Ever so often, I intend to post some words of wisdom for the purpose of reflection, contemplation and self-introspection. I invite others to do the same. May we all benefit from them, by way of implementing them in our daily lives.
"The Dunyaa is like salt-water; whenever you increase in drinking it, you will also increase in thirst!"
كن مستفيدا أو مفيدا
أو اسكت بحلم
"The garment of Riyaa* reveals what is beneath it...
so if you wrap yourself with it...
you will indeed be naked"
*Showing off/Wanting actions to be seen by others
كن مستفيدا أو مفيدا
أو اسكت بحلم
It is reported from Mutraf bin Abdullaah ash-Shakheer that he said: "That I spend the night sleeping and wake up remorseful is more loved to me than that I spend the night standing (in prayer) and wake up in admiration"
Ibn al-Qayyim - rahimahullaah- said:
"There is no doubt that the heart becomes covered with rust, just as metal dishes - silver, and their like - become rusty. So the rust of the heart is polished with dhikr (remembrance of Allaah), for dhikr polishes the heart until it becomes like a shiny mirror. However, when dhikr is abandoned, the rust returns; and when it commences then the heart again begins to be cleansed. Thus the heart becoming rusty is due to two matters: sins and ahafah ( neglecting remembrance of Allaah ). Likewise, it is cleansed and polished by two things : istighfaar (seeking Allaah's forgiveness) and dhikr."
Al-Waabilus-Sayyib
كل خير في اتباع من سلف- وكل شر في أبتداع من خلف
"It has been said: Knowledge is the father and actions are the offspring. Indeed knowledge comes with actions; and riwaayah (narrating) comes from diraayah (investigating)."
كل خير في اتباع من سلف- وكل شر في أبتداع من خلف
Desires that were, at the age of youthfulness, sweet to those who wished them, became a suffering at Al-Masheeb*(an old age).
*Al-Masheeb: The period of whiteness of the hair, or hoariness.
Aboo Noorani Abdullaah Abdur-raheem Gonzalez
Reported by ad-Daarimee (1/138), al-Bayhaqee in his Madkhal ilas-Sunan (no. 410) and al-Khateeb al-Baghdaadee in Al-Faqeeh wal-Mutafaqqih, (2/144)
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Umm Khadijah Shahidah al-Kanadie
"Knowledge is a comforting friend in times of loneliness, it is the best companion during travels, and it is the inner friend who speaks to you in your privacy. Knowledge is the discerning proof of what is right and what is wrong, and it is the positive force that will help you surmount the trials of comfort, as well as those of hardships. Knowledge is your most powerful sword against your enemy, and finally, it is your most dignifying raiment in the company of your close companions."
"Know that leaving the correct path occurs in two ways.
Firstly : that a man strays from the correct path intending nothing but good, so his error is not to be followed since it leads to destruction.
Secondly: a man who deliberately opposes the truth and acts contrary to the Pious ones who came before him, he is astray, leading others astray, a rebellious devil within the Ummah. It is a duty upon those who know of him to warn the people against him and to explain his condition to them so that no one falls into his innovation and is destroyed."
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(1) A day when I go out and meet someone more
knowledgeable than me, so I learn from him,
and that is the day of my benefit and profit.
(2) A day when I go out and meet someone less
knowledgeable than me, so I teach him,
and that the day of my reward.
(3) A day when I go out and meet someone like
me and I study and review with him, and that
is the day of my lesson.
(4) A day when I go out and meet someone below
my level but he sees himself as being above my
level, so I don't talk to him, and I make that
the day for my rest."
- Ibraaheem An-Nakha'ee
(Jaami'u Bayaan Al-'Ilm no. 878)
of Ibn Qayyim
He (rahimahullaah) said:
"The Prophet (sallaahu alaihi wa sallaam) combined fear of Allaah and good character because fear of Allaah rectifies between the servant and his Lord and good character rectifies between the servant and His creation. So fear of Allaah brings about love of Allaah for him and good character calls the people to love him"
كل خير في اتباع من سلف- وكل شر في أبتداع من خلف
as-Saree, rahimahullaah said:
Don't do anything for the sake of the people !
And don't stop doing things because of them !
And don't hide anything from them !
