And the covering on her head is better than the World and all that is in it, and she does not increase with age except in beauty; free from an umbilical cord, childbirth and menses, and pure of mucous, saliva, urine and other filthy things; her youth never fades, her clothing is never worn out, no garment can be created that matches her beauty, and no one who is with her can ever become bored; her attention is restricted to her husband, so she desires none but him, just as his attention is restricted to her so she is the sole object of his desire, and he is with her in utmost safety and security, as none has touched her before of either humans or Jinn.
And if you ask about the Day of Increase (in reward) and the visit of the all-Mighty, all-Wise, and the sight of His Face - free from any resemblance or likeness to anything - as you see the Sun in the middle of the day and the full Moon on a cloudless night, then listen on the day that the caller will call: 'O People of Paradise! Your Lord - Blessed and Exalted - requests you to visit Him, so come to visit Him!' So they will say: 'We hear and obey!'
Until, when they finally reach the wide valley where they will all meet - and none of them will turn down the request of the caller - the Lord - Blessed and Exalted - will order His Chair to be brought there. Then, pulpits of light will emerge, as well as pulpits of pearls, gemstone, gold, and silver. The lowest of them in rank will sit on sheets of musk, and will not see what those who are on the chairs above them are given. When they are comfortable where they are sitting and are secure in their places, and the caller calls: 'O People of Paradise! You have an appointment with Allaah in which He wishes to reward you!’ So they will say: 'And what is that reward? Has He not already made our faces bright, made our scales heavy, entered us into Paradise, and pushed us away from the Fire?'
And when they are like that, all of a sudden a light shines that encompasses all of Paradise. So, they raise their heads, and, behold: the Compeller - Exalted is He, and Holy are His Names - has come to them from above them and majestified them and said: ’O People of Paradise! Peace be upon you!’ So, this greeting will not be responded to with anything better than: 'O Allaah! You are Peace, and from You is Peace! Blessed are You, O possessor of Majesty and Honor!’ So the Lord - Blessed and Exalted - will laugh to them and say: ’O People of Paradise! Where are those who used to obey Me without having ever seen Me? This is the Day of Increase!’
So, they will all give the same response: 'We are pleased, so be pleased with us!’ So, He will say: ’O People of Paradise! If I were not pleased with you, I would not have made you inhabitants of My Paradise! So, ask of Me!’ So, they will all give the same response: 'Show us your Face so that we may look at it!’ So, the Lord - Mighty and Majestic - will remove his covering and will majestify them and will cover them with His Light, which, if Allaah - the Exalted - had not Willed not to burn them, would have burned them.
And there will not remain a single person in this gathering except that his Lord - the Exalted - will speak to him and say: ’Do you remember the day that you did this and that?’ and He will remind him of some of his bad deeds in the Worldy life, so he will say: 'O Lord! Will you not forgive me?’ So, He will say: ’Of course! You have not reached this position of yours (in Paradise) except by my forgiveness.’
So, how sweet is this speech to the ears, and how cooled are the righteous eyes by the glance at His Noble Face in the Afterlife…
{Some faces that Day will be shining and radiant, looking at their Lord…} (al-Qiyaamah:22-3)
[Haadi al-Arwaah ilaa Bilaad il-Afraah by Ibn al-Qayyim, pg. 193]
And if you ask about the Day of Increase (in reward) and the visit of the all-Mighty, all-Wise, and the sight of His Face - free from any resemblance or likeness to anything - as you see the Sun in the middle of the day and the full Moon on a cloudless night, then listen on the day that the caller will call: 'O People of Paradise! Your Lord - Blessed and Exalted - requests you to visit Him, so come to visit Him!' So they will say: 'We hear and obey!'
Until, when they finally reach the wide valley where they will all meet - and none of them will turn down the request of the caller - the Lord - Blessed and Exalted - will order His Chair to be brought there. Then, pulpits of light will emerge, as well as pulpits of pearls, gemstone, gold, and silver. The lowest of them in rank will sit on sheets of musk, and will not see what those who are on the chairs above them are given. When they are comfortable where they are sitting and are secure in their places, and the caller calls: 'O People of Paradise! You have an appointment with Allaah in which He wishes to reward you!’ So they will say: 'And what is that reward? Has He not already made our faces bright, made our scales heavy, entered us into Paradise, and pushed us away from the Fire?'
And when they are like that, all of a sudden a light shines that encompasses all of Paradise. So, they raise their heads, and, behold: the Compeller - Exalted is He, and Holy are His Names - has come to them from above them and majestified them and said: ’O People of Paradise! Peace be upon you!’ So, this greeting will not be responded to with anything better than: 'O Allaah! You are Peace, and from You is Peace! Blessed are You, O possessor of Majesty and Honor!’ So the Lord - Blessed and Exalted - will laugh to them and say: ’O People of Paradise! Where are those who used to obey Me without having ever seen Me? This is the Day of Increase!’
