💎The wisdom of Ibn Abbas💎
A man came to Ibn Abbas رضي الله عنه and he said: “Is there repentance for one who kills a believer?”
Ibn Abbas said: “No, there is nothing but Hellfire.”
After the man left, those sitting nearby said to him: “What is this? You have given us two different judgments, for earlier you judged that whoever killed a believer may have his repentance accepted. What is the matter today?”
Ibn Abbas said: “Indeed, I suspect he was an angry man intending to kill a believer.”
Later they followed the man and found that it was true.
{Musannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 27182}
A man came to Ibn Abbas رضي الله عنه and he said: “Is there repentance for one who kills a believer?”
Ibn Abbas said: “No, there is nothing but Hellfire.”
After the man left, those sitting nearby said to him: “What is this? You have given us two different judgments, for earlier you judged that whoever killed a believer may have his repentance accepted. What is the matter today?”
Ibn Abbas said: “Indeed, I suspect he was an angry man intending to kill a believer.”
Later they followed the man and found that it was true.
{Musannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 27182}
The Necessity of Following the Messenger of Allah ﷺ - Sheikh Al-Albani
السلفيون بفضل الله أنعم الله عليهم أنَّهم يدعون إلى هذا الإخلاص لله عز وجل في توحيده ،
The salafis, by the virtue of Allah that Allah has blessed them with, they call to Ikhlas (sincerity) to Allah in His Tawheed,
وإلى إفراد الرسول عليه السلام في اتِّباعه دون غيره حتى الأنبياء والرسل فضلًا عمَّن دونهم من العلماء والصالحين .
and in singling out the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in following him and not others; not even other Prophets, Messengers, and those who are lesser than them from the scholars and the righteous people.
ولعلكم تذكرون والشيء بالشيء يُذكر حديث جابر بن عبد الله رضي الله عنهما الذي أخرجه الإمام أحمد في " المسند " وغيره أن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم
Accordingly, Perhaps you remember the hadith of Jabir bin Abdillah, may Allah be pleased with both of them, which was reported by Imam Ahmad in his musnad and by others from the Prophet ﷺ;
رأى في يد عمر يومًا صحيفة يقرأ فيها،
He ﷺ saw a paper in the hand of Umar one day which he was reading from,
قال : ما هذه ؟ قال : هذه صحيفة من التوراة كتبها لي رجل من اليهود ، فقال عليه الصلاة والسلام وهو غضبان : ( أمُتهوِّكون أنتم كما تهوَّكت اليهود والنصارى ، والذي نفس محمد بيده لو كان موسى حيًّا لَما وسعه إلا اتِّباعي ) ،
He ﷺ asked: "What is this ?"
He ('Umar) said: "This is a scroll from the Taurah which a was written for me by a Jew."
He ﷺ said angrily: "Are you in a state of confusion as the Jews and the Christians were? By the One in whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, if Musa was alive he wouldn't have any way except to follow me."
موسى لو كان حيًّا ما استطاع أن يتَّبع إلا الرسول عليه السلام
Even if Musa was alive he would not have been able to follow anyone but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .
السلفيون بفضل الله أنعم الله عليهم أنَّهم يدعون إلى هذا الإخلاص لله عز وجل في توحيده ،
The salafis, by the virtue of Allah that Allah has blessed them with, they call to Ikhlas (sincerity) to Allah in His Tawheed,
وإلى إفراد الرسول عليه السلام في اتِّباعه دون غيره حتى الأنبياء والرسل فضلًا عمَّن دونهم من العلماء والصالحين .
and in singling out the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in following him and not others; not even other Prophets, Messengers, and those who are lesser than them from the scholars and the righteous people.
ولعلكم تذكرون والشيء بالشيء يُذكر حديث جابر بن عبد الله رضي الله عنهما الذي أخرجه الإمام أحمد في " المسند " وغيره أن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم
Accordingly, Perhaps you remember the hadith of Jabir bin Abdillah, may Allah be pleased with both of them, which was reported by Imam Ahmad in his musnad and by others from the Prophet ﷺ;
رأى في يد عمر يومًا صحيفة يقرأ فيها،
He ﷺ saw a paper in the hand of Umar one day which he was reading from,
قال : ما هذه ؟ قال : هذه صحيفة من التوراة كتبها لي رجل من اليهود ، فقال عليه الصلاة والسلام وهو غضبان : ( أمُتهوِّكون أنتم كما تهوَّكت اليهود والنصارى ، والذي نفس محمد بيده لو كان موسى حيًّا لَما وسعه إلا اتِّباعي ) ،
He ﷺ asked: "What is this ?"
