💥 Written by Shaykh Mustafa ibn Muhammad Mabram, may Allah preserve him:

Ibn Abī al-Dunyā narrated from Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah who said:

(كَانَ يُقَالُ: الْأَمْوَاتُ أَحْوَجُ إِلَى الدُّعَاءِ مِنَ الْأَحْيَاءِ إِلَى الطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِ)

“It used to be said: the dead are in greater need of supplication than the living are of food and drink.”

📚 (Sharḥ al-Ṣudūr by al-Suyūṭī, p. 297)

The Shaykh comments:

فَهَذِهِ تَذْكِرَةٌ لِعُمُومِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَكَيْفَ بِالْوَالِدَيْنِ؟
اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْ مَوْتَانَا وَمَوْتَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ

This is a reminder to do so for all the Muslims—so what then of one’s parents?
O Allah, have mercy on our deceased and the deceased among the Muslims.

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[The Recompense Matches the Deed — in Concealing the Faults of Your Brothers and Thinking Well of Them]

The scholar of a broad array of Islamic sciences, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Nāṣir al-Saʿdī (رحمه الله), said:

“وَبِالْجُمْلَةِ، فَالْوَاجِبُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَغَيْرِهِمُ السَّعْيُ فِي مَعْرِفَةِ الْحَقِّ، وَالِاجْتِهَادُ فِي تَنْفِيذِهِ وَالْعَمَلِ بِهِ، وَالتَّعَاوُنُ عَلَى ذٰلِكَ.

“In short, it is obligatory upon the people of knowledge and others to strive in seeking the truth, to exert effort in implementing it, to act upon it, and to cooperate in that.

وَأَنْ يُحِبَّ أَحَدُهُمْ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ، سَوَاءٌ وَافَقَهُ أَوْ خَالَفَهُ، فَكَمَا أَنَّهُ إِذَا وَقَعَ مِنْهُ خَطَأٌ وَزَلَلٌ لَمْ يُحِبَّ اطِّلَاعَ أَحَدٍ عَلَيْهِ، بَلْ يَحْرِصُ عَلَى سَتْرِ نَفْسِهِ؛ فَكَذٰلِكَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُنَزِّلَ أَخَاهُ مِنْهُ بِهٰذِهِ الْمَنْزِلَةِ.

And that one should love for his brother what he loves for himself, whether he agrees with him or disagrees. Just as when a person makes a mistake or a slip, he does not wish for anyone to uncover it, rather he is keen to conceal his own faults—so likewise, he should regard his brother in the same manner.

وَأَنْ يَحْمِلَ مَا يَصْدُرُ مِنْهُ عَلَى أَحْسَنِ الْمَحَامِلِ، فَإِنَّ الْجَزَاءَ مِنْ جِنْسِ الْعَمَلِ، فَمَنْ كَانَ مَعَ إِخْوَانِهِ هٰكَذَا؛ سَتَرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ بِأَسْبَابٍ يَعْلَمُهَا وَأَسْبَابٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا، سَتْرًا لَا يَحْصُلُ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِهٰذِهِ الْمَثَابَةِ، فَكَمَا تَدِينُ تُدَانُ، جَزَاءً وِفَاقًا.”

And he should interpret what comes from him in the best possible light. For the recompense is of the same kind as the deed. Whoever behaves with his brothers in this way, Allah will conceal his faults through means he knows and means he does not know, a concealment that is not granted to one who does not act in such a manner. As you judge, so shall you be judged—a fitting recompense.”
📚– Al-Majmūʿ li Ibn Saʿdī, 26/77

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Commentary:
I say: How greatly we are in need of such precious advice and to be reminded of it. The need for the noble and encouraged Islamic concealment (sitr) and for holding good opinions of the people of faith and piety is truly vital—and Allah is the One sought for help.

Selected by Shaykh Dr. ʿAbd al-Ilah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Rifāʿī (may Allah grant him success).

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Source: https://x.com/alrfaee1433/status/1873308805767057547?s=46

💎[The Tree of Faith: Sound Knowledge, Intention, Action, & Character]

Imām Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) said in his monumental work Iʿlām al-Muwaqqiʿīn (1/201):

«إِنَّ الشَّجَرَةَ لا بُدَّ لَهَا مِنْ عُرُوقٍ، وَسَاقٍ، وَفُرُوعٍ، وَوَرَقٍ، وَثَمَرٍ، فَكَذٰلِكَ شَجَرَةُ الإِيمَانِ وَالإِسْلَامِ،

“A tree must have roots, a trunk, branches, leaves, and fruit. Likewise is the tree of faith (īmān) and Islam.

فَعُرُوقُهَا: الْعِلْمُ، وَالْمَعْرِفَةُ، وَالْيَقِينُ، وَسَاقُهَا: الْإِخْلَاصُ، وَفُرُوعُهَا: الْأَعْمَالُ، وَثَمَرَتُهَا: مَا تُوجِبُهُ الْأَعْمَالُ الصَّالِحَةُ مِنَ الْآثَارِ الْحَمِيدَةِ، وَالصِّفَاتِ الْمَمْدُوحَةِ، وَالْأَخْلَاقِ الزَّكِيَّةِ، وَالسَّمْتِ الصَّالِحِ، وَالْهَدْيِ**، وَالدَّلِّ الْمَرْضِيِّ.

Its roots are knowledge, awareness, and certainty; its trunk is sincerity (ikhlāṣ); its branches are righteous deeds; and its fruits are the beneficial effects that result from those deeds—praiseworthy qualities, virtuous traits, noble character, upright demeanor, noble conduct (hady), and commendable bearing.

