Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever wishes to know what Allāh has prepared for him, then he should look at what he has prepared for Allāh."
● [صحيح الجامع ٦٠٠٦]
● [صحيح الجامع ٦٠٠٦]
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Ibn Qayyim رحمه الله said: "The keys to the life of the heart lie in:
١. Reflecting upon the Qur'ān.
٢. Being humble before Allāh in secret.
٣. Leaving sins.
● {هدي الارواح الى بلاد الافراح صحفة ٤٥}
١. Reflecting upon the Qur'ān.
٢. Being humble before Allāh in secret.
٣. Leaving sins.
● {هدي الارواح الى بلاد الافراح صحفة ٤٥}
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ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib رضي الله عنه said:
"Mention what you will of the greatness of Allāh, but Allāh is greater than anything you say.
And mention what you will of the Fire, but it is more severe than anything you say.
And mention what you will of Paradise, but it is better than anything you say."
● [الـمـجـالـسـة و جـواهـر الـعـلـم ٨٥٣]
"Mention what you will of the greatness of Allāh, but Allāh is greater than anything you say.
And mention what you will of the Fire, but it is more severe than anything you say.
And mention what you will of Paradise, but it is better than anything you say."
● [الـمـجـالـسـة و جـواهـر الـعـلـم ٨٥٣]
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The laughter of the Exalted concerning His servant, when he offers in his worship the greatest of what He loves. The Exalted laughs out of joy upon that just as He laughs in delight with His servant when the latter gives up his rest, his warm bed, and company of his beloved companion [i.e., husband or wife], for the sake of His service, reciting His words and singing His praise.
He also laughs when a man faces the enemy so fierce that his companions all flee, but he faces them and sells his soul to God and fights until he is killed in His love and seeking His pleasure.
He also laughs in delight with one who conceals his charity to a mendicant who had approached his group and they rejected [the beggar] but he stayed behind to secretly give charity to him such that none but God Almighty would see him. He laughs out of love for and joy in such a person. The same is true for the martyr when he meets Him on the Day of Resurrection, He laughs in delight with him to welcome him.
Ibn Al Qayyim’s side note :
There is nothing wrong with affirming these attributes [for God] at all, for it is a delight that is unlike anything else, and a laughter unlike anything else; it is of the same class as His pleasure, love, will, and all other attributes. It is of the same category, to be accepted without denial or assimilation i.e., anthropo-morphism]. Due to this, the deniers impose upon the affirmers something that is purely unjust, contradictory, and highhanded, for if [anthropomorphism] is a necessary implication of this, it would be an equally necessary implication of His mercy, will, wish, hearing, sight, knowledge, and all of the attributes. Why does this implication apply to some attributes and not others? Can an intelligent being find any difference between them? There is no alternative to either denying attributes in a pure and unqualified fashion or affirming all those that occur in scriptural texts. Serious people are not pleased with contradictory claims.
📕 Madarij al salikeen
He also laughs when a man faces the enemy so fierce that his companions all flee, but he faces them and sells his soul to God and fights until he is killed in His love and seeking His pleasure.
He also laughs in delight with one who conceals his charity to a mendicant who had approached his group and they rejected [the beggar] but he stayed behind to secretly give charity to him such that none but God Almighty would see him. He laughs out of love for and joy in such a person. The same is true for the martyr when he meets Him on the Day of Resurrection, He laughs in delight with him to welcome him.
Ibn Al Qayyim’s side note :
There is nothing wrong with affirming these attributes [for God] at all, for it is a delight that is unlike anything else, and a laughter unlike anything else; it is of the same class as His pleasure, love, will, and all other attributes. It is of the same category, to be accepted without denial or assimilation i.e., anthropo-morphism]. Due to this, the deniers impose upon the affirmers something that is purely unjust, contradictory, and highhanded, for if [anthropomorphism] is a necessary implication of this, it would be an equally necessary implication of His mercy, will, wish, hearing, sight, knowledge, and all of the attributes. Why does this implication apply to some attributes and not others? Can an intelligent being find any difference between them? There is no alternative to either denying attributes in a pure and unqualified fashion or affirming all those that occur in scriptural texts. Serious people are not pleased with contradictory claims.
📕 Madarij al salikeen
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Imaam Ibn al-Qayyim: “Whoever increases in worry and sadness must recite; Laa Ḥawla Walaa Quwwata Illaa Billaah.”
