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“The sunnah is like Ark of Noah. Whoever embarks upon it reaches salvation and whoever refuses is drowned.” - Imaam Malik(rahimahullah)
"A moment of Patience in a moment of Anger saves a thousand moments of Regret." - Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RadiAllahu anhu)
"The sinner does not feel any remorse over his sins. That is because his heart is already dead.” [ Ibn al-Qayyim Rahimullah ]
Some people have passed away, but their character has kept them alive, others are alive, but their character has killed them. -- Imam Shafi R
“Sit with those who constantly repent, for they have the softest hearts.”
— Umar ibn al Khattab (ra) [ Hilya al-Awliya’]
"Don’t you see that the lion is silent and yet feared, while the dog barks constantly and is despised" - Imam ash-Shaf'i(rahimahullah)
“Your anger is evidence that you want things to go your way and not the way Allah wants.” – Sh. Muhammad al-Ghazali (rahimahullah)
Nu'aym ibn Hammad:
Abdullah ibn Al-Mubarak was asked:
''O Abu Abd Ar-Rahman, you often sit alone at home?
He answered "Am I alone? I am with the Prophet ('alayhi salaam) and his Sahaabah (I.e. reading Ahadeeth)."
(Ibn 'Asakir, Tarikh Dimishq Vol 32 p.458)
Imam adh-Dhahabee:
“May Allah have mercy over the person who speaks little, reads the Qur’an, weeps over his lost time, constantly gazes into al-Bukharee and Muslim and worships Allah before he is surprised by death.”(at-Tadhkirah 2/80)
al-A’mash: " ‘Umar said: Remind yourselves of Allah, for it is a cure. Do not remind yourselves of the people, for it is a disease."(az-Zuhd, p. 101)
Ibn al-Qayyim: "It is from the Sunnah to wear the best of one's clothes on the day of Jumu'ah."(Zaad v. 2 p. 426)
Fudayl ibn `Iyyaad: “Any evil doer can think he is a good person, the ignorant can think of himself as a scholar, the greedy thinks of himself generous, the stupid thinks of himself as intelligent. Life is short and hopes are unlimited, yet many are too dazzled with themselves to see a clear picture for advancement.”
Adh-Dhahabee commented: “I swear by Allaah that Fudayl is right. One is also unjust, yet believes he is the oppressed, eats unlawfully and thinks himself pious, a sinner and thinks himself honest, and seeks knowledge but hasn’t even learned to implement it to his family.”
(Sifaatus-Sawfah 8/440)
Muhammad ibn Abu Haatim describing Imam al-Bukhari:
"Muhammad b. Ismaa’eel (al-Bukhari) had many praiseworthy qualities, but three of them in particular defined his character: he spoke very little; he was not covetous of what other people had; and he did not occupy himself in the affairs of people, but instead, he dedicated all his time to knowledge."
(Siyar A’laam An-Nubalaa 12/448)
Ibn Rajab:It was said to al-Hasan: ‘Is not the servant ashamed of sinning and then repenting, and then sinning again and then again repenting?’He said: Satan wants exactly that. Never stop making repentance.
(Jami’-ul-’Ulum, p.205)
Ibn Al-Qayyim: "Disbelief and faith are mutually exclusive: when one of them disappears the other takes its place." (Al-Wala' Wa' l Bara, Pg. 64)
`Umar ibn Al-Khattāb (radiallahu anhu) said to a man who was thinking of divorcing his wife:
“Why do you want to divorce her?” He said, “I do not love her.” ‘Umar said, “Must every house be built on love? What about loyalty and appreciation?” (Al-Bayan wa at-Tabayeen, 2/101)
Al-Fudayl Ibn ‘Iyaad: “Whoever sits with a person if innovation, then beware of him and whoever sits with a person of innovation has not been given wisdom. I (would) love that there was a fort of iron between me and a person of innovation. That I eat with a Jew and a Christian is more beloved to me than that I should eat with a person of Innovation.” (Al-Laalikaa'ee, 1149)
Malik bin Dinar: "By the amount that you worry about dunya [worldly life], the concern for akhirah [the Hereafter] will leave your heart, and by the amount that you worry about akhirah, the concern for dunya will leave your heart." (Az-Zuhd by Ibn Abi Ad-Dunya, No. 67) [sots]
Hassan Basri said, "The true believer combines piety with fear of Allah while the hypocrite combines sins with self-satisfaction (that he is going to Paradise)," (Commentary on Aqeeda Tahawiya, p; 149)
Ibn Mas'ood: "Seek knowledge before it disappears, and it disappears when the scholars die. You do not know when you need it."