He ('Umar) said: "This is a scroll from the Taurah which a was written for me by a Jew."
He ﷺ said angrily: "Are you in a state of confusion as the Jews and the Christians were? By the One in whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, if Musa was alive he wouldn't have any way except to follow me."
موسى لو كان حيًّا ما استطاع أن يتَّبع إلا الرسول عليه السلام
Even if Musa was alive he would not have been able to follow anyone but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .
“We are (all) only a people who have put ourselves into the Fire (by our deeds).
So if Allāh wants to remove us from it He will remove us from it.”
● {az-Zuhd p. 207}
So if Allāh wants to remove us from it He will remove us from it.”
● {az-Zuhd p. 207}
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
“Supplication is one of the most beneficial remedies, it is the enemy of affliction, it fends it off and treats it, obstructs its befalling and uplifts it if it descends.”
[The Disease & The Cure | Pg. 15]
“Supplication is one of the most beneficial remedies, it is the enemy of affliction, it fends it off and treats it, obstructs its befalling and uplifts it if it descends.”
[The Disease & The Cure | Pg. 15]
“None can question Him about what He does; rather it is they who will be questioned.”
{تفسير ابن كثير ٢٩:١٢}
{تفسير ابن كثير ٢٩:١٢}
Hātim Al-Asamm رحمه الله said:
“Four things are not appreciated except by four:
The value of youth is not known except by the elders, the value of well-being is not known except by the afflicted, the value of health is not known except by the sick and the value of life is not known except by the dead.”
[Tanbīh Al-Mughafillīn: 1/39]
“Four things are not appreciated except by four:
The value of youth is not known except by the elders, the value of well-being is not known except by the afflicted, the value of health is not known except by the sick and the value of life is not known except by the dead.”
[Tanbīh Al-Mughafillīn: 1/39]
Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen (rahimahullah) said:
"It is only right that a person be optimistic, feeling happy about the good he sees [in things]; and he should not look at the life lying ahead of him in this world as dark and dismal so that he becomes weary [of life] and loses hope."
[Sharh Riyad Al-Salihin, (4/115-116)]
"It is only right that a person be optimistic, feeling happy about the good he sees [in things]; and he should not look at the life lying ahead of him in this world as dark and dismal so that he becomes weary [of life] and loses hope."
[Sharh Riyad Al-Salihin, (4/115-116)]
“When you find yourself enveloped by the darkness of the night, nestled within the comforting embrace of your Master, let the innocence of a child shape your demeanor. Just like a child who ardently beseeches their father for something, and weeps inconsolably when denied, emulate that fervent longing.”
Al-Mudhish | Page 219 | Al-Imām ibn al-Jawzee رحمه الله
Al-Mudhish | Page 219 | Al-Imām ibn al-Jawzee رحمه الله
Constantly complaining?
Abū Ishāq al-Harbi (84H) said:
"I have not complained to my mother, nor to my sister, nor to my wife, nor to my daughters, about a fever I experienced. The man is the one who takes grief upon himself, he does not bring grief upon his family.
📓 - Tabaqāt al-Hanābilāh ١/٨٧.
Translated by Rashīd ibn Estes Barbī.
Abū Ishāq al-Harbi (84H) said:
"I have not complained to my mother, nor to my sister, nor to my wife, nor to my daughters, about a fever I experienced. The man is the one who takes grief upon himself, he does not bring grief upon his family.
📓 - Tabaqāt al-Hanābilāh ١/٨٧.
Translated by Rashīd ibn Estes Barbī.
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
”The truth will only be shown to perceptive people who will use the light of their minds to see the consequences of the matters they face."
[al-Fawā’id]
”The truth will only be shown to perceptive people who will use the light of their minds to see the consequences of the matters they face."
[al-Fawā’id]
Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله said:
“Charity is a type of battle, where the coward hesitates to donate, and the brave remains steadfast in donating.”
[Majmū’ al-Fatāwa | 14/95]
“Charity is a type of battle, where the coward hesitates to donate, and the brave remains steadfast in donating.”
[Majmū’ al-Fatāwa | 14/95]
It is reported that Al-Ahnaf b. Qays – Allāh have mercy on him – said:
I find it amazing how anyone who passed through the urinary tract twice could ever be arrogant and haughty!
