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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The Salaf and their fear of Allaah

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Imām Aḥmad Ibn Naṣr Al-Marwazi reported in Kitāb Aṣ-Ṣalāh (the Book of Prayer) that Abū Al-ʿĀliyah said, “The Prophet’s Companions used to think that no sin would harm a person who says ‘Lā ilāha illāllāh,’ just as no good deed would benefit a person who joins partners with Allāh. So Allāh  revealed,

Obey Allāh and obey the Messenger and do not invalidate your deeds.

This made them fear that some sins could nullify their deeds.”*

*Aṣ-Ṣalāh by Al-Marwazi 2:645.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) volume 9, p. 117.

The Excellence of As-Salāt (The Prayer)

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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.

The Ultimate Happiness...

 

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.

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What Should One Do to Love Allaah and For Allaah to Love Him...

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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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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How to Attain and Actualise Sincerity in a Person's Actions?

 

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

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Imam Ibn Rajab:

 

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

A Du’ā concerning Faith

 

The Companion, ‘Abdullāh Ibn ‘Umar  رضي الله عنهما would say in his supplications:

اَللَّهُمَّ لا تَنْزِعْ مِنِّي الْإِيْمانَ كما أَعْطَيْتَهُ

Allāhumma lā tanzi’ minnil-eemāna  kamā a’ṭaytahu

“O Allāh! Do not remove  Eemān from me, as you  (are the One who) gave it.”

Musannaf Ibn Abī  Shaybah (32340)

Translation source: Al Markaz As Salafi Leicestershire

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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Abu Huraira reported:

 

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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Indeed, the Promise of Allaah is True! ( أَنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ)

 

 

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.

Random Quote of the day

 

Qatādah said:

“Beware of turning away from the remembrance of Allāh, for whoever turns away from remembering Him will be the most misguided and the most in need, and the most guilty of sin.”

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) Volume 7, page. 622, Darussalam

Among the narrations which a Muslim should memorize and mention on a daily basis in order to be protected is:

 

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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.

Selected from: Supplications That 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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Note: Added for the benefit of new muslims who cannot read Arabic:

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.

Calling the soul to account

 

Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim  (May Allāh have mercy upon him) said:

“Indeed, the soundness of the heart is (attained) by calling the soul to account; while it’s corruption is by neglecting it and allowing it to take pleasure freely.”

Ighāthah Al-Lahfān p. 85

Translated by Abū Ḥalīmah

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Who is the Mujaahid?

 

The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) said:

“The Mujaahid is the one who struggles against his own soul in Allaah’s obedience.”

Tirmidhee who said it was Hasan Saheeh and Al-Albaanee said: ‘Its isnaad is good.’

Translated by:  Ustaadh Abu Iyaad Amjad Rafiq حفظه الله

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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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Abu Hurayrah – may Allah be pleased with him – narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

 

Abu Hurayrah – may Allah be pleased with him – narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

The Shaytaan ties three knots on the back of your neck when you sleep. For every knot, its intent is for you to have a long, slumber-some night, and it is said, ‘Sleep well’.

So, if he [or she] wakes up and mentions Allah, one knot is undone. When he [or she] makes wudhoo, a second knot is undone. When he [or she] prays, all the knots are undone, thus he [or she] enters into the morning energetic and in a wonderful mood. Otherwise, he [or she] enters the morning in a foul mood and lethargic.

Collected by al-Bukhaaree (#1142) and Muslim (#776).

Source: “An Adequate Treasure for the Seeker of the Hereafter, Chapter: Prophetic Narrations on the Excellence and Reward of Prayer, page. 8, Author: Al-Haafith Al-Munthiree [D. 656 AH] Rendered into English by: Jameel Finch, First Edition: Jumaadaa ath-Thanee, 1443 AH

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Random Quote of the Day

 

Imām ʿAbdur-Raḥmān As-Saʿdī رحمه الله said:

“The slave who knows that he will be questioned about what he says and does and about what he uses his limbs that Allāh has created to worship Him for, should prepare an answer to the questioning, and this can only be done by using them in worshipping Allāh, purifying the religion for Him (alone), and abstaining from what Allāh, the Most High, dislikes.”

Taysīr Al-Karīm Ar-Raḥmān p. 457

Translated by: Abū Ḥalīmah  Kamāldīn

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