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)

Narrated 'Atiyyah:
from Abu Sa'eed, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"The Lord, Blessed and Most High is He, has said:
'Whoever is too busy with the Qur'an for remembering Me and asking Me, then I shall give him more than what I give to those who ask.'
And the virtue of Allah's Speech over the speech of others is like the virtue of Allah over His creation.

(At tirmidhi, 2926)

بها يُدفع العذاب ..

قال محمد بن نصر: «ولا نعلم طاعة يدفعُ الله بها العذاب مثل الصَّـلاة».

تعظيم قدر الصلاة، للمروزي (٢٣٠/١)

Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī said, "You will not love Allah until you love obeying Him."

— Ibn Rajab, Jāmiʿ al-ʿulūm waʾl-ḥikam, ii. 221

.وحديث عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال:
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم:

بئسما لاحدهم يقول: نسيت آية كيت وكيت، بل هو نسيِّ، استذكروا القرآن فلهو أشد تفصيا من صدور الرجال من النََّعم بعقلها.

.وقال عبد الله بن مسعود :

تعاهدوا هذه المصاحف - وربما قال:
القرآن - فلهو أشد تفصيا من صدور الرجال من النعم من عقله.
- رواه مسلم.

وتعاهد القرآن يشمل:

ا. تعاهد الفاظه بالحفظ والضبط.

ب. وتعاهد معانيه بالعلم والفهم.

ج، وتعاهد هداه بالاتباع والرعاية.

فمن جمع هذه الأمور الثلاثة فقد أحسن تعاهد القرآن.

فضل القرآن ص١٢٨

Allah has prepared some good for His believing slaves in every stage of life i.e. they are always experiencing some blessing from their Lord, whether they encounter what they like or dislike. And Allah has made His judgments and decrees which He ordains and makes possible for them like trade by which they profit from, or pathways by which they are able to reach Him; just as it is affirmed in the Sahih hadith :

"Amazing is the affair of the believer. Indeed all of his affairs are good! And that is not for anyone but the believer. If good befalls him, he is grateful and so it is good for him; and if harm befalls him, he is patient and so it is good for him."

If Allah opens the slave's heart to the doors of contemplation over the benefits of the affliction and all that it contains of favours and grace, he turns from being patient to being grateful and pleased with it.
In truth, the affliction transforms into a blessing and both his heart and tongue continue to call out: "My Lord! Help me to remember You, thank You and worship You well!

This condition is either strengthened or weakened in accordance to the strength and weakness of the slave's love for Allah.

- Principles of Patience, Ibn taymiyah رحمه الله

"مِن مغرب الخميس إلى مغرب الجُمعة
كل ثانيه فيها خزائِن من الحسناتِ فـَأكثروا مِن الصلاة على النبي ليلة الجُمعه ، من أراد إنشراح الصدر ، وغُفران الذنب ، وتفريج الكرب ، وذهاب الهَم فليُكثر من الصلاة على النبي ﷺ ."

"From the evening of Thursday to the evening of Friday, every second is filled with treasures of good deeds.

So, increase your prayers upon the Prophet on Friday night. Whoever desires a heart filled with ease, forgiveness of sins, relief from distress, and removal of worries should increase their prayers upon the Prophet ﷺ."

" اللهم صلِّ وسلم على نبينا محمد عدد ما ذكره الذّاكرون، وعدد ماغفل عنه الغافلون."♥️