‘Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab: ('Radhiyallaahu 'anhu)
"To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone."
(Adab Shar'iyyah 4/124) (at-Tadhkirah 1/78)
‘Umar ibn ‘Abdul-’Aziz (rahimahullah), when there was an earthquake during his era, wrote to his agents in the different countries and ordered them to tell the Muslims to make Tawbah to Allah, humble themselves to Him, and seek His Forgiveness from their sins.
(by Shaykh Ibn Baaz in Majmoo' Fataawwa 2/129)
'Umar ibn al-Khattaab: "Teach others the Arabic language because it is a part of your religion."
(Iqtidaa us-Siraat-il-Mustaqeem [2/207] by Ibn Taymiyyah)
Imam Al-Tabari: "Spending on one's family is obligatory, and he will be rewarded for what he gives according to his intention. There is no contradiction between its being obligatory and its being called charity, rather it is better than voluntary charity." (Fath al-Baari 9/498)
"They are not harmed by what they are afflicted with in this world; Allah will compensate them for all of their hardships with Paradise." -- Imaan Sufyaan
Ibn Al-Jawzi said: “It happens that a person has good health, but does not have free time because of his being engaged in earning his livelihood; or he is rich but has no good health. So, if these two (good health and free time) are gathered in a person, but laziness overtakes him from fulfilling his duties, then he is a loser. (Know that) this world is the harvest field of the hereafter; and in it there is business, the profit of which will be visible in the hereafter. So, whoever utilizes his free time and good health in the obedience of Allaah, he is the blessed one. And he who utilizes them in the disobedience of Allaah, he is the one who is unjust to himself, because the leisure time is affected by busyness and health is affected by sickness.” [Fath al-Bari 11/230]
Al-Hasan al-Basree:The best attribute a believer can have is forgiveness."adab Shar'iyyah 11/121)
Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal: "For everything there is a blessing; the blessing of the hearts is being pleased with Allah, the Almighty, the All-Powerful."(Manaqib Al-Imam Ahmad by ibn al-Jawzi, pp. 276)
Ibn Hibban: "Where kindness does not benefit, neither does violence." (ar-Rawdhah, p. 216)
“Islam on earth is like the sun which is never absent from it; if it sets in one land, it rises in another.”— Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azīz...
"Whoever complains of the bad character of another, has revealed the badness of his own character." - Imam Al Ghazali (Rahimahullah)
"Poor son of Adam, If he were to fear the hellfire like he fears poverty he would (certainly) enter Paradise."
-Yahya ibn Mu'aadh
Maymoon bin Mihran: "Remembering Allah by your tongue is good, but the best remembrance of Allah is when one remembers Allah when he is doing a sin so he leaves it."(Jaami' All-'Uloom Wa Al-Hikam 1/252-254)
“The best of my days is when I awaken and find my cupboards bare. For that is a day my reliance on Allah is complete.” --- Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal (d. AH 241, Baghdad)
`Umar ibn Al-Khattāb (radiallahu anhu) said to a man who was thinking of divorcing his wife:
“Why do you want to divorce her?” He said, “I do not love her.” ‘Umar said, “Must every house be built on love? What about loyalty and appreciation?”(Al-Bayan wa at-Tabayeen, 2/101)
Ibn Taymiyyah: "Fitnah continues upon the heart, except if the Deen of the slave is completely for Allaah." (‘al-Fatawa’ 10/545)
“If the hearts are pure they would never satisfy their thirst from the Book of Allah” -- Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)
Ibn Taymiyyah: "The Arabic language itself is part of Islâm, and knowing Arabic is an obligatory duty. If it is a duty to understand the Qur'an and Sunnah, and they cannot be understood without knowing Arabic, then the means that is needed to fulfill the duty is also obligatory." (Iqtidâ‘us-Sirâtil-Mustaqîm 2/207)
Imam Ahmad Zarruq (d. AH 899, Takrin) : “Watch your eye, should it ever reveal to you the faults of others, say to it: ‘O my eye, other people have eyes too.’”
