Ibn Rajab said:“…And headaches are from the signs of the People of Imaan and the People of Jannah..”
● [لطائف المعارف ص ١٥٣]
● [لطائف المعارف ص ١٥٣]
The Humility of 'Alī.
Muhammad b. al-Hanafiya said:
I asked my father ('Alī b. Abī Ṭālib): "Who are the best people after Allāh's Messenger?"
He said: "Abū Bakr."
I asked: "Who then?"
He said: "Then 'Umar."
I was afraid he would say 'Uthmān, so I said: "Then you?"
He said: "I am only an ordinary person."
● [صحيح البخاري ٦٢/٢١]
● [سنن أبي داود ٤٦٢٩]
Muhammad b. al-Hanafiya said:
I asked my father ('Alī b. Abī Ṭālib): "Who are the best people after Allāh's Messenger?"
He said: "Abū Bakr."
I asked: "Who then?"
He said: "Then 'Umar."
I was afraid he would say 'Uthmān, so I said: "Then you?"
He said: "I am only an ordinary person."
● [صحيح البخاري ٦٢/٢١]
● [سنن أبي داود ٤٦٢٩]
Sh. Ibn 'Uthaymeen: “Ahlus-Sunnah are UNANIMOUSLY agreed that Allāh has TWO ACTUAL Hands which do not resemble hands of creation.”
“It is NOT correct to misinterpret and distort the meaning of Hand and say 'it means strength or blesssing'.”
“The reports affirm Allāh's 'Hand', 'Palm' and even attribute 'Fingers', 'Gripping' and 'Shaking' to Him.”
● [شرح العقيدة الحموية الجزء ١٤]
“It is NOT correct to misinterpret and distort the meaning of Hand and say 'it means strength or blesssing'.”
“The reports affirm Allāh's 'Hand', 'Palm' and even attribute 'Fingers', 'Gripping' and 'Shaking' to Him.”
● [شرح العقيدة الحموية الجزء ١٤]
Taqwā Is Success
قال بعض السلف : من خاف الله، خافه كل شيء . ومن لم يخف الله، أخافه من كل شيء.
Some of the Salaf (Raḥimahumullāh) said: “The one who fears Allāh, he is feared by everything and the one who does not fear Allāh, he is (made to) fear everything.”
[بدائع الفوائد لابن القيم ٢\٢٤٥]
قال بعض السلف : من خاف الله، خافه كل شيء . ومن لم يخف الله، أخافه من كل شيء.
Some of the Salaf (Raḥimahumullāh) said: “The one who fears Allāh, he is feared by everything and the one who does not fear Allāh, he is (made to) fear everything.”
[بدائع الفوائد لابن القيم ٢\٢٤٥]
Imām Aḥmad was asked 'Is there any reward for a man hating the one who opposes the Ḥadeeth of Prophet ﷺ?'
He said: “By Allāh, YES.”
● [مسائل الإمام أحمد صفحة ٢٥]
He said: “By Allāh, YES.”
● [مسائل الإمام أحمد صفحة ٢٥]
Yahya bin Mu'adh said: "The world is worthless to its Lord, and yet it belongs to him.
So it's not right that you value it so much, and it's not even yours."
● [حلية الأولياء ١٤٥٤٩]
So it's not right that you value it so much, and it's not even yours."
● [حلية الأولياء ١٤٥٤٩]
Please forward to your relatives and friends.
Brothers And Sisters
I am inviting you to join a new WhatsApp group for reading the Qur'an in Arabic and English. The purpose is to connect you to what we believe is the true word of Allāh, in a language that we understand and to make Quran reading a part of our daily routine, to gain an idea of the message of the Qur'an, plus so much more.
I'm hoping it will be especially beneficial to those of us who struggle to read Arabic, new muslims, those who find it hard to be motivated, can't seem to find the time, feel disconnected from the Qur'ān, or have never read the entire Qur'ān in English before.
What it involves from you is simple and easy.
● I will send pictures of the verses and you will read them!
● We will start at the beginning of the quran and read 2 pages a day بإذن الله.
