Anas ibn Maalik (may Allah be
pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (may Allah raise his rank and grant
him peace) said:
أكبر
الكبائر: الإشراك بالله، وقتل النفس، وعقوق الوالدين، وقول الزور
“The most serious of the
major sins are: Setting up partners in one’s worship of Allah, murder, bad
treatment of one’s parents, and speech of zoor (falsehood and conspiracy)!”
It was collected by al-Bukhaaree (6871) and
Muslim (88). This is Muslim’s wording.
Translation by: Moosaa Richardson
Bakkah.net
The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said in a hadith reported by Imām Muslim in his Sahih:
“That I have not
left a fitnah greater than the fitnah of women after me.”
Taken from the khutbah of Abu
Khadeejah أبو خديجة
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A few excerpts
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Imām ibn Qayyim (رحمه الله) continues: That there is
no doubt that allowing intermingling of women with men is from the root of
tribulation and evil in societies. It is from the foremost reasons for the
descent of the punishment of Allāh upon the people, and it
is a cause for the general corruption in society, and likewise individual
corruption i.e. that general corruption in society are from the crimes that are
committed as a result of that, and specific corruption with regards to the
lives of individuals that marriages fall apart, that a man no longer knows how
to respect the honour of his daughter, and individual corruption within homes
occurs because of this. This is because we do not protect ourselves as men, and
we do not protect our womenfolk from free-mixing. Imām ibn Qayyim (رحمه الله) mentions: that
the free-mixing with men results in an increase in lewd behaviour, fornication
and adultery.
Read this beneficial article here:
https://abukhadeejah.com/free-mixing-between-the-sexes-in-islam-a-detailed-discussion/
Imām Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ājurrī (d. 360 AH) - رحمه الله – said,
“Many of the people do not know how to perform the obligations, nor how to avoid the unlawful matters, nor how to worship Allāh
except due to the presence of the scholars amongst them. So when the scholars
die, the people are
left in confusion. Knowledge is lost with their deaths and ignorance becomes
prevalent. We belong to Allāh to him we return. What a major calamity this is
for the Muslims!”
Source: Akhlāq al- ‘Ulamā’ (p. 29)
Translated by: Maaz Qureshi
Taken from: https://www.salafipubs.com/seeking-knowledge-m/9237-the-importance-of-the-scholars-to-the-society
Note: Emphasis Added
Collected Writings of Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalee
With the Name of
Allaah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy
To the honorable,
Abee Haatim ’Alee Ibn Zayd al-Madkhalee – may Allaah guide him to that which He
is pleased with.
May the peace,
mercy and blessings of Allaah be upon you…
After the greeting:
I pray that you
remain upon the guidance and the right way in terms of knowledge and action
throughout life and after death. My advice to myself and to you is:
Firstly: Be from the strangers (ghurabaa‘) who remain upright when
the people have become corrupt.
Secondly: Safeguard with all concern and care the congregational and Friday
Prayers.
Thirdly: Leave your beard and let it grow as an establishment of the
obligation (waajib) and a revival of the Sunnah of
the Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) and
as an opposition to the enemies of the Religion of Islaam. Keep in mind
that we do not know whether our life will be long or short, so what is
important is a good end with good deeds.
Fourthly: Abandon the wearing of European clothing and how the westerners wear
their hair. Wear the qamees (i.e. thawb)
and keep the pants above the ankles. You will live in righteousness and
tranquility and you will die – if Allaah so wills – happy, pleased with Allaah
and having attained His pleasure.
Fifthly: Take control of the tongue and imprison it, except for the
remembrance of Allaah and whatever that entails and whatever is necessary to
say.
Sixthly: Safeguard something from the remembrances of the morning and the
evening because they are an invulnerable fortress against calamities and
destruction. It is necessary for the servant who is weak to seek recourse
to His Lord who is strong. So he seeks refuge with His Protection.
Seventhly: Safeguard the time that you are at work and observe excellent
manners within the bounds of the Sharee’ah, with your
superiors as well as your colleagues, you will attain the goodness of this life
and the Hereafter. Good character will bring about almost all forms of
goodness.
Lastly: Take account of giving precedence to Allaah, and give precedence to
that which will bring you closer to Him and cause Him to be pleased with you.
And Allaah is the
best Guardian and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.
And may the peace,
mercy and blessings of Allaah be upon you…
Your father who fell short with regards to your
right,
Zayd Ibn Muhammad al-Madkhalee
29/6/1415H [1]
Endnotes:
[1]: Taken from Majmoo’ah Rasaa‘il (p.
689-690) of Zayd Ibn Muhammad al-Madkhalee.
Translation by Maaz Qureshi
SOURCE: sunnahpublishing.net/advice-of-al-allamah-zayd-ibn-muhammad-al-madkhalee-to-one-of-his-sons/
Shaykhul Islaam Ibn Taymeyyah رحمه
الله said:
“The one whose Religion is upright and sound (inwardly and outwardly),
there will not be an eagerness in him (for seeking wealth and status/position).
That is because the heart, when it tastes the sweetness of servitude to Allaah
and having love for Him, there is nothing more beloved to him than that, so he
gives precedence to it over (than the love for wealth and fame/status). For
that reason Allaah turns away the people who are sincere for the sake of Allaah
from committing evil and lewd deeds:
كَذَٰلِكَ
لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ السُّوءَ وَالْفَحْشَاءَ ۚ إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُخْلَصِينَ
“Thus it was, that We shall turn away from him evil and
illegal sexual intercourse. Surely, he was on of Our sincere slaves.”
Soorah Yusuf ayah 24
[Majmoo’ al-Fatawaa 10/214]
Translation by: Markaz Mu’aadh bin Jabal Islamic Centre
Imām Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah (died 752H) stated:
“The two
feet of a person who stands before Allāh
on the Day of Resurrection will not move until he is asked regarding two
matters: “What was it that you worshipped? What was your response to
the Messengers? “The answer to the first question is by the actualisation of
the words, none has the right to be worshipped except Allāh
alongside knowledge, affirmation and action. The answer to the second question is
by the actualisation of the words, Muhammad is
the Messenger of Allāh alongside knowledge, affirmation, submission and
obedience.
Zādul-Ma’ād (1/37), Mu’assasatur-Risālah edition.
Taken from: https://abukhadeejah.com/the-three-fundamental-principles-of-islam-and-their-proofs-ebook-pdf/
Abu Dardaa said:
“If it were not for three things
I wish not to remain in the dunya:
1.
Placing my face down in prostration to my creator across the alternation of the
day and the night, preparing for the (true) life to come.
2.
Experiencing thirst during the hottest part of the day (due to fasting).
3.
And Sitting with a people who select and choose their words (i.e. are careful
with their speech) the way fruit is selected.”
(Collected by As Suyooti
in Ad Duril Manthoor 6/648)
Selected from: https://ah-sp.com/2012/07/20/the-salaf-and-fasting/