Bakr b. Abd-Allāh: “O son of Ādam if you wish to know the value of Allāh's blessings upon you then close your eyes.”
● [عدة الصابرين وذخيرة الشاكرين ١٤٣/١]
● [عدة الصابرين وذخيرة الشاكرين ١٤٣/١]
The Prayer Of A Disobedient Woman Is Not Accepted
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : اثنان لا تجاوز صلاتهما رءوسهما : عبد أبق من مواليه حتى يرجع إليهم ،و امرأة عصت زوجها حتى ترجع.
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “There are two whose prayer does not go beyond their heads (i.e it is not accepted); a slave who runs away from his masters until he returns to them and a woman who disobeys her husband until she returns back (to obeying him).”
● [أخرجه الطبرانى في المعجم الصغير ص ٩٧ وحسنه ، صححه الألباني في الصحيحه]
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : اثنان لا تجاوز صلاتهما رءوسهما : عبد أبق من مواليه حتى يرجع إليهم ،و امرأة عصت زوجها حتى ترجع.
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “There are two whose prayer does not go beyond their heads (i.e it is not accepted); a slave who runs away from his masters until he returns to them and a woman who disobeys her husband until she returns back (to obeying him).”
● [أخرجه الطبرانى في المعجم الصغير ص ٩٧ وحسنه ، صححه الألباني في الصحيحه]
Luqmān عليه السلام said to his son: “O my son !! Do not delay repentance for indeed death can come suddenly.”
● [شعب الإيمان للبيهقي ٦٧٠١]
● [شعب الإيمان للبيهقي ٦٧٠١]
Remember Him
قال (موسى) : يا رب ! أي عبادك أتقى ؟ قال (الله) : الذي يذكر ولا ينسى..
(Mūsā) said: “O my Lord which of your slaves are the most pious?”
(Allāh) said: “The one who remembers (Me) and does not forget..”
● [المصدر : سلسلة الأحاديث الصحيحة ٣٣٥٠ ، أخرجه ابن حبان]
قال (موسى) : يا رب ! أي عبادك أتقى ؟ قال (الله) : الذي يذكر ولا ينسى..
(Mūsā) said: “O my Lord which of your slaves are the most pious?”
(Allāh) said: “The one who remembers (Me) and does not forget..”
● [المصدر : سلسلة الأحاديث الصحيحة ٣٣٥٠ ، أخرجه ابن حبان]
Allāh said to Prophet Dāwūd عليه السلام: “Remember Me often and stay away from the trap of backbiting.”
● [الزهد للإمام أحمد بن حنبل ٤٣٤]
● [الزهد للإمام أحمد بن حنبل ٤٣٤]
'Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه said: “A man must be like a young boy (friendly and joyous) towards his family but when the call of duty is given, he is found responding like a man.”
● [المجالسة وجواهر العلم ٣\٤٣٠]
● [المجالسة وجواهر العلم ٣\٤٣٠]
al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī رحمه الله said: “Joking too much takes away one's manhood.”
● [المجالسة وجواهر العلم ٢\٣٣٣]
● [المجالسة وجواهر العلم ٢\٣٣٣]
“Good manners are the head of the religion, it draws people to the religion of Allaah and encourages them.”
● [تفسير السعدي ١٤٩]
● [تفسير السعدي ١٤٩]
Imaam al-Awzā’ī رحمه الله said: “The one who takes the unusual opinions of the scholars, leaves Islām.”
● [التذكرة ١\١٨٥]
● [التذكرة ١\١٨٥]
May Allāh Make Us Among The Few
وسمع عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله تعالى عنه رجلا يقول : اللهم اجعلني من القليل ; فقال عمر : ما هذا الدعاء ؟ فقال الرجل : أردت قوله تعالى وقليل من عبادي الشكور . فقال عمر رضي الله عنه : كل الناس أعلم منك يا عمر.
‘Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb, Allāh be pleased with him, heard a man saying: “O Allāh, make me among the few.”
‘Umar said, “What is this Du'ā (supplication)?”
So the man said: “I intend the saying of Allāh تعالى: 'And FEW of My SERVANTS are grateful’ • [al-Qur’ān 34:13]
So 'Umar said, “All of the people know better than you, O 'Umar!”