[Al-Dhahabī, Siyar A’lām Al-Nubalā` 4:92.]
I find it amazing how anyone who passed through the urinary tract twice could ever be arrogant and haughty!
[Al-Dhahabī, Siyar A’lām Al-Nubalā` 4:92.]
Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله said: "It's been said:
"Swallow patience down one gulp after another because if it takes your life, it takes your life as a martyr, and if it leaves you alive, it leaves you alive with great honor."
Al-Madarij
"Swallow patience down one gulp after another because if it takes your life, it takes your life as a martyr, and if it leaves you alive, it leaves you alive with great honor."
Al-Madarij
Ibn al-Qayyim: Sit for a short while before you sleep and do this …
Ibn al-Qayyim said: "Avoid those things that necessitate the punishment of the grave.
And from the most beneficial of them is that when a man wants to sleep, he sits for an hour, for the Sake of Allaah, calling himself to account over the things that he has lost and gained during that day of his. Then, between him and his Rabb, he renews his sincere repentance over those things that he lost, and sleeps on that repentance, firmly resolving not to return to the sin when he wakes up–and he does this every night.
So if he dies on that night of his, he would have died upon repentance and if he wakes up, he will wake up going towards action, pleased with the postponement of his appointed time so that he can turn to his Rabb and set right what he missed out on.
And there is nothing more beneficial for the servant than this sleep, especially when he follows that [i.e., his resolve to renew his repentance] up with the remembrance of Allaah, performing those sunnahs which have been reported from the Prophet of Allaah when going to bed, [doing so] until sleep overtakes him.
So whoever Allaah wishes good for, He will grant him the success to do that. And there is neither movement, nor power except through Allaah.”
Ar-Rooh, p. 79.
Ibn al-Qayyim said: "Avoid those things that necessitate the punishment of the grave.
And from the most beneficial of them is that when a man wants to sleep, he sits for an hour, for the Sake of Allaah, calling himself to account over the things that he has lost and gained during that day of his. Then, between him and his Rabb, he renews his sincere repentance over those things that he lost, and sleeps on that repentance, firmly resolving not to return to the sin when he wakes up–and he does this every night.
So if he dies on that night of his, he would have died upon repentance and if he wakes up, he will wake up going towards action, pleased with the postponement of his appointed time so that he can turn to his Rabb and set right what he missed out on.
And there is nothing more beneficial for the servant than this sleep, especially when he follows that [i.e., his resolve to renew his repentance] up with the remembrance of Allaah, performing those sunnahs which have been reported from the Prophet of Allaah when going to bed, [doing so] until sleep overtakes him.
So whoever Allaah wishes good for, He will grant him the success to do that. And there is neither movement, nor power except through Allaah.”
Ar-Rooh, p. 79.
Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan (hafidahullah) gave a definition of Tawheed in the following way:
"(Tawheed) is the belief that Allaah (i.e. the Creator) is unique in His Lordship, and that He is the only one that acts of worship should be devoted to. He is also unique in His
beautiful Names and lofty Attributes."
[Aqidat-ut-Tawhid by Shaykh al-Fawzan, pg.22]
"(Tawheed) is the belief that Allaah (i.e. the Creator) is unique in His Lordship, and that He is the only one that acts of worship should be devoted to. He is also unique in His
beautiful Names and lofty Attributes."
[Aqidat-ut-Tawhid by Shaykh al-Fawzan, pg.22]
Iblees (لعنه الله) appeared before ‘Eesa ibn Maryam عليه السلام saying:
“Did you not say that nothing will ever harm you except that which Allah has written for you?”
‘Eesa عليه السلام replied in the affirmative, to which Iblees responded:
“Then throw yourself from the top of this mountain, for no doubt, if He is able to grant you safety you’ll be safe.”
‘Eesa عليه السلام said back to him:
“Oh accursed one! It is the right of Allah to test His servants, and not for the servant to test his Lord.”
Ādab ad-Dunya wad-Deen’ P. 17 Dār ibn Hazm
“Did you not say that nothing will ever harm you except that which Allah has written for you?”
‘Eesa عليه السلام replied in the affirmative, to which Iblees responded:
“Then throw yourself from the top of this mountain, for no doubt, if He is able to grant you safety you’ll be safe.”
‘Eesa عليه السلام said back to him:
“Oh accursed one! It is the right of Allah to test His servants, and not for the servant to test his Lord.”
Ādab ad-Dunya wad-Deen’ P. 17 Dār ibn Hazm