Deprived Due to a Sin

Imam Abu Dawud (‏رحمه الله):

"I entered upon Kurz al Harithi and found him weeping. I said, 'What made you cry?' He said, 'I didn't recite my daily portion of the Quran yesterday, and I think it's because of a sin I committed.'"

قال أبو داود رحمه الله :

‏دخلت على كرز الحارثي فوجدته يبكي، فقلت ما يبكيك ؟ قال: لم أقرأ البارحة حزبي من القرآن،وما أظنه إلاّ بذنب فعلته.

‏- (الحلية ٧٩/٥) -

The weeping of 'Umar (radiyallaahu 'anhu) could be heard from the last rows, as it has been reported to us by 'Abdullaah ibn Shaddaad, who said:

'I heard the sobbing of 'Umar from the last rows, while he was reciting the verse from the Qur'aan:

قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَشْكُوا بَقُ وَحُزْنِ إِلَى اللَّهِ

I only complain of my grief and sorrow to Allaah.

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم:

"إذا رأى أحدُكم من أخيه ما يعجبه فليدعُ لَهُ بالبركة."

رواه ابن ماجه وصححه الألباني

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

"And of the diseases that afflict du'a and prevent its response is that a person is hasty in expecting a response, and the response is delayed, so he gives up hope, and leaves du'a. His example is like that of a person who planted a seed, or a seedling, then guarded it, and took care of it, and watered it, but when it delayed in (giving its fruit) and reaching perfection, he left it and did not take care of it anymore!."

[Al-Jawaab al-Kaafi | P. 10]

قال الشيخ بن عثيمين رحمه الله :

اسألوا الله عزوجل
ولا تيأسوا من رحمة الله
فإن الله عز وجل أكرم منا
فهو أسرع إلى عبده من عبده إليه
ولكن المسألة تحتاج إلى المصابرة
وإلى انتظار الفرج
وإلى عدم اليأس من رحمة الله عزوجل.

[ شرح الكافية الشافية (٤٦٣)]

الإنسان عند المصائب أربعة مقامات

الأول : التسخط وهو حرام ومن كبائر الذنوب

والثاني:  الصبر وهو واجب

والثالث: الرضا وهو سنة مستحب

والرابع: الشكر وهو أعلى المقامات.

[فتاوى في العقيدة 1/685]

The Rights of the Father upon his Son

Shaykh Ḥammād ibn Muḥammad al-Anṣārī رحمه الله mentioned a narration in which al-Layth ibn Sa'ad - D. 175H - رحمه الله said:

The father has ten rights over his son:

1. When he needs food, he feeds him.

2. When he needs clothing, he clothes him if he is able to and this is some of the explanations of Allāh's statement:

‎وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفًۭا

"Behave with them kindly in the world." • [31:15]

3. When one of his parents needs his service, he serves them.

4. When he calls him, he replies and attends to him.

5. When he commands him to do an affair, he obeys him as long as it is not an act of disobedience [to Allāh] or backbiting.

6. To speak with him with kind, soft, lenient speech.

7. To not address him by his name.

8. To walk behind him.

9. To love for him what he loves for himself and dislike for him what he dislikes upon himself.

10. To supplicants for mercy for him.

● [مختصر الحقوق حماد الأنصاري ص ٢١٦-٢١٧]

"أمن هو قانت آناء الليل ساجدا وقائما يحذر الآخرة ويرجو رحمة ربه"

وتخصيص الليل بقنوتهم؛ لأن العبادة بالليل أعون على تمحض القلب لذكر الله، وأبعد عن مداخلة الرياء، وأدل على إيثار عبادة الله على حظ النفس من الراحة والنوم؛ فإن الليل أدعى إلى طلب الراحة، فإذا آثر المرء العبادة فيه استنار قلبه بحب التقرب إلى الله؛

قال تعالى: (إن نَاشِئَةَ الَّيْلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطَا وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا). [المزمل: ٦]

ابن عاشور: ٢٣/٣٤٦.

" فصلةُ الوالدين قُربة، و حديثهما طاعة، و دعاؤهما بركة.. فهما أحقّ الناس ببرّك و وفائك، و أولى الناس بحُسن صحبتك و إحسانك، وخاصةً عند الكبر و الضعف و مظنّةِ الحاجة، فقد كنت في صغرك زينة حياتهم، و ريحانة قلوبهم، و غرس آمالهم💔."

قال العلامة مقبل الوادعي - رحمه الله -:

ما أخذَ الله شيْئاً إلّا وعوّضَ خيراً منه، والدُّنْيا دار ابتلاء لم تكمل لِأحدٍ أبداً.

Allama Muqbil Al wadi رحمه الله said:
"Allah doesn't take anything except replace it with something better and the worldly life is the
abode of trials and has never been completed for anyone."

📚« غارة الأشرطة (٤٧٤/٢)

قال الشيخ عبدالرزاق البدر حفظه الله :

لَوْ كُنَّا مُتَمَسِّكِين بالقرآن قَرِيبِين مِنه نَتْلُوهُ حَقَّ تِلاوَتِه لَكُنَّا أَسْعدُ النَّاسِ.

﴿ألا بذِكر الله تطمئنُّ القلُوب﴾ الرعد:٢٨

«إذا اضطرب القلب وقلق، فليس له ما يطمئنُّ به سوى ذكر الله».

‏مدارج السالكين، لابن القيم (٤٨٠/٢)

قوله تعالى : ( قد أفلح المؤمنون ) " قد " حرف تأكيد ، وقال المحققون : " قد " تقرب الماضي من الحال ، يدل على أن الفلاح قد حصل لهم ، وأنهم عليه في الحال ، وهو أبلغ من تجريد ذكر الفعل ، "

والفلاح " النجاة والبقاء ، قال ابن عباس : قد سعد المصدقون بالتوحيد وبقوا في الجنة .

[تفسير البغوي]

It is not allowed for anyone who does not know the Arabic language to explain the Quran.

[Mujaḥid (rahīmahullāh), Mabāḥith fī ‘Ulūm al-Qur'ān, pg. 331]

How beautiful is it for us to be conscious of the excellence of the Quran, its virtue and lofty station.

[Important Lessons for Ramadan by Shaykh 'Abd al-Razzāq al-'Abbād (hafidhahullah), pg. 83]

There is nothing more beneficial for the slave in this present life, nor for His returning to his Lord, nor anything more conducive to his salvation than

contemplating over the Quran

[Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah), Madaarij as-Saalikeen, 1/451]

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

"‏ إِنَّ الَّذِي لَيْسَ فِي جَوْفِهِ شَيْءٌ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ كَالْبَيْتِ الْخَرِبِ ‏"‏

‏.‏ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"Indeed, the one who does not have the Qur'an inside him (his heart), is like the ruined house."

(at tirmidhi, 2913)

Narrated Abu Hurairah:
that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

"The one who memorized the Qur'an shall come on the Day of Judgement and (the reward for reciting the Qur'an) says:
'O Lord! Decorate him."
So he is donned with a crown of nobility.
Then it says: "O Lord! Give him more!' So he is donned with a suit of nobility.
Then it says: "O Lord! Be pleased with him.'
So He is pleased with him and says:
"Recite and rise up, and be increased in reward with every Ayah.'"

(At tirmidhi, 2915)