[almost all quotes here collected from the facebook page of Islamic Online University]
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"Eating and praising (Allah) is better than eating and staying silent." -Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal (rahimahullah)
The entire religion is good character, so the one who exceeds you in good character, has exceeded you in religion. - Ibn Qayyim...
"The true prisoner is the one whose base desires have imprisoned him"- Imam Ibn Taymiyah (r.a)
"Buy for yourself (through doing good deeds) while there is still a market and you have the ability to buy."-Imam Ibn al Qayyim..
"Whoever does not find happiness in the dhikr of Allah, prayer, and reciting the Quran, will not find it anywhere else." - Hasan al-Basri
“The most beneficial deed is to seclude oneself in it away from the people in ikhlāṣ (sincerity).”— Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah)
"My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me."-Imam Shafi'ee
“What is [done sincerely] for Allah is what lasts.”— Imām Mālik (rahimahullah)
Ibn Taymiyah:"The true prisoner is the one whose base desires have imprisoned him"
(Al-hadiyyah fi Mawaith Al-Imam In Taymiyyah, Pg. 21)
Imam ash-Shaafi'ee (rahimahullah) said:
" Increase in worship before your responsibilities increase. Then you won't have time to worship as much. " [Siyar v. 10 p. 49]
“If a person were wise, his concern over his own sins would distract him from seeing the faults of others.”[Imam Shafi’i Rahimahullah]
"Although men may be knowing, their knowledge is useless to them unless it is accompanied by intelligence." -Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazzālī
"Life’s beauty is in living it as it really is, not as I want it to be. The beauty in enjoying life is in taking it with a light and joyful heart,and not letting anxiety for the future ruin the present moment." -- Dr Salman Al Odah
Bishr Ibn Al-Haarith said: “You will not find the sweetness of worship until you place a barrier between yourself and your lusts.” [As-Siyar, 10/473]
"Be like the flower that even gives fragrance to the hand that crushes it." -Ali ibn Abi Talib radiAllahu 'anhu
Ibn Shubrumah: "I am amazed at the people who take care of themselves by eating food out of fear of dying, yet do not protect themselves from sins out of fear of the Fire". (Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa Vol 6, Pg 348)
Hassan Al-Basree (rahimahullaah) said:
“Those who were before you used to often consider the nearness of death. One of them would often take water for purity, fulfill the call of nature and perform ablution, fearing that Allaah’s Command (death) might come to him while he is not in a state of purity.”
~ Az-Zuhd, by ‘Abdullaah bin Al-Mubarak, p.99
Abûl-Hasan al-Ash’arî:
“Our creed and understanding is to stick to the book of our Lord, the # Sunnah of our prophet (ﷺ) and that which has been reported by the masterly companions, followers and the Imâms in Hadîth.”
(al-Ibânah, p.43)
Ibn al-Musayyib:
“There is no honourable person, scholar or doer of good except that he has a shortcoming. However, there are some people to whom we should not mention their faults, that is, those whose good deeds exceed their faults.”
- Ibn al-Jawzi, 2/81 Sifat as-Safwah
Umar Ibn al-Khattaab:
"Whoever tries to claim something that is not theirs in order to impress others, Allah will disgrace them"
('Ilaam v2 p 432)
❝I wish you knew what I have in my heart for you, but there is no way for you to know except by my actions.❞-ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb (ra)
“Verily, the foundations of Islam will undone one by one if there arises in Islam people who have never known ignorance.”-Umar ibn...
There is nothing that is a greater cause of salvation from the punishment of Allah than the remembrance of Allah.”Mu’adh ibn Jabal
"Knowledge and action are twins whose mother is high motivation." Ibn al-Jawzī rahimahullah
"Let not your tongue mention the shame of another for you yourself are covered in shame and all men have tongues."-Imam Shafi’ee...
“Taking pains to remove the pains of others is the true essence of generosity.”— Abu Bakr radiAllahu anhu
If you desire Allah to be persistent in granting you the thing you love, be persistent in doing the things He loves.— Ahmad ibn Hanbal.
"Ṣabr (patience) is to have the same level of obedience to Allah in times of ease and times of difficulties.” -Ibn Taymiyyah
"The most beneficial of lasting provisions is the fear of Allah, and the most harmful of lasting provisions is aggression."