Al-Ansari: "The knowledge before used to be in the chests. It is today on the bookshelf." (al-Majmu' 1/265)
Ibn ‘Ijlan:“Allah (‘azza wa jaal) made the believer’s strength in his heart and did not make it in his limbs, don’t you see a weak old man fast the hot days and stand (in prayer) at night while a young man is unable to do that.”(Sifat Al-Safwa, 3/341)
"Not every man with a heart is understanding,nor every man with an ear a listener,nor every man with eyes able to see.." -- Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib
Imam Ibn-ul-Qayyim:"He (I.e. Ibn Taymiyyah) lived poorly. He was imprisoned and threatened.But I have never seen anyone as happy as him."(al-Wabil, p. 110)
Abu 'Abdullah bin al-Khatib narrated:"Abu Hamdun (one of the Tabi'een) had a scroll on which was written the names of three hundred of his close friends, and he used to supplicate for them - one by one - every single night." (Sifat us-Safwah' 1/492)
Umar al-faarooq (radi Allahu ‘anhu): "There is no goodness in people who don't give advice, and there is no goodness in people who don’t like to be advised" (Risaalat Al-Mustarshideen p,71)
"The heart is like a bird: love at its head and its two wings are hope and fear." Ibn Al-Qayyim, Madarij al-Salikin
If a bird flies with wings of hope and fear, while it has love at its head, so too should we balance these three elements in our lives. To attain the great success, it is not enough to simply love Allah, or fear Him; nor is it sufficient to just hope in His Mercy. Rather, we should constantly be in a state Between Love, Hope & Fear
“The sunnah is like Ark of Noah. Whoever embarks upon it reaches salvation and whoever refuses is drowned.” - Imaam Malik(rahimahullah)
"A moment of Patience in a moment of Anger saves a thousand moments of Regret." - Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RadiAllahu anhu)
"The sinner does not feel any remorse over his sins. That is because his heart is already dead.” [ Ibn al-Qayyim Rahimullah ]
Some people have passed away, but their character has kept them alive, others are alive, but their character has killed them. -- Imam Shafi R
“Sit with those who constantly repent, for they have the softest hearts.”
— Umar ibn al Khattab (ra) [ Hilya al-Awliya’]
"Don’t you see that the lion is silent and yet feared, while the dog barks constantly and is despised" - Imam ash-Shaf'i(rahimahullah)
“Your anger is evidence that you want things to go your way and not the way Allah wants.” – Sh. Muhammad al-Ghazali (rahimahullah)
Nu'aym ibn Hammad:
Abdullah ibn Al-Mubarak was asked:
''O Abu Abd Ar-Rahman, you often sit alone at home?
He answered "Am I alone? I am with the Prophet ('alayhi salaam) and his Sahaabah (I.e. reading Ahadeeth)."
(Ibn 'Asakir, Tarikh Dimishq Vol 32 p.458)
Imam adh-Dhahabee:
“May Allah have mercy over the person who speaks little, reads the Qur’an, weeps over his lost time, constantly gazes into al-Bukharee and Muslim and worships Allah before he is surprised by death.”(at-Tadhkirah 2/80)
al-A’mash: " ‘Umar said: Remind yourselves of Allah, for it is a cure. Do not remind yourselves of the people, for it is a disease."(az-Zuhd, p. 101)
Ibn al-Qayyim: "It is from the Sunnah to wear the best of one's clothes on the day of Jumu'ah."(Zaad v. 2 p. 426)
Fudayl ibn `Iyyaad: “Any evil doer can think he is a good person, the ignorant can think of himself as a scholar, the greedy thinks of himself generous, the stupid thinks of himself as intelligent. Life is short and hopes are unlimited, yet many are too dazzled with themselves to see a clear picture for advancement.”
