A man from the Khawārij came to al-Hasan al-Basrī and said to him: “What do you say about the Khawārij?” Al-Hasan said: “They are people of the dunyā.” He said: “Why do you say they are people of the dunyā? While one of them walks between the spears until they split him into pieces, leaving behind his family and children!” Al-Hasan said: “Tell me about the Leader! Does he prevent you from establishing the Salāh, giving Zakāh, performing Hajj or ‘Umrah? I see that he only prevents you from the dunyā so you fight him over that.”

[Al-Basā’ir wadh-Dhakhā’ir 156]

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

“Allāh promised you the pleasures of the Hereafter, so do not be in a hurry and seek them in this worldly life as if you are cutting plants before their harvest time, while they are much better if you wait. Likewise, pleasures of the Hereafter are so much better.”

‎[al-Fawā’id | Pg. 82]

‘Abdullâh b. Mubârak said:

I asked Sufyân Al-Thawrî, “When a man stands to pray, what should he intend by his recitation and prayer?” He replied, “He should intend that he is personally entreating his Lord.”

[Muhammad b. Nasr Al-Marwazî, Ta’dhîm Qadr Al-Salâh Vol. 1 p199.]

Ibn Taymiyyah Raḥimahullāh said: “Anyone who claims that he loves Allāh but does not follow the Messenger ﷺ, has thus LIED”

‎ [مجموع الفتاوى ٨/٣٦٠]

Ibn al Qayyim said:

‎فإن صادف ذلك وجها حسنا وخلقا دمثا وعشقا وافرا ورغبة تامة واحتسابا للثواب فذلك اللذة التي لا يعادلها شيء ولا سيما إذا وافقت كمالها فإنها لا تكمل حتى يأخذ كل جزء من البدن بقسطه من اللذة فتلتذ العين بالنظر إلى المحبوب والأذن بسماع كلامه والأنف بشم رائحته والفم بتقبيله واليد بلمسه وتعتكف كل جارحة على ما تطلبه من لذتها وتقابله من المحبوب فإن فقد من ذلك شيء لم تزل النفس متطلعة إليه متقاضية له فلا تسكن كل السكون ولذلك تسمى المرأة سكنا لسكون النفس إلينا قال الله تعالى {وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجاً لِتَسْكُنُوا إِلَيْهَا}

If it (sex) is done wholeheartedly, in a friendly and loving manner, with full desire and with the intention of reward only than one can get complete pleasure which no other thing can give. It can only be attained by doing it in a best way. The sign of it is, after doing it every part of the body feels calm, eyes feel cool by seeing the beloved (wife), and the ears feels happiness by listening to her soft and beautiful voice, Through her perfume and by touching her it feels good, and by kissing her the taste of mouth changes, likewise every part of the body feels good..

Because women (wives) are the cause of happiness of the heart that is why they are also called the reason to the happiness of the soul. Allah says "And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them" [30:21]

‎[روضة المحبين ونزهة المشتاقين صحفة ٢١٧]

Shaykh Muḥammad Ibn Ṣāliḥ al-‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله said: "How remarkable it is that, whoever seeks the life of the hereafter, would have a pleasant life in this world, and whoever seeks the life of this world, both the life of this world and afterlife would be lost to him!

[تفسير البقرة ٣/٢٣]

𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐲𝐲𝐚𝐡

‎Shaykh Rabīʿ ibn Hādī al-Madkhalī [حفظه الله] said:

‎“Manifest true Salafiyyah with speech, action, and cooperation! And strive cooperatively in spreading this good, for indeed the people are not in need of anything more today than they are in need of the true religion of Allah which this methodology is established upon.”

‎📚 al Dhirī'ah (3/525)

Al-Imam Abu Hanifah, Nu'mān B. Thābit رحمه الله said :-

"His anger and pleasure are two attributes among his attributes, without delving into the 'how.' This is the belief of Ahlu Sunnah wal jama'ah. It is not said that His anger is His punishment, and His pleasure is His reward. We describe Him as He has described Himself."

Al-fiqu-l-Awsat Pg 56.

Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen رحمه الله said,

“All celebrations which differ from the Eids prescribed in Islam are innovated festivals which were not known at the time of the righteous salaf.”

