إن في القلب شعث ،لا يلمه إلا الإقبال على الله،
وعليه وحشة: لا يزيلها إلا الأنس به في خلوته،
وفيه حزن : لا يذهبه إلا السرور بمعرفته وصدق معاملته،
وفيه قلق: لا يسكنه إلا الاجتماع عليه والفرار منه إليه،
وفيه نيران حسرات : لا يطفئها إلا الرضا بأمره ونهيه وقضائه ومعانقة الصبر على ذلك إلى وقت لقائه ،
وفيه طلب شديد : لا يقف دون أن يكون هو وحده المطلوب ،
وفيه فاقة: لا يسدها الا محبته ودوام ذكره والاخلاص له،
ولو أعطى الدنيا وما فيها لم تسد تلك الفاقة أبدا!!

Truly in the heart there is a void, only the company of Allah can fill it.

And in it there is loneliness, only the seclusion with Allah dispels it,

And in it there is sadness, only the happiness of knowing Allah and being true to Him can remove it,

And in it there is anxiety, only meeting him and fleeing from it to him gives him peace,

and in it there are fires of heartbreak, which would only be satisfied with the pleasure of his command, prohibition and decree, and embracing patience for that until the time of meeting him,

and in it there is a strong desire, which doesn't wither until he is the only one desired,

and in it is deficiency, which can only be filled with His love, his constant remembrance and sincerity to him.

And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill this emptiness.

- ابن القيم رحمه الله
(مدارج السالكين،3/164).

At-Tirmidhī (279H) said: I heard Al Muzani (companion of Imam Ash-Shāfi’ī 264H) say:

“A person's Tawheed is not valid, until he knows that Allah is above the Throne with His Attributes. "

[Siyar Alam An-Nubulaa '12/494]

Importance of learning the correct Aqeedah:

Any non-Muslim who reverts to Islaam but does not learn the correct Aqeedah but rather gets influenced by Sufism (grave worship, saint worship etc.) is like a person who was taken out of the frying pan only to be thrown into the fire.

The purpose of Islaam is to liberate man from the worship of the creation and guide him towards the worship of the Creator. If this purpose is lost then it doesn't matter which religion he follows.

A non-Muslim understood his ignorance and accepted the truth. But if he is guided towards misguidance, and he accepts it as truth, then this is clear doom.

As the Salaf used to say that Bid’ah is more beloved to shaytan than sinning because a sinner may repent but not the one who sees Bid’ah as a Sunnah.

And as Shaykh Ibn Bāz رحمه الله said:

“If the aqeedah is not sound, all actions and words are void.”

[Fatawa of ibn Baz, 1/13 al Ifta]

وَعَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
"...تَعَلَّمُوا الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلِّمُوهُ النَّاسَ"

Ibn Mas'ud رضي الله عنه reported that Allah's messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said to him,
"Learn the Qur’an and teach it to the people."

إن مشقة الطاعة تذهب ويبقى ثوابها

وإن لذة المعاصي تذهب ويبقى عقابها


Indeed the hardship of obedience leaves and it's rewards remains,

Indeed the pleasure of disobedience leaves and it's punishment remains.

Love for Qur'an

قال ابن مسعود: "من أحب القرآن فهو يحب الله ورسوله"
(رواه الطبراني) .

قال الحافظ ابن رجب - رحمه الله -: 
"ومن أعظم ما يُتَقَرَّب به إلى الله تعالى من النوافل كثرة تلاوة القرآن، وسماعه بتفكُّر وتدبر وتَفَهُّم"؛

قال خَبَّاب بن الأرت لرجل:
"تقرب إلى الله ما استطعت، واعلم أنك لن تتقرب إليه بشيء هو أحبُّ إليه من كلامه." 
{جامع العلوم والحكم (٢/ ٣٤٢)}


Ibn Masood said:
"Whoever loves Qur'an, loves Allah and his messenger."
(At tabarani)

Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbāli رحمه الله said:

"And from the greatest of voluntary deeds that brings you closer to Allāh is abundantly reciting Qur'ān, listening to it, pondering upon it and understanding it."

Khabbab bin arat رضي الله عنه said to a man:

"Draw near to Allah as you're capable of and know that you would never be closer to him more than anything which is dearer to him than his words."
(Jami uloom Wal hikam 2/342)

Allah is ever kind to his servants

(الله لطيف بعباده)

قال أبو علي الثقفي - :

"..وربي بمن يلجأ إليه لطيفوا-

قيل : اللطيف الذي ينشر من عباده المناقب ويستر عليهم المثالب ،
وعلى هذا قال النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - : يا من أظهر الجميل وستر القبيح .

وقيل : هو الذي يقبل القليل ويبذل الجزيل . وقيل : هو الذي يجبر الكسير وييسر العسير ."


(Allah is ever kind and gracious to his slaves.)

Abu a'lee at thaqafi said:

"And my lord is the one who when turned to is ever kind,"

And it was said:
"the most kind is the one who reveals the commendable acts of his slaves and conceals their flaws,"

And upon this prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

"O the one who reveals beauty, and hides ugliness,” 

And it was said: "he is the one who accepts the little and makes a great deal,
He is the one who mends the broken and eases the difficulty."

