رَبِّ ابْنِ لِى عِندَكَ بَيْتاً فِى الْجَنَّةِ
'My Lord! Build for me a home with You in Jannaah'
(At-Tahreem 66:11)


Saturday, July 7, 2012

O son of Aadam place your foot on your earth...

 


Al-Hasan (rahimahullaah) said:

O son of Aadam place your foot on your earth, & know that it will be your grave after a short while.”
[Musannaf Ibn Abee Shaybah 7/237]

When there is money in your hand ..


 
Imaam Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said:
”When there is money in your hand & not in your heart, it will not harm you even if it is a lot; & when it is in your heart, it will harm you even if there is none in your hands.” 
[Madaarij As-Saalikeen: 1/463]

Staining Sacred Knowledge



"Everything has something staining it, & the stain of Scared Knowledge is covetousness (ie. wealth, fame)."

Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī [d 110H/728CE]

Khushu Affects Heart & Limbs


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 One of the Salaf saw a man fidgeting in his prayer & remarked:
“If the heart of this person was humble, so too would his limbs be.”

(Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, The Humility in Prayer - pg 19)

The believer is like a pearl …




Imaam Maalik (rahimahullaah) said:
The believer is like a pearl; wherever he is, his beautiful (qualities) are with him.