Hasten towards obedience to Allaah

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

Imaam Abdul Azeez Bin Baaz (rahimahullaah) said: 

Whoever exercises patience during times of affliction, thankful during times of ease, submissive to Allaah (Glorified be He) when calamities occur, expresses disappointment about himself to Allaah, due to his sins and shortcomings, and seeks Allaah’s Mercy and Forgiveness, then indeed he [or she] will succeed with all success and with a praiseworthy end...

Selected from the article: The Obligation of Repentance, Especially During Calamities and Afflictions – [By Imaam Abdul Azeez Bin Baaz (rahimahullaah)]

Source: Taken from a small risaalah of Imaam Bin Baaz (rahimahullaah) titled: ‘Obligation of repenting to Allaah’ Pages 1-8’ Abridged and slightly paraphrased

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A few extract

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Disbelief and sins are the cause of every affliction and evil in this life and the next. As for Tawheed, belief in Allaah and His Messengers, obedience to Allaah and His Messengers, holding fast to Allaah’s Sharee’ah and calling to it, and rejecting what is in opposition to it, this is the cause of every good in this life and the hereafter.  And adhering firmly to it, enjoining it and co-operating upon it is the [real] source of honour in this life and the hereafter, safety from every hated thing and protection from every Fitnah, as Allaah [The Most High] said:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن تَنصُرُوا اللَّهَ يَنصُرْكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَكُمْ

O you who believe! If you help (in the cause of) Allah, He will help you, and make your foothold firm. 47:7

For further reading see here >>https://salaficentre.com/2019/08/14/the-obligation-of-repentance-especially-during-calamities-and-afflictions-by-imaam-abdul-azeez-bin-baaz-rahimahullaah/

How do you deal with trials and tribulation?

 

Az-Zubair bin ‘Adi said:

We went to Anas bin Mâlik رضي الله عنه and complained to him of suffering at the hands of Al-Hajjâj. He replied: “Show endurance, for no time will come but will be followed by one worse (than the present one) till you meet your Rubb, I heard this from your Prophet ﷺ.” [Al-Bukhârî)

Commentary: This Hadîth contains the prediction that with the passage of time, conditions will become from bad to worse with the result that the rulers would become more and more cruel. In such circumstances, the remedy suggested here is that rather than making any effort to reform the rulers, one should try to reform oneself and worry to make one’s own life in the Hereafter, and endure patiently the tyrannies perpetrated by the rulers.

شرح رياض الصالحين

Source: Riyâd-us-Sâliheen volume 1, page 110, Hadith no. 92, Compiled by Al-Imâm Abu Zakariya Yahya bin Sharaf An-Nawawi Ad-Dimashqi, Commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, Darussalam 1999. 

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Random Quote of the Day

 

Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (رَحِمَهُ اللهُ) said,

“Patience is a treasure amongst the treasures of goodness that Allāh does not grant except to a servant that is noble to Him.”

ʿUddah al-Ṣābirīn of Ibn al-Qayyim, p. 156.

Extracted from the book: A Principle Regarding Patience and Gratitude, Author: Aḥmad bin ‘Abd al-Ḥalīm Ibn Taymiyyah. Translated from the Arabic by Abū Iyaaḍ Amjad Rafīq with additional notes and citations from other works, Published by Hikmah Publications 2014.

Ibn Taymiyyah’s Tremendous Reply Regarding The Disease & The Cure

Ibn Taymiyyah’s Tremendous Reply Regarding The Disease & The Cure 

All praise belongs to Allaah the Lord of all the worlds.

Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728H) - may Allaah be pleased with him and grant him paradise - was asked:

Question:

What is the cure for the one who has been overtaken by a disease, and what is the best strategy employed for the one who has been overwhelmed with Khabal (confused state of mind, mental disorder), and what is the correct course of action to be taken for the one who has been overcome with laziness, and what is the path to at-Tawfeeq (success), and what is the way out for the one who has been enveloped by al-Hayrah (bewilderment and uncertainty)?

When he wishes to turn to Allaah, he is prevented by his desires. And if he desires to remember (his Lord), he gets subdued (i.e. distracted) by thoughts.

Consumed by desires so at times you will observe him confused, he is sober but yet inebriated enraptured When he wishes to draw close to his beloved, his means become scattered and he continues upon abandoning and ostracising

By abandoning relatives and acquaintances - he beguiles himself (into thinking) that he will find freedom and upon it he will gain support and help

He does not increase except in confusion and fatigue. Is this how it is with them that they belittle the one who appeals to be rescued and saved?

