Someone recited the following ayah while with Yahya ibn Mu'aadh (rahimahullah):

[فَقُولَا لَهُ قَوْلًا لَّيِّنًا]

"And speak (O Moosaa and Harun) to him (i.e. Fir'awn) with gentle speech... " 20:44

Yahyah (rahimahullah) began to cry and said, “My Lord, (if) this is Your kindness to someone who says, 'I am ilaah',

so what about Your kindness to someone who says, 'You are Ilaah (God)'!?"

[Tafsir al-Baghawi (rahimahullah) of Surat Taha 20:44, 5/275]

ibrāhīm bin ad-ham ‏رحمه الله said:

the highest degree (of Allāh’s worship) is that the mentioning of Allāh becomes sweeter to you than honey, and more refreshing than fresh, pure water when thirsty on a summer day.

- استنشاق نسيم الأُنس من نفحات رياض القدس لابن رجب الحنبلي صـ ٧٣

why is it that the recitation of the noble qurʾān has little to no effect on the majority of muslims? • shaykh muḥammad ibn ṣāliḥ al-ʿuthaymīn (رحمه الله).

The signs of fear ( of Allah) is evident in the seven matters:

First: evident in the matters with the toungue, for he will abstain his toungue from lies, backbiting and useless talks,
And will keep his toungue busy with the rememberance of Allah, recitation of the Qur'an, and the conferences of ilm.

Second: that he fears in the matters of his stomach,
And he only consumes the halal and pure/healthy food and eats from the halal the amount which is required.

Third: that he fears in the matters with his eyes, and doesn't look at the forbidden, and not even at the dunya with the eager perspective and only focuses on the lessons derived from it.

Fourth: that he fears in the matters with his hand, and doesn't spread his hands towards the haram and only spreads it towards the obedience of Allah.

Fifth: that he fears in the matters with his legs and doesn't walk in the disobedience of Allah.

Sixth: that he fears in the matters with his heart, and drives out from it the enmity, hate and jealousy for his brother, and enters in it the recommendation and the affection for the Muslims.

Seventh: that he fears in the matters of obedience to Allah and makes his obedience sincerely for the sake of Allah and fears showing off and hypocrisy and if he does that then he is from those about whom Allah says , " and the Hereafter with your Lord is for the righteous." (Zukhruf: 35)

And , "truly the God-fearing will be amid gardens and bliss," ( at tur : 17)

And Allah has praised the fearful (those concious of Allah) in his book at my places and informs them that they would be saved from the fire and he (the exalted) says:
"There is not one of you but will pass over it, then We shall save those who had taqwa( consciousness of Allah)". (Maryam: 71-72)

~ Tanbih al-ghafileen, 390-391

قال الامام سفيان بن عيينة رحمه الله :

من رأى أنه خير من غيره فقد استكبر.

صفة الصفوة (٤٢٥/١)

Sufyan bin ʽUyaynah رحمه الله said:

"whoever sees himself to be better than others has conceited himself."

(Sifa-tu-safwa, 1/465)

ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما:

"صلاة ركعتين في تفكر، خير من قيام ليلة والقلب ساه ! ".

(رسائل ابن رجب 381/1)

Ibn Abbas رضي الله عنهما said:

"two rak'ahs with contemplation is better than standing in the night prayer while the heart is heedless."

(Rasael ibn rajab, 1/ 381)

قال شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية -رحمه الله

من رأى أنه لا ينشرح صدره، ولا يحصل له حلاوة الإيمان، ونور الهداية فليكثر التوبة
والإستغفار".

(مجموع الفتاوى ٥/٦٢)

Sheikh ul Islam ibn taymiyyah rahimahullāh said:

"Whoever sees that his chest doesn't expand, and he couldn't attain the sweetness of Iman and the light of guidance, let him increase his repentance and seeking forgiveness."

(Majmoo al fatawa 5/62)

Patience is facilitated by two things:

1. Knowing that the world is the abode of distress, affliction built upon the trials.

2. Knowing the rewards of patience.

(At tabsirah, 1207)

"فإنّما يسرنه بلسانك"

"We have made this [Qur'an] easy, in your own language."

Allah عز وجل tells us of His blessing and that He has made this Holy Qur'an easy on the lips of the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم.

He has made its words easy and its meanings easy to understand, so as to achieve the purpose behind it and so that people may benefit from it.

(السعدي)

Ali ibn abi talib رضي الله عنه said:

Do not be from those who desire the hereafter without working for it and who anticipate forgiveness through lengthy aspirations, and speak in the dunya the sayings of abstinence while doing the acts of its seeker, who fear death because of their abundant sins, yet continue to do the very things that make them fearful.

If they become ill they continue to repent, but once alright they frolic, their nafs compels them to follow its inclinations; they do not compel it to follow their belief.
And Allah knows best.