So, they will all give the same response: 'We are pleased, so be pleased with us!’ So, He will say: ’O People of Paradise! If I were not pleased with you, I would not have made you inhabitants of My Paradise! So, ask of Me!’ So, they will all give the same response: 'Show us your Face so that we may look at it!’ So, the Lord - Mighty and Majestic - will remove his covering and will majestify them and will cover them with His Light, which, if Allaah - the Exalted - had not Willed not to burn them, would have burned them.
And there will not remain a single person in this gathering except that his Lord - the Exalted - will speak to him and say: ’Do you remember the day that you did this and that?’ and He will remind him of some of his bad deeds in the Worldy life, so he will say: 'O Lord! Will you not forgive me?’ So, He will say: ’Of course! You have not reached this position of yours (in Paradise) except by my forgiveness.’
So, how sweet is this speech to the ears, and how cooled are the righteous eyes by the glance at His Noble Face in the Afterlife…
{Some faces that Day will be shining and radiant, looking at their Lord…} (al-Qiyaamah:22-3)
[Haadi al-Arwaah ilaa Bilaad il-Afraah by Ibn al-Qayyim, pg. 193]
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Sheikh Ibn Baaz رحمه الله said,
"I do not know of anything specific for welcome Ramadan except that the Muslim receives it with happiness, cheerfulness, great pleasure and thankfulness that Allah has brought Ramadan to him, as well as being thankful for making him from the successful whom He has allowed to live during this month and be from those who compete in righteous actions.
Indeed, witnessing a new Ramadan is an immense blessing from Allah and due to this fact the Prophet ﷺ used to give glad tidings to his Companions at the commencement of Ramadan, exemplifying it's merits and what Allah has prepared from the fast rewards for those who fast and stand in prayer.
And it is legislated that the Muslim receives this noble month by making sincere repentance."
[الاختيار ات الفقهيت ص٢١٣]
"I do not know of anything specific for welcome Ramadan except that the Muslim receives it with happiness, cheerfulness, great pleasure and thankfulness that Allah has brought Ramadan to him, as well as being thankful for making him from the successful whom He has allowed to live during this month and be from those who compete in righteous actions.
Indeed, witnessing a new Ramadan is an immense blessing from Allah and due to this fact the Prophet ﷺ used to give glad tidings to his Companions at the commencement of Ramadan, exemplifying it's merits and what Allah has prepared from the fast rewards for those who fast and stand in prayer.
And it is legislated that the Muslim receives this noble month by making sincere repentance."
[الاختيار ات الفقهيت ص٢١٣]
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Makhlad ibn Al-Hussayn said:
“Allāh does not command anything except that Shaytān has two provocations regarding it: either to negligence, or to extremism. He doesn't care which one he succeeds in!”
[Hilyatul Awliyā: 8/266]
“Allāh does not command anything except that Shaytān has two provocations regarding it: either to negligence, or to extremism. He doesn't care which one he succeeds in!”
[Hilyatul Awliyā: 8/266]
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Imām Ibn Kathīr رحمـه الله تعالـﮯ said :
Allāh سبحانه و تعالى orders his faithful servants to be Allāh’s supporters at all times, in all their statements and actions, sacrificing their selves and wealth.
Allāh orders them to accept His and His Messenger’s call, just as the disciples said to Prophet ‘Īsā when he said,
“Who are my helpers (in the cause) of Allāh?”
Meaning - Who will support me in conveying the message of Allāh سبحانه و تعالى.
The disciples said :
“We are Allāh’s helpers”
Meaning - We will support you with regards to the Message you have been sent with and will help you convey it.
Whereby, ‘Īsā sent the disciples to the various areas of Ash-Shām to call the Greeks and the Israelites to Islām.
Similarly, during the days of Hajj, Allāh’s messenger (Muhammad) ﷺ used to ask,
“Who will support me in conveying the Message of my Lord? Verily, the Qur’aysh have prevented me from conveying the Message of my Lord.”
[- Al-Bayhaqi 8:146, Al Hākim 2/624 and Ahmad 3:332]
Allāh سبحانه و تعالى raised Al-Aws and Al-Khazraj to support the Prophet ﷺ.
They were the residents of al-Madinah who have the pledge to him and supported him, vowing to protect him from mankind and the Jinns if he migrated to them.
When he migrated to them with his Companions, they fulfilled their vow to Allāh.
This is the reason why Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ called them, Al-Ansār - The Supporters.
The name became synonymous with it them.
رضي الله عنهم
- Mukhtasar Tafsir Ibn Kathir Surah As-Saff - Shaykh Safiur-Rahmān Mubārakpuri
Translated by Dar us Salaam
Allāh سبحانه و تعالى orders his faithful servants to be Allāh’s supporters at all times, in all their statements and actions, sacrificing their selves and wealth.
