March 2011
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Al-Hasan Al-Basri – Allah have mercy on him – said,
When a man sought knowledge, it would not be long before it could be seen in his humbleness, his sight, upon his tongue and his hands, in his prayer, in his speech and in his disinterest (zuhd) in worldly allurements. And a man would acquire a portion of knowledge and put it into practice, and it would be better for him than the world and all it...
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The meaning of al athariyyah;
Literally it means footsteps, al athariyyah means the one who follows the footsteps of the prophet sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam (and the sahaaba and the pious predecessors).
Edit: alathariyyah is for a female, and al atharee is for a brother
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إِذْ قَالَ اللّهُ يَا عِيسى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ اذْكُرْ نِعْمَتِي عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى وَالِدَتِكَ إِذْ أَيَّدتُّكَ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ تُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ فِي الْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلاً وَإِذْ عَلَّمْتُكَ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَالتَّوْرَاةَ وَالإِنجِيلَ وَإِذْ تَخْلُقُ مِنَ الطِّينِ كَهَيْئَةِ الطَّيْرِ بِإِذْنِي فَتَنفُخُ فِيهَا فَتَكُونُ طَيْرًا بِإِذْنِي وَتُبْرِئُ الأَكْمَهَ وَالأَبْرَصَ بِإِذْنِي وَإِذْ...
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Al-Hasan Al-Basree – Allah have mercy on him – said:
Faith (iman) is not by embellishment or wishful thinking, but it is what settles in the heart and is verified through your works. Whoever says good but does not do good will have his words compared to his deeds by Allah. Whoever says good and does good will have his words raised by his deeds. This is because Allah ‘azza wa jall said:
To Him...
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It is reported from Al-Hasan Al-Basri – Allah have mercy on him – that he said:
It used to be said: it is part of al-nifaq (hypocrisy) to be inwardly different from what you are on the outside, to say one thing and do another and to be different in how you enter and how you leave. And the root of al-nifaq is lying.
Abu Bakr Al-Khara`iti, Masawi Al-Akhlaq wa Madhmumiha p62.
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“The foolish one speaks to me with all ugliness and I hate to respond to him
He increases in his foolishness while I increase in my forbearance
Like the ‘oud which intensifies its sweet scent the more it is burnt.”
- Imam Shafi’i rahimahullah ta’aala
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O you who persists on mistakes and wrong doings; O you who has turned away from what the most Loving and Compassionate commands; O you who obeys the falsifier of the path and the creator of calamities . How long are you going to insist on your misbehavior? How long are you going to keep yourself distant from your Lord? How long will you seek from this world what you cannot have, and keep away...
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“Know, dear son, that days are but hours, and hours are but breaths, and every soul is a container, hence let not any breath pass without any benefit, such as on the Day of Judgement you find an empty container and feel regret! Be aware of every hour and how it passes, and only spend it in the best possible way; do not neglect yourself, but render it accustomed to the noblest and best...
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It is narrated that ‘Uthman bin Affan – Allah be pleased with him – said in a sermon:
Son of Adam! Know that the angel of death who has been assigned to you has not ceased to pass you and move on to others, ever since you have been in this world. But it is as if he is about to pass someone else and move on to target you, so be careful and prepare for him (by correcting your deeds). And do not...
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And the slaves of the Most Beneficent (Allah) are...
وَعِبَادُ الرَّحْمَنِ الَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ الْجَاهِلُونَ قَالُوا سَلَامًا (Al-Furqan 25:63)
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‘Be merciful, and you will have mercy upon you....
On the authority of ‘Abdullaah ibn ‘Amr ibn ‘Aas in a narration ascribed to the Prophet, As-Saheehah, No. 482
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(Remember) the Day when every person will come up...
يَوْمَ تَأْتِي كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَادِلُ عَن نَّفْسِهَا وَتُوَفَّى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ وَهُمْ لاَ يُظْلَمُونَ (An-Nahl 16:111)
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Taqwa: The Key to Learning
By Shaykh Abu Anas Hamad al-’Uthmaan [1]
Allah - Most Perfect, Most High - said:
“O you who Believe! Have taqwa (fear) of Allah and believe in His Messenger; and He will bestow upon you a double portion of His Mercy and He will provide you with a light by which you will walk.” [2]
Allah - the Most High - also said:
“O you who Believe! If you have of taqwa of Allah, He will give to you...