● I will inform the group daily which verses to read each day.
● You take 5 to 10 minutes anytime in the day or night to read the verses.
● Reading the translation and the Arabic is the daily minimum but the tafsir is optional.
● All messages on the group will be Qur'ān related only.
● If you fall behind one day, you simply catch up in your own time. But keep in mind that Allāh loves deeds that are small and consistent rather than big but once in a blue moon.
The Prophet was asked, "What deeds are loved most by Allah?"
He said: "The most regular constant deeds even though they may be few."
He added, 'Don't take upon yourselves, except the deeds which are within your ability."
● [صحيح البخاري]
Imām Nawawī رحمه الله said: "Reciting the Qur'ān is the most important of adhkar, which should be done regularly. No day or night should be without and it may be attained by reciting a few verse."
● [كتبا الأذكـار للنـووي ١٢٢٥/٢]
Ibn Jawzī: “The one who has Mus-ḥaf must recite it everyday of whatever is easy for him lest he be from those who've forsaken Qur’ān."
● [الآداب الشرعية ٢\٣٠٠]
Ibn Abbās رضي الله عنه said: "Allāh took responsibility for who reads the Qur'ān & ACTS ON what is in it; he won't go astray in this life nor despair in hereafter.
● [مفتاح دار السعادة ٥٨/١]
Ibn Mas'ood رضي الله عنه: “Qur’ān is the Speech of Allāh, uncreated, so indeed whoever loves Qur’ān then he loves Allāh.”
● [فقه الأدعية والأذكار ج١ ص٦٦]
Ibn 'Abbās رضي الله عنهما: “The one who has in him no Qur'ān (i.e does not recite Qur'ān) is like a ruined house.”
● [تفسير الطبري ٩\٣٨٥]
Ibn Masūd رضي الله عنه said: "Whoever loves to know that he loves Allāh and His Messenger then must look if he loves Qur'ān for he (the one who loves Qur'ān) loves Allāh and His Messenger!"
● [الطبراني في الكبير ٤٠٨٦٥٨]
Ibn Mas'ood رضي الله عنه said: "Whoever wants to know that he loves Allāh, let him present to himself the Qur'ān, if he loves the Qur'ān then he loves Allāh, for verily the Qur'ān is the speech of Allāh."
● [تزكية النفوس ٣٩/١]
Ibn Mas'ood رضي الله عنه said: Whoever loves Qur’ān then glad-tiding (to him).
● [تفسير سعيد بن منصور فضائل ٣]
Prophet ﷺ said: “The example of a believer who recites the Qurʿān is that of a citron (a citrus fruit) which tastes good and smells good.
And the believer who does not recite the Qurʿān is like a date which tastes good but has no smell.
And the example of an evil person who recites the Qurʿān is that of Ar-Rihana (an aromatic plant) which smells good but tastes bitter.
And the example of an evil person who does not recite the Qurʿān is that of a colocynth which tastes bitter and has no smell.”
● [صحيح البخاري ٥٠٢٠]
Qur’ān - A Ḥujjah (Proof) For You Or Against You
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : القرآن شافع مشفع و ماحل مصدق ، من جعله أمامه قاده إلى الجنة ، ومن جعله خلف ظهره ساقه إلى النار.
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “The Qur’ān is an intercessor entitled with intercession (for its reciters) and it is an entrusted disputer (against those who neglect it), whoever places it in front of him, it will lead him to Paradise and whoever puts it behind him, it will lead him to the Hellfire.”
● [رواه ابن حبان في الموارد صفحة ٤٤٣ ، صححه الألباني]
Brothers And Sisters
I am inviting you to join a new WhatsApp group for reading the Qur'an in Arabic and English. The purpose is to connect you to what we believe is the true word of Allāh, in a language that we understand and to make Quran reading a part of our daily routine, to gain an idea of the message of the Qur'an, plus so much more.
I'm hoping it will be especially beneficial to those of us who struggle to read Arabic, new muslims, those who find it hard to be motivated, can't seem to find the time, feel disconnected from the Qur'ān, or have never read the entire Qur'ān in English before.