Adh-Dhahabee commented: “I swear by Allaah that Fudayl is right. One is also unjust, yet believes he is the oppressed, eats unlawfully and thinks himself pious, a sinner and thinks himself honest, and seeks knowledge but hasn’t even learned to implement it to his family.”
(Sifaatus-Sawfah 8/440)
Muhammad ibn Abu Haatim describing Imam al-Bukhari:
"Muhammad b. Ismaa’eel (al-Bukhari) had many praiseworthy qualities, but three of them in particular defined his character: he spoke very little; he was not covetous of what other people had; and he did not occupy himself in the affairs of people, but instead, he dedicated all his time to knowledge."
(Siyar A’laam An-Nubalaa 12/448)
Ibn Rajab:It was said to al-Hasan: ‘Is not the servant ashamed of sinning and then repenting, and then sinning again and then again repenting?’He said: Satan wants exactly that. Never stop making repentance.
(Jami’-ul-’Ulum, p.205)
Ibn Al-Qayyim: "Disbelief and faith are mutually exclusive: when one of them disappears the other takes its place." (Al-Wala' Wa' l Bara, Pg. 64)
`Umar ibn Al-Khattāb (radiallahu anhu) said to a man who was thinking of divorcing his wife:
“Why do you want to divorce her?” He said, “I do not love her.” ‘Umar said, “Must every house be built on love? What about loyalty and appreciation?” (Al-Bayan wa at-Tabayeen, 2/101)
Al-Fudayl Ibn ‘Iyaad: “Whoever sits with a person if innovation, then beware of him and whoever sits with a person of innovation has not been given wisdom. I (would) love that there was a fort of iron between me and a person of innovation. That I eat with a Jew and a Christian is more beloved to me than that I should eat with a person of Innovation.” (Al-Laalikaa'ee, 1149)
Malik bin Dinar: "By the amount that you worry about dunya [worldly life], the concern for akhirah [the Hereafter] will leave your heart, and by the amount that you worry about akhirah, the concern for dunya will leave your heart." (Az-Zuhd by Ibn Abi Ad-Dunya, No. 67) [sots]
Hassan Basri said, "The true believer combines piety with fear of Allah while the hypocrite combines sins with self-satisfaction (that he is going to Paradise)," (Commentary on Aqeeda Tahawiya, p; 149)
Ibn Mas'ood: "Seek knowledge before it disappears, and it disappears when the scholars die. You do not know when you need it."
‘Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab: ('Radhiyallaahu 'anhu)
"To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone."
(Adab Shar'iyyah 4/124) (at-Tadhkirah 1/78)
‘Umar ibn ‘Abdul-’Aziz (rahimahullah), when there was an earthquake during his era, wrote to his agents in the different countries and ordered them to tell the Muslims to make Tawbah to Allah, humble themselves to Him, and seek His Forgiveness from their sins.
(by Shaykh Ibn Baaz in Majmoo' Fataawwa 2/129)
'Umar ibn al-Khattaab: "Teach others the Arabic language because it is a part of your religion."
(Iqtidaa us-Siraat-il-Mustaqeem [2/207] by Ibn Taymiyyah)
Imam Al-Tabari: "Spending on one's family is obligatory, and he will be rewarded for what he gives according to his intention. There is no contradiction between its being obligatory and its being called charity, rather it is better than voluntary charity." (Fath al-Baari 9/498)
"They are not harmed by what they are afflicted with in this world; Allah will compensate them for all of their hardships with Paradise." -- Imaan Sufyaan
Ibn Al-Jawzi said: “It happens that a person has good health, but does not have free time because of his being engaged in earning his livelihood; or he is rich but has no good health. So, if these two (good health and free time) are gathered in a person, but laziness overtakes him from fulfilling his duties, then he is a loser. (Know that) this world is the harvest field of the hereafter; and in it there is business, the profit of which will be visible in the hereafter. So, whoever utilizes his free time and good health in the obedience of Allaah, he is the blessed one. And he who utilizes them in the disobedience of Allaah, he is the one who is unjust to himself, because the leisure time is affected by busyness and health is affected by sickness.” [Fath al-Bari 11/230]
Al-Hasan al-Basree:The best attribute a believer can have is forgiveness."adab Shar'iyyah 11/121)
Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal: "For everything there is a blessing; the blessing of the hearts is being pleased with Allah, the Almighty, the All-Powerful."(Manaqib Al-Imam Ahmad by ibn al-Jawzi, pp. 276)
Ibn Hibban: "Where kindness does not benefit, neither does violence." (ar-Rawdhah, p. 216)
“Islam on earth is like the sun which is never absent from it; if it sets in one land, it rises in another.”— Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azīz...