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And He will provide him from (sources) he never...
وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَىاللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَالِغُ أَمْرِهِ قَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُلِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدْرًا
(At-Talaq 65:3)
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“Seek knowledge, because seeking it for the sake of Allah is a worship. And knowing it makes you more God-fearing; and searching for it is jihad, teaching it to those who do not know is charity, reviewing and learning it more is like tasbeeh. Through knowledge Allah will be known and worshipped. With the knowledge Allah will elevate people and make them leaders and imams, who will in turn...
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Then, after that, your hearts were hardened and...
ثُمَّ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُكُم مِّن بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ فَهِيَ كَالْحِجَارَةِ أَوْ أَشَدُّ قَسْوَةً وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ لَمَا يَتَفَجَّرُ مِنْهُ الأَنْهَارُ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَشَّقَّقُ فَيَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ الْمَاء وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَهْبِطُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللّهِ وَمَا اللّهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ (Al-Baqarah 2:74)
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Allah has sent down the best statement, a Book...
اللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحْسَنَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابًا مُّتَشَابِهًا مَّثَانِيَ تَقْشَعِرُّ مِنْهُ جُلُودُ الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ ثُمَّ تَلِينُ جُلُودُهُمْ وَقُلُوبُهُمْ إِلَى ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ ذَلِكَ هُدَى اللَّهِ يَهْدِي بِهِ مَنْ يَشَاء وَمَن يُضْلِلْ اللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ هَادٍ (Az-Zumar 39:23)
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Pride: A Barrier to Paradise
By Shaykh ‘Abdur-Rahmaan Ibn Naasir as-Sa’dee
[Taken from Bahjatul-Quloobul-Abraar (pp. 156-158)]
From ‘Abdullaah Ibn Mas’ood radi-Allaahu ‘anhu who related that Allaah’s Messenger sal-Allaahu ‘alayhe wa sallam said:
“Whoever has an atoms worth of kibr (pride) in his heart will not enter Paradise.” So a man said: What about a person who...
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Hassan al-Basri (rahimahullaah) advised some of his students admonishing them about avoiding the state of being proud. He said;
“Do not deceive yourself into being too proud because you are in a good or righteous environment, for there is no place that is better than Paradise, and our father, Aadam (alaihis salaam), experienced there what is known to all. Do not become proud merely because you...
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It is reported that ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ood – Allah be pleased with him – said,
“One of the worst sins is when a man says to his brother, “Fear Allah,’ and he replies, “Worry about yourself.”
Abu Bakr Al-Daynuri, Al-Mujalasah wa Jawahir Al-‘Ilm article 2619.
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‘There is nothing more harmful to the branches of...
Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi, At-Ta’aalum wa Athaaruhu ‘alal Fikr wal Kitaab, p7.
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‘The Leading Supplication for Seeking Forgiveness’
A Summary of the Explanation of the Hadeeth of ‘The Leading Supplication for Seeking Forgiveness’ By Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah, rahimahullah, translated by Abbas Abu Yahya On the authority of Shaddad bin Aws -Radi Allaahu anhu- from the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- who said: ‘Indeed the major supplication for forgiveness is اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا...
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‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab, rahimahullah, said,
‘There is no excuse for anyone going astray thinking that he is upon guidance. Nor for abandoning guidance thinking it to be misguidance, since the affairs have been made clear, the proof established and the excuse cut off.” That is because the Sunnah and the Jamaa’ah have consolidated and safeguarded all of the Religion. It had been made clear to the...
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İslâm Akîdesini Ögrenmenin Gerekliligi
Şeyh Salih b. Fevzân el-Fevzân
Biliniz ki -Allah beni ve sizi hayırlı amellerde muvaffak kılsın-, anlamını, üzerine bina olunan şeyleri, sonra büyük ve küçük şirk gibi, ona aykırı olan, onu bozan ve geçersiz kılan veya onun kemâlini noksanlaştıran şeyleri bilmesi için, her müslümanın İslâm akîdesini öğrenmesi gerekir.