(Tafsir Al qurtubi)

The true success

ليس الفوز أن تفوز بشيء من الدنيا ، بل الفوز أن تزحزح عن النار وتدخل الجنة.

-الشيخ ‎ابن عثيمين رحمه الله

شرح صحيح البخاري(٨ /٢٨٩)


"Success is not when you're successful in anything of the world, but success is when you are drawn away from the fire and enter into the paradise."

- Sheikh Ibn uthaymeen ( May Allah have mercy upon him)

A person should walk a number of steps after eating at night before bed even if it is a few hundred steps. And he must not sleep (or recline) right after eating as it causes great harm to one’s body.

[Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah), Zaad al-Ma’ad, 4/205]

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا

وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا

What is wrong with you that you do not hope for dignity from Allah,
when verily He created you in stages?

قال فضيلة إمام وخطيب المسجد النبوي الشيخ علي الحذيفي :

فطوبى لمن عمل في عمره القصير الصالحات، وهجر المحرمات، وحذر اتباع الهوى وطرق الغي والضلالات، ففاز في حياته بالخيرات، وفاز بعد موته برضوان الله في نعيم الجنات.

Glad tidings to the one who performs righteous deeds in his short life and leaves off the forbidden matters,
And be cautious of following his desires and the paths of ignorance and error ,
So he succeeds in his life with good deeds
And succeeds after his death with the pleasure of Allah in the bliss of paradise.

"And when they (the hypocrites) stand up for salah, they stand with laziness." (4:142)


عن ابن عباس قال:

"يُكره أن يقوم الرجل إلى الصلاة وهو كسلان، ولكن يقوم إليها طلق الوجه، عظيم الرغبة، شديد الفرح، فإنه يناجي الله، وإن الله تجاهه
يغفر له ويجيبه إذا دعاه ."

[ تفسير ابن كثير ٢ / ٣٨٧ ]


Ibn Abbas (May Allah be pleased with him) said:

"It is disliked that a man stands up for prayer while he's lazy, but he stands up for it with a cheerful face, great desire, and intense joy, for he is conversing with Allah, and indeed Allah is in front of him and he forgives him and responds when he calls upon him."

(Tafsir ibn Katheer 2/387)

Spring of the hearts


قال مالك بن دينار : يا أهل القرآن ماذا زرع القرآن في قلوبكم ، فإن القرآن ربيع القلوب كما أن الغيث ربيع الأرض


Malik b. Dīnār used to say:

“O people of the Qurʾan, what has the Qurʾan produced in your hearts? For the Qurʾan is the spring of al-qulub (ie: the hearts),
just as rain is the spring for al-arḍ (ie: the earth).”

Al-Qurṭubi, al-Jami li Ahkam al-Qurʾan 16/55 ‏

Nifaq

I entered upon Abu Al-Darda – Allah be pleased with him – at his home and found him standing in prayer at his place of prayer.

When he sat for tashahhud he started to seek protection with Allah from al-nifaq (hypocrisy).

So when he had finished praying, I said “May Allah forgive you o Abu Al-Darda, what have you got to do with nifaq?”

He said, “O Allah forgive!”, three times, and replied, “Who can feel secure from trial, who can feel secure from trial?

By Allah, a man can be tested with fitnah in a single hour and turn away from his religion.”

[Al-Bayhaqi, Shuʿab Al-Iman 1:857.]

" ليس ﺍﻟﻌﻠﻢ ﺑﻜﺜﺮﺓ ﺍﻟﺮﻭﺍﻳﺔ ، إنما العلم الخشية "

“Knowledge is not about knowing many narrations. Knowledge is the fear of Allah”

يقول ابن رجب : المؤمن إذا استبطأ الفرج ويئس منه ولا سيما بعد كثرة الدعاء وتضرعه، ولم يظهر له أثر الإجابة، رجع إلى نفسه باللائمة ويقول لها : إنَّما أتيت من قبلك ولو كان فيك خير لأجبت !

وهذا اللوم أحبُّ إلى الله من كثير من الطاعات؛ فإنه يوجب انكسار العبد لمولاه، واعترافه له بأنه ليس بأهل لإجابة دعائه، فلذلك يسرع إليه حينئذ إجابة الدعاء وتفريج الكرب، فإنَّه تعالى عند المنكسرة قلوبهم من أجله، على قدر الكسر يكون الجبر .

[ مجموع رسائل ابن رجب ٣ / ١٧٤ ]

Ibn Rajab رحمه الله said:

"When the relief delays and the believer despairs over it and after excessive prayers and beseech, the signs of the answer do not appear to him, he blames his ownself and says:
" If you had any good in you, you would have received an answer."

And this reproach is dearer to Allah than many acts of worship, because it necessitates humility and an acknowledgement that the person is deserving of any hardship that has befallen him and that he is not deserving of an answer; when this happens, the answer to his duʿaaʾ is hastened to him and eases the difficulty, for exalted be Allah when their hearts are broken for his sake, is able upon the broken to mend it."