Allāh orders them to accept His and His Messenger’s call, just as the disciples said to Prophet ‘Īsā when he said,
“Who are my helpers (in the cause) of Allāh?”
Meaning - Who will support me in conveying the message of Allāh سبحانه و تعالى.
The disciples said :
“We are Allāh’s helpers”
Meaning - We will support you with regards to the Message you have been sent with and will help you convey it.
Whereby, ‘Īsā sent the disciples to the various areas of Ash-Shām to call the Greeks and the Israelites to Islām.
Similarly, during the days of Hajj, Allāh’s messenger (Muhammad) ﷺ used to ask,
“Who will support me in conveying the Message of my Lord? Verily, the Qur’aysh have prevented me from conveying the Message of my Lord.”
[- Al-Bayhaqi 8:146, Al Hākim 2/624 and Ahmad 3:332]
Allāh سبحانه و تعالى raised Al-Aws and Al-Khazraj to support the Prophet ﷺ.
They were the residents of al-Madinah who have the pledge to him and supported him, vowing to protect him from mankind and the Jinns if he migrated to them.
When he migrated to them with his Companions, they fulfilled their vow to Allāh.
This is the reason why Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ called them, Al-Ansār - The Supporters.
The name became synonymous with it them.
رضي الله عنهم
- Mukhtasar Tafsir Ibn Kathir Surah As-Saff - Shaykh Safiur-Rahmān Mubārakpuri
Translated by Dar us Salaam
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Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) said:
The people of Islām are strangers amongst mankind. And the believers are strangers amongst the people of Islām. And the people of knowledge are strangers amongst the believers.
And the people of the Sunnah who separate it from the desires and innovations are strangers.
And those who call to it and have patience upon the harm of the opposers, they are the severest of them (all) in strangeness.
However, they are the people of Allāh in truth.
Madārij al-Sālikīn (3/186).
Translated-
Abū ‘Iyād Amjad Rafīq
The people of Islām are strangers amongst mankind. And the believers are strangers amongst the people of Islām. And the people of knowledge are strangers amongst the believers.
And the people of the Sunnah who separate it from the desires and innovations are strangers.
And those who call to it and have patience upon the harm of the opposers, they are the severest of them (all) in strangeness.
However, they are the people of Allāh in truth.
Madārij al-Sālikīn (3/186).
Translated-
Abū ‘Iyād Amjad Rafīq
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Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī: “Know that a believer combines himself in the month of Ramaḍān between 2 Jihād (against) his Nafs; Jihād in the day upon fasting and Jihād in the night upon Qiyām (voluntary prayer) so whoever gathers between these 2 Jihād and fulfills (what) is of their rights, will be sufficed with a reward which is without any account (i.e unlimited).”
[لطائف المعارف ص ١٧١]
[لطائف المعارف ص ١٧١]
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Sh. Ibn al-‘Uthaymeen Raḥimahullāh: Some of the ways to increase in Eemān is as follows;
• Knowing and learning Allāh’s Names and Attributes
• Reflecting upon Allāh’s signs in the universe and His Āyaat
• Performing actions of obedience and seeking Allāh’s nearness through them
• Abandoning sins and fearing Allāh
[شرح فتح رب البرية بتلخيص الحموية]
• Knowing and learning Allāh’s Names and Attributes
• Reflecting upon Allāh’s signs in the universe and His Āyaat
• Performing actions of obedience and seeking Allāh’s nearness through them
• Abandoning sins and fearing Allāh
[شرح فتح رب البرية بتلخيص الحموية]
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Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
“If the slave completely devotes himself to tawhid, fearing other than Allāh will leave his heart. His enemies will become too insignificant to him for him to fear them along with fearing Allāh; rather, he will fear Allāh alone. He will busy himself with love of Allāh, awe of Him, devotion to Him, and reliance upon him. He will view fearing his enemies and pondering over them to be a deficiency of his tawhid.
Surely, Allāh will defend those who believe in Him. Tawhid is the greatest protection from Allāh; whoever enters it is protected.
Some of the Salaf said:
"Whoever fears Allāh, everything will fear him, and whoever does not fear Allāh will fear everything."
[One Hundred Pieces of Advice | Pg. 60]
“If the slave completely devotes himself to tawhid, fearing other than Allāh will leave his heart. His enemies will become too insignificant to him for him to fear them along with fearing Allāh; rather, he will fear Allāh alone. He will busy himself with love of Allāh, awe of Him, devotion to Him, and reliance upon him. He will view fearing his enemies and pondering over them to be a deficiency of his tawhid.
Surely, Allāh will defend those who believe in Him. Tawhid is the greatest protection from Allāh; whoever enters it is protected.
Some of the Salaf said:
"Whoever fears Allāh, everything will fear him, and whoever does not fear Allāh will fear everything."