"Whoever complains of the bad character of another, has revealed the badness of his own character." - Imam Al Ghazali (Rahimahullah)
"Poor son of Adam, If he were to fear the hellfire like he fears poverty he would (certainly) enter Paradise."
-Yahya ibn Mu'aadh
Maymoon bin Mihran: "Remembering Allah by your tongue is good, but the best remembrance of Allah is when one remembers Allah when he is doing a sin so he leaves it."(Jaami' All-'Uloom Wa Al-Hikam 1/252-254)
“The best of my days is when I awaken and find my cupboards bare. For that is a day my reliance on Allah is complete.” --- Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal (d. AH 241, Baghdad)
`Umar ibn Al-Khattāb (radiallahu anhu) said to a man who was thinking of divorcing his wife:
“Why do you want to divorce her?” He said, “I do not love her.” ‘Umar said, “Must every house be built on love? What about loyalty and appreciation?”(Al-Bayan wa at-Tabayeen, 2/101)
Ibn Taymiyyah: "Fitnah continues upon the heart, except if the Deen of the slave is completely for Allaah." (‘al-Fatawa’ 10/545)
“If the hearts are pure they would never satisfy their thirst from the Book of Allah” -- Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)
Ibn Taymiyyah: "The Arabic language itself is part of Islâm, and knowing Arabic is an obligatory duty. If it is a duty to understand the Qur'an and Sunnah, and they cannot be understood without knowing Arabic, then the means that is needed to fulfill the duty is also obligatory." (Iqtidâ‘us-Sirâtil-Mustaqîm 2/207)
Imam Ahmad Zarruq (d. AH 899, Takrin) : “Watch your eye, should it ever reveal to you the faults of others, say to it: ‘O my eye, other people have eyes too.’”
Al-Ansari: "The knowledge before used to be in the chests. It is today on the bookshelf." (al-Majmu' 1/265)
Ibn ‘Ijlan:“Allah (‘azza wa jaal) made the believer’s strength in his heart and did not make it in his limbs, don’t you see a weak old man fast the hot days and stand (in prayer) at night while a young man is unable to do that.”(Sifat Al-Safwa, 3/341)
"Not every man with a heart is understanding,nor every man with an ear a listener,nor every man with eyes able to see.." -- Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib
Imam Ibn-ul-Qayyim:"He (I.e. Ibn Taymiyyah) lived poorly. He was imprisoned and threatened.But I have never seen anyone as happy as him."(al-Wabil, p. 110)
Abu 'Abdullah bin al-Khatib narrated:"Abu Hamdun (one of the Tabi'een) had a scroll on which was written the names of three hundred of his close friends, and he used to supplicate for them - one by one - every single night." (Sifat us-Safwah' 1/492)
Umar al-faarooq (radi Allahu ‘anhu): "There is no goodness in people who don't give advice, and there is no goodness in people who don’t like to be advised" (Risaalat Al-Mustarshideen p,71)
"The heart is like a bird: love at its head and its two wings are hope and fear." Ibn Al-Qayyim, Madarij al-Salikin
If a bird flies with wings of hope and fear, while it has love at its head, so too should we balance these three elements in our lives. To attain the great success, it is not enough to simply love Allah, or fear Him; nor is it sufficient to just hope in His Mercy. Rather, we should constantly be in a state Between Love, Hope & Fear
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