Protection from Envy
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
“A protection from envy is giving charity and goodness as much as you are able. This has an amazing effect on repelling calamities, the evil eye, and the evil of envy. If there were nothing other than the experiences of the nations of old to prove this, it would be sufficient.
The evil eye and envy are not close to harming the one who gives charity and does good towards the creation; and if it befalls him, it is easy, and his ending is praiseworthy. This is because his gratitude is a protection for his blessings.
The envier's heart will not cool until the envied loses their blessing, and the slave does not protect his blessing with anything better than gratitude. In contrast, nothing exposes the blessing to becoming lost like ingratitude.”
[One Hundred Pieces of Advice | Pg. 56]
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
“A protection from envy is giving charity and goodness as much as you are able. This has an amazing effect on repelling calamities, the evil eye, and the evil of envy. If there were nothing other than the experiences of the nations of old to prove this, it would be sufficient.
The evil eye and envy are not close to harming the one who gives charity and does good towards the creation; and if it befalls him, it is easy, and his ending is praiseworthy. This is because his gratitude is a protection for his blessings.
The envier's heart will not cool until the envied loses their blessing, and the slave does not protect his blessing with anything better than gratitude. In contrast, nothing exposes the blessing to becoming lost like ingratitude.”
[One Hundred Pieces of Advice | Pg. 56]
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[خصلتان تُقَسِّيانِ القَلْبَ]
قال الإمامُ الفُضَيلُ بنُ عِياضٍ:
"خَصْلتانِ تُقسِّيَانِ القَلْبَ:
كَثْرَةُ الكلامِ، وكَثْرَةُ الأكلِ"
(سير أعلام النّبلاء)(٨/ ٤٤٠)
Al-Imām al-Fudayl ibn ‘Iyād:
Two qualities and traits that harden the heart:
Excessive speech and excessive eating
Source: Sīyar ‘Alām an-Nubalā’ (8/440)
Translated by: أبو عبد الرحمن خليل بن درويش ربيع العناني الفلسطيني
قال الإمامُ الفُضَيلُ بنُ عِياضٍ:
"خَصْلتانِ تُقسِّيَانِ القَلْبَ:
كَثْرَةُ الكلامِ، وكَثْرَةُ الأكلِ"
(سير أعلام النّبلاء)(٨/ ٤٤٠)
Al-Imām al-Fudayl ibn ‘Iyād:
Two qualities and traits that harden the heart:
Excessive speech and excessive eating
Source: Sīyar ‘Alām an-Nubalā’ (8/440)
Translated by: أبو عبد الرحمن خليل بن درويش ربيع العناني الفلسطيني
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Ibn Taymiyyah: “The scholars are agreed that Muʿāwiyah (رضي الله عنه) is the best of the kings of this Ummah...”
[مجموع الفتاوى ٤\٤٧٨]
[مجموع الفتاوى ٤\٤٧٨]
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Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
“I hate to find a lazy, empty man, who neither works for his worldly living nor for the Hereafter. He whose prayer did not command him to do right and did not forbid him from doing wrong. It will not be of any use to him; it will only increase the distance between him and Allāh.”
[al-Fawā’id | Pg. 247]
“I hate to find a lazy, empty man, who neither works for his worldly living nor for the Hereafter. He whose prayer did not command him to do right and did not forbid him from doing wrong. It will not be of any use to him; it will only increase the distance between him and Allāh.”
[al-Fawā’id | Pg. 247]
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قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : السحور كله بركة ؛ فلا تدعوه ولو أن يجْرع أحدكم جرعةً من ماء ؛ فإن الله عز وجل وملائكته يصلون على المتسحرين.
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “as-Suḥoor (the pre-dawn meal), ALL OF IT contains blessing so do not leave it EVEN IF that one of you has a MOUTHFUL OF WATER for indeed Allāh ‘Azza Wa Jall and His Angels send blessings upon those who take Suḥoor.”
[رواه أحمد وقال المنذري : إسناده قوي وأيضا صححه الألباني]
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “as-Suḥoor (the pre-dawn meal), ALL OF IT contains blessing so do not leave it EVEN IF that one of you has a MOUTHFUL OF WATER for indeed Allāh ‘Azza Wa Jall and His Angels send blessings upon those who take Suḥoor.”
