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Little barakah in your time??

Advice from the Salaf for the one who finds little barakah in his time

One of the Salaf once said, "Every time I increased upon my (daily) portion of Qur'aan, my time would increase in barakah (blessings). I kept on increasing up until my daily portion reached ten Juz' (a third of the Qur'aan)!"

Ibraaheem bin 'Abdil-Waahid al-Maqdisee said, whilst advising ad-Diyaa' al-Maqdisee who intended to go out on a journey to seek knowledge:

"Recite much Qur'aan and don't abandon it, for verily that which you want to learn will become easier in accordance with how much you recite."

 
Ad-Diyaa' said, "So, I noticed this and experienced it much. If I recited a lot of Qur'aan then listening to many ahadeeth and writing all of them down would be easy for me, and if I didn't recite then it would become difficult."

  Source: Dheelu Tabaqaatil-Hanaabilah of Ibn Rajab (3/205)

Visa of Life...

 

“Strange is the visa of life, it can be cancelled at any time. The duration of its validity is unknown and its extension too is impossible.”

From the wise sayings of Luqman…

“If you’re in prayer, take care of your heart; If you’re eating take care of your throat; if you’re in another man’s house, take care of your eyes; if you’re among people take care of your tongue.

Remember two matters and forget two matters; Remember Allaah and death forget any good that you have done to another and any evil that was done to you by another.”

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It’s good to leave each day behind, like flowing water,

“It’s good to leave each day behind, like flowing water, free of sadness. Yesterday is gone and its tale told... today new seeds are growing...”

Al-Eeman according to Ahlus-Sunnah

 

Ash-Shaykh Aboo ‘Abdis-Salaam Hassan bin Qaasim ar-Raymee رحمه الله, stated in his book ‘al-Fawaaidul-‘Aqaaidiyyah min Ba’d Shuroohul-Lum’atul-Athariyyah’:

"-Al-Eeman according to Ahlus-Sunnah is based on the five noons (ن):

1-اعتقاد بالجنان   (Belief with the heart)

2-نطق باللسان  (Utterance with the tongue)

3-عمل بالجوارح والأركان  (Actions with the limbs)\

4-يزيد بطاعة الرحمن  (Increases with obedience to ar-Rahman)

5-ينقص بطاعة الشيطان  (Decreases with obedience to ash-Shaytaan)

This was stated by our Shaykh al-Muhaddith Hammaad bin Muhammad al-Ansaari (رحمه الله) in his foreword to the checking of the book, ‘Ta’deem Qadr as-Salaat’ of al-Marwazi.'