Marry your sister or daughter off to a taalıbul ilm

Shaykh Muqbil (rahimahullaah) said:

"If you were to marry your sister or daughter off to a taalıbul ilm, it is better for you than thıs dunya and what is in it”.

Taken from the book bashaair fi simaa' al mubaashir.

It is only the storyteller-preachers (al-qusās) who have killed knowledge...

 

It is reported that Abū Qilābah – Allāh Have mercy on him – said: 

"It is only the storyteller-preachers (al-qusās) who have killed knowledge. A man listens to a storyteller for a year without really learning anything that will last, whereas a man who sits with a scholar for an hour learns what will last and benefit him before he even gets up."

 

Abō Nu’aym, Hilyatu Al-Awliyā` 2:287.

Focus on Your Purpose

 

Haafidh al-Hakami [d. 1377 AH] (1), may Allaah have mercy on him, said: 

“Know that Allaah, the Lofty and High, has not left the creation without a purpose.” (2)

Allaah, the Most High, says in His Book:

“Did you think that We had created you in play (without any purpose), and that you would not be brought back to Us?” (3)

Haafidh al-Hakami, may Allaah have mercy him, commented on this verse by saying: