.And put forward to them the example of the life of this world: it is like the water (rain) which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it, and becomes fresh and green. But (later) it becomes dry and broken pieces, which the winds scatter. And Allâh is Able to do everything.

al-kahf: 45

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.


(ونبلوكم بالشر والخير) أي: نختبركم بالفقر والغنى، والصحة والمرض، وغير ذلك من أحوال الدنيا؛ ليظهر الصبر على الشر، والشكر على الخير، أو خلاف ذلك.

(And We test you with evil and good) i.e.: We test you with poverty and wealth, health and disease, and other worldly conditions; to show patience over evil, and gratitude for good, or otherwise.

ابن جزي

عن أبي بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه قال: نَظَرت إِلى أقدام المشركين ونحن في الغار وهم على رؤُوسِنا، فقلت: يا رسول الله، لَو أنَّ أحَدَهم نظر تحت قدَمَيه لأَبصَرَنا، فقال: «مَا ظَنُّكَ يَا أَبَا بَكرٍ بِاثنَينِ الله ثَالِثُهُمَا».
— متفق عليه

لو لم يكن من القراءة إلا أنها تجعل لأوقات فراغنا معنى، ولتأملاتنا مغزى، ولخلواتنا مرمى، ولوحدتنا مأوى، ولعقولنا مرعى، ولأفكارنا مسقى، ولأتراحنا مسلى، وعن همومنا منأى، ولآمالنا مسرى، لكفى بذلك داعيا إلى اكتسابها عادة يومية غير منقطعة. | أ.عبيد الظاهري

﴿وَقَد نَزَّلَ عَلَيكُم فِي الكِتابِ أَن إِذا سَمِعتُم آياتِ اللَّهِ يُكفَرُ بِها وَيُستَهزَأُ بِها فَلا تَقعُدوا مَعَهُم حَتّى يَخوضوا في حَديثٍ غَيرِهِ إِنَّكُم إِذًا مِثلُهُم إِنَّ اللَّهَ جامِعُ المُنافِقينَ وَالكافِرينَ في جَهَنَّمَ جَميعًا﴾ [النساء: ١٤٠]

فهذا دليل على وجوب اجتناب أهل المعاصي حال فعلها ومُواقعتها، وهذا مقتضى عدم الرضا بالمعصية، لأن من لم يجتنبهم فقد رضي فعلهم كما دل عليه قوله تعالى ﴿إِنَّكُم إِذًا مِثلُهُم﴾

وعن هشام بن عروة قال "أخذ عمر بن عبد العزيز قوما على شراب فضربهم وفيهم صائم، فقالو: إن هذا صائم! فتلا ﴿فَلا تَقعُدوا مَعَهُم حَتّى يَخوضوا في حَديثٍ غَيرِهِ إِنَّكُم إِذًا مِثلُهُم﴾

أعمال القلوب - خالد السبت (٤٠٣/٢)

ash-shaafi’i رحمه الله said:
i befriended the sufis and i did not benefit from them except in two words.

i heard them saying: time is a knife, either you cut it or it cuts you, and you either busy your nafs in righteousness/haqq or it busies you with falsehood

— the value of time for the scholars, pp 43

https://youtu.be/0548OpcqwjE
a lecture on aasiya, the wife of fir’aun. this the second installment in this series (قدوات نسائية) where shaykh حفظه الله gives lecture on the virtuous women we should be taking as examples. if you understand a little bit of arabic, I recommend watching it

يحبُّ الفتى طول البقاءِ كأنَّهُ
على ثِقةٍ أنَّ البقاءَ بقاءُ
إذا طوى يوماً طوى اليومَ بعضَهُ
ويطويه إن جَنَّ المساءُ مساءُ
زيادته في الجِسم نقصُ حياتهِ
وأنّى على نقص الحياة نماءُ

O mankind, fear your Lord and fear a Day when no father will avail his son, nor will a son avail his father at all. Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allāh by the Deceiver [i.e., Satan].

Indeed, Allāh [alone] has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs. And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in what land it will die. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Aware.

{ luqman :33-34 }

قال النبيّ ﷺ:
"إن لله ملائكةً سيَّاحين في الأرض،
يبلِّغوني‏ من أمتي السلام"

اللهمّ صل وسلم على من لا نبيَّ بَعده🤍.

– قيمة الزمن عند العلماء, صـ٢٣٨
#كتب_books

’ if the heat of the summer hurts you, and so does the dryness of autumn, and the cold of winter, and the good time of spring distracts you, then when will you take knowledge?’

– قيمة الزمن عند العلماء, ص٢٦٤

’ and from the preservation of time in islam is the emphasis on earliness, and the desire for the muslim to start his work in the day energetic and good natured, full of determination, as the eagerness to benefit from the beginning of the day follows a strong desire to not waste everything else in vain’

https://youtu.be/fyVSfs_rjxI
A compiled routine of daily worship for sisters

ibn uthaymin (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

“How often does one of us become better after a sin than he was before!?

A person often commits an error and falls into sin, and then finds his heart extremely saddened, and so he turns to Allaah, repenting to Him much, to the point that he keeps thinking about the sin, full of remorse, repenting continually!”

— Sharh al-Mumti’
[ beneficial knowledge ch. ]

Don’t say: I don’t have time for the Quran.
Say: The Quran isn’t from one of my (main) priorities.

من أدعياء النبي ﷺ: اللهم إنّي أعوذُ بكَ من علمٍ لا ينفع ومن قلبٍ لا يخشع ومن دعوةٍ لا يستجابُ لها

lately…

you might’ve missed your prayers or woken up late to them
you might’ve said something you didn’t want to say
you might’ve quarreled with a loved one over something minuscule
you’ve might’ve done something you shouldn’t have
you might’ve reacted harshly to someone
You might’ve broken a promise
You might’ve spoken to someone you shouldn’t have
you might’ve been tempted to dress a certain way you shouldn’t have
you might’ve gone to areas you shouldn’t have
you might’ve watched or listened to something you shouldn’t have
you might’ve not read the Quran as much as you could’ve have
you might’ve not benefitted from your time in good as you should’ve


…. and the list goes on. perhaps while reading this you might’ve reflected over what you have done, and yet there is so much that the scribes write that we don’t know of or forget.
ما يلفظ من قولٍ إلّا لديه رقيبٌ عتيد
Not a word does he (or she) utter but there is a watcher by him ready (to record it)

in these blessed hours of friday, make tawbah, seek forgiveness, turn that page around and don’t end the day without doing so. we have a Lord that is the Most Compassionate and Forgiving. Turn to Him.

He is the constant in a world that is not. He is the Eternal in a world that is not. His promise is true and His punishment is true. Jannah is true, and Jahannam is true. And He is always near to the one that calls out to Him.


وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِى عَنِّى فَإِنِّى قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ ٱلدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لِى وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِى لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ

And when My slaves ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) concerning Me, then (answer them), I am indeed near (to them by My Knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me (without any mediator or intercessor). So let them obey Me and believe in Me, so that they may be led aright.