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)

"Those who remember Allah, standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and reflect upon the creation of the heavens and the earth, Our Lord, You have not created all this in vain. Glory be to You! Save us from the punishment of the fire.

Our Lord, whomever You cause to enter the fire, You have surely brought to disgrace, and the wrongdoers will have no helpers."

Imam as sa'di says in his tafseer:

"Reflection is an act of worship, and is one of the characteristics of the close friends of Allah. When they reflect upon these things (the heavens and the earth), they realise that Allah did not create them in vain."

ibn taymīyyah (رحمه الله) stated:

shayṭān misleads man in accordance to his lack of knowledge, so seek knowledge of your religion.

- al-ṣārim al-maslūl 390

Abdur-Rahman bin Aban bin ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan narrated that his father said:

“Zaid bin Thabit departed from Marwan at mid-day. I said: ‘He has not sent him out at this time of the day except for something he asked.’

So I asked him, and he said: ‘He asked me about some things we heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:

“Whoever is focused only on this world, Allah will confound his affairs and make him fear poverty constantly, and he will not get anything of this world except that which has been decreed for him. Whoever is focused on the Hereafter, Allah will settle his affairs for him and make him feel content with his lot, and his provision and worldly gains will undoubtedly come to him.”

(Sunan Ibn Majah 4105)

Salaf used to say:

"Knowledge calls for action, so either the call is answered or it will take off."

"Allah will raise in degree those of you who believe, and those who have been granted knowledge."

(Al Mujaadilah, 11)

Here, Allah does not define or clarify His meaning of "degree";

We say this degree all depends on the following: upon one's strength of his Emaan (faith) and the level of his Ilm, so the more firmer his Emaan is, the more his Ilm is, the more a person benefits from him and benefits others, the more his degree will be raised.

So, the more you increase in both (Emaan and Ilm), the higher Allah the Exalted elevates you. So strive to your upmost limit in pursuing and acquiring Ilm.

May Allah raise us and help us in His remembrance, showing Him thankfulness and being more subservient to Him as those who fear Him.

~sharh Riyadh as saliheen, ibn uthaymeen.

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As it was said by a poet:

“So know, if you seek Ilm, then it is like you are in pursuit of the most precious object, so beware of what you are in pursuit of. So, if you are aware of this fact, then focus your heart on nothing but the pursuit of seeking Ilm. ”

(Al jawahir Al muziyah fi tabaqaatul Hanafiyah 3/324.)

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said to Ali ibn Abi Taalib, when he gave him the flag on the Day of Khaibar:


“Advance with ease and gentleness until you arrive in their midst, then call to Islam and inform them of their duties to Allah in Islam. By Allah, if a person is guided by Allah through you, it will be better for you than a whole lot of red
camels. ”

The similitude of this world is like that of a vessel filled with honey. The flies see this vessel and fly toward it. Some of them sit on the edge of the vessel and take from the honey until they satisfy their needs, and then they fly away. Some of them are led by their greed to plunge themselves into the abyss of the honey. Their submersion into the honey prevents them from enjoying it, except for a brief enjoyment, until they perish in the middle of it.

(The world and it's reality by imam ibn Al qayyim رحمه الله , P. 30)

Ibn Jawzī said: “If the heart was pure, it would be in turmoil when a sin is committed.”

● [al-Lataa'if Fil-Waa'iz p.114]