(at tabsirah pg 1226)

al-ikhlāṣ — sincerity

ʿaṭāʾ ibn al-sāʾib (رحمه الله) said:

‎"it has reached me that ʿalī bin abī ṭālib (رضي الله عنه) said: 'the righteous action is that which you want nobody to praise you for except Allāh.'"

‎[ الإخلاص والنية لابن أبي الدنيا ص.٣٥]

قال شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية رحمه الله :

ومن تكلم في الدين بلا علم كان كاذبا وإن كان لا يتعمد الكذب.

مجموع الفتاوى (٤٤٩/۱٠)

Sheikh ul Islam ibn taymiyyah rahimahullāh said:

"whoever speaks about the religion without knowledge then he is a liar even if he didn't intend to lie."

(Majmoo al fatawa 10/449)

Abdullah Aal-Bassam said:

"The intention is what distinguishes an act of worship from a habit."

[Taysir Al-Allam, (1/24)]

Ibn Taymiyyah said:

القلبُ إنما خُلِقَ لذكر الله سبحانه

The heart was only created for the remembrance of Allaah.

مجموع الفتاوى [٣١٢/٩]

‏قوله صلى الله عليه وسلم:
"قاربوا وسددوا واعلموا أنه لن ينجو أحد منكم بعمله ".
قالوا: ولا أنت يا رسول الله؟
قال:"ولا أنا إلا أن يتغمدني الله برحمة منه وفضل".

فيه
-الإنسان لا يعجب بعمله مهما كان
-الإكثار من ذكر الله وسؤال الرحمة
-حرص الصحابة على العلم

شرح رياض الصالحين 1/306

Prophet ﷺ said:

"Follow the Right Path of Faith strictly, and be steadfast, and keep in mind that none of you can achieve salvation through his (good) actions."

Someone asked, "Not even you, O Messenger of Allah?"

He (ﷺ) said, "Not even me, unless Allah grants me His Mercy and Grace".


- a man shouldn't get amazed by his deeds, no matter what
- abundance of the rememberance of Allah and asking for his rehma ( mercy)
- the companion's desire for knowledge

‏مجالس العلم = رياض الصالحين

قال السعدي -رحمه اللّه - :

(مجلس علم تجلسه خير لك من الدنيا وما فيها ، وفائدة تستفيدها وتنتفع بها لا شيء يزنها ويساويها).

"الفواكة الشهية" (179)

the gatherings of knowledge = gardens of paradise

Imam Sa'di رحمه الله said:

"A gathering of knowledge in which you sit is better for you than the world and what it contains, nothing can weigh or be equal to the benefit that effects and helps you which you attain through it."

Abandoning the sins strengthens the memorisation

سئل الإمام مالك - رحمه الله

عن أنفع شيء يصلح لقوة الحفظ؟ فقال : إن كان يصلح له شيء فترك المعاصي.

الجامع للخطيب البغدادي (٢٥٨/٢)


Imam malik رحمه الله was asked about anything which helps to fix the power of memory?
If there's anything that can fix it, then it's leaving off sins.

Fudayl ibn 'Iyad رحمه الله said:

‎"You consider yourself to be something, while even an insect obeys Allah more than you do."

‎[Hilyat al-Awliya wa-Tabaqat al-Asfiya 6/253]

tawḥīd is natural

sheikh ṣāliḥ al-fawzān (حفظه الله) stated:

man naturally acknowledges Allāh’s Divinity, loves Him, worships Him, and ascribes no partner to Him. but human and shayṭān who suggest to each other polished speech out of deception, corrupt his natural disposition, and lead him astray.

- the book of tawḥīd p.11

Al-Layth said: “It’s said that Allah’s mercy engulfs none faster, than the one who listens to the Quran. This is due to His saying ﷻ

﴾ So when the Qur’ān is recited, then listen to it and pay attention that you may receive mercy. ﴿

[Al-A‘rāf: 204]

And it is Allah Who sends the winds, so that they raise up the clouds, and We drive them to a dead land, and revive therewith the earth after its death. As such (will be) the Resurrection!


According to the Hadith of Abu Razin:

I said, O Messenger of Allah, how will Allah bring the dead back to life?

What is the sign of that in His creation?

He said:

يَا أَبَا رَزِينٍ أَمَا مَرَرْتَ بِوَادِي قَوْمِكَ مُمْحِلًا ثُمَّ مَرَرْتَ بِهِ يَهْتَزُّ خَضِرًا

O Abu Razin, do you not pass through the valley of your people (and see it) arid and barren, then you pass through it (and see it) stirred (to life) and green!

I said, `Yes.'

He said:

فَكَذَلِكَ يُحْيِي اللهُ الْمَوْتَى

Thus will Allah bring the dead back to life."

(Ibn katheer)