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."

Remembering Allah

قال الربيع بن أنس رحمـه االله :
إن االله ذاكـر مـن ذكـره ، وزائـد مـن شـكره ، ومعـذب
من كفره.

(ص٣٦٥ جامع علوم والحكم)


Rab'e bin anas (May Allah have mercy upon him) said:

"Indeed Allah remembers those who remember him, increases those who are greatful to him , and punishes those who disbelieve in him."

Fear of nifaq

Hasan al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, said,

“No one fears hypocrisy but a believer. No one feels safe from hypocrisy but a hypocrite.”

(al-Jawāb al-Kāfī 1/42)


اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشِّقَاقِ وَالنِّفَاقِ وَسُوءِ الأَخْلاَقِ ‏.


O Allah, I seek refuge in you from divisiveness, hypocrisy, and evil character.

shaykh al-islām ibn taymīyyah said:

whoever loves something for other than Allāh, whatever he loves must harm him. and that would a reason for his torment [in the fire].

- majmūʿ al-fatāwā 1/28

Glad tidings to the strangers


Concerning the statement of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و سلم):

“Islaam began as something strange and will return to being strange, as it began“,

Al Hasan Al basari (rahimahullāh) used to say to his companions:

“Oh Ahl-us-Sunnah! Be gentle with one another and may Allaah have mercy on you. For indeed, you are from amongst the fewest of people.”

Younis Ibn ubayd (rahimahullāh) said:

“There is not a thing more stranger than the Sunnah. And what is more stranger than it, is the one who knows it.”


These strangers are of two categories:

The first of them are those who rectify themselves when the people have become corrupt.

The second category contains those who rectify what the people have corrupted of the Sunnah. And this (latter one) is the most highest and virtuous of the two categories.


-Kashf-ul-Kurbah fee wasfi Haali Ahlil-Ghurbah, Imam Ibn rajab

ʿabd Allāh bin al-mubārak said:

if a man saw something which he disliked from his brother, he commanded him to conceal [his sin], and he would forbid him [from the sin] in private, so he gets rewarded for his concealment [of the sin], and for his prohibiting [the sin], but nowadays, if a person saw something from another person, he becomes enraged at his brother and violates his concealment [of the sin].

- rawḍah al-ʿuqulāʾ 1/196

One of the signs of the Hour is that people will become more interested in books; these books will be bought, printed, and marketed in bookstores more than the Book of Allah (Quran).

‘Abd-Allah ibn ‘Amr (raḍiyAllāhu ‘anhu) narrated that the

Prophet Mohammad (ṣall Allahu ʿalayhi wa-’ālihi wa-sallam) said,

Among (the signs of) the approach of the Hour is that evil people will be raised in status and right people will be put down;

people will speak eloquently but their deeds will be bad; and the bad things will become widespread among the people

I said, “What is the bad thing?”

He said, “Whatever is written other than the Book of Allah.”

[Recorded by at-Tabaraani (rahimahullah), al-Haythami (rahimahullah), said in Majma’ az-Zawaa’id, “Its men are the men of Seerah.”]

Adhere to the truth and do not adorn yourselves for the sake of people.

Those who are sincere (khalis) in working for Allah are few. People love to show-off the deeds they perform.

Sufyan al-Thawri used to say, ‘I do not count actions that I do openly.’

The early generation of Muslims used to conceal their actions, but nowadays people’s clothes (i.e. outward appearance) expose them.

Ayub al-Sakhtiyani used to make his garments longer to the point of touching his feet, and he used to say, ‘In the past, people used to seek fame by lengthening their garments, but nowadays they seek fame by shortening them.’
[Shorting them is the Sunnah, but with sincerity].

(Syed khatir ,Imam Ibn Al qayyim رحمه الله ,page 419)

How many sins have we committed that passed in seconds as if they never happened, but their bitterness remained behind with us?

The ultimate safety is to avoid anything that may lead to sins and not to be close to it.

Whoever understands this and takes all the precautions, he will be closer to the shore of safety.

(Syed Al khatir, imam Ibn Al qayyim رحمه الله , page 495)

Yoonus ibn ‘Ubayd –rahimahullah -said:

“With good manners you understand the knowledge. With the knowledge your actions are corrected. With actions wisdom is obtained. With wisdom you understand zuhd (abstinence) and are granted its benefits. With zuhd comes abandoning the world. With abandoning the world comes desire for the Hereafter. With desire for the Hereafter the pleasure of Allaah – the Mighty and Majestic – is obtained.”

Iqtidaa’ul-‘llmil-‘Aml (31).

And be patient, and your patience is not but through Allah. And do not grieve over them and do not be in distress over what they conspire.

Indeed, Allah is with those who fear Him and those who are doers of good.

Surah Nahl.

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ibn ʿuthaymīn said:

it is from the rights of the prophet ‎ﷺ that you increase in sending ṣalāh and salām upon him. he does not need your ṣalāh or salām, but you are in need of it’s reward.

- sharḥ riyāḍ al-ṣāliḥīn 5/175

Due reliance upon Allah

Tawakkul is based on tawhid and tawhid demands three levels:

The first level is that the heart believes in Allah’s Divine Unity (wahdaniyya) and that this is translated in your words:

"لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له، له الملك وله الحمد وهو على كل شيء قدير"

“None has the right to be worshipped except Allah alone, having no partners, Sovereignty is His, and all praise for Him, and He has full power over everything."

Most of the common people believe in this yet without any understanding of the proofs for it.

The second level is to look at created things and to understand that they emanated from the One (al Wahid), this is ‘the station of those brought near’ (maqam al-muqarrabin).


The third level is when person’s insight has been uncovered he sees that there is no Doer except Allah. He has fear (khawf) of only Allah, hope (raja’) in Him, trust in Him and reliance (tawakkul) on Him as Allah is the only Doer (fa'il) in reality. Glory unto Him, everything is subjected to Him.
One should not depend on rain for the cultivation of produce, or clouds for rain to fall, or wind to aid Ship—as relying
and depending (i'timad) on all of this is ignorance of the reality of things.

The one who has the realities uncovered for him will know that the wind does not move on its own accord as there is must for the One Who Moves it.

(Purification of the soul,Imam Ibn qudamah, page 151)