فَيُسْتَدَلُّ عَلَى غَرْسِ هٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فِي الْقَلْبِ وَثُبُوتِهَا فِيهِ بِهٰذِهِ الْأُمُورِ.

These are the signs that the tree has been planted in the heart and is firmly rooted therein.

فَإِذَا كَانَ الْعِلْمُ صَحِيحًا، مُطَابِقًا لِمَعْلُومِهِ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ كِتَابَهُ بِهِ، وَالِاعْتِقَادُ مُطَابِقًا لِمَا أَخْبَرَ بِهِ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ، وَأَخْبَرَتْ بِهِ عَنْهُ رُسُلُهُ، وَالْإِخْلَاصُ قَائِمًا فِي الْقَلْبِ، وَالْأَعْمَالُ مُوَافِقَةً لِلْأَمْرِ، وَالْهَدْيُ، وَالدَّلُّ، وَالسَّمْتُ مُشَابِهًا لِهٰذِهِ الْأُصُولِ، مُنَاسِبًا لَهَا، عُلِمَ أَنَّ شَجَرَةَ الْإِيمَانِ فِي الْقَلْبِ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ، وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ،

So, if the knowledge is correct and conforms to the truth revealed by Allah, and the belief is in accordance with what Allah has informed about Himself and what His Messengers have conveyed from Him, and sincerity is firmly established in the heart, and the actions are in accordance with the divine command, and the demeanor, conduct, and appearance reflect and harmonize with these foundations—then it is known that the tree of faith in the heart has firm roots and lofty branches reaching the sky.

وَإِذَا كَانَ الْأَمْرُ بِالْعَكْسِ، عُلِمَ أَنَّ الْقَائِمَ بِالْقَلْبِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ الشَّجَرَةُ الْخَبِيثَةُ الَّتِي اجْتُثَّتْ مِنْ فَوْقِ الْأَرْضِ، مَا لَهَا مِنْ قَرَارٍ.»

But if the opposite is the case, then it is evident that what resides in the heart is none other than the wicked tree that has been uprooted from the surface of the earth and has no stability or foundation.”


May Allah endow us with these beautiful characteristics and free us of their opposites in a state of wellbeing.

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💎[Islam Spread Because of Wisdom & Good Character]

The nurturing scholar Rabīʿ al-Madkhalī — may Allah preserve him — said:

«إِنَّ التَّحَلِّيَ بِالأَخْلَاقِ الإِسْلَامِيَّةِ العالِيَةِ، مِنَ الصِّدْقِ وَالأَمَانَةِ وَالتَّوَاضُعِ وَالحِكْمَةِ فِي الدَّعْوَةِ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، لَهُ آثَارٌ بَعِيدَةٌ وَعَمِيقَةٌ فِي انْتِشَارِ الإِسْلَامِ فِي أَوْسَاطِ النَّاسِ.

“Indeed, adorning oneself with lofty Islamic manners — such as truthfulness, trustworthiness, humility, and wisdom in calling to Allah, Blessed and Exalted — has far-reaching and profound effects in spreading Islam among the people.

وَلَا تَظُنَّ أَنَّ الإِسْلَامَ انْتَشَرَ بِالسَّيْفِ فَقَطْ كَمَا يَتَصَوَّرُ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ، وَإِنَّمَا انْتَشَرَ بِهَذِهِ الأَخْلَاقِ الَّتِي كَانَ يَتَحَلَّى بِهَا صَحَابَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، الَّذِينَ رَبَّاهُمْ أَرْقَى تَرْبِيَةٍ عَلَى أَرْقَى وَأَعْلَى الأَخْلَاقِ.. الَّتِي كَانَتْ أَكْبَرَ دَافِعٍ لِلنَّاسِ وَجَاذِبٍ لِلنَّاسِ إِلَى تَقَبُّلِ الإِسْلَامِ».

And do not think that Islam spread solely by the sword (i.e., military expansion), as some people imagine. Rather, it spread through these manners which the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, possessed — those whom he raised with the finest upbringing upon the highest and most noble character. These [manners] were the greatest motivator and attractor for people to embrace Islam.”

📚[Al-Lubāb 11/12]

💎[The Recipe for a Successful Family]

✍️ Dr. Muḥammad ibn Ghālib wrote:

خَلْفَ كُلِّ بَيْتٍ مُسْتَقِرٍّ وَأَبْنَاءٍ صَالِحِينَ
وَبِيئَةٍ صِحِّيَّةٍ،

“Behind every stable household,
all righteous children, and any healthy environment,

زَوْجَانِ صَالِحَانِ بَذَلَا جُهُودَهُمَا وَأَحْسَنَا الْقِيَامَ بِوَاجِبَاتِهِمَا،

are two righteous spouses who exerted their efforts, fulfilled their responsibilities well,

وَقَدَّمَا مَصْلَحَةَ كِيَانِ الْأُسْرَةِ عَلَى حُظُوظِ النَّفْسِ،

prioritized the interest of the family unit over personal desires,

وَقَادَا سَفِينَةَ الْأُسْرَةِ بِحِكْمَةٍ وَتُؤَدَةٍ،

steered the ship of the family with wisdom and calm deliberation,

وَأَكْرَمَا أَنْفُسَهُمَا وَأَفْرَادَ أُسْرَتِهِمَا بِحُسْنِ التَّخْطِيطِ وَالتَّدْبِيرِ،

honored themselves and the members of their household through good planning and management—

اسْتِعَانةً بِاللَّهِ فِي ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ،
وَعَملًا بِالْأَسْبَابِ النَّافِعَةِ.

relying on Allah in all of that,
and acting upon beneficial means.”