Ibn
Taymiyyah رَحِمَهُ اللهُ said:
People
have two strengths: strength of love and strength of hate.
Mankind was only created this way so that they may love the truth which Allāh loves and hate the falsehood which Allāh hates, and
those are the ones who love Allāh and are loved by Allāh.
The Principle Of Love & Desire, Authentic Statements,
p.185
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Imām ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Nāṣir al-Sa’dī said:
“If He alone is the Creator, Inventor of all things, and Bestower of forms, possessing no partner in any of these actions, then He is the only deity worshipped in truth. There is none besides Him deserving of any form of worship. For He is the creator of the essences, actions and attributes of His creation. He guides whom He wills and sends astray whom He wills. He allows the believer to believe and the disbeliever to disbelieve, without forcing or compelling His servants to engage in that which is undesirable to them."
Source: Referencing the verse in Ṭā Há, 20:50.
Translated
by: Riyāḍ al-Kanadi
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Imām as-Sa’dī رَحِمَهُ اللهُ
said:
The truth is that the individual
has no power, strength, or protection (from sins and other harmful
things) except through Allāh’s help.
Lessons Learnt From The Story of Yusuf, DuSunnah Publications, p.
60-61
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Allāh, the Most High says,
وَاذْكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ
“And
remember your Lord when you forget.”(Qur’ān 18:24)
‘Ikrimah
(d.105AH) رحمه
الله
mentioned regarding the above verse,
“Remember
your Lord when you become angry.”
(Tafseer
al-Baghawī, vol. 3, pg. 24, Dār Taybah print,
2nd edition)
Translation
source: www.markazmuaadh.com
Fuḍayl ibn Iyaḍ
(رحمه
الله) said:
Performing an action
for the sake of the people is Shirk, and abandoning an action for
the sake of the people is showing off (Riyā’). And (true)
sincerity is for Allāh to save you from both of them (Shirk and Riyā’).
Al-Bidāyah
Wa an-Nihāyah of Imām Ibn Kathīr (10/476)
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Shaykh Al-Fawzān حفظه الله said:
The more the tongue utters speech void of the remembrance of
Allāh, then the harder the heart becomes. Many people waste their time with gossip, with speech that contain no
benefit, and with laughter, play and heedlessness. Verily, this hardens the
heart.
Sharh Kitāb al-Kabā’ir, p. 109
Taken from A Treatise In Condemnation Of The Hardness Of The
Heart, Hikmah Pubs, p. 34 in the
footnote.
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Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه
الله said:
…there is no rectification for Banī Ādam without making
all of the religion for Allāh and striving to raise Allāh’s name above all else.
The Principle of Love &
Desire, Authentic Statements, p. 181
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Maalik Bin Deenaar (rahimahullaah) said:
“A sign of having love for Allaah is (one’s) constant remembrance of Him; because whoever loves a thing
will remember it a lot.”
Shu’ab Al-Eemaan: 1/388
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Al-Ḥasan
al-Baṣrī said:
“One sign of Allāh
turning away from a servant is when he busies himself with what does not
concern him.”
Source: Ghidha ʿal-Albāb (1/71)
Translated
by: Abū al-Ḥasan Mālik al-Akhdar
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Shaykh Ṣalīḥ Al-Fawzān حَفِظَهُ
الله
said:
“Whoever
is sincere with Allāh عز وجل and worships Allāh as he should, verily
Allāh will save him from difficulties, like the
Prophet صلى
الله عليه وسلم said: Know Allāh in time of comfort, He will know you in the
time of difficulty.”
Sharḥ al-‘Ubūdiyyah p. 153
Trans. by Abū Muḥsinah
Mubārak
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‘Abdul-Ghani al-Maqdisee (rahimahullaah) said:
The most profound of that which a person
could ask of his Lord are three things:
The good pleasure of Allaah, The Mighty and Majestic.
Looking at His Noble Face.
Al-Firdous, the highest heaven.
Adh-Dhayl ‘alaa Tabaqaat al-Hanaabilah vol 3 p.20
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Shaikh Al-Fawzaan (hafidhahullaah) said:
“How is the good pleasure of Allaah attained? It is attained through worship
of The Most Merciful alone, and to apply His obedience, as well as to have
patience upon His religion.”