What it involves from you is simple and easy.
● I will send pictures of the verses and you will read them!
● We will start at the beginning of the quran and read 2 pages a day بإذن الله.
● I will inform the group daily which verses to read each day.
● You take 5 to 10 minutes anytime in the day or night to read the verses.
● Reading the translation and the Arabic is the daily minimum but the tafsir is optional.
● All messages on the group will be Qur'ān related only.
● If you fall behind one day, you simply catch up in your own time. But keep in mind that Allāh loves deeds that are small and consistent rather than big but once in a blue moon.
The Prophet was asked, "What deeds are loved most by Allah?"
He said: "The most regular constant deeds even though they may be few."
He added, 'Don't take upon yourselves, except the deeds which are within your ability."
● [صحيح البخاري]
Imām Nawawī رحمه الله said: "Reciting the Qur'ān is the most important of adhkar, which should be done regularly. No day or night should be without and it may be attained by reciting a few verse."
● [كتبا الأذكـار للنـووي ١٢٢٥/٢]
Ibn Jawzī: “The one who has Mus-ḥaf must recite it everyday of whatever is easy for him lest he be from those who've forsaken Qur’ān."
● [الآداب الشرعية ٢\٣٠٠]
Ibn Abbās رضي الله عنه said: "Allāh took responsibility for who reads the Qur'ān & ACTS ON what is in it; he won't go astray in this life nor despair in hereafter.
● [مفتاح دار السعادة ٥٨/١]
Ibn Mas'ood رضي الله عنه: “Qur’ān is the Speech of Allāh, uncreated, so indeed whoever loves Qur’ān then he loves Allāh.”
● [فقه الأدعية والأذكار ج١ ص٦٦]
Ibn 'Abbās رضي الله عنهما: “The one who has in him no Qur'ān (i.e does not recite Qur'ān) is like a ruined house.”
● [تفسير الطبري ٩\٣٨٥]
Ibn Masūd رضي الله عنه said: "Whoever loves to know that he loves Allāh and His Messenger then must look if he loves Qur'ān for he (the one who loves Qur'ān) loves Allāh and His Messenger!"
● [الطبراني في الكبير ٤٠٨٦٥٨]
Ibn Mas'ood رضي الله عنه said: "Whoever wants to know that he loves Allāh, let him present to himself the Qur'ān, if he loves the Qur'ān then he loves Allāh, for verily the Qur'ān is the speech of Allāh."
● [تزكية النفوس ٣٩/١]
Ibn Mas'ood رضي الله عنه said: Whoever loves Qur’ān then glad-tiding (to him).
● [تفسير سعيد بن منصور فضائل ٣]
Prophet ﷺ said: “The example of a believer who recites the Qurʿān is that of a citron (a citrus fruit) which tastes good and smells good.
And the believer who does not recite the Qurʿān is like a date which tastes good but has no smell.
And the example of an evil person who recites the Qurʿān is that of Ar-Rihana (an aromatic plant) which smells good but tastes bitter.
And the example of an evil person who does not recite the Qurʿān is that of a colocynth which tastes bitter and has no smell.”
● [صحيح البخاري ٥٠٢٠]
Qur’ān - A Ḥujjah (Proof) For You Or Against You
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : القرآن شافع مشفع و ماحل مصدق ، من جعله أمامه قاده إلى الجنة ، ومن جعله خلف ظهره ساقه إلى النار.
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “The Qur’ān is an intercessor entitled with intercession (for its reciters) and it is an entrusted disputer (against those who neglect it), whoever places it in front of him, it will lead him to Paradise and whoever puts it behind him, it will lead him to the Hellfire.”
● [رواه ابن حبان في الموارد صفحة ٤٤٣ ، صححه الألباني]
So aim to make it part of your daily routine. InshaAllah we will see how good it feels to make the Qur'ān a priority.
Remember it will only take a short time from your day but the rewards you will gain in this life and the next will be unimaginable.
Every minute will be well worth it and well spent. It can only bring good to this life and the next إن شاء الله.
