A man insulted Imam Wakī’, but he did not respond to him.
He was told: “Won’t you respond to him?”
He said: “Then why did we learn knowledge?”
[Rawdatul Uqalā: 116]
He was told: “Won’t you respond to him?”
He said: “Then why did we learn knowledge?”
[Rawdatul Uqalā: 116]
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
From the greatest reasons leading to tightening of one’s chest is:
• Fleeing from Allāh
• Having one’s heart attached to other (than Him).
• Neglecting His remembrance
• Having the love of others (in his heart).
[Zaad al-Ma’ad | Pg. 22-24]
From the greatest reasons leading to tightening of one’s chest is:
• Fleeing from Allāh
• Having one’s heart attached to other (than Him).
• Neglecting His remembrance
• Having the love of others (in his heart).
[Zaad al-Ma’ad | Pg. 22-24]
‘Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه: “If anyone of you knew what there is in saying to his brother; 'JazākAllāhu Khayran’ you would (say it) to each other a lot.”
[رواه إبن أبي الشيبة ١\٤٣٦]
[رواه إبن أبي الشيبة ١\٤٣٦]
عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال : قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : تقدرون ما أكثر مَا يُدْخلُ النَّارَ ؟ قالوا : الله ُورسُولهُ أَعلمُ . قال : الأجَوفَان : الفَرجُ والفَمُ ، وما أكثر ما يدخل الجنة ؟ تقوى الله وحسن الخلق
From Abū Hurayrah Raḍi-Allāhu ‘Anhu who said: The Prophet Ṣallallāhu-‘Alaihi Wa Sallam said: “Do you know what is that makes most people enter Hellfire??!!”
They (the Companions) replied: “Allāh and His Messenger know best.”
He Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam said: “The two empty ones: the GENITALS and the MOUTH and do you know what is that makes most people enter Paradise??, it is TAQWĀ OF ALLĀH and GOOD CHARACTER.”
[الأدب المفرد ٢٨٩ ، حسنه الألباني]
From Abū Hurayrah Raḍi-Allāhu ‘Anhu who said: The Prophet Ṣallallāhu-‘Alaihi Wa Sallam said: “Do you know what is that makes most people enter Hellfire??!!”
They (the Companions) replied: “Allāh and His Messenger know best.”
He Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam said: “The two empty ones: the GENITALS and the MOUTH and do you know what is that makes most people enter Paradise??, it is TAQWĀ OF ALLĀH and GOOD CHARACTER.”
[الأدب المفرد ٢٨٩ ، حسنه الألباني]
Al-A’mash رحمه الله said:
“Whoever takes control of his diet, takes control of all of the righteous deeds!”
[Mawsū’ah Ibn Abī Dunyā: 4/96]
“Whoever takes control of his diet, takes control of all of the righteous deeds!”
[Mawsū’ah Ibn Abī Dunyā: 4/96]
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Bilāl ibn Sa’d رحمه الله said:
“It is shameful for you to remember your good deeds and to forget your sins!”
[Sifatus Safwa: 4/435]
“It is shameful for you to remember your good deeds and to forget your sins!”
[Sifatus Safwa: 4/435]
Sheikh Ibn ‘Uthaymīn said: “Islam is the religion of justice, not equality.
Allaah orders justice, not equality!”
{Sharh-ul-Wasitiyyah v. 1, p. 229}
Allaah orders justice, not equality!”
{Sharh-ul-Wasitiyyah v. 1, p. 229}
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Fuḍayl b. ‘Iyāḍ said: “Depending on how much one underrates a sin, will depend on how great it is with Allaah.
And any sin that one deems to be a great sin, will be a small sin in Allaah’s Sight.”
{شعب الإيمان ٥/٤٢٨}
And any sin that one deems to be a great sin, will be a small sin in Allaah’s Sight.”
{شعب الإيمان ٥/٤٢٨}
Imām Ibn al-Qayyim said: “Innovations pile up, small leading to bigger, until it leads to the person leaving the fold of Islaam.”
{مدارج السالكين صحفة ١٩٦}
{مدارج السالكين صحفة ١٩٦}
Prophet ﷺ said: "If ribaa and zinaa appear in an area, then the people of that area have invited upon themselves the punishment of Allāh."
[صحيح الجامع ٦٧٩]
[صحيح الجامع ٦٧٩]
قال الإمام ابن القيم
رحمه الله تعالى :
الذكر هو باب الله الأعظم المفتوح بينه وبين عبده مالم يغلقه العبد بغفلته
Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله said: "The remembrance of Allah is Allah's greatest open door between him and his servant as long as the servant doesn't close it with his heedlessness."
