Abū Bakr as-Ṣiddīq said: "Indeed Allāh forgives major sins, so do not despair, and indeed Allāh punishes for minor sins, so do not be deceived."

● {Sharh Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhāri by Ibn Battal 19/267}

Imām Shafī'ī said: "You claim to love Allāh while disobeying him?

That is impossible, for the lover is obedient to the one he loves!"

● {ديوان الإمام للشافعي}

Sufyān Bin 'Uyaynah رحمه الله said: "Honouring the prayer includes coming before the Iqamah is recited."

● {Sifat As-Safwah 2/235}

Ibn ayinah رحمه الله said: "Whoever seeks knowledge he has payed allegiance to Allāh."

●[مفتاح دار السعادة ٧٠/١]

Prophet Moosaa was black.

And put your hand into the opening of your garment (at the breast); it will come out white without disease.

Soorah an-Naml (v. 12)

Imām Ṭabārī: Moosaa was black skinned and Allaah made Moosaa’s hand turning white, without being affected by leprosy, a sign for him.

● {Tafṣīr at-Ṭabārī 29:12}

Two Wolves!

The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Two wolves roaming freely among sheep are less destructive to them than the desire for wealth and fame is to a person’s religion.”

● [سنن الترمذي كتاب الزهد ٢٣٧٦ ، هذا حديث حسن صحيح]

‎Ibn Abbas said: “Allaah wrote whatever would happen until the Day of Judgement and indeed the people proceed upon an affair that has already been concluded.”

‎● {اللالكائي في شرح اصول الائتواد
‎اهل السنة صحفة ٤٣٩}

Dealing With Short Tempered People!

Ibn al-Jawzī said: “When your companion becomes angry and says something that is unwarranted, you should not take it too hard. His situation is that of a drunken person who is not aware of what is taking place. Instead, be patient, even if it means only for a little while. If you reciprocate his words with harsh words of your own, you become like the sane person who seeks revenge on a madman, or the conscious person who seeks retribution from an unconscious one. Look at him with a merciful eye and pity him for his actions.”

‎● {سيد الخاطر صحفة ٤٠٦}

Ḥasan al-Baṣrī said: “A believer commits a sin and then does not stop worrying about it until he enters Jannah.”

● {أخرجه أحمد في الزهد}

Ḥasan al-Baṣrī said: “If the slave of Allāh sinned and then he repented, he only gets closer to Allāh.”

● {فيض القدير ٣\٢٨٥}

﴾وَمَن يُؤْمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ يَهْدِ قَلْبَهُۥ﴿

Translation: "And whosoever believes in Allāh, He guides his heart.."

Ibn Abbās said: "Allāh will guide his heart to certainty. Therefore, he will know that what reached him would not have missed him and what has missed him would not have reached him."

● {جامع البيان عن تأويل أي القرآن ٢٣:٤٢١}

The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “The BEST JIHAAD is that you struggle against your Nafs (self) and your desire for the Essence of Allāh عزوجل.”

● [سلسلة الأحاديث الصحيحة رقم الحديث ١٤٩٦]

“Allaah is more merciful to His slaves than the most merciful of mothers to her child. For the One Who made her merciful must be more merciful than her. ”

● {Ibn Taymiyyah’s Fataawa v. 16, p. 448}

Mālik b. Dinār said: “I swear, if the hypocrites started growing tails, the believers wouldn’t find a spot of ground to walk on.”

‎● {الإبانة عن شريعة الفرقة الناجية}

Imām al-Bukhārī said: The saying of the Salaf is that the Qurʾān which is written in the Mus'hāf, memorized in the heart and recited upon the tongue is the uncreated Speech of Allāh.

● [خلق أفعال العباد ، صفحة ١٢٥ ٥٤٠]

Imām ad-Dārquṭnī said: “O people of Baghdād; let none of you think that anyone is able to lie about the Prophet while I’m alive!”

● {‌‏ ‏فتح المغيث ص ٢٦٠}

Allāh said: “Nothing in the heavens or in the Earth is hidden from Me.”

● {Mukhtasar al-Uluww of Imām adh-Dhahābī (p. 128)}

Halloween The Festival Of Disbelievers Not Muslims

Allāh says in Qur'ān: والذين لا يشهدون الزور

“And those who do not witness falsehood..” • [al-Qur'ān 25:72]

Mujāhid and other than him from the Salaf said that falsehood (Zoor) refers to the festivals of disbelievers.

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : من تشبه بقوم فهو منهم.

The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Whoever imitates a nation then he is from amongst them.”

● [رواه أبو داود]

قال عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه : اجتنبوا أعداء الله في عيدهم.

‘Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه said: “Avoid the enemies of Allāh during their festivals.” and in one narration with addition “.. for the Wrath of Allāh descends upon them during it.”

● [تاريخ الكبير للبخاري]

قال عبدالله بن عمرو رضي الله عنه : من مر ببلاد الاعاجم فصنع نيروزهم و مهرجانهم و تشبه بهم حتى يموت و هو كذلك حشر معهم يوم القيامة.

‘Abdullāh b. ‘Amr رضي الله عنه said: “Whoever settles in the land of the non-Arabs and celebrates their new year and festival and imitates them until he dies while he is in that state, will be gathered with them on the Day of Resurrection.”

● [أخرجه البيهقي في الكبرى]

Ibn Taymīyyāh said: “Muslims should not celebrate any festival of the disbelievers.”

‎● [مختصر اقتضها أسصراط المستقيم ١٧-١٨]

Khalaf ibn Hisham said: “I found some parts of Arabic grammar difficult. So I spent 80,000 dinars until I mastered it.”

‎● {سير أعلام النبلاء ١٠:٥٧٨}

Reward Equivalent To A Year Of Fasting And Praying

From Aws Bin Aws Ath-Thaqafi who said I heard the Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] saying:

❝Whoever performs a perfect Ghusl on Friday then goes very early to the Khutbah, walking and not riding, sits close to the Imam, listens and does not speak or keep himself busy then for every step towards the Khutbah is the reward equivalent to a year of fasting and praying.❞

[Collected By Ahmad, Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi | Authenticated By Al-Albaani In Saheeh Al-Jama As-Sagheer, (No. 6405)]

Al-Mulla Ali Al-Qari [رحمه الله] said:

❝The people of knowledge say: 'We do not know of a Hadeeth of the Prophet [ﷺ] which has more reward than this Hadeeth.'❞

[Murqaat Al-Mafateeh Sharh Mishkat Al-Massabeeh, (3/484)]