[رواه أحمد وقال المنذري : إسناده قوي وأيضا صححه الألباني]
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سَيِّدُ الاِسْتِغْفَارِ
The most superior way of asking for forgiveness
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَىَّ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ
Ya Allāh, You are my Rubb. There is no true god except You. You have created me, and I am Your slave, and I hold to Your Covenant as far as I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge the favours that You have bestowed upon me, and I confess my sins. Pardon me, for none but You has the power to pardon.
(Sahih al-Bukhari 6306)
The most superior way of asking for forgiveness
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَىَّ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ
Ya Allāh, You are my Rubb. There is no true god except You. You have created me, and I am Your slave, and I hold to Your Covenant as far as I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge the favours that You have bestowed upon me, and I confess my sins. Pardon me, for none but You has the power to pardon.
(Sahih al-Bukhari 6306)
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Al-Hasan Al-Basrī said:
“Whoever is afflicted with a calamity and conceals it for three days without complaining about it to anyone, Allāh will reward him with His mercy!”
[Al-Maradh Wa Al-Kaffārāt: 229]
“Whoever is afflicted with a calamity and conceals it for three days without complaining about it to anyone, Allāh will reward him with His mercy!”
[Al-Maradh Wa Al-Kaffārāt: 229]
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Ibn Qayyim (rahimahullah) stated:
Four things that bring joy to the heart:
1. Looking at loved ones
2. Looking (and reflecting) at the blue sky
3. Looking (and reflecting) at flowing water
4. Looking (and reflecting) at greenery.
[Summarised from Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah), Zaad al-Ma'ad, Riyad: Mu'assasah ar-Risalah, pg. 614]
Four things that bring joy to the heart:
1. Looking at loved ones
2. Looking (and reflecting) at the blue sky
3. Looking (and reflecting) at flowing water
4. Looking (and reflecting) at greenery.
[Summarised from Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah), Zaad al-Ma'ad, Riyad: Mu'assasah ar-Risalah, pg. 614]
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Shaykh Muhammad Bin Salih Al-Uthaymeen رحمه الله: As regards to the one who lays down legislative laws, despite his knowing the judgement of Allāh and that these laws are contrary to Allāh’s judgement – then this person has substituted these laws in place of the Sharī'ah. Therefore, he is a kāfir this is because he does not choose these laws and turn away from Allāh’s Sharī'ah except due to his belief that they are better for the people and the land than the law of Allāh. But when we say that he is a kāfir, then the meaning of this is that this action leads to disbelief.
However the one who [legislates these rules] may have an excuse – for example he may be one who has been deluded: such that it has been said to him that this does not conflict with Islām, or that it is something allowable as a case of benefiting the people [maṣāliḥ al-mursala], or that it is something that Islām has left up to the [custom of] the people.
[Qawl Al-Mufid Ala Kitaab At-Tawhid].
However the one who [legislates these rules] may have an excuse – for example he may be one who has been deluded: such that it has been said to him that this does not conflict with Islām, or that it is something allowable as a case of benefiting the people [maṣāliḥ al-mursala], or that it is something that Islām has left up to the [custom of] the people.
[Qawl Al-Mufid Ala Kitaab At-Tawhid].
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Ibn al-Jawzī رحمه الله said:
“By Allāh; if it were said to the inhabitants of the graves: ‘wish’ – they would indeed wish for a day from Ramaḍān.”
[At-Tabsirah | Pg. 84-85]
“By Allāh; if it were said to the inhabitants of the graves: ‘wish’ – they would indeed wish for a day from Ramaḍān.”
[At-Tabsirah | Pg. 84-85]
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Ahmad ibn Hanbal said:
“We are masākīn! Had it not been for Allāh concealing us, we would have been exposed!”
[Hilyatul Awliyā: 9/181]
“We are masākīn! Had it not been for Allāh concealing us, we would have been exposed!”
[Hilyatul Awliyā: 9/181]
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