Sharh Risaalah ad-Dalaa-il p.77
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The Meaning of
Ibādah and Islām
Ibn
Kathīr (رَحِمَهُ اللهُ)
said:
Ibādah
is obedience to Allāh by acting upon
what He commands, abandoning what He forbids, and this is the reality and
essence of Islām. And the meaning of Islām is: Istislām (submission and
surrender) to Allāh (سُبحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) along with the utmost
compliance, humility, and submissiveness to Him.”
Source:
Tafsīr al-Qur’āni al-‘Adthīm (7/402)
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Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim رَحِمَهُ
اللهُ
said:
“Whoever accustoms his tongue to
the remembrance of Allāh, Allāh will protect his tongue from falsehood and vain
speech. And whoever’s tongue is dry from remembering Allāh , it will be wet
with every falsehood, vain speech, and profanity. And there is no might no
power except by Allāh.”
Al-Wābil Aṣ-Ṣayyib p. 99
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Shaykh Al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah رَحِمَهُ
اللهُ said:
“Remembering
Allah is the basis of repelling whispering, which is the basis of all
disbelief, ignorance, wrongdoing and oppression.”
Majmū’ Al-Fatāwa (2/17)
Trans.
by Abū Muḥsinah
Mubaarak
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Question: Could you
explain to us what it means to have a good opinion about Allaah?
Answer: Shaykh
Muhammad bin Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen رَحِمَهُ اللهُ answered:
To have a good opinion about Allaah means that when a person does a righteous action he should have good thoughts about his Lord that He will accept (that action) from him; when he supplicates to Allaah (The Mighty and Majestic) he should have good thoughts about Allaah that He will accept his supplication from him and will answer him; when he commits a sin and later repents to Allaah and leaves that sin he should have good thoughts about Allaah that He will accept his repentance.
When Allaah (The Most High) decrees calamities in the world he should have good thoughts about Allaah, and that He (The Mighty and Majestic) only decreed those calamities for tremendous and great wisdoms; he should have a good opinion about Allaah in everything that Allaah (The Mighty and Majestic) decrees in this universe, and in everything that Allaah (The Most High) legislates upon the tongue of His Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa ala aalihi wa sallam), that it is good and beneficial to the creation, even though some people may not comprehend this benefit, and may not comprehend the wisdom behind that which He legislated; however, it is (incumbent) upon us all to submit to Allaah’s decrees, whether they are religious decrees (rulings) or universal decrees, and to have a good opinion about Him, because He ( The Exalted and Most High) is the One Who truly deserves all praise and glory.
Fataawa Noor ‘ala
Darb, 1/85
Translation source:
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Abdullah
ibn Masood:
“Whoever wants to know if he loves Allah and His
Messenger then let him look! If he loves the Quraan (reciting it, acting upon it),
then indeed he loves Allah and His Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam).”
Shu’ab al-Eemaan lil Bayhaqee 1861
Translation:
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The heart was created to acquire knowledge of its Creator and to love Him, worship Him Alone, be content with Him, to be joyous loving Him and to feel satisfied with Him. The heart was also created to rely on Allāh, to love fo His Sake, hate for His Sake, to be loyal for His Sake, to be enemies of His enemies for His Sake and to remember Him always. The heart was created to love Him more than anyone or anything else, to have Hope in Him rather than anyone or anything else and to revere Him more than anything or anyone else. There is no joy, happiness, delight or sweetness except by acquiring such qualities, which are just like food, good health and life for the heart.When the heart looses its food, health and life, then sadness, grief and affliction will attack it from all sides and will remain with it.
The
worst diseases that attack the heart are Shirk (polytheism, making partners
with Allāh), sins, and forgetfulness, ignoring what Allāh likes and is pleased
with, abandoning relating all matters to Him and not depending on Him for
everything. Diseases of the heart also include relying on other than Allāh, rejecting His decisions
and doubting and ignoring His warnings and promises.
When
one thinks about the diseases of the heart, he will find that the reasons that
we mentioned are the only ones behind these ills.
Source: Healing with the Medicine of the Prophet ﷺ, by Imam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jauziyah, under the Chapter“How divine remedies affect diseases” p. 181, Maktaba Dar-us-Salam, 2003
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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
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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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