Speaking Without Knowledge

 

Shaykh-al Islam Ibn Taymiyyah:

Whoever speaks in the religion without knowledge has lied, even if he did not intend it.

Source: Majmu’ al Fatawá  10/449

Translated by: Muṣṭafá George

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Only Allāh Deserves To Be Worshipped

 

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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Seek Allāh's aid...

 

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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Imām Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfi’ī (d. 204 AH رحمه الله) said [in al-Risālah]:

 

Imām Muḥammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfi’ī (d. 204 AH رحمه الله) said [in al-Risālah]:

فَلَيْسَتْ تَنْزِلُ فِي أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ دِينِ اللهِ نَازِلَةٌ إِلَّا وَفِي كِتَابِ اللهِ الدَّلِيلُ عَلَى سَبِيلِ الْهُدَى فِيهَا.

“No crucial issue (nāzilah) befalls anyone among the people of Allah’s religion except that the Book of Allah contains evidence providing guidance regarding it.”

Translated by Umar Quinn (hafidhahullah)

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Al-ʿAllāmah Ḥāfidh Al-Ḥakami رَحِمهُ اللهُ said:

 

Al-ʿAllāmah Ḥāfidh Al-Ḥakami رَحِمهُ اللهُ said:

“Whoever worships Allah the Most-High for one thousand years, then associates partners with Allah for a moment and then dies  upon that, all of his deeds will be destroyed, and they become scattered floating particles.”

Maʿārij Al-Qabūl (1/41) | Trans. By Abū Muḥsinah Mubaarak

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Do the innovations have anything from goodness?

 

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Ibn Wahb said that Ibn Mahdee informed him that a man asked Ibraaheem an-Nakha'ee about al-ahwaa' [i.e. bid'ah], do they have anything from khayr? So he said: "Allaah did not make in anything from it (even the amount equal to) a mustard seed of khayr, and it is nothing but an adornment from ash-Shaytaan, and the affair is nothing except the first affair [that which the Prophet (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam) and his Companions were upon]."

Usoolus-Sunnah of Ibn Abee Zamaneen #230

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Rectification for Bani Adam...

 

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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Every Good Upon the Earth is Due to the Tawheed of Allaah and Worship of Him and Obedience to His Messenger

 

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Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said:

“Whoever reflects over the circumstances of the world, he will find that every goodness in the earth – its reason is the Tawheed of Allaah and worshipping Him and obedience to His Messenger, and that every evil in the world and tribulation and trial and drought and empowered supremacy of an enemy and other than that – its reason is opposing His Messenger and the call to other than Allaah and His Messenger. Likewise, whoever reflects over this in true reflection and contemplates over the circumstances of the world – from its inception until now; and up until Allaah reclaims the earth and those that are upon it, he will find this affair to be exclusively of relevance within himself as well as in the right of other than himself – in general and in particular.” 

Badaa-i al-Fawaa-id 3/857

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Three things that will bring salvation

 

Ibn Jarīr recorded that Yazīd bin Abi Maryam said:

“Umar, may Allāh be pleased with him, passed by Mu’ādh bin Jabal and asked, ‘What is the foundation of this Ummah?’ Mu’ādh said, “Three things, and they are the things that will bring salvation: Al-Ikhlāṣ (doing a deed for Allāh alone), which is the Fiṭrah with which Allāh created mankind; Ṣalāh, which is the thing that tells a believer apart from a disbeliever; and obedience, which is protection.’ ‘Umar said: ‘You have spoken the truth.”

Aṭ-Ṭabari 20:98.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) Volume 7, page. 546, Darussalam

The Meaning of Ibādah and Islām

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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Anas bin Malik رضي الله عنه reported:

369. Anas bin Malik رضي الله عنه reported:

A bedouin came to Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and said to him, “When will be the Hour (i.e., the Day of Resurrection)?” He (the Prophet ﷺ) said, “What preparation have you made for it?” He said, “Only the love of Allāh and His Messenger.”Then Messenger of Allāh ﷺ  said, “You will be with those whom you love.”[Al-Bukhāri and Muslim]

The narration in Muslim is: The man replied: “I have made no significant preparation with regard to Salāh (prayer), Saūm (fasting) and Sadaqah (charity) but I love Allāh and His Messenger.”