--Imam Shafi'ee
"The most difficult to treat is my own ego, Its a constant battle between it and I."-Sufyan ath-Thawree
"If it becomes heavy (difficult) to follow the Sunnah, then know that there is a disease in the heart."-Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen
"The less of the world, the freer you live" - Umar ibn al-Khattaab radiyAllahu'anhu
"Don't show pleasure in somebody's downfall, for you have no knowledge of what the future holds in store for you."-Ali ibn Abi Taalib...
"The place of Niyyah is In the heart - not on the tongue" -Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullah
"I call upon Allah for all my needs wehn praying, even my need for salt." 'Urwah Ibn az-Zubayr
"Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me." -Imam al-Ghazali.
`Uthmān bin `Affān (raḍiyallāhu `anhu) said, “I hate that a day would go by without me having a look in the muṣ'ḥaf.”
"The excellence of a thing is known by its fruits." -Ibn Al Jawzi rahimahullah
"The Salaf used to stand the night in prayer reciting the Quran and then act upon the Quran during the Day." -Hassan Al-Basri rahimahullah
"You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you." ~ Imam Al Ghazali.
"The strength of ones hayaa (modesty) and shyness relies on the strength of ones heart." - Ibn al-Qayyim rahimahullah
"Deep thought (contemplation)…is the beginning of and key to all good." -Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah rahimahullah
"The du’a made at tahajjud is like an arrow which does not miss its target." -Imam Ash-Shafi’i rahimahullah
"As long as you are pure of heart, you speak the truth." - Umar ibn al-Khattab radiAllahu 'anhu
"Fasting is a shield as long as one does not tear it, and tearing it is when you backbite." -Hafsah bint Sîrîn (Al-Musannaf article 8975)
“There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance.” -Ali ibn Abi Talib (radiAllahu 'anhu)
“Be humble for humility is the attribute of believers. Beware of pride for God does not like the proud. Those who humble themselves are raised up by God, and those who are proud are abased by Him.”
Imam ‘Abd Allah b. Alawi al-Haddad (d. AH 1132, Hadramawt)
A man said to al-Hasan al-Basri (rahimahullah):
‘The people sit around you so that they may find fault with you!’ So he said, ‘Indeed, I encouraged my soul to aspire for Paradise so it aspired for it. Then I encouraged it to aspire for salvation from Hellfire and so it aspired for it. Then I encouraged it to aspire for salvation from the people, but I didn’t find a way to that. Indeed the people were not pleased with their Creator although He provides for them, so how can they be pleased with another creation like themselves?’ (Al-Bidaya wal-Nihaya 9/318 )
Imām Al-Zuhrī said:
"Verily, knowledge has calamities [that afflict it]. One of its calamities is when the scholar is left, until he goes away with his knowledge. Another calamity is forgetting [knowledge]. Yet another calamity is lying about [knowledge], and this is the worst type."(Ibn ‘Abd Al-Barr, Jāmi’ Bayān Al-’Ilm article 684)
Shaykh Al-Fawzân:
"Have patience with the shortcomings of the woman. Do not argue about every little thing she does. Overlook the faults that do not affect the marriage."(al-Iffihaf, p.865)
Maymūn ibn Mahrān:
"I have been among people who I would feel ashamed to speak in front of. And I have been among people who only spoke the truth or kept silent. And I have been among people who had never really seen the sky: they had not looked up with their eyes, for fear of their Lord."(Abū Bakr Al-Daynūrī, Al-Mujālasah wa Jawāhir Al-’Ilm 5/213)
An-Nu'man ibn Bashir was heard to say on the minbar,
"Shaytan has snares and traps. The snares and traps of Shaytan are to exult
ungratefully in the blessings of Allah, to boast about the gifts of Allah,
to have pride at the expense of the slaves of Allah, and to follow passion
for other than the sake of Allah."
(Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 553)
"If our hearts were pure, we would never be bored of the remembrance of Allah."- Ibn Al-Mubarak (Al-Zuhd' as in 'Al-Kanz', 1/218)
“A sign that your good deed has been accepted is that you do more good deeds after it.” -Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali (Rahimahullah)
“Whoever seeks a brother without faults would never have a brother to be his friend.” - Fudayl Ibn ‘Iyaad (Rawdatul ‘Uqaalaa, p. 169)
"When leaders give preference to themselves over those who they rule, they no longer worthy of their positions." -Salahuddin Ayubi
"Whoever sows good will most likely harvest hope, and whoever sows evil will most likely harvest regret." - Abdullah bin Masood
Ibn Shubrumah: "I am amazed at the people who take care of themselves by eating food out of fear of dying, yet do not protect themselves from sins out of fear of the Fire". (Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa Vol 6, Pg 348)
The path does not belong to the one who has taken the lead ,it belongs to the one who has been honest.-Hasan Al-banna
"We need a generation to hold Islam,not held by Islam" Hasan Al-Banna
"The bond of doctrine is holier than the bond of blood and land " Hasan Al-Banna
Malik Ibn Dinar:
“By Allah! If it was possible for me not to sleep, I would not sleep out of fear that the punishment would descend and I am asleep. By Allah! If I had some helpers, I would spread them out among the dunyaa and give them orders to cry out to the people, ‘O mankind! The Fire! The Fire!’ “
(Al-Ihyaa, 4/567)
Imam Muhammad Ibn Sireen:
“I have never envied anyone over anything: if a person is going to be in the Fire, how could I envy him over some worldly matter when he is destined for the Fire?! And if he is going to Paradise, how could I be envious of a man of Paradise with whom Allah tabâraka wa ta’âlâ is pleased?!”
(Abu Bakr Al-Daynoori, Al-Mujâlasah wa Jawaahir Al-‘Ilm, 2931)
Haani’, the freed slave of ‘Uthmaan (radiyAllahu'anhu) said:
“Whenever ‘Uthmaan used to stand over a grave, his beard would become wet from tears.”
(Al-Hilya, 1/61)
‘Umar ibn Abdil-’Aziz:
“Become a scholar if you are able. If you are not able, then be a student. If you can not, then show love for them. If you are unable to do that, then (at least) do not hate them.”
(Ibn Abdil-Barr in Jaami'u Bayaanil-'Ilmi wa Fadhlihi, #143)
The Prophet ordered us to throw dust – not gold – at the faces of the gratuitous flatterers. Instead, we throw dust at the faces of our sincere advisers and critics.
Imam Az-Zuhree:
“The people of knowledge who came before us used to say, ‘Salvation lies in clinging to the Sunnah.’ ”
(Ad-Daarimee, 96)
Qaasim al-Joo’ee said:
“I advise you with five matters:
(1) when you are treated unjustly, do not behave unjustly;
(2) when you are praised do not become happy;
(3) when you are criticised, do not become upset;
(4) when you are not believed, do not become angry;
(5) and if the people act deceitfully towards you, do not act deceitfully towards them.”
(Related by Ibn al-Jawzee in Sifatus-Safwaa, 2/200)
Abu Al-Ashhab said:
” ‘Umar passed by a garbage dump and stopped there, and it was as if his companions were bothered by it (the smell). He said, ‘This is the world of yours which you are so eager for and you weep over.’ ”
('Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab, His Life And Times, By 'Ali Muhammad As-Sallaabi, Vol. I, p. 288)
Ahmad Ibn Harb said:
“There is nothing more beneficial to a Muslim’s heart than to mix with the righteous and to watch their actions, while nothing is more harmful to the heart than mixing with the sinners and watching their actions.”
(Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabeer, p.100)
Once ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abdul ‘Azeez was advised:
“O ‘Umar, beware of being the ally of Allâh in open, while being His enemy in secret. If one’s nature in open and secret do not equate then he is a hypocrite, and the hypocrites occupy the lowest level in Hellfire.”
(Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabeer, p.100)
Al-Hasan Al-Basree:
“To endure short-lived difficulties that are followed by long lasting ease, is better than hurrying for a short-lived ease that is followed by ever-lasting hardship.”
(Al-Hilyah, 2/134)
Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jauziyyah:
"Calamities, trials and tests are signs of love from Allah for the believers. They are comparable to a cure; although it may be bitter, you accept it because it is from the one whom you love; and to Allah belongs the best example."
(Ighaathatul Lahfan” p. 286.)
Ali Ibn Abi Talib (radiyAllahu'anhu):
“Verily knowledge is more precious than wealth. Knowledge preserves you, while you preserve wealth. Knowledge judges while wealth is judged upon. The possessors of wealth have died, while the possessors of knowledge live on. Their (the scholars) bodies have passed away, but they are still present in the hearts of the people.”
(Adab Al-Dunya Wa Al-Deen, p.48)
Talq ibn Habeeb:
“Indeed the rights of Allaah are far greater than the servant can fulfill, and indeed the blessings of Allaah are far more than can be counted, however, be repentful in the morning and evening (i.e. throughout the day).”
(Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa, 4/622)
Is it permissible to force one's daughter to marry someone she is not pleased with?
Shaykh `Abdur-Rahmaan as-Sa`dee:
Her father cannot force her, nor can her mother force her to marry even if the both of them (i.e. mother and father) are pleased with his practice of the religion.
(Al Majmoo'ah As-Sa'diyah vol. 7 p 349)
Filthy language is used by people who don’t have the maturity or intelligence to express themselves with better words.
- Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan
Bakr al Muzani said:
“If you want your prayer to be of benefit to you, say to yourself, ‘I might not have a chance to perform another prayer.’”
[Jaami' Al-'Uloom Wal-Hikam, p.466]
Bakr Ibn ‘Abdullaah Al-Muzani said:
“If you see someone older than you then respect him [by] saying, ‘He has beaten me to Islam and righteous action.’ If you see someone younger than you then respect him saying to yourself, ‘I have beaten him in sins’.”
(Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabeer, p.100)
Maalik Ibn Dinaar:
“Whoever proposed to the world, then the world would not be satisfied until he gave up his Deen as dowry.”
(Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabeer, p.100)
Abdullâh bin Masud (radiyAllahu'anhu):
"One of the worst sins is when a man says to his brother, “Fear Allah,” and he replies, “Worry about yourself.”
(Abu Bakr Al-Daynooree, Al-Mujaalasah Wa Jawâhir Al-‘Ilm, 2619)
Abu Hafs Al-Fallaas said:
“I said to Yahyaa Ibn Sa’eed during his sickness: ‘May Allah give you well being,‘ so he answered: ‘Whatever is fondest to Allah is fondest to me.‘ “
(As-Siyar, 9/182)
Ahmad bin Hanbal:
"If a man knows himself, the praises of the people will not benefit him."
(Anis al-Fudala' 11/211)
Wahb Bin Munbih said:
“The example of the dunya (worldly life) and hereafter is like the example of a man who has two wives. If he pleases one of them, the other one will be displeased.”
(Kitaab Dham Ad-Dunya, 1/119)
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"Eating and praising (Allah) is better than eating and staying silent." -Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal (rahimahullah)
The entire religion is good character, so the one who exceeds you in good character, has exceeded you in religion. - Ibn Qayyim...
"The true prisoner is the one whose base desires have imprisoned him"- Imam Ibn Taymiyah (r.a)
"Buy for yourself (through doing good deeds) while there is still a market and you have the ability to buy."-Imam Ibn al Qayyim..
"Whoever does not find happiness in the dhikr of Allah, prayer, and reciting the Quran, will not find it anywhere else." - Hasan al-Basri
“The most beneficial deed is to seclude oneself in it away from the people in ikhlāṣ (sincerity).”— Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah)
"My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me."-Imam Shafi'ee
“What is [done sincerely] for Allah is what lasts.”— Imām Mālik (rahimahullah)
Ibn Taymiyah:"The true prisoner is the one whose base desires have imprisoned him"
(Al-hadiyyah fi Mawaith Al-Imam In Taymiyyah, Pg. 21)
Imam ash-Shaafi'ee (rahimahullah) said:
" Increase in worship before your responsibilities increase. Then you won't have time to worship as much. " [Siyar v. 10 p. 49]
“If a person were wise, his concern over his own sins would distract him from seeing the faults of others.”[Imam Shafi’i Rahimahullah]
"Although men may be knowing, their knowledge is useless to them unless it is accompanied by intelligence." -Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazzālī
"Life’s beauty is in living it as it really is, not as I want it to be. The beauty in enjoying life is in taking it with a light and joyful heart,and not letting anxiety for the future ruin the present moment." -- Dr Salman Al Odah
Bishr Ibn Al-Haarith said: “You will not find the sweetness of worship until you place a barrier between yourself and your lusts.” [As-Siyar, 10/473]
"Be like the flower that even gives fragrance to the hand that crushes it." -Ali ibn Abi Talib radiAllahu 'anhu
Ibn Shubrumah: "I am amazed at the people who take care of themselves by eating food out of fear of dying, yet do not protect themselves from sins out of fear of the Fire". (Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa Vol 6, Pg 348)
“Those who were before you used to often consider the nearness of death. One of them would often take water for purity, fulfill the call of nature and perform ablution, fearing that Allaah’s Command (death) might come to him while he is not in a state of purity.”
