Salih al-Mirri said: “Whenever Malik Ibn Dinar came to a clean place, he would say to Thaabit: “Perform a prayer here because it could be tomorrow that this land will witness this for you."
● [Sifat as-Safwah, 2/196-197]
● [Sifat as-Safwah, 2/196-197]
📌 Reasons for Unanswered Du’ā
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
“And such is du’ā, for it is one of the strongest factors that repels evil, and brings about desired good.
However, it is possible that its effects are not seen, either because of a weakness in the du’ā — for example, the du’ā is not beloved to Allāh, since it contains in it transgression, or because of a weakness in the heart of the one making du’ā. So the heart does not turn to Allāh, and unify its energy in asking for it while it makes the du’a, so it is like a very weak bow, from which the arrow leaves with weakness.
Another cause for which the du’a is not answered is the presence of a preventing factor, such as eating haram sustenance, or being unjust, or there being a layer of filth due to sins over the heart, or that the heart has been overtaken by play and heedlessness.”
[Du'ā: The Weapon of the Believer
| Pg. 165-166]
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
“And such is du’ā, for it is one of the strongest factors that repels evil, and brings about desired good.
However, it is possible that its effects are not seen, either because of a weakness in the du’ā — for example, the du’ā is not beloved to Allāh, since it contains in it transgression, or because of a weakness in the heart of the one making du’ā. So the heart does not turn to Allāh, and unify its energy in asking for it while it makes the du’a, so it is like a very weak bow, from which the arrow leaves with weakness.
Another cause for which the du’a is not answered is the presence of a preventing factor, such as eating haram sustenance, or being unjust, or there being a layer of filth due to sins over the heart, or that the heart has been overtaken by play and heedlessness.”
[Du'ā: The Weapon of the Believer
| Pg. 165-166]
The verse that made Iblīs cry.
وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُواْ فَـحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُواْ أَنْفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُواْ اللَّهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُواْ لِذُنُوبِهِمْ
Translation: If they fall in sin or wrong their souls, they remember Allaah and ask forgiveness for their sins.
Anas b. Malik: When this verse was revealed, Iblīs cried.
● {تفسير ابن كثير ٣:١٣٥}
وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُواْ فَـحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُواْ أَنْفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُواْ اللَّهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُواْ لِذُنُوبِهِمْ
Translation: If they fall in sin or wrong their souls, they remember Allaah and ask forgiveness for their sins.
Anas b. Malik: When this verse was revealed, Iblīs cried.
● {تفسير ابن كثير ٣:١٣٥}
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Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
I once attended fajr prayer with Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله he then sat and remembered Allāh until it was nearly midday. He then turned around and said to me,
“This is my early morning meal, if I do not take this breakfast, my strength will drop.”
[Al-Wābil as-Sayyib | Pg. 60]
I once attended fajr prayer with Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله he then sat and remembered Allāh until it was nearly midday. He then turned around and said to me,
“This is my early morning meal, if I do not take this breakfast, my strength will drop.”
[Al-Wābil as-Sayyib | Pg. 60]
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
“The path always starts with trials and tests, then comes the period of patience and reliance [upon Allāh], and the end is enlightenment, guidance and victory.”
[Shifā al-Alīl | Pg. 247]
“The path always starts with trials and tests, then comes the period of patience and reliance [upon Allāh], and the end is enlightenment, guidance and victory.”
[Shifā al-Alīl | Pg. 247]
Imām Aḥmad said: "If you wish that Allāh is continually with you as you like, then you should continually be with as He likes."
● [البداية والنهاية ١٠/٣٣٠]
● [البداية والنهاية ١٠/٣٣٠]
Ibn Taymīyyāh said: "The Arabic language itself is part of Islām, and knowing Arabic is an obligatory duty.
If it is a duty to understand the Qurʾān and Sunnah, and they cannot be understood without knowing Arabic, then the means that is needed to fulfill the duty is also obligatory.
