and no goodness except in Jamā’ah. Sincerity is to Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ, and to the Khalīfah and all the believers.” He said: “And we were told that ‘Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭab, may Allāh be pleased with him, used to say; ‘The bonds of Islām are Lā ilāha illallāh, establishing prayer, paying Zakāh and obeying those whom Allāh has given authority over the affairs of the Muslims.’” This was recorded by Ibn Abi Ḥātim.(2)*...
وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ
And whosoever obeys Allāh and His Messenger,
in what he is commanded with, and avoid what he is forbidden,
وَيَخْشَ اللَّهَ
fears Allāh, means, for his past sins,
وَيَتَّقْهِ
And has Taqwā of Him, regarding sins
he may commit in the future.
فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَائِزُونَ
Such are the successful. means, those who will attain all goodness and be saved from all evil in this world and the Hereafter.
*(1) Ibn Abi Ḥātim 8: 2623.
*(2) Ibn Abi Ḥātim 8: 2623, 2624
Selected from: Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) Volume 7, Sūrah 24. An-Nūr (51- 52) (Part-18), page 107-111, Darussalam
Note: Edited 24/2/2024 @ 7:29 PM
Shaykh
Ibn ‘Uthaymīn رَحِمَهُ اللهُ
said:
So strive, my brother, towards purifying your heart before your
limbs. How many are those who observe Salat, fast, give in charity,
perform Hajj but their hearts are corrupt.
Explanation of Riyadus-Saliheen, Darussalam,
Vol. 3, p. 309
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ʿUmar b. ʿAbd
al-ʿ
Azīz delivered a sermon
one day and mentioned:
Oʾ people! Rectify the affairs
of your Hereafter and Allāh
will rectify your worldly affairs.
Rectify your private affairs and
Allāh will rectify your public affairs.
Source:
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Translated by : Munīb al-Ṣumālī
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Sheikh Uthaymeen:
Competition for the Dunyah
has destroyed people - as if they were created for that reason and as if it was
created for them for that reason.
Source: Sharh Riyaadus
Saaliheen Cassette Number 17
المركز السلفي
Translation source: The
Salafi Centre of Manchester
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On the authority of Abū Mūsa al-Ash’ari (رضي الله عنه) who quoted Allāh’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying,
إِن الله يبْسُطُ يدهُ بِاللَّيْلِ ليتُوب
مُسيءُ النَّهَارِ، وَيبْسُطُ يَدهُ بالنَّهَارِ ليَتُوبَ مُسِيءُ اللَّيْلِ حتَّى
تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِن مغْرِبِها
رواه مسلم: ٢٧٥٩
Allāh
stretches out His Hand during the night, so that people may repent for their
shortcomings committed during the day. He also stretches out His Hand during
the day, so that the sinners may repent for the sins committed during the
night. Until the sun rises in the west(1). (Muslim: 2759).
1. The
rising of the sun in the west is a major portent of the Day of
Resurrection.(Translator)
Source: The Foundations of Faith in the Light of the Qur’ān and the Sunnah, p. 131, by A Committee of Scholars, Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments,Dawah and Guidance, King Fahd Qur’ān Printing Complex General Secretariat Academic Affairs
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Ibn Al-Qayyim (may Allah’s mercy be upon him)
said:
“Sometimes, Allah permits the earth to take a breath and due to that there
befalls on the earth great earthquakes-and as a consequence of that His
servants become afraid and fearful, they turn to Him in repentance and they
abandon sin and disobedience – they humble themselves before Him in humility ,
and they feel remorse, as one of the Pious Predecessors said when the earth
shook with an earthquake, ‘Indeed your
Lord is admonishing you!’ And when Madinah was shaken by an earthquake, Umar
Ibn Al-Khattāb (Allah be pleased with him)
addressed the people and admonished them, saying , ‘If it happens again , I
will not live among you in Madinah.”*
* Ibn Abī Dunyā reported: “An earthquake
struck in the time of ʿUmar (may Allah be
pleased with him), so he said: ‘O people! This earthquake did not occur except
due to some transgression you have committed! By the One in whose Hand is my
soul, if it strikes again, I will not live in this city with you, ever.”
(Ibn Abī Shaybah
in al-Musannaf no. 2/473, and al-Bayhaqi in
his as-Sunan 3/342—and its chain of narration
is sahīh).