{مدارج السالكين ٢/٤٧٦}
رحمه الله تعالى :
الذكر هو باب الله الأعظم المفتوح بينه وبين عبده مالم يغلقه العبد بغفلته
Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله said: "The remembrance of Allah is Allah's greatest open door between him and his servant as long as the servant doesn't close it with his heedlessness."
{مدارج السالكين ٢/٤٧٦}
Sheikh Al-Albani رحمه الله said:
الحقيقة أن الدين يُسر،
“The truth is that the religion is easy,
عقَّده الناسُ؛
but people complicate it.
طائفة منهم بجهلهم،
Some of them with their ignorance,
وطائفة أخرى بتعنتهم.
and some with their harshness.”
[سلسلة الهدى والنور ٣١٧]
الحقيقة أن الدين يُسر،
“The truth is that the religion is easy,
عقَّده الناسُ؛
but people complicate it.
طائفة منهم بجهلهم،
Some of them with their ignorance,
وطائفة أخرى بتعنتهم.
and some with their harshness.”
[سلسلة الهدى والنور ٣١٧]
The Categories of People in Regards to Knowledge - Sheikh Al-Albani
إذن الآية الكريمة تقسم الناس إلى قسمين علماء وغير علماء
Thus, the noble ayah divides the people into two categories: The scholars and those who are not scholars.
واجب العلماء أن يُفتوا غير العلماء،
The obligation of the scholars is to give fatwa (rulings) for those who are not scholars.
واجب غير العلماء أن يسألوا أهل العلم بصريح هذه الآية
The obligation of those who are not scholars is to ask the people of 'ilm (Islamic knowledge) from what is evident from this ayah.
فكل من القسمين عليه واجبه،
Each of these two categories have their obligation.
من ليس عالما (فاسألوا أهل الذكر) أهل العلم،
The one who is not a scholar "So ask the Ahlul Dhikr" (i.e.,) the scholars.
ومن كان من أهل العلم؛
فعليه أن يُبلِّغ هذا العلم وإلا شملته اللعنة التي جاء ذكرها في القرآن ،
And the one who is a scholar, it is upon him to convey this knowledge otherwise he would be subject to the curse that has been mentioned in the Qur’an,
ووعيد حديث الرسول عليه الصلاة والسلام : (من سُئل عن علم فكتمَه ألجِمَ يوم القيامة بلجام من النار)
And the hadith of the Messenger ﷺ warning of it: "Whoever is asked of (some) knowledge and he hides it, he would be bridled on the Day of Judgement with a bridle from the Hell-Fire"
إذن الآية الكريمة تقسم الناس إلى قسمين علماء وغير علماء
Thus, the noble ayah divides the people into two categories: The scholars and those who are not scholars.
واجب العلماء أن يُفتوا غير العلماء،
The obligation of the scholars is to give fatwa (rulings) for those who are not scholars.
واجب غير العلماء أن يسألوا أهل العلم بصريح هذه الآية
The obligation of those who are not scholars is to ask the people of 'ilm (Islamic knowledge) from what is evident from this ayah.
فكل من القسمين عليه واجبه،
Each of these two categories have their obligation.
من ليس عالما (فاسألوا أهل الذكر) أهل العلم،
The one who is not a scholar "So ask the Ahlul Dhikr" (i.e.,) the scholars.
ومن كان من أهل العلم؛
فعليه أن يُبلِّغ هذا العلم وإلا شملته اللعنة التي جاء ذكرها في القرآن ،
And the one who is a scholar, it is upon him to convey this knowledge otherwise he would be subject to the curse that has been mentioned in the Qur’an,
ووعيد حديث الرسول عليه الصلاة والسلام : (من سُئل عن علم فكتمَه ألجِمَ يوم القيامة بلجام من النار)
And the hadith of the Messenger ﷺ warning of it: "Whoever is asked of (some) knowledge and he hides it, he would be bridled on the Day of Judgement with a bridle from the Hell-Fire"
𝟭𝟴 Benefits of (Prayer)
Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله)
1. Prayer causes one to receive sustenance (provision).
2. It safeguards one’s physical health.
3. It keeps away harmful things.
4. It casts away illnesses.
5. It strengthens the heart.
6. It brightens one’s countenance (face).
7. It delights the soul.
8. It gets rid of laziness.
9. It makes the limbs active.
10. It increases one’s physical strength.
11. It expands the chest (strength of soul; insight)
12. It is nourishment for the soul.
13. It illuminates the heart.
14. It safeguards one’s blessings.
15. It repels catastrophes (calamities).
16. It brings blessings.
17. It keeps away the ash-shaytān.
18. It draws one close to Ar-Rahmān
Zaad al-Ma’ad, 4/304 - 305
Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله)