Answer:

Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (d.728H) replied:

The cure for it is to take refuge in Allaah, the Most High, and to always have at-Taddaru’ (humility and humbleness) to Allaah, the One free from all imperfections, and to make Du‘aa (supplication). A person must learn the supplications narrated (from the Messenger of Allaah). He must strive in making supplications during the times and places wherein supplications are answered/accepted (al-Ijaabah); for example the last third of the night, the times between the Adhaan and the Iqaamah, during the Sajdah (prostration) and at the end of the Salawaat (the five daily prayers).

In addition to that (i.e. from the cure) is al-Istighfaar (seeking forgiveness from Allaah). For indeed whoever seeks forgiveness from Allaah and turns to Him in repentance, then Allaah will grant him good provisions to enjoy and benefit from till an appointed term.

Furthermore, (from the cure is that) one must adhere to reciting the daily portion of the Adhkaar (prophetic remembrances) at the two ends of the day (i.e in the morning and the evening), and when going to sleep. And let him be patient with what may occur to him from the obstacles and the various distractions. For indeed he will not remain long in that state except that Allaah will support and strengthen him with Rooh (proofs, light and true guidance) from Himself and He will write Faith in his heart.

Moreover, he must be diligent in completing the obligatory from the five daily prayers - inwardly and outwardly - since it is a pillar of the Deen.

And let his habitual practice be (reciting): “Laa hawla wa laa quwwata illaa billaah” (there is no change and no power except with Allaah’s aid). For indeed with (adhering to) it (one can) bear the heavy burdens and withstand the ordeals, and by it you will attain lofty positions (i.e. lofty ranks).

One should not get weary of supplicating (Du‘aa) and requesting. For indeed a servant‘s supplication will be answered as long as he is not impatient and hasty - and says: “I have made Du‘aa but it has not been answered.” He should know that victory comes with having as-Sabr (patience and perseverance), and that alleviation comes along with the calamity, and with every hardship there is ease.

 And all praise is for Allaah the Lord of the ‘Alameen.

Reference: Jaami' al-Masaa'il of Shaykhul- Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah, 7/446-448 checking by 'Alee b. Muhammad al-'Imraan, Daar 'Aalam al-Fawaa'id print.

Translated by Aboo Abdillaah Bilaal Hussain al-Kashmiree.

الفوائد والقواعد

Benefits and Principles

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How to be the Wealthiest, Devout and most Pious of Men

  

Ibn Mas’ūd (رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنهُ) said:

“Be pleased with what Allah has allotted for you and you will be the wealthiest of men. Fulfill what Allah has obligated upon you and you will be the most devout of men. Refrain from what Allah has made unlawful upon you and you will be the most pious of men.”

Zuhd, Abī Dāwūd 139 

By Ustādh Abu Idrees Muhammad Khan (hafidhahullāh)

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Source: https://twitter.com/AbuIdrees/status/746412019897761792, 24/2016, 11:37 AM

Fitnah (trial and tribulation) does not befall except by abandoning that which has been commanded by Allāh...

 

Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah رَحِمَهُ اللهُ said:

“And fitnah (trial and tribulation) does not befall except by abandoning that which has been commanded by Allāh. For verily, He the Sublime has commanded truth and He has commanded patience. Therefore, trial and tribulation befall either by abandoning the truth or by abandoning patience.”

Source: al-Istiqāmah Vol. 1, Pg. 39

Translated by Ustādh Zubayr Abbasi

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Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said:

 

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said:

“The one who is eating and thankful is like  (and in one wording: has a reward like) the one who is fasting and patient.”

[Reported  by al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah & Ahmad. See Al-Silsilah #655]

Translation By Sheikh Umar Quinn (hafidhahullah)

Taken from: Imam Bukhari Centre Liverpool

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Added for the benefit of New Muslim:

When anyone of you begins eating, say:

بِسْمِ اللهِ

Bismillaah

With the Name of Allāh.

And if you forgot then, when you remember, say:

بِسْمِ اللهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ

Bismillaahi fee ‘awwalihi wa ‘aakhirihi.

With the Name of Allāh, in the beginning and in the end.

[Abu Dawud 3/347, At-Tirmithi 4/288. See Al-Albāni’s Sahih At- Tirmithi 2/167.]

Whomever Allāh has given food, should say:

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِك لَنَا فِيهِ وَأَطْعِمْنَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُ

Allahumma baarik lanaa feehi wa ‘at’imnaa khayran minhu.

O Allāh, bless us in it and provide us with better than it.

Invocations after eating

الحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي هَذَا، وَرَزَقَنِيهِ، مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ

Alhamdu lillaahil-lathee ‘at’amanee haathaa, wa razaqaneehi, min ghayri hawlin minnee wa laa quwwatin.

Praise is to Allāh Who has given me this food and sustained me with it though I was unable to do it and powerless.

[At-Tirmithi, Abu Dawud, and Ibn Mājah. See also Al-Albāni, Sahih At-Tirmithi 3/159.]

