Narrated ‘Utban bin Malik Al-Ansari: who was one of the men of the tribe of Bani Salim:
Allah’s Messenger ﷺ came to me and said, “If anybody comes on the Day of
Resurrection who has said: La ilaha illal-lah, sincerely, with the intention to
win Allah’s Pleasure, Allah will make the Hell-Fire forbidden for him.
(Sahih
al-Bukhari 6423 In-book reference: Book 81, Hadith 12 Translated by Muhsin
Khan)
Imam
Bukhari Centre -Liverpool
Source:
MarkazBukhari.com
The Prophet ﷺ said:
“Most of the sins of the son of Aadam
are due to his tongue.”
[Silsilah al-Ahadeeth as-Saheehah no. 534]
Translation: MarkazMuaadh.com
The Link Between Blessings and Gratitude
It is reported that ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib
– Allāh be pleased with him – said:
Blessings arrive with gratitude [to Allāh], and
gratitude is connected with more [blessings], and the two are tied together:
more blessings from Allāh will never stop unless gratitude from the servant
stops.
Ibn Abī Al-Dunyā, Al-Shukr article 18.
Source: https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/link-blessings-gratitude/
حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرْضَى لَكُمْ ثَلاَثًا وَيَكْرَهُ لَكُمْ ثَلاَثًا فَيَرْضَى لَكُمْ أَنْ تَعْبُدُوهُ وَلاَ تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا وَأَنْ تَعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلاَ تَفَرَّقُوا وَيَكْرَهُ لَكُمْ قِيلَ وَقَالَ وَكَثْرَةَ السُّؤَالِ وَإِضَاعَةَ الْمَالِ
Abu Hurairah reported Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: “Verily Allah likes three things for you and He disapproves three things for you. He is pleased with you that you worship Him and associate none with Him (in worship), that you hold fast the rope of Allah, and be not divided; and He disapproves for you hearsay and gossip, persistent questioning and the wasting of wealth.” [Sahih Muslim]
Translation source: SalafiSounds.com
Having Boyfriends & Girlfriends –
Shaykh Uthaymeen
What is the ruling on a man and woman
who kiss, and do everything else other than intercourse?
These actions which you mentioned are
impermissible, haram upon them, because Allah – the Most High- says:
And those who guard their chastity
(i.e private parts, from illegal sexual acts) except from their wives or that their right hands possess, for
then, they are free from blame, but whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the
transgressors; Al-Muminoon 5-7
And His statement – The One free from deficiency,
the Most High:
And come not near to the unlawful
sexual intercourse. Verily, it is
a Fahishah [i.e. anything that transgress its
limits (a great sin)], and an evil way (that leads one to Hell unless Allah
forgives him). Al Israa- 32
And He did not say, and do not fornicate, for the
reason of tackling everything that is a cause and leads to fornication, and
this, what they are doing, is zina of the hand by touching, zina of the eye by
looking, zina of the feet by walking (to do that which is haraam), this is
impermissible for them, upon them is to repent from it.
And upon those in responsibility is to educate
them and dissuade them from the likes of these actions, and avert them from this
sin.
The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alaihi wa
sallam) did not prohibit being alone with a strange woman (one who it is not
permissible to be alone with) except fearing from this action and its likes.
So you, may Allah give you success, advise them,
with that which is upon you, and warn them from this, the impermissibility of
this is clear and is present in the books of tafseer, books of hadeeth, books
of fiqh, all of them, and it is not allowed and it is impermissible.
Slightly Paraphrased from Fataawa Noor alad Darb
of Shaykh Uthaymeen Vol 5 Pg 549
المركز السلفي
Translated by The Salafi Centre of Manchester
Imaam ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) mentioned that from the benefits in lowering the gaze:
أنه
يمنع من وصول أثر السهم المسموم الذي لعل فيه هلاكه إلى قلبه
It prevents the effects of the poisonous arrow
from reaching his heart, which may lead to his destruction.
[Ad-Daa’ wad-Dawa’]
Translated by Markaz Mu’aadh
Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen –Rahimahullaah – said:
“…and removing harm from the
path to people’s
hearts and righteous deeds, has a greater reward and more urgency than removing harm from
pathways where people walk.”
[Riyadh as-Saliheen 2/177)
Translation by Miraath Publications
(A Collection of Beneficial Statements)