Commentary: The love of the Companions  of the Prophet ﷺ for Allāh and His Prophet ﷺ was not verbal only, as is the case of present-day Muslims. Their love was full of obedience and submission to Allāh in the true sense. This is what the Bedouin mentioned in this Hadīth really meant when he said that he had not amassed a large treasure by way of Salāt, Saūm (fasts) and Sadaqah for presentation on the Day of Resurrection. What he meant by them was voluntary acts  and not the obligations. The reason being that the obligatory acts like Salāt , Saūm and Zakāt are incumbent on every Muslim and no one can claim to be a true believer and lover of Allāh and His Prophet ﷺ who ignores them. Any Muslim who entertains true love of Allāh and His Prophet ﷺ, makes  it evident in his practical life by his strict performance of the duties and obligations enjoined by Allāh and demonstrated by His Prophet ﷺ through his Sunnah. Even if such a person does not have to his credit a large amount of voluntary acts, he will be successful by Allāh. This is the real import of this Hadīth, otherwise a Muslim’s claim for the love of Allāh and His Prophet ﷺ will be void if he does not fulfill his religious obligations. In fact, without the fulfillment of religious obligations, his claim will be nothing short of self-deception. His claim for the love of Allāh and His Prophet ﷺ, which is not supported by his actions will carry no weight before Allāh.This is what the following Āyah of the Noble Qur’ān enjoins: “Say (O Muhammad ﷺ to mankind:) ‘If you (really) love Allāh then follow me (i.e., accept Islāmic Tauhid, follow the Qur’ān and the Sunnah), Allāh will love you and forgive your sins. And Allāh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.’” (3:31)

Source: Riyād-us-Saliheen, Volume 1., Chapter 45 (under Visiting the Pious Persons Loving them and Adoption of their Company) Hadīth no. 369, page. 336-337, Compiled by Al-Imām Abu Zakariya Yahya bin Sharaf An-Nawawi Ad-Dimashqi, Commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, Translated by Dr. Muhammad Amin Abu Usamah Al-Arabi bin Razduq, Darussalam.

The Three Infallible Foundations

 

The Three Infallible Foundations

Shaykh al-Islām ibn Taymiyyah:

The Religion of the Muslims is built upon following the Book of Allāh, the Sunnah of His Prophet and that which the Ummah has agreed upon. These three are the infallible  foundations, and that which the Ummah has disagreement concerning, then return it back to Allāh and the Messenger.

Al-Fatāwā (20/164)

Translation by Abu Tasneem Mousuf

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To have a good thoughts about Allaah (The Mighty and Majestic)

 

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

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A reply to those who say that they do not take from hadeeth:

 

On the authority of Hassan ibn ‘Atiyyah who said:

“Jibreel would descend upon the Prophet, salAllaahu ‘alayhi was-Sallam, with the Sunnah just like he would descend upon him with the Qur’aan. He would teach him [the Sunnah] just as he would teach him the Qur’aan.”

[Reported by al-Laalikaa’ee in Sharh Usool I’tiqaad Ahlis-Sunnati wal-Jamaa’ah, v. 1 p. 93 no. 99, as well as ad-Daarimee with a slightly different chain and its men are trustworthy. It is also reported by al-Marwazee in as-Sunnah, nos. 28 and 116. Al-Haafith Ibn Hajr mentioned that it was reported by al-Bayhaqee with a saheeh chain in Fat’h al-Baaree, v. 13 p. 291 and it was also mentioned by Ibn Battah in al-Ibaanah, 1/14]

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Abdullah ibn Masood:

 

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

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How divine remedies affect diseases

 

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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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Trials and Tests Distinguish the Believer from the Hypocrite

From the way of Allāh – the Glorified, the Most High – with His creation, is that He trials and tests them. He does not leave them without trials and tribulation, for if He was to leave mankind without trialling them, then the believer would not be distinguished from the hypocrite and the truthful would not become clear from the liar.

Source: Official website of Shaykh Ṣālih Al-Fawzān

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Translation by: The Salafi Centre of Manchester

Saudi King Abdul Azeez (may Allaah have mercy upon him) said:

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

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Saudi King Abdul Azeez (may Allaah have mercy upon him) said:

Indeed, the progress and advancement of the Muslims is among those affairs we (pursue). We call to it by the will of Allaah; (but) there cannot be advancement for the Muslims without a return to their religion, adherence to their sound creed and holding onto the Rope of Allaah [i.e. the Qur’aan and the Sunnah]. The path towards this is clear and facilitated for the one who wants to follow it, and that is to single out Allaah in worship – to be free from shirk and bidah- and act on that which the religion has commanded us, for indeed there is no benefit in speech if not [accompanied] by action.

Haqeeqah Manhaj Al-Mamlakah Al-Arabiyyah As-Su’oodiyyah page 33 

Translated by: Abdullah Jallow (may Allaah preserve him)

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On the authority of Abū Mūsa al-Ash’ari (رضي الله عنه) who quoted Allāh’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying,

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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

Ibn Sīrīn (d.110H): The People of Desires Will Follow the Dajjāl

Ibn Sīrīn: The People of Desires Will Follow the Dajjāl:

Imām Abū al-Qāsim Hibatullāh Ibn al-Ḥasan al-Lālikā’ī (d.418H) said: Muḥammad Ibn ʿUthmān informed us saying: Muḥammad Ibn Manṣūr informed us saying: Naṣr Ibn ʿAlī informed us saying: My father informed me saying: Qurah Ibn Khālid informed us from Muḥammad Ibn Sīrīn (d.110H) who said,

“If the Dajjāl (Anti-Christ) were to come out, you would surely see the people of desires following him.”

Refer to Sharḥ Uṣūl al-I’tiqād (1/131) of al- Lālikā’ī.

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