الْحَمْدُ للهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ، غَيْرَ – مَكْفِيٍّ وَلَا – مُوَدَّعٍ، وَلَا مُسْتَغْنًى عَنْهُ رَبَّنَا

Alhamdu lillaahi hamdan katheeran tayyiban mubaarakan feehi, ghayra [makfiyyin wa laa] muwadda’in, wa laa mustaghnan ‘anhu Rabbanaa.

All praise is to Allāh, praise in abudance, good and blessed. It cannot [be compensated for, nor can it] be left, nor can it be done without, our Lord.

[Al-Bukhāri 6/214, At-Tirmithi 5/507.]

Source: Fortress of the Muslim, Darussalam

Patience and Awaiting Relief from Difficulties

 

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Patience and Awaiting Relief from Difficulties 

Shaikh ‘Abdur-Rahmaan as-Sa’dee said: “And from the benevolence of Allaah towards His servant is: that He tests him with some of the calamities, so He grants him the ability to rise up with the task of exercising patience in them, thus He causes him to attain elevated levels that he would otherwise not have reached with his actions. The tribulation may be intensified upon him with that; as was done with Ayyoob (‘alaihis-salaam), and there is to be found in his heart the sweetness of the essence of hope and expectation of mercy and removal of harm, and so his pain is reduced and his soul is invigorated. Due to this; it is from the benevolence of Allaah towards the believers that he placed in their hearts the anticipation of reward, so that their calamities are lightened, and that which they encounter from hardships is made easier in attainment of His pleasure.”[16]

[16] Al-Mawaahib ar-Rabbaaniyyah p.151

Selected from the article: Times of Trial and Tribulation – How the Believer is to Encounter Them and Conduct Himself Toward Them | Written by Abu Haatim M. Farooq

https://www.wrightstreetmosque.com/times-of-trial-and-tribulation-how-the-believer-is-to-encounter-them-and-conduct-himself-toward-them/

Patience at the Times of Trials and Tribulations

 

“The best of the Prophets & Messengers and their followers were afflicted by difficulties, by need & poverty, but they were patient, similarly this is needed for every believer man & woman, patience upon what they are tested with…”

Sh.bin Bāz (Exp. Riyād Sālihīn v.2, p. 291)

Translation source: Salafi Dawah Lancs

Three signs & conditions of the servant's happiness

 

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah said:

“… when blessed, give thanks; when tried, preserve; and when sinful, seek forgiveness. For these three conditions are tokens of the servant’s happiness..”

[Al-Wabil Al-Sayyib pg. 1]

The Key to the Hereafter

 

Abdur Rahmaan Ibn Ahmad Ad Daaraani said:

“ The key to the dunya is in being full, satiated and content. While the key to the hereafter is in hunger (i.e due to fasting). The origin of good in the dunya and the hereafter is in the fear of Allah. Indeed Allah gives his dunya to those who he loves and those he does not love. Hunger (i.e. fasting and its reward) is a treasure preserved with him, that he does not give except to the one he loves specifically. For me to give up a morsel from my late meal (i.e. due to fasting) is more beloved to me than for me to eat it and stand in prayer from the beginning to the end of the night.”

(Collected by Abdur Razzaaq As San’aani in Al Musannaf 3/307)

Translation by: Abu Hakeem Bilal  Davis

Source: https://ah-sp.com

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The Key to Paradise & That Which Leads to it; & The Key to The Hell-Fire & That Which Leads to it – By Ibn Al-Qayyim

A few excerpt…

And the key to fervent desire of the Hereafter is: in having zuhd in the dunya.

And the key to success is: taqwaa (being fearful and dutiful to Allaah)…

 

And the key to rizq (sustenance) is: hastening with seeking forgiveness and in having taqwaa.

 And the key to honour is: in obedience to Allaah and His Messenger.

And the key to preparation for the Hereafter is: restricting expectation.

And the key to every good is: in earnestly and fervently desiring for Allaah and for the abode of the Hereafter...

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Patience (Sabr) leads to Paradise

 

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مَا لِعَبْدِي الْمُؤْمِنِ عِنْدِي جَزَاءٌ، إِذَا قَبَضْتُ صَفِيَّهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا، ثُمَّ احْتَسَبَهُ إِلاَّ الْجَنَّةُ

Abu Hurairah narrated that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: Allah (the Most High) states, “There is not for my believing servant a reward I have for him less than Paradise if he suffers the death of one who is dear to him from the people of the world and then he shows patience in hope of reward.” 

Bukhari, no. 6424

Translated by Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wahid –Allah preserve & protect him -

 AbuKhadeejah.com

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إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ

“Innā lillāhi wa innā ilaihi rāji’ūn.” (Verily, we belong to Allāh and unto Him we are returning)

My beloved mother passed away today morning. Please I ask you all to make du’aa and pray for her Magfirah. She uttered the shahadah four times before Allaah took her soul. May Allaah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) bless her with Jaanatul Firdaus. May Allah strengthen everyone in the family to bear the loss. 