~ Az-Zuhd, by ‘Abdullaah bin Al-Mubarak, p.99
Abûl-Hasan al-Ash’arî:
“Our creed and understanding is to stick to the book of our Lord, the # Sunnah of our prophet (ﷺ) and that which has been reported by the masterly companions, followers and the Imâms in Hadîth.”
(al-Ibânah, p.43)
Ibn al-Musayyib:
“There is no honourable person, scholar or doer of good except that he has a shortcoming. However, there are some people to whom we should not mention their faults, that is, those whose good deeds exceed their faults.”
- Ibn al-Jawzi, 2/81 Sifat as-Safwah
Umar Ibn al-Khattaab:
"Whoever tries to claim something that is not theirs in order to impress others, Allah will disgrace them"
('Ilaam v2 p 432)
❝I wish you knew what I have in my heart for you, but there is no way for you to know except by my actions.❞-ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb (ra)
“Verily, the foundations of Islam will undone one by one if there arises in Islam people who have never known ignorance.”-Umar ibn...
There is nothing that is a greater cause of salvation from the punishment of Allah than the remembrance of Allah.”Mu’adh ibn Jabal
"Knowledge and action are twins whose mother is high motivation." Ibn al-Jawzī rahimahullah
"Let not your tongue mention the shame of another for you yourself are covered in shame and all men have tongues."-Imam Shafi’ee...
“Taking pains to remove the pains of others is the true essence of generosity.”— Abu Bakr radiAllahu anhu
If you desire Allah to be persistent in granting you the thing you love, be persistent in doing the things He loves.— Ahmad ibn Hanbal.
"Ṣabr (patience) is to have the same level of obedience to Allah in times of ease and times of difficulties.” -Ibn Taymiyyah
"The most beneficial of lasting provisions is the fear of Allah, and the most harmful of lasting provisions is aggression."
--Imam Shafi'ee
"The most difficult to treat is my own ego, Its a constant battle between it and I."-Sufyan ath-Thawree
"If it becomes heavy (difficult) to follow the Sunnah, then know that there is a disease in the heart."-Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen
"The less of the world, the freer you live" - Umar ibn al-Khattaab radiyAllahu'anhu
"Don't show pleasure in somebody's downfall, for you have no knowledge of what the future holds in store for you."-Ali ibn Abi Taalib...
"The place of Niyyah is In the heart - not on the tongue" -Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullah
"I call upon Allah for all my needs wehn praying, even my need for salt." 'Urwah Ibn az-Zubayr
"Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me." -Imam al-Ghazali.
`Uthmān bin `Affān (raḍiyallāhu `anhu) said, “I hate that a day would go by without me having a look in the muṣ'ḥaf.”
"The excellence of a thing is known by its fruits." -Ibn Al Jawzi rahimahullah
"The Salaf used to stand the night in prayer reciting the Quran and then act upon the Quran during the Day." -Hassan Al-Basri rahimahullah
"You must convince your heart that whatever Allah has decreed is most appropriate and most beneficial for you." ~ Imam Al Ghazali.
"The strength of ones hayaa (modesty) and shyness relies on the strength of ones heart." - Ibn al-Qayyim rahimahullah
"Deep thought (contemplation)…is the beginning of and key to all good." -Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah rahimahullah
"The du’a made at tahajjud is like an arrow which does not miss its target." -Imam Ash-Shafi’i rahimahullah
"As long as you are pure of heart, you speak the truth." - Umar ibn al-Khattab radiAllahu 'anhu
"Fasting is a shield as long as one does not tear it, and tearing it is when you backbite." -Hafsah bint Sîrîn (Al-Musannaf article 8975)
“There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance.” -Ali ibn Abi Talib (radiAllahu 'anhu)
“Be humble for humility is the attribute of believers. Beware of pride for God does not like the proud. Those who humble themselves are raised up by God, and those who are proud are abased by Him.”
