Sufyān ath-Thawrī raḥimahu’Allāh was seen in a dream in Jannah, flying from one palm tree to another.
It was said to him:
“What was done with you?” He replied: “I am with the noble and righteous scribes (the honored angels).”
And it was said to him:
“Which deeds did you find to be the best?” He said: “The Qur’an.”
[Siyar Aʿlām an-Nubalāʾ, 7/279]
It was said to him:
“What was done with you?” He replied: “I am with the noble and righteous scribes (the honored angels).”
And it was said to him:
“Which deeds did you find to be the best?” He said: “The Qur’an.”
[Siyar Aʿlām an-Nubalāʾ, 7/279]
Sheikh al-Islām Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhāb rahimahu’Allah said:
“If going against the people becomes difficult for you, then reflect upon the statement of Allah, the Most High:
(ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاكَ عَلَىٰ شَرِيعَةٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْرِ فَاتَّبِعْهَا وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَاءَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ إِنَّهُمْ لَن يُغْنُوا عَنكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا)
‘Then We have put you on a clear way of commandment. So follow it, and do not follow the desires of those who do not know. Indeed, they can never avail you against Allah in anything.’”
[Surah Al-Jathiyah 18–19]
[Al-Durar al-Saniyyah 1:43]
“If going against the people becomes difficult for you, then reflect upon the statement of Allah, the Most High:
(ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاكَ عَلَىٰ شَرِيعَةٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْرِ فَاتَّبِعْهَا وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَاءَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ إِنَّهُمْ لَن يُغْنُوا عَنكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا)
‘Then We have put you on a clear way of commandment. So follow it, and do not follow the desires of those who do not know. Indeed, they can never avail you against Allah in anything.’”
[Surah Al-Jathiyah 18–19]
[Al-Durar al-Saniyyah 1:43]
Sheikh al-Allāmah Salih Al-Luhaydan rahimahu’Allah said:
“It is befitting for the Muslim to be keen on acquiring knowledge.
However, the way to attain it is not that a person comes and spreads out his cloak and thinks that if he gathers up this cloak, he will be filled with abundant knowledge.
Rather, knowledge requires eagerness, seriousness, and diligent effort.”
[Tadhkīr al-Anām bi-Fawaʾid Umdat al-Aḥkām /15]
“It is befitting for the Muslim to be keen on acquiring knowledge.
However, the way to attain it is not that a person comes and spreads out his cloak and thinks that if he gathers up this cloak, he will be filled with abundant knowledge.
Rather, knowledge requires eagerness, seriousness, and diligent effort.”
[Tadhkīr al-Anām bi-Fawaʾid Umdat al-Aḥkām /15]
Narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Indeed, gentleness is not found in anything except that it beautifies it, and it is not removed from anything except that it disgraces it.”
[Sahih Muslim]
And gentleness is softness in speech and beauty in action, and it is the shortest path to opening hearts and winning people over.
[Al-Sharh al-Muyassar]
The Tabiʿi Urwah ibn al-Zubayr (rahimahullah) said:
“Gentleness is the head of wisdom.”
[Al-Zuhd by Imam Ahmad 274]
“Indeed, gentleness is not found in anything except that it beautifies it, and it is not removed from anything except that it disgraces it.”
[Sahih Muslim]
And gentleness is softness in speech and beauty in action, and it is the shortest path to opening hearts and winning people over.
[Al-Sharh al-Muyassar]
The Tabiʿi Urwah ibn al-Zubayr (rahimahullah) said:
“Gentleness is the head of wisdom.”
[Al-Zuhd by Imam Ahmad 274]
Sheikh al-Allāmah Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādi‘ī rahimahu’Allah said:
“We are defenders of the Sunnah, not of ourselves.
We and our honor are a sacrifice for the Sunnah. We have no time to defend ourselves, but when it comes to the Sunnah, even if we must bite down with our molar teeth, we will not allow anyone to speak against the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”
[Fadā’ih wa Nasā’iḥ, 155]
“We are defenders of the Sunnah, not of ourselves.
We and our honor are a sacrifice for the Sunnah. We have no time to defend ourselves, but when it comes to the Sunnah, even if we must bite down with our molar teeth, we will not allow anyone to speak against the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”
[Fadā’ih wa Nasā’iḥ, 155]
In Nawāsikh al-Quran by Ibn al-Jawzī [2/395]
From Abū Maysarah Amr ibn Shurahbīl, who said:
“There is nothing abrogated (mansūkh) in Sūrat al-Maidah.”
And from Ibn Awn, who said:
“I asked al-Ḥasan: ‘Has anything in Sūrat al-Maidah been abrogated?’
He replied: ‘No.’”
Then Ibn al-Jawzī said:
“However, the majority of scholars held that there is some abrogation in Sūrat al-Maidah, and we shall mention that.”
End quote.
Ibn al-Uthaymeen (rahimahu’Allah) said:
“And it has preceded that there is no abrogation in Sūrat al-Maidah; rather, all of it is muḥkam, because it was among the last of what was revealed. Although some scholars have said that parts of it are abrogated, this is not correct. Any person who claims that any text from the Quran or the Sunnah is abrogated must provide proof.”
(Tafsīr Sūrat al-Maidah, 2/468)
From Abū Maysarah Amr ibn Shurahbīl, who said:
“There is nothing abrogated (mansūkh) in Sūrat al-Maidah.”
And from Ibn Awn, who said:
“I asked al-Ḥasan: ‘Has anything in Sūrat al-Maidah been abrogated?’
He replied: ‘No.’”
Then Ibn al-Jawzī said:
“However, the majority of scholars held that there is some abrogation in Sūrat al-Maidah, and we shall mention that.”
End quote.
Ibn al-Uthaymeen (rahimahu’Allah) said:
“And it has preceded that there is no abrogation in Sūrat al-Maidah; rather, all of it is muḥkam, because it was among the last of what was revealed. Although some scholars have said that parts of it are abrogated, this is not correct. Any person who claims that any text from the Quran or the Sunnah is abrogated must provide proof.”
(Tafsīr Sūrat al-Maidah, 2/468)