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


Showing posts with label Abdullah Ibn al-Mubarak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abdullah Ibn al-Mubarak. Show all posts

Saturday, July 21, 2012

“If you want to do something good, then do not put it off until tomorrow..”


 ‘Ibn al-Mubaarak narrated that al-Haarith ibn Qays said: 

 
If you want to do something good, then do not put it off until tomorrow; if you are doing something pertaining to the Hereafter, then continue as long as you can; if you are praying and the Shaytaan tells you that you are showing off (by making it long), then make it longer.'

Az-Zuhd by Ibn al-Mubaarak  (p.12)

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

‘O Allaah! Do not cause me to become famous but take me back to You!’


‘Abdullah Ibn al-Mubarak (rahimahullaah) narrated:

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‘I was in Makkah when the people were afflicted with a drought. So they all came out to Masjid al-Haram for Istisqaa’ (prayer for rain) but they were not granted rain, & to my side was a black slave.

He said, ‘O Allaah, O Allaah. They have surely called You but You did not respond. I swear to You & take an oath by You that You will indeed provide water for us.’

Ibn al-Mubarak said, ‘By Allaah, it was only a short moment before we were granted rain.’

He continued saying, ‘The black slave departed & I followed him until he entered a house in