● [Zaad al-Ma'ād 4/183]
● [Zaad al-Ma'ād 4/183]
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Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله said:
«الشيخ والمعلم والمؤدب أب الروح، والوالد أب الجسم»
"The scholar, the teacher and the one who teaches etiquettes are fathers of the soul, and the parent is a father to the body."
[مدارج السالكين • ٣/٧٠]
«الشيخ والمعلم والمؤدب أب الروح، والوالد أب الجسم»
"The scholar, the teacher and the one who teaches etiquettes are fathers of the soul, and the parent is a father to the body."
[مدارج السالكين • ٣/٧٠]
Imam Al-Shafie said
“A man does not become complete in this life except when he has four [qualities]:
1) religiousness (al-diyānah)
2) trustworthiness (al-amānah)
3) safeguarding [from sin] (al-ṣiyānah)
4) and sobriety (al-razānah).”
Al-Bayhaqī, Manāqib Al-Shāfi’ī 2/189.
“A man does not become complete in this life except when he has four [qualities]:
1) religiousness (al-diyānah)
2) trustworthiness (al-amānah)
3) safeguarding [from sin] (al-ṣiyānah)
4) and sobriety (al-razānah).”
Al-Bayhaqī, Manāqib Al-Shāfi’ī 2/189.
Ahmad Ibn Hanbal رحمه الله said,
"The opinion of others is of no use to a man who knows his worth."
[Siyar alam al Nubala Pg. 211]
"The opinion of others is of no use to a man who knows his worth."
[Siyar alam al Nubala Pg. 211]
Imām as-Sa'dī said: "One of the best things is knowing that people who backbite you will never hurt you. They only hurt themselves."
● {الوسائل المفيدة ٣٠}
● {الوسائل المفيدة ٣٠}
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💌 Beautiful Reminder:
Ibn Mubarak said:
“Perhaps a small deed is made great because of the intention, and perhaps a great deed is reduced because of the (faulty) intention!”
📚 Siyar A’lam an Nubala (8/400)
Ibn Mubarak said:
“Perhaps a small deed is made great because of the intention, and perhaps a great deed is reduced because of the (faulty) intention!”
📚 Siyar A’lam an Nubala (8/400)
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Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
“If you are studying the deen and not realising your own ignorance then your ilm is not benefittng you. If it is only increasing you in arrogance then your intention is not sincere. Re-evaluate and start again.
I have discovered from my own experience that whenever someone increases in knowledge, they discover how much greater their ignorance is.”
“If you are studying the deen and not realising your own ignorance then your ilm is not benefittng you. If it is only increasing you in arrogance then your intention is not sincere. Re-evaluate and start again.
I have discovered from my own experience that whenever someone increases in knowledge, they discover how much greater their ignorance is.”
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The Prophet ﷺ said:
مَا مِنْ دَعْوَةٍ يَدْعُو بِهَا الْعَبْدُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْمُعَافَاةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ
“No supplication a servant can say is better than this: O Allah, I ask You for wellness in the world and in the Hereafter.”
[Sunan Ibn Majah 3851]
مَا مِنْ دَعْوَةٍ يَدْعُو بِهَا الْعَبْدُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْمُعَافَاةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ
“No supplication a servant can say is better than this: O Allah, I ask You for wellness in the world and in the Hereafter.”
[Sunan Ibn Majah 3851]
Know Allah ﷻ in times of ease and He ﷻ will know you in times of hardship
On the authority of Anas that the Prophetﷺ said, ''While in the belly of the whale, when Yunus (alayhis-salam) was supplicating, the Angels said, 'This is a familiar voice, yet coming from a strange land!' Allah said, 'Do you not know who this is?' They asked, 'Who is it?' He replied, 'My servant, Yunus.' They said, 'Yunus, Your servant, the one whose deeds have always been accepted and whose supplication has al ways been answered?' He said, 'Yes.' They said, 'Lord! Will you not show mercy on him in this time of adversity by virtue of what he used to do in times of ease?' He replied, 'Of course,' and ordered the whale to cast him out on the desert shore."
Dahhāk ibn Qays said, 'Remember Allah in times of ease and He will remember you in times of adversity. Yunus(alayhis-saltim) would remember Allah, then when he was swallowed by the whale, Allahﷻ said,
فَلَوۡلَاۤ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَبِّحِینَ
Had he not ˹constantly˺ glorified ˹Allah˺
لَلَبِثَ فِی بَطۡنِهِۦۤ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ یُبۡعَثُونَ
he would have certainly remained in its belly until the Day of Resurrection.