Nitekim Allah Teâlâ bu konuda şöyle buyurmuştur:
“(Ey Peygamber!) Bil ki...
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It is reported that Wuhayb bin Al-Ward – Allah have mercy on him – said,
Verily, when Allah the Exalted wants to honor a servant of His (for his righteousness), He afflicts him with a reduced means of living, illness in his body and a fearful life (all of which expiate his sins). Until death comes upon him, and he still has some sins, death is made hard upon him because of them, causing him to...
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'Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall...
(Al-Anbiya 21:35)
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Say (O Muhammad): "Verily, my Salat (prayer), my...
(Al-An’am 6:162)
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And be afraid of the Day when you shall be brought...
(Al-Baqarah 2:281)
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By the Noble Shaykh, Saalih Ibn Fawzaan al-Fawzaan Source: Al-Istiqaamah Magazine Issue No.8 - Shawwal 1418H / February 1998
[Q]: There are some people here, who keep away from (attending) lessons on ’aqeedah (creed/beliefs), and they say: ‘We are Muslims, we are not unbelievers or idol-worshippers such that we have to learn ’aqeedah or attend lectures about it.’ So, O noble Shaykh, what is...
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'Every type of knowledge and action which does not...
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (died 751 after Hijrah), Fawaa’id-ul-Fawaa’id, page 238, Daar Ibn Al-Jawzee 1419/1998, 3rd edition.
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Four signs of wretchedness are: [having] a hard...
- Al-Hasan Al-Basree, Allah have mercy on him, Ibn Abî Al-Dunyâ, Kitâb Al-Zuhd article 36.
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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِِ
It blows my mind away how I’ve seen a lot of Muslims constantly calling out other Muslims for their faults, flaws, sect they are part of, things they post, damning them to hell, etc on Tumblr.
How about you focus on bettering yourself and only yourself BEFORE you lecture someone else, and if you are going to say something to someone why not do it in a way that...
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‘You hope for salvation, but do not tread its...
Related by Ibn Hibbân in Rawdatul-’Uqalâ (p. 284), from the poetry of Abûl-’Atiyyah.
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« Tout malheur qui vous atteint est dû à ce que vos mains ont acquis comme péchés. Et Il pardonne beaucoup. » [As-Shûrâ, v.30]
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Ma’n ibn ‘Isaa reports,
Malik bin Anas was once returning from the mosque, leaning on my arm, when a man called Abu Al-Juwayriyah who was accused of Al-Irja’ caught up with him. He said.
“O Abu ‘Abdullah, listen to something I have to say and debate with me and let me tell you my opinion.”
[Imam] Malik said, “And what if you overcome me?”
The man replied, “If I defeat you, you follow...
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'If I am afflicted with a calamity, I praise Allah...
- Shurayh, Allah have mercy on him. Al-Dhahabee, Siyar A’lam Al-Nubala`, in his biography of Shurayh al-Qadi.
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Goodness is not in your wealth and offspring being plentiful; true goodness is when your [good] deeds are plenty and you have great understanding and forbearance, and when you compete to worship your Lord. If you do good you praise Allah and thank Him, and if you sin you beg Allah’s forgiveness. There is no good in this life except with two types of men: A man who sins but then corrects himself...
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A man once asked Abu Al-Dardaa’ – Allah be pleased with him – for advice. He said:
Remember Allah in good times and He will mention you in hard times. When you remember those who have passed away, consider yourself like one of them. And when you think of involving yourself in some worldly matter, consider first what it will lead to in the end.
Al-Dhahabee in Siyar A’lam Al-Nubala’, under the...
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And whatever you have been given is an enjoyment...
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Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (d.728H) - rahimahullaah - said:
“When some people asked Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal that they felt uneasy about criticizing people, he replied: “If I were to remain silent, how would the ignorant masses know the truth from falsehood?”
Those who introduce heretical writings which oppose the Qur’aan and the Sunnah and those who innovate in matters of worship, then it is...
