وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِي فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْمَىٰ .
124. "But whosoever turns away from My Reminder (i.e. neither believes in this Qur’ān nor acts on its teachings.) verily, for him is a life of hardship, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection.”
[Sūrah Ṭā Hā 20:124]
Souce: al-Hilâlî
& Muhsin Khân Translation, Noble Qur'ân, Surah Tâ-Hâ: 20 verse 124, Part 16,
page. 426.
Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen رحمه الله:
There is no hostility greater than the
hostility of the hypocrites towards the
believers, and there is no corruption on earth greater than the corruption of
the hypocrites.
Translated by Imam Bukhari Centre Liverpool
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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
SOURCE: https://www.wrightstreetmosque.com/tawheed-its-importance-and-its-benefits-from-the-statements-of-ibn-taymiyyah-and-ibn-al-qayyim/
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:
MarkazMuaadh.com
Al-Ḥassan Al-Baṣri said, “It has reached the state that in this world one of them could put a
Dirham on his finger and tell how much it weighs, but he does not know how to
pray properly.”
يَعْلَمُونَ ظَاهِرًا مِّنَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ عَنِ الْآخِرَةِ هُمْ غَافِلُونَ (7)
They know only the outer appearance of the life of the world, and they are heedless of the Hereafter.
Ibn ‘Abbās said, “This means that the disbelievers know how to prosper in this world, but
they are ignorant of matters of religion.”*
*Aṭ-Ṭabari 20:76.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) Volume 7, Sūrah 30. (7) Ar-Rūm (Part-21), page. 526, Darussalam
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
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:
٦٩٢ /١٢ البداية والنهاية
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
Imaam ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
“The most deceived and deluded of the creation is the
one who is beguiled with the life of this world and its immediate delights, and
prefers it over the Hereafter (Paradise), and is pleased with it more than the
Hereafter.”
[Ad-Daa’wad-Dawaa’ pg.79, Daar ‘Aalim al-Fawaaid print,
2nd edition]
Markaz Mu’aadh bin Jabal Islamic Centre
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The Prophet ﷺ said:
There is no supplication that a servant can supplicate with better than:
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْمُعَافَاةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا
وَالْآخِرَةِ
‘O
Allāh! I ask You for wellness in the dunyaa and in the
Aakhirah.’
Silsilah Al-Ahaadiith As-Sahiihah
(no.1138)
Translated by Abu FaysalAli
Alburtugaali حفظه الله
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اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْمُعَافَاةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا
وَالْآخِرَةِ
‘O
Allāh! I ask You for wellness in the dunyaa and in the
Aakhirah.’
Allahumma ‘inni ‘as’alukal
mu’aafaata fid dunyaa wal aakhiraah.
Ibn Rajab رَحِمَهُ اللهُ said:
Some of the Salaf
said, ‘The Hereafter consists either of Allāh’s
forgiveness or the Fire; and this world is either a source of Allāh’s
protection or a source of destruction.’
The
Journey to Allāh, Dār
as-Sunnah Publishers, p. 19
Taken
from: t.me/salafirecording
Imaam ‘Abdul ‘Azeez bin Baaz
(may Allaah have mercy upon him) said:
“Whoever is truthful with Allaah, and (worships) Allaah with sincerity, Allaah will grant him success, and will aid
him and bless his efforts, and will guide
the Ummah through him, and will grant
him an honourable mention in this life
and in the Hereafter due to his truthfulness and sincerity.”
Majmoo’ Fataawaa as-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, 27/23-24
Translation: Markaz Muaadh Ibn
Jabal Islamic Centre
MarkazMuaadh.com
بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا 16
وَالْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ 17
“But you prefer the life of this world; Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.”(Sura 87. Al-A’lā 16-17)
Imaam ‘Abdur Rahmān as-Sa’dee رحمه
الله
said:
He
is not intelligent, one who prefers that which is lowly and will perish (the
life of this world) over that which will remain forever and is priceless (the
Hereafter).”
Tafseer
as-Sa’dee pg.633, Daar al-Maiman print, 2nd edition
Translation
source: MarkazMuaadh.com
The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
“This nation of mine is a nation that is shown mercy. There will be no punishment for them in the Hereafter—instead their punishment in this world will be trials, earthquakes and being killed.”
