January 2012
94 posts
Muntaqabah: Are you not ashamed of yourself? →
muntaqabah:
Ibn Ubayd said “We visited Muhammad Ibn Su’qah and he said: ‘Shall I inform you of something which might avail you, because it has been of great help to myself?’ He said ‘Ata ibn Abu Raba’h told us:
‘People who were before you used to hate futile talk. They used to consider everything useless…
December 2011
112 posts
Imam Ahmad (rahimahullaah) said, “Whoever rejects...
pearlsofislam:
[Reported in Tabaqaatul-Hanaabilah (2/15) and by Ibn battah in al-Ibanatul-Kubraa (1/97)]
The judeao-Shi'te Connection →
Was the earth not spacious?
When angels take the souls of those who die in sin against their souls, they say: “In what (plight) Were ye?” They reply: “Weak and oppressed Were we in the earth.” They say: “Was not the earth of Allah spacious enough for you to move yourselves away (From evil)?” Such men will find their abode in Hell,- What an evil refuge! -
Except those who are (really)...
Friday Reminders
Mu`adh bin Anas Al-Juhani (May Allah be pleased with him) said:
The Prophet (sallAllaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) forbade (us) from sitting with our legs drawn up to our belly (Ihtiba’) during the Friday Khutbah (religious talk before the prayer).
[Abu Dawood/Tirmidhi]
Commentary: Habut is the root word of Ihtiba’ which means to sit in such a position that the two knees are...
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Talq ibn Habeeb (rahimahUllaah) said:
“Indeed, the rights of Allah are too great for His slaves to be able to fulfill them. And indeed, His favors and blessings are too many for them to be able to enumerate them. Then [the only way to safety] is for you to wake up every morning and repent for your sins, and go to bed every night and repent for your sins.”
Ibn Abî...
“The powerful man is not the one who is able to wrestle, but the powerful man is...”
– Prophet Muhammad [sallallahu alayhi wasallam], Muslim (via peopleofsaleh)
“Allaah keeps firm those who believe, with the...
“The Prophet, sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said,
“I have not left...”
– [Reported by at-Tabaraani, authentic, refer to Asl Sifatis-Salaatin-Nabee, vol. 3, p. 942]
Ibn al-Jawzi (rahimahullaah) said:
There was a king who had a lot of wealth, and he had a daughter and no other children. He loved her very much, and he used to let her enjoy all kinds of entertainment. This went on for a long time. Beside the king there lived a devoted worshiper, and whilst he was reciting one night, he raised his voice saying, “O you who believe! Ward off yourselves and your...
“Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see...”
– John Green (via drunken-spiders)
But you paid no heed to it..
Anas ibn Maalik, radhiAllaahu ‘anhu, narrated that the Messenger of Allaah, sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said, “It would be said to the non-believers on the Day of Ressurection: If you were to possess gold, filling the whole earth, would you like to secure your freedom by paying that? He would say: Yes. Thereupon it would be said to him: Something easier (than this)...
Shaikh Ibn Uthaimeen, may Allaah have mercy on him, said, “It is fitting that a person always asks Allaah to purify his heart. He should devote his attention to the actions of the heart. The care a person gives to the actions of the heart must be more than the care he gives to the actions of the body–because everyone performs bodily actions, the believer and the hypocrite.”
Tafseer Surah...
Stick to the Scholars
Shaykh Abdus-Salaam Ibn Barjas Rahimahullaah:
“O student! If you want knowledge from its sources then you should stick to the great scholars [Kibâr-ul-‘ulama]: those who have gray beards and weak bodies and have lost their power in [pursuit of] knowledge and educating. Stick to them before they disappear and take from their treasure before they take it with them. One misses the ...
O sinner! Where are your flowing tears? O slave to sin! Cry over your past sins! What a sorry case it is - if death befalls you before you have repented. A worse case indeed - if you were invited to repent but did not respond. What would you do when the call is made for transition while you are not ready? Are you not the one who fenced with the major sins without self-reproach? - Ibn al Jawzee.
“An action done without Ikhlaas and without following the Sunnah is like a traveler whose socks becomes filled with sand, which weighs him down and has no benefit.” [Ibn Al Qayyim, Al-Fawaaid 442]
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O Allaah! We ask you all of the good things, nearer or later (in life), what we know of and what we do not know of. And we seek refuge into You from all the evil things, nearer or later (in life), what we know of, and what we do not know of. And we ask You the same good things that Your Prophet (sallahu alayhi wa salam) have asked You, and Your righteous slaves. And we seek refuge into You from...
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Four distinctions of Abu Bakr
It is reported that Al-Sha’bî – Allâh have mercy on him – said:
Allâh the Exalted distinguished Abû Bakr Al-Siddîq – Allâh be pleased with him – with four qualities He did not distinguish anyone else with: He called him Al-Siddîq (the true believer), and He never named anyone else Al-Siddîq; [Abû Bakr] was the companion of Allâh’s Messenger – praise and peace of Allâh be upon him – in the...
