True Brothers

When Allaah tests a believer

Trials & Tribulations

 “No calamity befalls, but with the Leave [i.e. decision and Qadar (Divine Preordainments)] of Allaah, and whosoever believes in Allaah, He guides his heart [to the true Faith with certainty, i.e. what has befallen him was already written for him by Allaah from the Qadar (Divine Preordainments)], and Allah is the All-Knower of everything.”

 Allaah سبحانه و تعالى says:

(No calamity befalls, but by the Leave decision and Qadar of Allaah). This takes account of all calamities that may touch one’s self, wealth, children, loved ones, and so forth. All that touches the slaves happens by Allaah’s decision and destiny. His knowledge has encompassed all this beforehand; His Pen recorded it, His decree appointed it, His wisdom dictated it.

The heart of the matter is, would the slave fulfil their mission here or not? One who does will earn the handsome reward and the beautiful compensation in this and the Last Life. When one believes that calamities are ordained by Allaah, feels content, and submits to Allaah’s decision, Allaah will guide his or her heart. They will then be tranquil and not prone to anxiety when calamities befall, unlike those whose hearts Allaah did not guide. Allaah will also grant them firmness when calamities come, and therefore, they will fulfil the requirements of patience. As a consequence they will earn immediate reward along with the reward that Allaah will keep for them for the Day of Recompense just as he stated, 

 إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى الصَّابِرُونَ أَجْرَهُم بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

⁃ سورة الزمر - ٣٩:١٠

“Only those who are patient shall receive their reward in full, without reckoning.”

A Powerful Reminder - (poem)

“Dear humanity,

I don’t think I need to introduce myself. The whole world is talking about me, in lock down because of me, and in perpetual stress because of me. Unlike most of you, I don’t have time to waste, so I’ll get straight to the point and share with you things about myself which the media will not cover. 

I do not differentiate between people; young or old, sick or healthy, practicing or otherwise. Don’t accuse me of harshness. I’m simply following the orders of the Supreme Lord who released me. 

I’m the one who has busied tyrannical governments from furthering their oppression of their Muslim minorities. I am the one who has humbled the pharaohs of the 21st century and snapped the spine of arrogance in every one of them. I am the one who closed the venues of alcohol, fornication, gambling, smoke and terrified every user of interest. I am the one who harasses the disbeliever behind closed doors as he now questions everything he ever stood for. I am the one who struck fear into the heart of every sinner and cornered him into regret. I am the reminder that moral decay cannot go without retribution. I am proud of this, I don’t apologize for it, and shame on the hard hearts of humanity for needing me as their reminder. 

The Stance of a Believer in the Face of an Epidemic

The Stance of a Believer in the Face of an Epidemic (Corona Virus) - 

by Abū Atiyah Mahmūd bin Muhammad

Listen:

The Stance of a Believer in the Face of an Epidemic 

How much Qur'aan should we read??

What a beautiful statement

Sheikhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah [رحمه الله] narrated,

A man once asked one of the Salaf: 

How much Qur’an should we read?                

He replied: Equivalent to the amount of happiness you are looking for.

— Source: Majmū’ al-Fatāwa, (7/493)

Navigating Trials & Tribulations

Navigating Trials & Tribulations 

(Corona Virus)

By: Abu Rayhana Abdul Hakeem

Listen: 

Navigating Trials & Tribulations

The Corona Virus: Wisdom, Cause & Solution as prescribed by The Qur’ān & Sunnah

Our Shaykh Abu Bilaal Al-Hadhramy (may Allaah preserve him)

~stated on 21st Rajab1441 (16th March 2020):

Wisdom: "Indeed Allaah does not send down a plague except in order for the slave to return, repent and start again."

《وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ

And We have certainly sent [messengers] to nations before you, [O Muhammad]; then We seized them with loss of wealth and loss of health so they would humble themselves [to Us in supplication].

فَلَوْلَآ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَا تَضَرَّعُوا۟ وَلَٰكِن قَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ 

Then why, when Our punishment came to them, did they not humble themselves? But their hearts became hardened, and Satan made attractive to them that which they were doing.

فَلَمَّا نَسُوا۟ مَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَٰبَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَرِحُوا۟ بِمَآ أُوتُوٓا۟ أَخَذْنَٰهُم بَغْتَةً فَإِذَا هُم مُّبْلِسُونَ

So when they forgot that by which they had been reminded, We opened to them the doors of every [good] thing until, when they rejoiced in that which they were given, We seized them suddenly, and they were [then] in despair.

Advice To The People Regarding The Coronavirus

Sheikh AbdulAziz al-Rajihi’s Advice to the People regarding the Corona virus is:

• to return to Allaah the Exalted in repentance and in supplication, and;
• by displaying submission and humility before Him, and;
• by putting one’s trust unto Him, and;
• by taking the means for precaution for verily Tawakul upon Allaah necessitates reliance upon Him, the Exalted, along with taking the necessary means."

Link to listen:
Advice to the people regarding the Corona Virus

[The Telegram channel of Sheikh AbdulAziz al-Rajihi]
 Translated by: Omar Al-Maghraby
(Toronto Dawah)