And don't reveal anything to them !
an-Nawawee collected it in at-Tibyaan
كن مستفيدا أو مفيدا
أو اسكت بحلم
As-Salaamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuhu Ikhwaan, in keeping with the spirit of the beautiful advice of Akhunaa Abu Tasneem Dawood Adeeb [haafidhahullaah] insha Allaah I would like to narrate an authentic athaar on the authority of Alee Ibn Abee Taalib [radhia Allaahu Anhu] collected by Muhammad Ibn Ismaa'eel Al-Bukhaaree [rahimahullaah] where he narrates that Alee Ibn Abee Taalib said:
"Irtahlatid-dunyaa mudbiratin wal-irtahlatil akheerah muqbilatin, wa likulli waahidatin minhumaa banoon, fakunu min abnaa'il akheera wa laa takunu min abnaa'il dunyaa, fa innal yauma amal wa laa hisaab wa ghaddan hisaab bilaa amal"
Alee Ibn Abee Taalib said," The dunyaa is retreating and the akheerah is swiftly approaching and both of them have child, be [oh muslims] children of the akheerah and do not be children of this dunyaa, for today there is action without account and tomorrow there is account without action."
Sufyaan Ibn Uyainah used to say: Indeed the Deen is only in the Aathaar and not in opinions the Deen is in the Aathaar not in opinions...
(from al-kitaab al-jameel 'Min Wasaayaa as-Salaf' from SalafiPublications)
" And do not content yourselves concerning the Sunnah with striving for speech and not acting upon it. For indeed striving upon the Sunnah without acting upon it is a lie as well as neglecting knowledge".
"Spreading of knowledge is its life, and conveying from Allaah's Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) is mercy which every believer clings on to, and it is a hujjah (proof) against every one who passes it by and every deviant".
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We follow the Haqq, the Haqq doesn't follow us
"I and Ahmad bin al-Hasan at-Tirmidhee were with the Imaam of the Deen, Abu Abdullaah Ahmad bin Hanbal and Ahmad bin al-Hasan said to him: 'O Abu Abdullaah, they mentioned the Ashaabul-Hadeeth (the People of Hadeeth) to Ibn Abee Qutaylah of Makkah and he said: 'The Ashaabul-Hadeeth are an evil people.' So Imaam Ahmad stood and while shaking off the dust from his garment he said: 'Zindeeq (heretic), zindeeq, zindeeq', (and he continued like this) until he entered his house."
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We follow the Haqq, the Haqq doesn't follow us
To proceed:Imam Muslim related[saheeh Muslim bi-Sharh an-Nawawee(18/10)]Muslim(Eng.Trans,vol 4,No.7072)
and al-Baghawee[Sharh as-sunnah(15/21-22)],that Aamir Ibn Abee Waqqaas said,"Sa'd ibn Abee Waqqaas radiallaahu'anhu used to rear some camels and sheep.Once,Umar(his son)came to him.When Sa'd saw him,he said,"I seek refuge in Allaah from the evil of this rider[who approaches me]." Once he eventually got to him,he said,'O my father!Are you satisfied in becoming a bedouin amongst your camels and sheep,while the people in the city are fighting and struggling against the ruler?!' So he struck his chest
with his hand and said,'Be quiet my son! Indeed I heard Allaah's Messenger salallaahu alayhi wa sallam say,"Indeed Allaah loves the unknown,pure,fearing slave."
From what Sufyaan ath-Thawree wrote to 'Abbaad ibn Abbaad al-Khawwaas al-Arsoofee(He was from the excellent people of Shaam),..."Hence you must take
to the original affair and hold tight to it,and you
should take to being unknown,for indeed this is the
age to remain unknown."
"With good manners you understand the knowledge and with knowledge your actions are corrected. With the actions wisdom is obtained and with wisdom you understand zuhud (renunciation) and granted the benefit of it. With zuhud comes abandoning the world and with abandoning the world comes longing for the Hereafter. With longing for the Hereafter, the Pleasure of Allah Azzawajal is obtained."
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Imaam al-Hasan al-Basree said, when he came across a group of people disputing:
?These ones have become tired of worship, speaking has become easy for them, and their piety has diminished, and that is why they talk.?
Do you have the reference for that beautiful saying?
wa sallaamu'alaykum....
Al-Awzaa'ee said , "When Innovations emerge and the People of Knowledge do not show rejection against them, they become the Sunnah".