● {Iqtidā‘us-Sirātil-Mustaqīm, Volume: 2, Page: 207}
If it is a duty to understand the Qurʾān and Sunnah, and they cannot be understood without knowing Arabic, then the means that is needed to fulfill the duty is also obligatory.
● {Iqtidā‘us-Sirātil-Mustaqīm, Volume: 2, Page: 207}
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
"The best conduct at the time of the recitation of the Qurān is the concentration of the heart and determination to contemplating and understanding it, until it becomes as if Allāh is Himself addressing him, so he focuses his heart [i.e., thoughts and feelings] upon its understanding and reflection and determination to enact its commands. This should be much greater than it is when he receives a letter from a king."
[Madarij Al-Salikin | 1/135]
"The best conduct at the time of the recitation of the Qurān is the concentration of the heart and determination to contemplating and understanding it, until it becomes as if Allāh is Himself addressing him, so he focuses his heart [i.e., thoughts and feelings] upon its understanding and reflection and determination to enact its commands. This should be much greater than it is when he receives a letter from a king."
[Madarij Al-Salikin | 1/135]
Ibn Abbas رضي الله عنه:
"Every soul will blame itself on the Day of Judgment. The doer of good will regret that he did not increase in good deeds, and the sinner will regret that he did not repent from his sins."
[Ighathatul Lahfaan pg.105]
"Every soul will blame itself on the Day of Judgment. The doer of good will regret that he did not increase in good deeds, and the sinner will regret that he did not repent from his sins."
[Ighathatul Lahfaan pg.105]
Sheikh Uthaymīn said: "(Du’a does) not ward off the divine decree, because the basic principle is that du’a was (already) decreed.
● {Majmoo’ Al-Thameen min Fataawa Fadeelat Al-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih Al-‘Uthaymeen (1/157)}
● {Majmoo’ Al-Thameen min Fataawa Fadeelat Al-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih Al-‘Uthaymeen (1/157)}
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymin said: "It is appropriate for a person when he is supplicating to start with himself first, Musa a.s said: {My Lord Forgive me and my brother} Nuh a.s said {Our Lord forgive me and my parents} He preceded himself before his parents and Prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام said (Start with yourself first). So starting with ourselves is better in supplication."
● [Sharah Alfiyyah ibn Maalik 1/43]
● [Sharah Alfiyyah ibn Maalik 1/43]
Imām Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said: "There's no cure for the hearts that is more beneficial than the Qur'ān at all."
● [البَدائع في عُلوم القُرآن ٤١٣]
● [البَدائع في عُلوم القُرآن ٤١٣]
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Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله:
"Whoever sees that his chest is not expanded (at peace), nor does he feel the sweetness of imaan, nor the light of guidance, then let him increase in repentance and seeking forgiveness.”
[Majmū Al-Fatāwa]
"Whoever sees that his chest is not expanded (at peace), nor does he feel the sweetness of imaan, nor the light of guidance, then let him increase in repentance and seeking forgiveness.”
[Majmū Al-Fatāwa]
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Abdullah ibn Mas’ud رضي الله عنه:
“Moderation in the Sunnah is better than striving in innovation.”
[al-Mustadrak: 289]
Grade: Sahih
“Moderation in the Sunnah is better than striving in innovation.”
[al-Mustadrak: 289]
Grade: Sahih
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Shaykh Sulayman ar-Ruhayli حفظه الله said:
As your Tawakkul becomes stronger, your provisions become greater
[شرح الأربعين النووية الحديث ٤٩]
As your Tawakkul becomes stronger, your provisions become greater
[شرح الأربعين النووية الحديث ٤٩]
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Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
“Allāh does not close a door on a slave out of His wisdom except that He opens for him two doors out of His mercy.”
[Sharh Riyādh As-Sālihīn | 1/575]
“Allāh does not close a door on a slave out of His wisdom except that He opens for him two doors out of His mercy.”
[Sharh Riyādh As-Sālihīn | 1/575]