1. Prayer causes one to receive sustenance (provision).
2. It safeguards one’s physical health.
3. It keeps away harmful things.
4. It casts away illnesses.
5. It strengthens the heart.
6. It brightens one’s countenance (face).
7. It delights the soul.
8. It gets rid of laziness.
9. It makes the limbs active.
10. It increases one’s physical strength.
11. It expands the chest (strength of soul; insight)
12. It is nourishment for the soul.
13. It illuminates the heart.
14. It safeguards one’s blessings.
15. It repels catastrophes (calamities).
16. It brings blessings.
17. It keeps away the ash-shaytān.
18. It draws one close to Ar-Rahmān
Zaad al-Ma’ad, 4/304 - 305
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Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله said: "Disobeying the desires puts a servant in position that if he makes and oath by Allah in supplication (to receive anything) Allah will fulfil it. So he excutes for him many folds more than the desires that he abandoned."
{ﺭﻭﺿﺔ ﺍﻟﻤﺤﺒﻴﻦ ١/٤٨٤}
{ﺭﻭﺿﺔ ﺍﻟﻤﺤﺒﻴﻦ ١/٤٨٤}
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قال الإمام ابن القيم رحمه الله : وأما التهنئة بشعائر الكفر المختصة به فحرام بالاتفاق ، مثل أن يهنئهم بأعيادهم وصومهم ، فيقول : عيد مبارك عليك ، أو تهنأ بهذا العيد ونحوه ، فهذا إن سلم قائله من الكفر فهو من المحرمات ، وهو بمنزلة أن يهنئه بسجوده للصليب ، بل ذلك أعظم إثماً عند الله ، وأشد مقتاً من التهنئة بشرب الخمر وقتل النفس وارتكاب الفرج الحرام ونحوه . وكثير ممن لا قدر للدين عنده يقع في ذلك ، ولا يدري قبح ما فعل فمن هنأ عبداً بمعصية أو بدعة أو كفر فقد تعرض لمقت الله وسخطه
Imām Ibn al-Qayyim Raḥimahullāh said: “And as for congratulating Kuffār on the rituals which are SPECIFIC to them, then it is ḤARĀM (FORBIDDEN) by the AGREEMENT (of Fuqahā), for example congratulating them on their festivals and fasts by saying: ‘A happy festival to you’ or ‘May you enjoy your festival,’ and so on, so if the one who says this has been saved from Kufr, it is STILL FORBIDDEN, and it is like congratulating someone for PROSTRATING to the CROSS, rather that (congratulating Kuffār) is GREATER of a SIN with Allāh.
And it is MORE HATEFUL (to Allāh) than congratulating someone for DRINKING WINE, or MURDERING an INNOCENT SOUL, or COMMITTING ADULTERY, and the likes of it, and many of those who have NO RESPECT for their religion fall into that (error); without REALISING the OFFENSIVENESS of their action, so whoever congratulates a person for his DISOBEDIENCE or BID’AH or KUFR thus exposes himself to the WRATH and ANGER of Allāh.”
[أحكام أهل الذمة ١/١٦١]
As for those who say ‘Well we congratulate disbelievers Christmas and New Year out of courtesy and good manners’, then we say: O Miskeen the Messenger of Allāh Ṣallallāhu-‘Alaihi Wa Sallam and his Companions (Raḍi-Allāhu ‘Anhum) were more courteous and well-mannered than you and I yet they never congratulated Kuffār for their ‘Eīds or New Year.
Sh. Ibn 'Uthaymeen Raḥimahullāh said:
“Wishing disbelievers Christmas or other religious festivals of theirs is ḤARĀM (IMPERMISSIBLE) by the AGREEMENT (of scholars).”
[مجموع فتاوى ورسائل جـ ٣ صفحة ٤٤]
ولن ترضى عنك اليهود ولا النصارى حتى تتبع ملتهم قل إن هدى الله هو الهدى ولئن اتبعت أهواءهم بعد الذي جاءك من العلم ما لك من الله من ولي ولا نصير
“Never will the Jews nor the Christians be PLEASED with you TILL you FOLLOW their RELIGION. Say: 'Verily, the Guidance of Allāh (i.e. Islamic Monotheism) that is the (only) Guidance. And if you (O Muḥammad, Peace be upon him) were to follow their (Jews and Christians) desires after what you have received of Knowledge (i.e. the Qur’ān), then you would have against Allāh neither any Walī (protector or guardian) nor any helper.” — [al-Qur’ān 2:120]
Imām Ibn al-Qayyim Raḥimahullāh said: “And as for congratulating Kuffār on the rituals which are SPECIFIC to them, then it is ḤARĀM (FORBIDDEN) by the AGREEMENT (of Fuqahā), for example congratulating them on their festivals and fasts by saying: ‘A happy festival to you’ or ‘May you enjoy your festival,’ and so on, so if the one who says this has been saved from Kufr, it is STILL FORBIDDEN, and it is like congratulating someone for PROSTRATING to the CROSS, rather that (congratulating Kuffār) is GREATER of a SIN with Allāh.