(Abu Dāwūd, no. 4278, sahīh)
Translated by Ustādh Abu KhadeejahSP
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Shaykh
‘Abdul-‘Aziz ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Baaz (رحمه
الله تعالى رحمة واسعة) said:
“…
Time is life. Those who waste their time are actually wasting their lives; and those who waste
their lives will be full of regret when
it will be too late and will wish that
they could turn back again to the worldly life to act rightly. …”
Majmoo
‘al-Fataawa Ibn Baaz, Vol.: 16; pp.261-262
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Yūnus Ibn Ubayd (d. 139 AH) – رَحِمَهُ
اللهُ – said:
“With good manners, you understand the knowledge. With this
knowledge, your actions are corrected. With actions, wisdom is obtained. With
wisdom, you understand zuhd (abstinence) and are granted its benefits. With
zuhd comes abandoning the world. With abandoning the world comes desire for the Hereafter.
With desire for the Hereafter the pleasure of Allāh – the Mighty
and Majestic – is obtained.”
Source:
Al-Istiqāmah Magazine: Issue No. 4 –
Jumada al-Awwal 1417 AH / November 1996
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The great scholar Bakr
al-Muzanee رَحِمهُ
اللهُ said:
“There is not a day that
Allaah brings forth to the people of this life except it (the day) calls out:
“O son of Aadam! Take benefit
from me (by doing righteous deeds) perhaps there will be no day for you after me.”
And there is no night except
that it calls out:
“O son of Aadam! Benefit from
me perhaps there will be no night for you after me.”
Lataaif al-Maa’rif, p. 6.
Daar Ibn al-Jawzee (Egypt) print. 1st Edition
Translation by: MarkazMuaadh.com
Allaah said:
مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الْآخِرَةِ نَزِدْ لَهُ فِي حَرْثِهِ ۖ وَمَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَمَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِن نَّصِيبٍ
“Whosoever
desires (by his deeds) the reward of the
Hereafter, We give him increase in his reward, and whosoever desires the reward
of this world (by his deeds), We give him thereof (what is decreed for him),
and he has no portion in the Hereafter.
Surah
Ash-Shūra 42:20
Al-Hilālī & Khān Translation, The Noble Qur'ān
Yahyā Ibn Mu’ādh رَحِمَهُ اللهُ said:
The Dunyā is
the Khamr (Liquor) of Shaytān. He who is intoxicated by it will never sober
except when he is amongst the dead in a state of regret and loss.
Jāmi’ Al-‘Ulūm Wal-Hikam, p. 376
Translated by Raha Batts حفظه
الله
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حَتَّىٰ إِذَا مَا جَاءُوهَا شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ
سَمْعُهُمْ وَأَبْصَارُهُمْ وَجُلُودُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ.
وَقَالُوا لِجُلُودِهِمْ لِمَ شَهِدتُّمْ
عَلَيْنَا ۖ قَالُوا أَنطَقَنَا اللَّهُ الَّذِي أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمْ
أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ.
وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَن
يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَا أَبْصَارُكُمْ وَلَا جُلُودُكُمْ وَلَٰكِن ظَنَنتُمْ
أَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَعْلَمُ كَثِيرًا مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ.
وَذَٰلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ الَّذِي
ظَنَنتُم بِرَبِّكُمْ أَرْدَاكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم مِّنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ.
20. Till, when they reach it (Hell-fire), their hearing (ears)
and their eyes, and their skins will testify against them as to what they used
to do.
21. And they will say to their skins, “Why do you testify
against us?” They will say: “Allāh has caused us to
speak as He causes all things to speak, and He created you the first time, and
to Him you are made to return.”
22. And you
have not been hiding yourselves (in the world), lest you ears, your eyes, and
your skins should testify against you; but you thought that Allāh knew not much
of what you were doing.
23. And that
thought of yours which you thought about your Lord, has brought you to
destruction; and you have become (this Day) of those utterly lost!
al-Hilâlî
& Muhsin Khân Translation , The Noble Qur'ân, Sūrah 41. Fussilat 20-23.