Imaam Maalik (rahimahullaah) said:
The believer is like a pearl; wherever he is, his beautiful
(qualities) are with him.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Capital of the Believer
The capital of the believer is his
religion, it is always with him, he does not leave it behind when on a journey &
neither does he entrust it to another.
Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī [d 110H/728CE]
Friday, July 6, 2012
Fear of Dunya
Are you trying to terrify me with thoughts of
poverty, when the only thing that Sufyān fears is that the
treasures of this world should be poured down upon him!
Sufyān al-Thawrī [d. 161H/778CE]
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Mend Your Relations With Allaah...
“No servant of Allaah mends what is between him
& Allaah, except that Allaah mends what is between him & other
servants. And he does not spoil what is between him & Allaah, except
that Allaah spoils what is between him & the servants of Allaah. Working
for the sake of ones face is easier than working for the sake of all faces. For
if you work for the sake of that Face [the Face of Allaah], all faces will turn
to you. But if you spoil it, all faces will the detest you.”
Abu
Hazim Salamah b. Dinar
[Abu
Nu'aym, al-Hilya (3:239)]
(Read
on pg 65, Ibn al-Jawzi, Disciplining The Soul)
O student! If you want knowledge from its sources…
Ibn
Barjas:
"O
student! If you want knowledge from its sources then you should stick to the
great scholars [Kibâr-ul-'ulama]: those who have gray beards & weak bodies &
have lost their power in [pursuit of] knowledge & educating. Stick to them
before they disappear & take from their treasure before they take it with
them. One misses the full-moon in the dark night."
(al-'Awa'iq, p. 26)
True Goodness
It
is reported that ‘Alî b. Abî Tâlib (Allâh be pleased with him) said:
“Goodness is not in your wealth & offspring being
plentiful; true goodness is when your [good] deeds are plenty & you have
great understanding & forbearance, & when you compete to worship your
Lord. If you do good you praise Allâh & thank Him, & if you sin you beg
Allâh’s forgiveness. There is no good in this life except with two types of
men: A man who sins but then corrects himself through repentance, & a man
who strives & hastens to get [the good] of the Hereafter.
Ibn
‘Asâkir, Al-Tawbah article 13.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Make your association (with worldly people) a PROFIT not a LOSS
Make
your association (with worldly people) a profit not a loss. Be like the man
travelling along, whom another invites to stop; seek to take him along with
you. When he comes along, lead him but be not led by him. And if he refuses,
and you have no hope that he will journey, then do not let him detain you.
Rather, hasten on, pay him no heed. Do not turn in his direction, for he is a
highway robber regardless.
Ibnul Qayyim Al Jawziyyah (Rahimahullaah)
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