Tahdheeb Sharul Ashaabul-hadeeth of al-Khateeb al-Bagdaadee (p.46)
May Allah bestow his mercy upon the 'Destroyer of Innovations'al-muhaddith Muqbil Ibn Haadee al-Wadaa'ee and may He azza wa jala preserve our shaykh, our father, Rabee'ibn Haadee alMadkhalee, 'Imaam Jarh wa-tadeel'.
A man used to ask questions to Abu Ad-Darda, so he said to him, "Everything that you are asking about, do you implement it?" The man replied; No. So he said to him, "So what will you do with the additional arguement that ALLAH has against you!"
Is it possible to continue this beautiful thread?
UmmIdris(Kareema) bint Abdullah Falih
'Uthmaan Ibn Haadir said, ?I said to ?Abdullaah Ibn ?Abbaas, ?Advise me.? He said, ?It is upon you to be upright, and follow the first affair (the way of the Prophet and his Companions), and do not innovate.
أبو سلمان النمري طلحة بن وليم
والعصر ان الانسان لفي خسر الا الذين آمنواو عملوا الصالحات و تواصوا بالحق و تواصوا بالصبر
Sufyaan Ath-Thawree (d. 161H) said, "Hence you must take to the original affair, hold tight to it, and you should take to being unknown, for indeed this is the age to remain unknown. And take to remaining aloof, secluded, and associating little with the people, because when people used to meet, some of them would benefit the others. But as for today, then that has gone and in our view, salvation lies in abandoning them."
Related by Aboo Nu'aym in Al-Hilyah (6/376-377)
SHAYHK MUQBIL RAHIMAHULLAH QUOTED A SAYING WHICH REALLY HIT ME....
"BECAUSE AS IT IS SAID:'YOUR FRIEND IS HE WHO IS SINCERE TO YOU,(MEANING HE LETS YOU KNOW HOW HE FEELS ABOUT YOU). AND NOT THE ONE WHO ALWAYS LETS YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE RIGHT, RATHER HE IS YOUR ENEMY.'
FROM THE ARTICLE: http://www.muqbil.co.uk/
PAGE 4.
السلم عليكم ورحمةالله
زاهر(Zaahir Al Buerto Rikee)
سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك
أشهد أن لا إله إلا أنت
أستغفرك وأتوب إليك
Al-Hasan Al-Basri (rahimahullah)said, "Whomever Allaah gives provision and he thinks that Allaah is not testing him, has no wisdom. Whomever has little provision and thinks that Allaah will not look at (provide for) him, has no wisdom." He then recited the Ayaah,
?So, when they forgot (the warning) with which they had been reminded, We opened to them the gates of every (pleasant) thing, until in the midst of their enjoyment in that which they were given, all of a sudden, We took them to punishment, and lo! They were plunged into destruction with deep regrets and sorrows.? (Al-An'am 6:44)
He added, "By the Lord of the Ka'bah! Allaah deceived these people, when He gave them what they wished, and then they were punished." Ibn Abi Haatim recorded this statement. [Ad-Durr Al-Manthur 3:270, Ibn Abi Haatim 4:1291]
"The humble student, is the one who gets the most knowledge. Just as the lowest places on earth have the most water".
Collected by Ibn 'Abdul-Birr in Jaami 'u Bayaanil-Ilmi wa Fadhlihi #947
Abul Qayyim Faheem ibn Saul Lea
"When you find yourself in need of provisions You will not find provisions the like of righteous actions."
"Love those whom you love calmly for they may turn as enemies to you, and hate those whom you hate slowly as they may turn beloved ones to you."
The hadith of Abu Huraira in Sunan Abi Dawood, and kitaab Al-Ikhwaan
الطهارة (The Book of Purification)
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No. 432
Abu Malik at-Ash'ari reported: The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Cleanliness is half of faith and al-Hamdu Liliah (Praise be to Allaah) fills the scale, and Subhan Allaah (Glory be to Allaah) and al-Hamdu Liliah (Praise be to Allaah) fill upwhat is between the heavens and the earth, and prayer is a light, and charity is proof (of one's faith) and endurance is a brightness and the Holy Qur'an is a proof on your behalf or against you. All men go out early in the morning and sell themselves, thereby setting themselves free or destroying themselves.