Defence of the Sunnah is more superior
Nasr bin Zakariyaa said I heard Muhammad bin Yahyaa adh-Dhuhlee saying, I heard Yahyaa bin Yahyaa saying,
Defence of the Sunnah is more superior than jihaad in the path of Allaah.
So I said:
A man spends his wealth, tires his body and strives (in...
"There is no honourable person, scholar or doer of...
pearlsofislam:
[Sifat as-Safwah (2/81) by Ibn al-Jawzi (rahimahullah)]
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A man once came to ‘Abdullâh b. ‘Umar – Allâh be pleased with him – and said:
I love you for Allâh.
Ibn ‘Umar replied:
Then bear witness that I hate you for Allâh!
The man asked, “Why?”
He replied, “Because you sing in your adhân (call to prayer), and you take a wage [for calling it]!”
Al-Tabarânî, Al-Mu’jam Al-Kabîr, article 13059; from Shaykh Al-Albânî, Al-Sahîhah 1:104, where he grades it...
'If the Religion was based upon the intellect then...
salaf:
- ‘Ali radhi allahu anhu. [This hadeeth is authentic. Related by Abu Dawood (no. 162). Shaykh al-Albaani has authenticated this narration in Saheeh Sunnan Abi Dawood (1/33)]
“From Ibn’ Abbass(radiallahu anhu) who said, ‘I...
peopleofsaleh:
— HASAN: Related by al-Haythamee in Majma’uz-Zuwaa’id (10/22). Refer to Dhilaalul-Jannah Fee Takhreejis-Sunnah (2/462) of Al-Albaanee.
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“And [there is a share for] those who came after them, saying, “Our Lord, forgive...”
– [Surah Al Hashr 59:10]
“O you who spends his lifetime in disobeying his Lord! No one amongst your...”
– Ibn Qayyim [Al Fawid pg. 107] (via assomaaliyyah)
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Friday Reminders
Narrated by As-Saaib bin Yazid, that Mu’awiya, radhiAllaahu ‘anhu, told him,
“If you offer the Friday prayer, do not connect it with another prayer, till you talk or go out. Allaah’s Messenger, sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, had commanded us accordingly; that we should not connect a prayer to another prayer till we talk ot go out (in between...
“But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allaah wills, He is the Lord of...”
“But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires, and lusts. Verily, Paradise will be his abode.”
[Soorah An-Nazi’at (79):40-41]
وَنَادَوْا يَا مَالِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَ...
journey-to-knowledge:
And they will cry: “O Malik (Keeper of Hell)! Let your Lord make an end of us.” He will say: “Verily you shall abide forever.”
(43:77)
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“Talq ibn Habeeb (rahimahUllaah) said:
“Indeed, the rights of Allah are...”
– Ibn Abî Al-Dunyâ, Al-Tawbah article 62
“Ibn `Abbas (Radhillahu anhuu) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallahu alayhi wa...”
– [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
Upon the authority of Abu Hurairah – Radhiyallahu ‘Anhu – who said: “The Messenger of Allah – Sallallahu Alaihi wa Salam said to me: “Say ‘Laa Haula Wa Laa Quwwataa Illaa Billaah’ (There is no might or power except with Allah) in abundance, for indeed it is from the treasures of Jannah.“
(Collected by Bukhaari (6952) and At Tirmidhi (3601) upon the authority of Abu Musaa Al Ash’aree...
“And He gave you of all that you asked for, and if you count the blessings of Allah, never will you be able to count them.” (14:34)
Imaam Az-Zuhree (d. 124H) said, “The people of...
pearlsofislam:
[Ad-Daarimee, 96]
“Verily, you are in a time in which there are many scholars and few speakers. And...”
– Abdullaah Ibn Mas’aad(radiallahu anhu)
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On the authority of ‘Abdillaah ibn ‘Umar (radhillahu anhu) who reported that the Messenger of Allaah (sallahu alayhi wa salam) said:
“While three men were walking, it started raining, so they took shelter in a mountain cave. While they were inside the cave a boulder fell over the mouth of the cave trapping them inside. They said to each other, “Think about the best of the...
Imaam Az-Zuhree (d. 124H) said, “The people of...
pearlsofislam:
[Ad-Daarimee, 96]
Everyone is talking about Quran tips, and all I just want to say is you can finish it! There’s about 20 pages in each Juz and if you do one page a day, you can finish 1 Juz and 10 pages a month! One important thing is to be patient. You’ll have days when your just not up for it, but it’s the Shaytaan, the enemy. he does not want you to finish the Qur’aan. Take that feeling...
Glory be to Allah who loves Abu Bakr & Umar so much that He created a nation to curse them so that they receive their reward –Ibn Taymiyyah