And it is MORE HATEFUL (to Allāh) than congratulating someone for DRINKING WINE, or MURDERING an INNOCENT SOUL, or COMMITTING ADULTERY, and the likes of it, and many of those who have NO RESPECT for their religion fall into that (error); without REALISING the OFFENSIVENESS of their action, so whoever congratulates a person for his DISOBEDIENCE or BID’AH or KUFR thus exposes himself to the WRATH and ANGER of Allāh.”
[أحكام أهل الذمة ١/١٦١]
As for those who say ‘Well we congratulate disbelievers Christmas and New Year out of courtesy and good manners’, then we say: O Miskeen the Messenger of Allāh Ṣallallāhu-‘Alaihi Wa Sallam and his Companions (Raḍi-Allāhu ‘Anhum) were more courteous and well-mannered than you and I yet they never congratulated Kuffār for their ‘Eīds or New Year.
Sh. Ibn 'Uthaymeen Raḥimahullāh said:
“Wishing disbelievers Christmas or other religious festivals of theirs is ḤARĀM (IMPERMISSIBLE) by the AGREEMENT (of scholars).”
[مجموع فتاوى ورسائل جـ ٣ صفحة ٤٤]
ولن ترضى عنك اليهود ولا النصارى حتى تتبع ملتهم قل إن هدى الله هو الهدى ولئن اتبعت أهواءهم بعد الذي جاءك من العلم ما لك من الله من ولي ولا نصير
“Never will the Jews nor the Christians be PLEASED with you TILL you FOLLOW their RELIGION. Say: 'Verily, the Guidance of Allāh (i.e. Islamic Monotheism) that is the (only) Guidance. And if you (O Muḥammad, Peace be upon him) were to follow their (Jews and Christians) desires after what you have received of Knowledge (i.e. the Qur’ān), then you would have against Allāh neither any Walī (protector or guardian) nor any helper.” — [al-Qur’ān 2:120]
ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd – Allāh be pleased with him – said:
The worst of the worst (major) sins are: to associate partners with Allāh, to lose hope of the aid of Allāh, to despair of the mercy of Allāh, and to feel safe from the plans of Allāh.
[Al-Ṭabarī, Al-Tafsīr (Qurān 4: 31). Graded ṣaḥīḥ by Ibn Kathīr in his tafsīr of the same verse.]
The worst of the worst (major) sins are: to associate partners with Allāh, to lose hope of the aid of Allāh, to despair of the mercy of Allāh, and to feel safe from the plans of Allāh.
[Al-Ṭabarī, Al-Tafsīr (Qurān 4: 31). Graded ṣaḥīḥ by Ibn Kathīr in his tafsīr of the same verse.]
Sa’īd b. Jubayr – Allāh have mercy on him – reports that a man once asked Ibn ‘Abbās – Allāh be pleased with them:
“How many kabā`ir (major, deadly sins) are there? Seven?” He replied, “They are closer to seven hundred than seven; except a major sin does not remain so if one (truly) seeks forgiveness [from Allāh], and a lesser sin does not remain so if one insists on continuously doing it (i.e. it becomes a major sin).”
[Al-Tabarī, Al-Tafsīr article 9207, et al.]
“How many kabā`ir (major, deadly sins) are there? Seven?” He replied, “They are closer to seven hundred than seven; except a major sin does not remain so if one (truly) seeks forgiveness [from Allāh], and a lesser sin does not remain so if one insists on continuously doing it (i.e. it becomes a major sin).”
[Al-Tabarī, Al-Tafsīr article 9207, et al.]
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Verily, Islam began as a something strange and it will return to being strange, so blessed are the strangers.” It was said, “Who are the strangers?” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Those who removed themselves from their tribes.”
[Musnad Aḥmad: 3784]
Grade: Sahih
“Verily, Islam began as a something strange and it will return to being strange, so blessed are the strangers.” It was said, “Who are the strangers?” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Those who removed themselves from their tribes.”
[Musnad Aḥmad: 3784]
Grade: Sahih
Causes of Joy to Ones’ Heart:
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
“Four things that bring joy to the heart:
• Looking at loved ones
• Looking at the blue sky
• Looking at flowing water
• Looking at greenery.”
[Summarised from Zaad al-Ma'ad | Pg. 614]
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
“Four things that bring joy to the heart:
• Looking at loved ones
• Looking at the blue sky
• Looking at flowing water
• Looking at greenery.”
[Summarised from Zaad al-Ma'ad | Pg. 614]