"Beware of saying something that, even if you were right about it, you would not be rewarded for having said it. And if you were wrong about it you would be punished for having said it. This is (saying an) evil suspicion about your brother in faith"
Refer to the biography of Bakr ibn 'Abd-Allah Al-Muzanee in Tdheeb-ut-Tadheeb
Abu Nu'aym quoted Abu Qulaabah "Abd-Allah ibn Zaid Al-Jurmee as saying
"If you hear something that you do not like about your brother, then try as hard as you can to find an excuse for him. If you cannot find an excuse for him then say to yourself: perhaps my brother has an excuse that I cannot think of"
Al-Hilya (Vol.2/page 285)
Sufyan ibn Husayn said :
"I mentioned something bad about a man in the presence of Iyaas ibn Mu'aawiyah who looked at me and said : "Have you fought against the Romans?" I said : 'No', He said : "What about Sind and India and Turkey?" I said : 'No', He said : 'Rome, Sind, India, and Turkey are all safe from you but your Muslim brother is not safe from you?!" Sufyaan ibn Husayn said : "I never did that again.""
Al-Bidaayah wan-Nihaayah (Vol.13/page 121)
يهرم فيها الكبير
و يربوا فيها الصغير
اذا ترك منها شيء قيل: تركت السنة, قا لوا: ومتى ذاك؟
قال: اذا ذهبت علماؤكم, وكثرت جهلاؤكم, وكثرت قراؤكم وقلت فقهاؤكم, وكثرت أمرؤكم, وقلت أمناؤكم, والتمست الدنيا بعمل الآخرة, وتفقه لغير الدين
أخرجه الدارمي برواية علقمة في الجزء الأول باب:
"تغير الزمان وما يحد ث فيه"
I have had it translated to me, but I am hoping one of the brothers can translate it on the forum for the benefit of the brothers and sisters on the forum!
BaarakAllaahu Feekum
Assalaamu Alaykum!
ابو عبيد طارق ابن ورثمين خان الختقى
يهرم فيها الكبير
و يربوا فيها الصغير
اذا ترك منها شيء قيل: تركت السنة, قا لوا: ومتى ذاك؟
قال: اذا ذهبت علماؤكم, وكثرت جهلاؤكم, وكثرت قراؤكم وقلت فقهاؤكم, وكثرت أمرؤكم, وقلت أمناؤكم, والتمست الدنيا بعمل الآخرة, وتفقه لغير الدين
أخرجه الدارمي برواية علقمة في الجزء الأول باب:
"تغير الزمان وما يحد ث فيه
'How will you be when you are covered with Fitnah,when the elder grows old, the young grows up, When any of it is left it will be said 'The Sunnah has been abandoned' They said, 'When will this be'? He said, ' When you Ulamaa have gone, and your ignorant become many, and you recitors become many, and your Fuqahaa are few, and you rulers are many, and your trustworthy ones are few, and the dunyaa is sought with the actions of the Aakhirah and one attains understanding for other than the deen'.
أبو سلمان النمري طلحة بن وليم
والعصر ان الانسان لفي خسر الا الذين آمنواو عملوا الصالحات و تواصوا بالحق و تواصوا بالصبر
?Alee Ibn Abee Taalib (radiyallaahu ?anhu) said:
?Your brother is one who ? if he brings a calamity upon you sometimes,
then he does not cease having mercy upon you. Your brother is not the
one who ? if your affairs become disrupted ? starts abusing and
insulting you.?
Related by Ibn Katheer in al-Bidaayah wan-Nihaayah (7/128)
Source: Saheeh Al-Bukhari (Vol. 1, Book 2, no. 53)
quote:
"You will be rewarded for whatever you spend for Allahs sake even if it were a morsel which you put in your wifes mouth."
source: "My Advice to the People of Sunnah" by Allamah Muqbil published by Al-Athariyyah, London translated by Br. Hasan al-Somali.
quote:
"Every type of knowledge and action which does not increase the strength of Eemaan and Yaqeen has been corrupted [by Ar-Riyaa (showing off)]"
Originally found in Fawaaid ul Fawaa'id page 283, Daar Ibn Al-Jawzee, 1419, 3rd Edition.
How far you are from them [meaning the Companions] ! The world [and its
delights] approached them; and they ran away from it.
While it is running away from you; and you are chasing it !
