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]
Friday, July 6, 2012
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)
"...forgive him..."
Narrated Abi Hurairah (radhiyallaahu
'anhu): Allaah's Apostle (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said,
"A man used
to give loans to the people and used to say to his servant, 'If the debtor is
poor, forgive him, so that Allaah may forgive us.' So when he met Allaah (after
his death), Allaah forgave him."
Bukhaari Vol. #4, Book #56/687
“Do not ever get bored of asking for forgiveness.”
Ibn
Rajab al-Hanbali (rahimahullaah) said:
It was said to al-Hasan al-Basri: “Shouldn’t
one of us feel too shy before his Lord to ask for forgiveness of his sins then
do them again, then ask for forgiveness then do them again? He said: The
shaytaan would love to gain victory over you in this manner. Do not ever get
bored of asking for forgiveness.”
[Jaami’ al-‘Uloom al- Hikam (1/165)]
Monday, July 2, 2012
Sadness over Sins & Heedlessness
“Know that the heart of a person of sound
mind cannot be free of sadness, because he remembers his previous sins,
therefore becomes sad, he thinks about his negligence, reflects on what the
scholars & the righteous have said, as a result he becomes sad for not
taking heed.”
—Ibn al-Jawzī [d. 597H/1201CE]
"Taqwa" is the provision for every journey..
‘Umar bin Abdul-Aziz (rahimahullaah)
said in a speech he gave:
“There is a provision for every journey,
so take the best provision, (which is) At-Taqwa;
from this life to the Hereafter. Be just like those who have just witnessed Allaah’s
torment, so that you feel fear (from His torment) & eagerness (for His
forgiveness). Do not have prolonged hopes because your hearts will become
hardened & you will submit to your enemy (shaytaan).
Ikhlaas & Tawheed are a Tree in the Heart
“Ikhlaas & Tawheed are a tree in
the heart. Its branches are good actions. Its fruits are a good life in this
world, & eternal comfort in the Hereafter, & just like in Paradise the
fruits whose supply is not cut off, nor are they out of reach, likewise are the
fruits of Tawheed & Ikhlaas in this world.”
Ibn al-Qayyim – ‘al-Fawaid’
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