● [تفسير القرطبي ٣٤\١٣]
وسمع عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله تعالى عنه رجلا يقول : اللهم اجعلني من القليل ; فقال عمر : ما هذا الدعاء ؟ فقال الرجل : أردت قوله تعالى وقليل من عبادي الشكور . فقال عمر رضي الله عنه : كل الناس أعلم منك يا عمر.
‘Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb, Allāh be pleased with him, heard a man saying: “O Allāh, make me among the few.”
‘Umar said, “What is this Du'ā (supplication)?”
So the man said: “I intend the saying of Allāh تعالى: 'And FEW of My SERVANTS are grateful’ • [al-Qur’ān 34:13]
So 'Umar said, “All of the people know better than you, O 'Umar!”
● [تفسير القرطبي ٣٤\١٣]
Ibn Taymiyyah: "If you fear Allāh, repent from your sins and seek His forgiveness, nobody can overpower you.”
● [مجموعة الفتاوى ١٧٨/١]
● [مجموعة الفتاوى ١٧٨/١]
Al-Hāfiẓ Ibn Hajr Al-'Asqalani said: "When a person sees that his companion is in a state of worry or sadness, it is encouraged for him to speak to him (his companion) with that which will remove his worry or sadness and make him feel good."
● [فتح الباري ٢٩٢/٩]
● [فتح الباري ٢٩٢/٩]
Habīb Ibn Abī Thābit رحمه الله said: "From the good character of a man is that he speaks to his companion while he is smiling."
● [رىضة العقلاء لابن حبان ٧٧]
● [رىضة العقلاء لابن حبان ٧٧]
Shaykh Muḥammad Ibn Sāliḥ al-'Uthaymīn said: "From the means of protection from the trials and tribulations is (praying) the night prayer."
● [شرح صحيح البخاري ٥٠١/٩]
● [شرح صحيح البخاري ٥٠١/٩]
Sa'eed bin Jubayr said: "What was not known to the Badriyyoon (the Companions), then it is not from the Deen."
● [ذم التأويل لابن قدامة ٢٩]
● [ذم التأويل لابن قدامة ٢٩]
The Repentant Heart
سئل الفضيل عن قول الله عزوجل : {من خشي الرحمن بالغيب وجاء بقلب منيب} قال : المنيب الذي يذكر ذنبه في الخلوة فيستغفر منه.
Fuḍayl b. ‘Iyāḍ رحمه الله was asked about this Āyah: “Who feared the Most Beneficent (Allāh) in the Ghayb (unseen) and brought a heart turned in repentance (to Him).” • [al-Qur’ān 50:33]
He Raḥimahullāh said: “The heart which remembers its sin (committed) in private then seeks (Allāh’s) Forgiveness from it.”
● [اعتلال القلوب ١\٣٦]
سئل الفضيل عن قول الله عزوجل : {من خشي الرحمن بالغيب وجاء بقلب منيب} قال : المنيب الذي يذكر ذنبه في الخلوة فيستغفر منه.
Fuḍayl b. ‘Iyāḍ رحمه الله was asked about this Āyah: “Who feared the Most Beneficent (Allāh) in the Ghayb (unseen) and brought a heart turned in repentance (to Him).” • [al-Qur’ān 50:33]
He Raḥimahullāh said: “The heart which remembers its sin (committed) in private then seeks (Allāh’s) Forgiveness from it.”
● [اعتلال القلوب ١\٣٦]
Sufyān Ibn 'Uyaynah said: “Whoever prays 5 times a day has thanked Allāh and whoever supplicates in them for his parents then he has thanked them."
● [تفسير القرطبي، فتح الباري ١٠/٢]
● [تفسير القرطبي، فتح الباري ١٠/٢]
Ibn Mas'ood رضي الله عنه said: Whoever loves Qur’ān then glad-tiding (to him).
● [تفسير سعيد بن منصور فضائل ٣]
● [تفسير سعيد بن منصور فضائل ٣]
Sh. Ibn 'Uthaymeen: “28 different Companions narrated the Ḥadeeth that Allāh Descends to sky at night, Ahlus-Sunnah agreed upon it.”
Sh. Ibn 'Uthaymeen: “Allāh Himself descends to the sky at night, not His Command or Mercy or angel as people of distortion claim.”
● [شرح العقيدة الحموية الجزء ١٣]
Sh. Ibn 'Uthaymeen: “Allāh Himself descends to the sky at night, not His Command or Mercy or angel as people of distortion claim.”
● [شرح العقيدة الحموية الجزء ١٣]