You no longer need to make excuses to yourself or feel guilty about not reading the Qur'an regularly.
If there's anyone else who you can think of who will be interested in joining then please send this to them, and friends and relatives. To join:
Brothers: https://chat.whatsapp.com/G9fjwF8cJFj0ACECgxWTGI?s=cl&p=i&mlu=4&ilr=4
Sisters: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DNdpqDYagA17Ajo2sDRuLA?s=cl&p=i&mlu=4&ilr=4
Disclaimer: I am a regular Muslim who just wants to encourage his brothers to read the Qur'ān on a daily basis in a language that they understand and to build a relationship with their Lord's book.
Remember it will only take a short time from your day but the rewards you will gain in this life and the next will be unimaginable.
Every minute will be well worth it and well spent. It can only bring good to this life and the next إن شاء الله.
You no longer need to make excuses to yourself or feel guilty about not reading the Qur'an regularly.
If there's anyone else who you can think of who will be interested in joining then please send this to them, and friends and relatives. To join:
Brothers: https://chat.whatsapp.com/G9fjwF8cJFj0ACECgxWTGI?s=cl&p=i&mlu=4&ilr=4
Sisters: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DNdpqDYagA17Ajo2sDRuLA?s=cl&p=i&mlu=4&ilr=4
Disclaimer: I am a regular Muslim who just wants to encourage his brothers to read the Qur'ān on a daily basis in a language that they understand and to build a relationship with their Lord's book.
The straight path is to follow the way of:
• The Prophet
• Abu Bakr
• Umar
• Uthman
• Ali
● [تفسير الطبري ١:٦]
• The Prophet
• Abu Bakr
• Umar
• Uthman
• Ali
● [تفسير الطبري ١:٦]
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Whoever closes the gap [in prayer] Allāh will raise him in rank because of it and will build a house in Jannah for him.”
● [رواه الطبراني في الأوسط وصححه الألباني في صحيح الترغيب والترهيب (جـ ١ صـ ٢٣٣ رقم ٥٠٥)]
● [رواه الطبراني في الأوسط وصححه الألباني في صحيح الترغيب والترهيب (جـ ١ صـ ٢٣٣ رقم ٥٠٥)]
Ibn Mas'ood رضي الله عنه said: The leader of all days is Friday and the leader of all months is Ramaḍān.
● [ابن أبي شيبه في المصنف ٥٥٥٢]
● [ابن أبي شيبه في المصنف ٥٥٥٢]
When A Thing Overpowers You
Sh. Ibn al-‘Uthaymīn Raḥimahullāh: “When something tires and overpowers you say: ‘Laa Ḥawla Walaa Quwwata Illaa Billaah’, then Allāh will make it easy for you.”
● [شرح رياض الصالحين ٥\٥٢٢]
Sh. Ibn al-‘Uthaymīn Raḥimahullāh: “When something tires and overpowers you say: ‘Laa Ḥawla Walaa Quwwata Illaa Billaah’, then Allāh will make it easy for you.”
● [شرح رياض الصالحين ٥\٥٢٢]
Ibn Qayyim said: "Exposing the secrets of the innovators and revealing their scandals is of the best Jihaad in the cause of Allāh."
● [مختصر الصواعق ١٠٣/١]
● [مختصر الصواعق ١٠٣/١]
Q: What is the best of deeds?
Imām Ibn al-Mubarak:
Advising (your brother) for the sake of Allaah.
● [Jami’ al-‘Ulum wa'l- Hikam 9/13]
Imām Ibn al-Mubarak:
Advising (your brother) for the sake of Allaah.
● [Jami’ al-‘Ulum wa'l- Hikam 9/13]
Sh. Muqbil Raḥimahullāh said: “To shorten Durood (Ṣallallāhu-‘Alaihi Wa Sallam) to 'SAW’ is a proof of one’s laziness.”
● [الأجوبة على أسئلة العيزري]
Imām as-Suyūṭī Raḥimahullāh said: “The first person to use symbol of ‘ص’ for shortening (Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam), his hands were cut.”
