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 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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Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه reported: I
heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saying, “Say, if there were a
river at the door of one of you in which he takes a bath five times a day, would
any soiling remain on him?” They replied, “No soiling would left on him.” He ﷺ said, “That
is the five (obligatory) Salāt (prayers). Allāh
obliterates all sins as a result of performing them.” [Al-Bukhārī and Muslim]
Commentary: This Hadīth tell us about the
merit and benefits of the performance of the prescribed five daily Salāt, performing them will wash off one’s sins, but
this is true of only such Salāt
which is performed in accordance with Sunnah, i.e., punctually in exactly the
manner showed by the Prophet ﷺ, and not of that which is offered at will in one’s own way.
Source: Riyād-us-Sāliheen, volume 2, page. 822 under the Chapter 187 The Excellence of As-Salāt (The Prayer), Hadīth 1042, Compiled by Al-Imām Abu Zakariya Yahya bin Sharaf An-Nawawi Ad-Dimashqi, Darussalam.
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)
Ibnul Qayyim رحمه الله said:
You must ensure that you only care about one thing – namely working
for the pleasure of Allah alone, for indeed it is the ultimate
happiness that a servant of Allāh can ever dream of having.
Heartfelt Advice To A Friend, Dār as-Sunnah Publishers, p. 38-39
Ibnul Qayyim رحمه الله said:
Every time an
individual performs a sin, he drops a level and will continue to fall until he
ends up in the lowest state . However, every time he performs a good deed, he
will be raised until he ends up in the highest position.
The Disease And The
Cure, Hikmah Pubs, p. 154
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Ibn al-Jawzi رَحِمَهُ اللهُ
said:
The moans of sinners (regretting their
sins) is more beloved to Allāh than the
exaltation of His glorifiers.
Seeds of Admonishment and Reform, Dār as-Sunnah Publishers, p. 136
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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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Imam Ibn Rajab:
Hassan Al-Basri rahimahullah said:
“Increase in seeking forgiveness, because you don’t know when
the Mercy (of Allah) will descend.”
And Luqman said to his son:
“O my son accustom your tongue with seeking forgiveness. For
verily Allah has times He does not reject
the one asking.”
Lataaif Al-Ma’arif , 291
Translated by @MarkazBukhari
Shaykh Ibn al-‘Uthaymeen said:
قسوة القلب لها دواء وهوالإكثار من قراءة القرآن.
“Hardness of the
heart has its medicine. It is plentiful reading of the Qur’an.”
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Translation checked by: Abbas Abu Yahya
Translated by: @KSA_DAWAH
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
Abu Huraira reported:
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him,
said, “Allah Almighty said: O son of Adam, busy yourself with my worship and I will fill your heart
with riches and alleviate your poverty. If you do not do so, I will fill your
hands with problems and never alleviate your poverty.”
Saheeh Sunan at-Tirmidhee 2466
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إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَالْقَانِتِينَ وَالْقَانِتَاتِ وَالصَّادِقِينَ وَالصَّادِقَاتِ وَالصَّابِرِينَ وَالصَّابِرَاتِ وَالْخَاشِعِينَ وَالْخَاشِعَاتِ وَالْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ وَالْمُتَصَدِّقَاتِ وَالصَّائِمِينَ وَالصَّائِمَاتِ وَالْحَافِظِينَ فُرُوجَهُمْ وَالْحَافِظَاتِ وَالذَّاكِرِينَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَالذَّاكِرَاتِ أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةً وَأَجْرًا عَظِيمًا .
35. Verily, the Muslims (those who submit to Allāh in Islām) men and women, the believers men and women (who believe in Islāmic Monotheism), the men and the women who are obedient (to Allāh), the men and women who are truthful (in their speech and deeds), the men and women who are patient (in performing all the duties which Allāh has ordered and in abstaining from all that Allāh has forbidden), the men and the women who are humble (before their Lord- Allāh), the men and the women who give Sadaqāt (i.e. Zakāt, and alms), the men and the women who observe Saum (fast) the obligatory fasting during the month of Ramadān, and the optional Nawāfil fasting), the men and the women who guard their chastity (from illegal sexual acts) and the men and the women who remember Allāh much with their hearts and tongues – Allāh has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward (i.e. Paradise).
Souce: al-Hilâlî & Muhsin Khân Translation, Noble Qur'ân, Surah Al-Ahzâb: 33 verse 35, Part 22, page. 567-568.
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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Ibn ‘Abbās (radiyallāhu ‘anhumā) narrated that Allah’s Messenger (wassalallāhu ‘alaihi allam) said:
مَا مِنْ أَيَّامٍ الْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ فِيهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَى
اللَّهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَيَّامِ ” . يَعْنِي أَيَّامَ الْعَشْرِ . قَالُوا يَا
رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلاَ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَالَ ” وَلاَ الْجِهَادُ
فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ
مِنْ ذَلِكَ بِشَىْءٍ
“There are no days during which righteous deeds are more beloved
to Allah than these ten,” meaning the ten of Dhul-Hijjah. They said: “O
Messenger of Allah, not even Jihād in Allah’s cause?” He replied: “Not
even Jihād in Allah’s cause, except for the man who left out with life and his
wealth and does not return back.” (Abu Dawud, no. 2438 and
graded saheeh by Al-Albāni)
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ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān raḍiallāhu ʿanh said: The Messenger of Allāh ṣāllallāhu ʿālayhi wa sallam stated: “There is no servant who says each day in the morning and evening:
بِسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ
وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ العَلِيمُ
In the Name of Allāh, in Whose Name nothing can harm on the earth or in the
heavens, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
3 times, except that he will not
be afflicted with any harm.”2
Shaykh ‘Abd al-Razzāq al-‘Abbād ḥafthahullāh stated:
This is one of the tremendous
supplications that a Muslim should regularly mention every morning and evening
so that he may be protected – by the permission of Allāh – from being afflicted
with unexpected harm, tragedy, or something similar.3
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2Sunan Abī Dāwūd, no. 5088 and al-Tirmithī, no. 3388. Shaykh
al-Albānī graded it authentic in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb, no. 655.
3Fiqh al-Ad’iyah wal-Athkār,
section 3, pg. 13.
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Protect The Believer Against All Forms
of Harm (A Weapon Against The Recent Bout of Hate Crimes Against
Muslims) page. 2, Compiled by Abū Isma’īl Muṣṭafá George DeBerry (حفظه الله).
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بِسْمِ
اللهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ،
وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ العَلِيمُ
Bismillaahil-lathee laa yadhurru ma’asmihi
shay’un fil-ardhi wa laa fis-samaa’i wa Huwas-Samee’ul-‘Aleem.
In the Name of Allāh, in Whose Name nothing can
harm on the earth or in the heavens, and He is the All-Hearing, the
All-Knowing.
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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Imām ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Nāṣir al-Saʿdī رَحِمَهُ اللهُ:
The true believer must
allow fear and hope to consistently accompany him in all his
affairs. This is because he possesses two outlooks. When he looks
inwardly, he sees his own deficiency in the fulfilment of Allāh’s rights. This instils fear. Then, his second outlook is
towards the blessings of Allāh upon him,
and the goodness He has shown. This instils hope within him.
Source: Al-Durar al-Fākhirah: 15-16
Translated by: Riyāḍ al-Kanadī
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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.”
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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.”
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