Imam Sufyaan at-Thawri said: “I have never dealt with anything more difficult than my soul; which sometimes helps me, and sometimes opposes me.”
{Ihya ‘Uloom ad-Din (p. 57)}
{Ihya ‘Uloom ad-Din (p. 57)}
Alī ibn Abī Tālib رضي الله عنه said:
“Whoever [truly] expects death, hastens to good!”
[Mawsū’ah Ibn Abī Dunyā: 2/92]
“Whoever [truly] expects death, hastens to good!”
[Mawsū’ah Ibn Abī Dunyā: 2/92]
Alī b. Abī Ṭālib said: "Verily, the believers are people with good will between themselves even if they reside far away from each other. The hypocrites are people with malevolence between themselves.”
{تاريخ دمشق لابن عساكر ٢٣٣١٠}
{تاريخ دمشق لابن عساكر ٢٣٣١٠}
Sheikh Uthaymīn said:
"And to Allah belongs what he restrains and what he gives."
This is a great statement! Everything belongs to Allah, if something is taken away from you then remember it is in His ownership, and if He gives you something then it is still in His ownership, so then how can you be displeased when He takes from you what belongs to Him?
[شرح رياض الصالحين ٢٠٧/١}
"And to Allah belongs what he restrains and what he gives."
This is a great statement! Everything belongs to Allah, if something is taken away from you then remember it is in His ownership, and if He gives you something then it is still in His ownership, so then how can you be displeased when He takes from you what belongs to Him?
[شرح رياض الصالحين ٢٠٧/١}
Imaam ash-Shāfi'ī رحمه الله: The dignity of a man is in three things;
• Hiding poverty until people consider from your integrity that you are rich.
• Hiding anger until people consider that you are pleased.
• Hiding hardship until people consider that you are prosperous.
{ﻣﻨﺎﻗﺐ ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻓﻌﻲ للبيهقي ٢/١٨٨}
• Hiding poverty until people consider from your integrity that you are rich.
• Hiding anger until people consider that you are pleased.
• Hiding hardship until people consider that you are prosperous.
{ﻣﻨﺎﻗﺐ ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻓﻌﻲ للبيهقي ٢/١٨٨}
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
“If the good thoughts motivate one to do good actions, encourage an individual to do them and lead a person to them, then it is sound and good. But if these same thoughts lead a person to idleness and a devotion to sins, then it is in fact deception.
Having good thoughts is also the correct method of hope. So whoever's hope attracts them to obedience and deters them from sin, then it is the correct hope.
However, whoever has confused the two and made his lack of good actions to be a form of hope to the extent his hope amounts to nothing more than idleness and neglect, then he is deluded.”
[The Disease & The Cure | Pg. 95]
“If the good thoughts motivate one to do good actions, encourage an individual to do them and lead a person to them, then it is sound and good. But if these same thoughts lead a person to idleness and a devotion to sins, then it is in fact deception.
Having good thoughts is also the correct method of hope. So whoever's hope attracts them to obedience and deters them from sin, then it is the correct hope.
However, whoever has confused the two and made his lack of good actions to be a form of hope to the extent his hope amounts to nothing more than idleness and neglect, then he is deluded.”
[The Disease & The Cure | Pg. 95]
Ibn Mas’ūd رضي الله عنه said:
"Verily, no one is born knowledgeable; knowledge comes by way of studies."
[كتاب الزهد الإمام أحمد بن حنبل ٥٠٩]
"Verily, no one is born knowledgeable; knowledge comes by way of studies."
[كتاب الزهد الإمام أحمد بن حنبل ٥٠٩]
Prophet ﷺ:
“Allāh will announce on the Day of Resurrection: Where are my neighbours? Where are my neighbours? The angels will say: Our Lord, who is befitting to be your neighbour? Allāh will say: Where are those who filled the mosques?”
[Musnad al-Ḥārith: 126]
Grade: Hasan
“Allāh will announce on the Day of Resurrection: Where are my neighbours? Where are my neighbours? The angels will say: Our Lord, who is befitting to be your neighbour? Allāh will say: Where are those who filled the mosques?”
[Musnad al-Ḥārith: 126]
Grade: Hasan
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Ibn Hazm رحمه الله:
“What indicates a person’s weak religion and fear of Allāh, is that he seeks for an opinion that suits his desire.”
[al-Ikham: v. 5, p. 64]
“What indicates a person’s weak religion and fear of Allāh, is that he seeks for an opinion that suits his desire.”
[al-Ikham: v. 5, p. 64]
Shaykh Rabee in Hadi Al-Madkhali:
"My advice to the youths is that they should not cling to the people of misguidance, either those whose origin in this era or before this era."
[Al-Lubaab | p.476]
"My advice to the youths is that they should not cling to the people of misguidance, either those whose origin in this era or before this era."
[Al-Lubaab | p.476]
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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