[One Hundred Pieces of Advice | Pg. 60]
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هذه فرصةٌ عظيمةٌ في عمرِك؛
"This is a tremendous opportunity in your life,
أيُّها المسلم - فاغتَنِمها،
o Muslim, so take advantage of it.
واسألِ الله أن يُعينك على العمل الصالح فيها،
Ask Allah to assist you upon righteous actions during it,
واسأل الله القبول والمزيد من فضلِه،
and ask Allah for acceptance (of those actions) and increase in His bounty.
فإنَّ مَن أدرك شهر رمضان ومكَّنه اللهُ من الانتفاع به،
Indeed, he who catches the month of Ramadan and for whom Allah makes it possible to benefit from it,
فقد أنعمَ الله عليه نعمةً عظيمةً لا يعدِلُها شيء.
Allah has bestowed upon him a tremendous favor to which nothing is equivalent.”
[الشيخ صالح الفوزان حفظه الله ~مجالس شهر رمضان المبارك]
"This is a tremendous opportunity in your life,
أيُّها المسلم - فاغتَنِمها،
o Muslim, so take advantage of it.
واسألِ الله أن يُعينك على العمل الصالح فيها،
Ask Allah to assist you upon righteous actions during it,
واسأل الله القبول والمزيد من فضلِه،
and ask Allah for acceptance (of those actions) and increase in His bounty.
فإنَّ مَن أدرك شهر رمضان ومكَّنه اللهُ من الانتفاع به،
Indeed, he who catches the month of Ramadan and for whom Allah makes it possible to benefit from it,
فقد أنعمَ الله عليه نعمةً عظيمةً لا يعدِلُها شيء.
Allah has bestowed upon him a tremendous favor to which nothing is equivalent.”
[الشيخ صالح الفوزان حفظه الله ~مجالس شهر رمضان المبارك]
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Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله said:
"Innovation is more beloved to Iblis than disobedience.
This is because the sinner is aware of his disobedience thus he repents.
As for the innovator, he believes what he is upon is obedience (to Allah) thus he never repents."
مجموع الفتاوى 11/633
"Innovation is more beloved to Iblis than disobedience.
This is because the sinner is aware of his disobedience thus he repents.
As for the innovator, he believes what he is upon is obedience (to Allah) thus he never repents."
مجموع الفتاوى 11/633
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Ibn Abi Usaamah رحمه الله said:
❝It was said to Imaam Ahmad رحمه الله during the days of the trial (when he was beaten and imprisoned):
'O Abaa Abdillah, do you not see how the truth was overtaken by falsehood?'
Imaam Ahmad رحمه الله replied:
'Certainly not! Verily, *falsehood overtaking the truth is when the hearts shift from guidance to misguidance* . Yet, our hearts steadfastly cling to the truth.'❞
Siyar A'laam An-Nubalaa (11/238)
Translated - Abu Faysal Ali Alburtugaali
❝It was said to Imaam Ahmad رحمه الله during the days of the trial (when he was beaten and imprisoned):
'O Abaa Abdillah, do you not see how the truth was overtaken by falsehood?'
Imaam Ahmad رحمه الله replied:
'Certainly not! Verily, *falsehood overtaking the truth is when the hearts shift from guidance to misguidance* . Yet, our hearts steadfastly cling to the truth.'❞
Siyar A'laam An-Nubalaa (11/238)
Translated - Abu Faysal Ali Alburtugaali
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Sheikh Abdul Aziz In Baaz رحمه الله said,
"My sincere advice to the Muslims is that they welcome their great month of Ramadan with truthfulness by repenting from all various types of sin."
[Majmoo al Fatawah Wa Magalat Ibn Baaz 15/ 50]
"My sincere advice to the Muslims is that they welcome their great month of Ramadan with truthfulness by repenting from all various types of sin."
[Majmoo al Fatawah Wa Magalat Ibn Baaz 15/ 50]
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Imām Ahmad رحمه الله was once asked why he did not spend more time with people,
He رحمه الله replied:
“Because I hate saying goodbye (i.e parting)”
Manāqib Ahmad, Ibn Al-Jawzi رحمه الله
He رحمه الله replied:
“Because I hate saying goodbye (i.e parting)”
Manāqib Ahmad, Ibn Al-Jawzi رحمه الله
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Ibn Ishaq said: “Some of the people of knowledge informed me that Is it said: “The most beloved of all nations in the sight of Allâh is the nation of Muhammad “
He was asked: “What is their merit which you are talking about?”
He said: “La ilaha illalah was not subdued on the tongues of any nation as it was on their tongues.”
LaTaif Al Ma’rif page 171
He was asked: “What is their merit which you are talking about?”
He said: “La ilaha illalah was not subdued on the tongues of any nation as it was on their tongues.”
LaTaif Al Ma’rif page 171
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