[Majmoo Fataawa al Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen, 2/301]

Abu Hurayrah رضي الله عنه said:

If one dies, the angels say“ What has he put forth?”

And the people say: “What has he left behind?”

[Az-Zuhd Li Abī Dāwūd: 252]

Al-Khatīb al-Baghdādī رحمه الله said:

علم بلا أدب كنار بلا حطب،
“Knowledge without manners is like fire without wood,

وأدب بلا علم كروح بلا جسم.
and manners without knowledge is like a spirit without a body.”

[الخطيب البغدادي ~ الجامع ١/٨٠]

Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan (حفظه الله) said:

“Beware of getting tired of seeking Knowledge. Seek knowledge, even if your comprehension is little. For little (knowledge) coupled with righteous actions, in it is a blessing and good. Continuing in seeking knowledge no doubt is good.

Seeking knowledge is a form of worship, and is more virtuous than the supererogatory prayer."

[Sharh Al-Fatwa Al-Hamawiyyah, Tape 14]

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله listed a few consequences of sinning/disobeying Allāh:

• Lack of success
• Corrupt views
• Blindness from truth
• Corruption of the heart
• Failing to remember Allāh
• Wasting of time
• Avoidance and hate by the creation
• Separation between the servant and his Lord
• Supplication not being answered
• Hardness of the heart
• Decaying of blessing in provision and age
• Prevention from attaining knowledge
• Humiliation
• Insults from the enemies
• Constriction of the chest
• Affliction with evil friendship, those who corrupt the heart and make one waste the time
• Prolonging of sadness and grief
• Miserable life
• and Disappointment

All this results from sinning and neglecting to remember Allāh, just as crops are grown by being watered and are consumed by fire.

[كتاب الفوائد للإمام ابن القيم صفحة ٦٢]

عن أبي العالية الرياحي رحمه الله قال: «إِنَّ عَلَيَّ لَنِعْمَتَيْنِ مَا أَدْرِي أَيُّتُهُمَا أَعْظَمُ أَنْ هَدَانِيَ اللَّهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ ، وَلَمْ يَجْعَلَنِي حَرُورِيًّا» مصنف عبدالرزاق (18667).

قال الشيخ عبد الرزق البدر حفظه الله: حق على كلّ من عافاه الله من فكر الخوارج أن يحمد الله على هذه النعمة العظيمة؛ لا سيما عندما يرى في قديم الزمان وحديثه جرأتهم العظيمة على تكفير المسلمين وسفك دمائهم.

Abu Al-Aaliyah Al-Riyahi said:

"Indeed, I am bestowed with two great blessings, and I do not know which of them is greater: that Allah guided me to Islam, and that He did not make me a Kharijite."

[Musannaf Abdur Razzaq 18667].

Shaykh Abd Ar-Razzaq Al-Badr حفظه الله said:

"It is upon everyone whom Allah has spared from the ideology of the Kharijites to be thankful for this immense blessing; especially when one sees, in both ancient and recent times, their audacity in declaring Muslims as non-believers and in shedding their blood."

"Among one of the pious men there was someone who was to divorce his wife,so when he was asked about it (reasons), he said,

‘𝗔 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲'𝘀 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗵.’

After he divorced he was asked again so he said,

‘I can't talk about Non-Mahram.’

[Ihya Ulūm ad-Din 2/56 - Imām Ghazali]

How to implement Tawhid?

Implementing Tawhid is by purifying it from impurities of shirk, bid’ah and sins.

Implementing Tawhid has a high status. A man may be upon Tawhid but hasn’t implemented it and has a deficiency in that.

Implementing Tawhid is a high station; whoever implements Tawhid enters Jannah without being questioned or punished.

Shaykh Salih Al Fawzan حفظه الله | Recording

‎Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:

‎"If the one giving charity knew that his charity falls in the hand of Allāh before the hand of the poor, the delight of the one giving would be more than the delight of the one taking."

‎[Madārij as-Sālikīn | 1/26]

Ḥasan al-Baṣrī رحمه الله said: “Whoever wants to measure himself, then let him judge himself by the verses in the Qur’an.”

Source: Kitab az-Zuhd of Imam Abdullah Ibn’ul Mubarak (p. 13)