Enlighten the Heart

 

Enlighten the Heart

Abū ‘Imrān al-Jūnī:

“Whoever loves that his heart is enlightened for him then let him eat less.”

[ Jāmi’ al-‘Ulūm wal-Hikam (v. 2 p. 472) ]

عبد الصمد بن خالد

Translated by Aboo Ruqayyah 'Abd us-Samad

NOTE: Posted wih kind permission

Impatience does not remove the difficulty

 

Impatience does not remove the difficulty

Shaykh Salih Fawzan said: The keys to happiness are three, as mentioned by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahab. 1. When the person is tested he is patient 2. When he is blessed he is grateful 3. When he sins he seeks forgiveness

When the person is tested he is patient with the decree of Allah. He does  not become despondent or angry. He knows that whatever befalls him is due to his sins.

وَمَا أَصَابَكُم مِّن مُّصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُو عَن كَثِيرٍ (30)

And whatever of misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned. And He pardons much. (Soorah Ahsh-Shûraa 42:30)

Therefore he takes himself to account and rectifies his actions and as a result his calamity becomes a benefit for him and a wake-up call.

This is in contrast to the person who when tested becomes despondent and angry. His impatience does not save him from the calamity nor does it allow him to reap the reward of patience. Thus he loses on both fronts.

أسباب السعادة

https://www.alfawzan.af.org.sa/en/node/14350

Translated by Rasheed ibn Estes Barbee حفظه الله

From that which aids upon having patience upon acts of obedience is:

د.محمد بن غالب العُمري:

مما يعين على الصبر على الطاعات: -

 - معرفة فضل العبادات

 - التأمل في حاله ﷺ في الطاعات  

 النظر في دأب الصالحين وسيرهم -

 التفكر في خسران فواتها -

 العلم بحاجة العبد لها -

 اليقين بأن ما فات من زمانها لا يعود -

  خوف الأجل، وانقطاع زمان العمل  -

 تدبّر فضل الصبر وعاقبة أهله-

6:32 AM · Jul 17, 2021

The Patience contained within Fasting

 

Shaykh Muhammad bin Sālih al Uthaymeen رحمه الله mentions regarding fasting:

- Patience upon obedience to Allāh.

- Patience upon abstaining from that which Allāh has forbidden.

- Patience upon the decree of Allāh, difficulties of hunger, thirst, weakness of one’s body and self.

Indeed the three categories of patience (Sabr) are contained within it (fasting), so certainly the fasting person is considered from the “Sabireen”, and indeed Allāh The Most High said:

إِنَّما يَوفَّى الصَّابرونَ أَجْرهُم بِغيرِ حِساب

{…Only those who are patient shall receive their rewards in full, without reckoning.} [Az-Zumar: 10]

مجالس شهر رمضان: ٢٧

Translated by Abu Maryam Tariq حفظه الله

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Imām Abu Hātim ar-Rāzi- 7 years & 3000 + Miles on Foot, in Pursuit of Knowledge!!!

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7:31 PM · Feb 26, 2021

 

7 years & 3000 + Miles on Foot in Pursuit of Knowledge

 

Imām Abu Hātim al-Rāzi (d. 277 H) said: “The first time that I had set out to acquire hadīth I remained away from home for 7 years. I walked more than 1000 farsakh (3000 miles) – I counted (the distance I had covered on foot) till it reached 1000 farsakh; thereafter I stopped counting.”

 

Taqdimatul-Farh wat-Ta’dīl (1/359)

Translated by Ustādh Abu Tasneem Mushaf

Five Essential Qualities of a Mufti

Five Essential Qualities of a Mufti

 

Ibn Battah records that Imām Ahmad – Allāh have mercy on him – said:

 

No man should appoint himself to issue verdicts (fatwa) until and unless he fulfills five characteristics:

 

First, he should have a [firm and good] intention; for if he does not, he will have no light upon him, and nor will his words.

Second, he should be forbearing, tranquil and serene.

Third, he should be strong upon what he is involved in, strong in its knowledge.

Fourth, he should have sufficient means (wealth), otherwise the people will chew him up.

Fifth, he should know people and their ways.

 

Ibn Battah, Ibtāl Al-Hiyal p24.

After quoting this statement, and before his commentary on it, Ibn Al-Qayyim states:

 

This is one of the proofs of the eminence of Imām Ahmad and his lofty status in knowledge and insight; for these five are the pillars of fatwā, and to the extent that there is deficiency in any of them, to that extent faults will appear in the mufti.

 

I’lām Al-Muwaqi’īn, 6:106

Taken from: https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/five-essential-qualities-of-a-mufti/