Ibnul Mubaarak said that Sufyaan told him that, Ibraaheem at-Taymee said
Source : Hilyatul-Awliyaa
quote:
"Indeed the people of Truth and the Sunnah do not follow anyone [unconditionally] except the Messenger of Allaah (sal Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam), the one who does not speak from his desires - it is only revelation revealed to him.
Majmoo'ah al-Fataawaa Ibn Taymiyyah, vol 3, page 216, Daar Ibn Hazm Print
Subhanak Allaahuma wa bihamdika ash-hadu anlaa illaaha illa anta astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayk
If I said anything correct, then it is from Allaah (subhanahu wa taa'ala), and if I erred, then that is from me and shaytan.
Fudayl ibn 'Iyaad (rahimahullaah) said:
quote:
"The slave of Allaah does not attain a true state of Eeman until he sees trials as blessings, ease as distress, and that he does not love to be praised about his worship."
Subhanak Allaahuma wa bihamdika ash-hadu anlaa illaaha illa anta astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayk
If I said anything correct, then it is from Allaah (subhanahu wa taa'ala), and if I erred, then that is from me and shaytan.
"It was said (to me): If you are able to be a Scholar, then be a Scholar. And if you are not able to, then be a Student of Knowledge. And if you are not able to be a Student of Knowledge, then love them. If you cannot love them, then do not hate them."
So `Umar said:
"Subhaan'Allaah (Glory be to Allaah)! Allaah has indeed assisted this individual in a time of difficulty."
- Source -
Point [2], Kitaabul-Ilm of Imaam An-Nasaa'ee [Al-Haafidh, Imaam, Abu Khaithama Zuhayr bin Harb An-Nasaa'ee Died 234H], with verification and notes by Imaam Muhammad Naasir-Ud-Deen Al-Albaanee [Raheemahumullaah].
The Prophet (salallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) said,
quote:
Verily Allaah is the Ever-Living (Al-Hayy), The Concealer (As-Sateer); He loves sitr (covering, concealing or protecting)."
'Abdullaah ibn Mas'ud (radiallaahu 'anhu) said,
quote:
"If you knew my sins, you would throw dust on my head."
Shaikh Salim at-Taweel (hafidhahullaah) said,
quote:
"When people praise you, people are trully praising Allaah's hijab (screen) which He screened your sins with. As-Sateer (The Concealer) is from Allaah's Names."
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What to say when praised
Allaahumma laa tu'aakhithnee bimaa yaqooloona, waghfir lee maa laa ya'lamoona [waj'alnee khayram-mimmaa yadhunnoon].
Translation: O Allaah , do not call me to account for what they say, and forgive me for what they have no knowledge of [and make me better than they imagine].
Reference: Al-Bukhari, Al-'Adabul-Mufrad no. 761. See Al-Albani, Sahih Al-'Adabul-Mufrad (no. 585). The portion between brackets if from Al-Bayhaqi, Shu'ab Al-Iman 4/228, and comes another account.
Note: this du'aa has been reported as the statement of:
- Aboo Bakr as-Siddeeq (Usd al-Ghaabah in Aboo Bakr's biography)
- Ibn 'Umar, the freed slave of 'Afrah (Az-Zuhd of Ibn Mubaarak, p.14)
- "One of the Companions," unnamed (Az-Zuhd of Ahmad, p.205)
- Yazeed ibn Maysarah (Hilyat al-Awliyaa, 5/240)
- Al-Awzaa'ee (Shu'ab al-Eemaan #4875)
- "Some of the Salaf," unnamed (Shu'ab al-Eemaan #4876)
None of them attributed it to the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), so it seems to be that the best-case scenario is that it is from Aboo Bakr and then some of the taabi'oon and those after them.
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Subhanak Allaahuma wa bihamdika ash-hadu anlaa illaaha illa anta astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayk
If I said anything correct, then it is from Allaah (subhanahu wa taa'ala), and if I erred, then that is from me and shaytan.
Jabir ibn 'Abdullaah (radiallaahu 'anhu) said:
quote:
"When you fast, your hearing has to fast, your sight has to fast, your tongue has to fast. ...And do not make your fasting day like your normal day."
Shaikh Saalih Aalish Shaikh, said, "This is the complete fast."
Subhanak Allaahuma wa bihamdika ash-hadu anlaa illaaha illa anta astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayk
If I said anything correct, then it is from Allaah (subhanahu wa taa'ala), and if I erred, then that is from me and shaytan.