Imam ‘Abd Allah b. Alawi al-Haddad (d. AH 1132, Hadramawt)
A man said to al-Hasan al-Basri (rahimahullah):
‘The people sit around you so that they may find fault with you!’ So he said, ‘Indeed, I encouraged my soul to aspire for Paradise so it aspired for it. Then I encouraged it to aspire for salvation from Hellfire and so it aspired for it. Then I encouraged it to aspire for salvation from the people, but I didn’t find a way to that. Indeed the people were not pleased with their Creator although He provides for them, so how can they be pleased with another creation like themselves?’ (Al-Bidaya wal-Nihaya 9/318 )
Imām Al-Zuhrī said:
"Verily, knowledge has calamities [that afflict it]. One of its calamities is when the scholar is left, until he goes away with his knowledge. Another calamity is forgetting [knowledge]. Yet another calamity is lying about [knowledge], and this is the worst type."(Ibn ‘Abd Al-Barr, Jāmi’ Bayān Al-’Ilm article 684)
Shaykh Al-Fawzân:
"Have patience with the shortcomings of the woman. Do not argue about every little thing she does. Overlook the faults that do not affect the marriage."(al-Iffihaf, p.865)
Maymūn ibn Mahrān:
"I have been among people who I would feel ashamed to speak in front of. And I have been among people who only spoke the truth or kept silent. And I have been among people who had never really seen the sky: they had not looked up with their eyes, for fear of their Lord."(Abū Bakr Al-Daynūrī, Al-Mujālasah wa Jawāhir Al-’Ilm 5/213)
An-Nu'man ibn Bashir was heard to say on the minbar,
"Shaytan has snares and traps. The snares and traps of Shaytan are to exult
ungratefully in the blessings of Allah, to boast about the gifts of Allah,
to have pride at the expense of the slaves of Allah, and to follow passion
for other than the sake of Allah."
(Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 553)
"If our hearts were pure, we would never be bored of the remembrance of Allah."- Ibn Al-Mubarak (Al-Zuhd' as in 'Al-Kanz', 1/218)
“A sign that your good deed has been accepted is that you do more good deeds after it.” -Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali (Rahimahullah)
“Whoever seeks a brother without faults would never have a brother to be his friend.” - Fudayl Ibn ‘Iyaad (Rawdatul ‘Uqaalaa, p. 169)
"When leaders give preference to themselves over those who they rule, they no longer worthy of their positions." -Salahuddin Ayubi
"Whoever sows good will most likely harvest hope, and whoever sows evil will most likely harvest regret." - Abdullah bin Masood
Ibn Shubrumah: "I am amazed at the people who take care of themselves by eating food out of fear of dying, yet do not protect themselves from sins out of fear of the Fire". (Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa Vol 6, Pg 348)
The path does not belong to the one who has taken the lead ,it belongs to the one who has been honest.-Hasan Al-banna
"We need a generation to hold Islam,not held by Islam" Hasan Al-Banna
"The bond of doctrine is holier than the bond of blood and land " Hasan Al-Banna
Malik Ibn Dinar:
“By Allah! If it was possible for me not to sleep, I would not sleep out of fear that the punishment would descend and I am asleep. By Allah! If I had some helpers, I would spread them out among the dunyaa and give them orders to cry out to the people, ‘O mankind! The Fire! The Fire!’ “
(Al-Ihyaa, 4/567)
Imam Muhammad Ibn Sireen:
“I have never envied anyone over anything: if a person is going to be in the Fire, how could I envy him over some worldly matter when he is destined for the Fire?! And if he is going to Paradise, how could I be envious of a man of Paradise with whom Allah tabâraka wa ta’âlâ is pleased?!”
(Abu Bakr Al-Daynoori, Al-Mujâlasah wa Jawaahir Al-‘Ilm, 2931)
Haani’, the freed slave of ‘Uthmaan (radiyAllahu'anhu) said:
“Whenever ‘Uthmaan used to stand over a grave, his beard would become wet from tears.”
(Al-Hilya, 1/61)
‘Umar ibn Abdil-’Aziz:
“Become a scholar if you are able. If you are not able, then be a student. If you can not, then show love for them. If you are unable to do that, then (at least) do not hate them.”
(Ibn Abdil-Barr in Jaami'u Bayaanil-'Ilmi wa Fadhlihi, #143)
The Prophet ordered us to throw dust – not gold – at the faces of the gratuitous flatterers. Instead, we throw dust at the faces of our sincere advisers and critics.
Imam Az-Zuhree:
“The people of knowledge who came before us used to say, ‘Salvation lies in clinging to the Sunnah.’ ”
(Ad-Daarimee, 96)
Qaasim al-Joo’ee said:
“I advise you with five matters:
(1) when you are treated unjustly, do not behave unjustly;
(2) when you are praised do not become happy;
(3) when you are criticised, do not become upset;
(4) when you are not believed, do not become angry;
(5) and if the people act deceitfully towards you, do not act deceitfully towards them.”