Pharaoh was an oppressor, heedless of the remembrance of Allah. When he was drowning, he said, "I believe!" and Allahﷻ said,
ءَاۤلۡـَٔـٰنَ وَقَدۡ عَصَیۡتَ قَبۡلُ وَكُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِینَ
˹He was told,˺ “Now ˹you believe˺? But you always disobeyed and were one of the corruptors.
Rishdīn ibn Said said, 'A man asked Abu Darda' to advise him. He replied, "Remember Allah in times of ease and He will re member you in times of hardship.'
The Hadith about the three people who entered a cave only to be blocked in by a falling boulder also lends weight to this; they were saved because they invoked Allah, adducing righteous deeds they had previously performed while in a state of ease: being dutiful to parents, leaving a lewd act, and fulfilng a trust that would not have been known to people at large.
Extracted from a very beautiful book called the “Legacy of the prophet” by Imam Ibn Rajab Al Hanbali رحمه الله تعالى. This book is an explanation of the advice given to ibn Abbas by the prophet ﷺ. It was heavily recommended to us by Shiekh Abdullah Al Ubaid حفظه الله while going though the book Buloogh Al Maram
On the authority of Anas that the Prophetﷺ said, ''While in the belly of the whale, when Yunus (alayhis-salam) was supplicating, the Angels said, 'This is a familiar voice, yet coming from a strange land!' Allah said, 'Do you not know who this is?' They asked, 'Who is it?' He replied, 'My servant, Yunus.' They said, 'Yunus, Your servant, the one whose deeds have always been accepted and whose supplication has al ways been answered?' He said, 'Yes.' They said, 'Lord! Will you not show mercy on him in this time of adversity by virtue of what he used to do in times of ease?' He replied, 'Of course,' and ordered the whale to cast him out on the desert shore."
Dahhāk ibn Qays said, 'Remember Allah in times of ease and He will remember you in times of adversity. Yunus(alayhis-saltim) would remember Allah, then when he was swallowed by the whale, Allahﷻ said,
فَلَوۡلَاۤ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَبِّحِینَ
Had he not ˹constantly˺ glorified ˹Allah˺
لَلَبِثَ فِی بَطۡنِهِۦۤ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ یُبۡعَثُونَ
he would have certainly remained in its belly until the Day of Resurrection.
Pharaoh was an oppressor, heedless of the remembrance of Allah. When he was drowning, he said, "I believe!" and Allahﷻ said,
ءَاۤلۡـَٔـٰنَ وَقَدۡ عَصَیۡتَ قَبۡلُ وَكُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِینَ
˹He was told,˺ “Now ˹you believe˺? But you always disobeyed and were one of the corruptors.
Rishdīn ibn Said said, 'A man asked Abu Darda' to advise him. He replied, "Remember Allah in times of ease and He will re member you in times of hardship.'
The Hadith about the three people who entered a cave only to be blocked in by a falling boulder also lends weight to this; they were saved because they invoked Allah, adducing righteous deeds they had previously performed while in a state of ease: being dutiful to parents, leaving a lewd act, and fulfilng a trust that would not have been known to people at large.
Extracted from a very beautiful book called the “Legacy of the prophet” by Imam Ibn Rajab Al Hanbali رحمه الله تعالى. This book is an explanation of the advice given to ibn Abbas by the prophet ﷺ. It was heavily recommended to us by Shiekh Abdullah Al Ubaid حفظه الله while going though the book Buloogh Al Maram
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As mentioned by As-Safarini in the Sharh of Manthumatil Adāb he mentions one of the Salaf said:
“There will come a time upon the people where their silence and sleep are from their best deeds.”
غذاء الألباب في شرح منظومة الآداب ٢/٣٥٩
“There will come a time upon the people where their silence and sleep are from their best deeds.”
غذاء الألباب في شرح منظومة الآداب ٢/٣٥٩
عومەری كوڕی عبدالعزیز دەفەرمووێت:
ئەگەر لە دونیادا شتێك خەمباری كردی ئەوا یادی مردن بكەرەوە لەسەرت ئاسان دەبێت
Umar ibn Abdul Aziz said: 'When you are troubled by something in this world, remember death, for it will make things easier for you
الفرج بعد الشدة لابن أبي الدنيا (ص42)
ئەگەر لە دونیادا شتێك خەمباری كردی ئەوا یادی مردن بكەرەوە لەسەرت ئاسان دەبێت
Umar ibn Abdul Aziz said: 'When you are troubled by something in this world, remember death, for it will make things easier for you
الفرج بعد الشدة لابن أبي الدنيا (ص42)