● [تدريب الراوي]
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● [الأجوبة على أسئلة العيزري]
Imām as-Suyūṭī Raḥimahullāh said: “The first person to use symbol of ‘ص’ for shortening (Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam), his hands were cut.”
● [تدريب الراوي]
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The Prophet said: Whoever gives food to a fasting person with which to break his fast, will have a reward equal to his, without it detracting in the slightest from the reward of the fasting person!
Source: Saheeh Targheeb (v. 1, p. 451)
Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah: What’s meant is that he should feed him until he’s satisfied.
Source: al-Ikhtiyaaraat al-Fiqhiyyah (p. 109)
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Source: Saheeh Targheeb (v. 1, p. 451)
Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah: What’s meant is that he should feed him until he’s satisfied.
Source: al-Ikhtiyaaraat al-Fiqhiyyah (p. 109)
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﴾إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى الصَّابِرُونَ أَجْرَهُم بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ﴿
Translation: Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without measure.
Commentary: The patient ones are those who fast.
● [تفسير القرطبي ٣٩:١٠]
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Translation: Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without measure.
Commentary: The patient ones are those who fast.
● [تفسير القرطبي ٣٩:١٠]
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The Prophet ﷺ describing the punishment for people who spread lies (about people's honour and in general):
"So we proceeded and came to a man lying in a prone position and another man standing over his head with an iron hook, and behold, he would put the hook in one side of the man's mouth and tear off that side of his face to the back (of the neck), and similarly tear his nose from front to back, and his eyes from front to back.
Then he turned to the other side of the man's face and did just as he has done with the first side.
He had hardly complete that (second) side when the first returned to its normal state..."
● [رياض الصالحين كتاب ١٧، ١٥٤٦]
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"So we proceeded and came to a man lying in a prone position and another man standing over his head with an iron hook, and behold, he would put the hook in one side of the man's mouth and tear off that side of his face to the back (of the neck), and similarly tear his nose from front to back, and his eyes from front to back.
Then he turned to the other side of the man's face and did just as he has done with the first side.
He had hardly complete that (second) side when the first returned to its normal state..."
● [رياض الصالحين كتاب ١٧، ١٥٤٦]
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To Allaah, you are valuable.
There was a man of the desert whose name was Zaahir.
Whenever he would visit the Prophet, he’d bring gifts from the desert, and the Prophet would provide for him when he intended to depart.
The Prophet said: Zaahir is our man of the desert, and we are his townspeople.
He was beloved to the Prophet, but he was very ugly due to a physical deformity.
The Prophet came to him one day while he was selling his merchandise, and caught him from behind while Zaahir could not see him.
So Zaahir said: Who is it? Tell me!
Then he turned around and recognized the Prophet so he hugged the Prophet as soon as he recognized him.
So the Prophet said (jokingly to those around them): Who will purchase this slave?
So Zaahir said: O Messenger of Allaah, by Allaah you will find me unsellable.
Then the Prophet said: But to Allaah, you are not unsellable.
Or he said: To Allaah, you are valuable.
● [al-Bidayah wa’l-Nihayah (v. 6, p. 54)]
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There was a man of the desert whose name was Zaahir.
Whenever he would visit the Prophet, he’d bring gifts from the desert, and the Prophet would provide for him when he intended to depart.
The Prophet said: Zaahir is our man of the desert, and we are his townspeople.
He was beloved to the Prophet, but he was very ugly due to a physical deformity.
The Prophet came to him one day while he was selling his merchandise, and caught him from behind while Zaahir could not see him.
So Zaahir said: Who is it? Tell me!
Then he turned around and recognized the Prophet so he hugged the Prophet as soon as he recognized him.
So the Prophet said (jokingly to those around them): Who will purchase this slave?
So Zaahir said: O Messenger of Allaah, by Allaah you will find me unsellable.
Then the Prophet said: But to Allaah, you are not unsellable.
Or he said: To Allaah, you are valuable.
● [al-Bidayah wa’l-Nihayah (v. 6, p. 54)]
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