(Related by Ibn al-Jawzee in Sifatus-Safwaa, 2/200)
Abu Al-Ashhab said:
” ‘Umar passed by a garbage dump and stopped there, and it was as if his companions were bothered by it (the smell). He said, ‘This is the world of yours which you are so eager for and you weep over.’ ”
('Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab, His Life And Times, By 'Ali Muhammad As-Sallaabi, Vol. I, p. 288)
Ahmad Ibn Harb said:
“There is nothing more beneficial to a Muslim’s heart than to mix with the righteous and to watch their actions, while nothing is more harmful to the heart than mixing with the sinners and watching their actions.”
(Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabeer, p.100)
Once ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abdul ‘Azeez was advised:
“O ‘Umar, beware of being the ally of Allâh in open, while being His enemy in secret. If one’s nature in open and secret do not equate then he is a hypocrite, and the hypocrites occupy the lowest level in Hellfire.”
(Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabeer, p.100)
Al-Hasan Al-Basree:
“To endure short-lived difficulties that are followed by long lasting ease, is better than hurrying for a short-lived ease that is followed by ever-lasting hardship.”
(Al-Hilyah, 2/134)
Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jauziyyah:
"Calamities, trials and tests are signs of love from Allah for the believers. They are comparable to a cure; although it may be bitter, you accept it because it is from the one whom you love; and to Allah belongs the best example."
(Ighaathatul Lahfan” p. 286.)
Ali Ibn Abi Talib (radiyAllahu'anhu):
“Verily knowledge is more precious than wealth. Knowledge preserves you, while you preserve wealth. Knowledge judges while wealth is judged upon. The possessors of wealth have died, while the possessors of knowledge live on. Their (the scholars) bodies have passed away, but they are still present in the hearts of the people.”
(Adab Al-Dunya Wa Al-Deen, p.48)
Talq ibn Habeeb:
“Indeed the rights of Allaah are far greater than the servant can fulfill, and indeed the blessings of Allaah are far more than can be counted, however, be repentful in the morning and evening (i.e. throughout the day).”
(Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa, 4/622)
Is it permissible to force one's daughter to marry someone she is not pleased with?
Shaykh `Abdur-Rahmaan as-Sa`dee:
Her father cannot force her, nor can her mother force her to marry even if the both of them (i.e. mother and father) are pleased with his practice of the religion.
(Al Majmoo'ah As-Sa'diyah vol. 7 p 349)
Filthy language is used by people who don’t have the maturity or intelligence to express themselves with better words.
- Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan
Bakr al Muzani said:
“If you want your prayer to be of benefit to you, say to yourself, ‘I might not have a chance to perform another prayer.’”
[Jaami' Al-'Uloom Wal-Hikam, p.466]
Bakr Ibn ‘Abdullaah Al-Muzani said:
“If you see someone older than you then respect him [by] saying, ‘He has beaten me to Islam and righteous action.’ If you see someone younger than you then respect him saying to yourself, ‘I have beaten him in sins’.”
(Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabeer, p.100)
Maalik Ibn Dinaar:
“Whoever proposed to the world, then the world would not be satisfied until he gave up his Deen as dowry.”
(Al-Bayhaqi, Al-Zuhd Al-Kabeer, p.100)
Abdullâh bin Masud (radiyAllahu'anhu):
"One of the worst sins is when a man says to his brother, “Fear Allah,” and he replies, “Worry about yourself.”
(Abu Bakr Al-Daynooree, Al-Mujaalasah Wa Jawâhir Al-‘Ilm, 2619)
Abu Hafs Al-Fallaas said:
“I said to Yahyaa Ibn Sa’eed during his sickness: ‘May Allah give you well being,‘ so he answered: ‘Whatever is fondest to Allah is fondest to me.‘ “
(As-Siyar, 9/182)
Ahmad bin Hanbal:
"If a man knows himself, the praises of the people will not benefit him."
(Anis al-Fudala' 11/211)
Wahb Bin Munbih said:
“The example of the dunya (worldly life) and hereafter is like the example of a man who has two wives. If he pleases one of them, the other one will be displeased.”
(Kitaab Dham Ad-Dunya, 1/119)
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