Take care of your share of the Hereafter & you will win your full share of this life

 

One of the Salaf said,

“O son of Aadam! You need your share in this life, but need your share in the Hereafter even more. If you took care of your share in this life, then you will lose your share in the Hereafter and are soon bound to lose your share in this life too. If you took care of your share in the Hereafter, you will also win your full share in this life with ease.”

[Fadhaa'il Adh-Dhikr by Ibn Al-Jawzee p.19]

Say what you wish in abuse of me...

Imaam Ash-Shaafi`ee رحمه الله said: 

"Say what you wish in abuse of me, for my silence towards the idiot is indeed an answer. I am not at a loss for a response but rather, it does not befit the lion to answer the dogs."

Mentioning the Beautiful Names of Allaah with the Evidences - 3

 

By: Ash-Shaykh Yahyaa bin 'Alee Al-Hajooree  حفظه الله  

(8) Al-Malik (9) Al-Qudoos (10) As-Salaam (11) Al-Mu'min (12) Al-Muhaymin

(13) Al-Jabbaar (14) Al-Mutakabbir (15) Al-Khaaliq (16) Al-Baari' (17) Al-Musauwwir

(18) Al-'Azeez (19) Al-Hakeem

Allaah the Most High said,

هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلَامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

 هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاء الْحُسْنَى يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيم

“He is Allaah, none has the right to be worshiped except Him, Al-Malik (the King), Al-Qudoos (the Holy), As-Salaam (the One Free from all defects), Al-Mu'min (the Giver of security), Al-Muhaymin (the Watcher over His creatures), Al-Jabbaar (the All-Mighty), Al-Mutakabbir (the One who Compels, the Supreme). Glorified is Allah! Above all that they associate as partners with Him. He is Allah, Al-Khaaliq (the Creator), Al-Baari' (the Inventor of all things), Al-Musuwwir (the Bestower of forms). To Him belong the Best Names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorify Him. And He is Al-'Azeez (the All-Mighty), Al-Hakeem (the All-Wise).”5

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⁴ The narration was selected by Imaam Muslim in his authentic collection; Number 479.

⁵ Soorah Al-Hashr, (59:23-24)

Benefits (Fadl) of Wudhu - Lesson 3

 

Al-Bara’a Ibn Aazib (Bukhari), the Prophet صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم said:

“If you have come to your bed then make Wudhu (perfect the Wudhu like that of salaah with all the conditions), then lie down on your right side and recites the following adkhar (making this his last speech), and if you die then, you would have died upon the fitrah.”

- اللّهُـمَّ أَسْـلَمْتُ نَفْـسي إِلَـيْكَ، وَفَوَّضْـتُ أَمْـري إِلَـيْكَ، وَوَجَّـهْتُ وَجْـهي إِلَـيْكَ، وَأَلْـجَـاْتُ ظَهـري إِلَـيْكَ، رَغْبَـةً وَرَهْـبَةً إِلَـيْكَ، لا مَلْجَـأَ وَلا مَنْـجـا مِنْـكَ إِلاّ إِلَـيْكَ، آمَنْـتُ بِكِتـابِكَ الّـذي أَنْزَلْـتَ وَبِنَبِـيِّـكَ الّـذي أَرْسَلْـت .

البخاري مع الفتح 11/113 ومسلم 4/2081

** From the signs of a believer is that he perfects his Wudhu **

Keep Yourself Busy in Remembering Your Faults

 

Imaam Sufyaan Ath-Thawree رحمه الله said:

"Keep yourself busy in remembering your faults, so that you have no time to remember the faults of others. Be sad on account of all the time you spent in the past in other than the pursuit of your Hereafter. Cry frequently for the wrongs you have committed in the past, and perhaps you will then be saved from them. Never tire or become bored of good deeds and of the people who perform them."

Taken from: The Biography of Sufyaan Ath-Thawree

The Great Standing

 

Imaam Al-Awzaa’ee رحمه الله said:

"Whoever stands the night in prayer, Allaah will make easy for him his standing on the Day of Judgment.”

Siyar A’laam An-Nubalaa, – Volume 7, Page 119

How many palm trees have we frivolously given up?

Turn all your attention to that which benefits you, for indeed life is short. Be greedy as regards to your day and night. And no one will benefit you, because you will die alone and you will enter your grave alone and you will be questioned alone and you will stand before Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى  alone. Then, for sure you will be asked about your deeds. So invest your time and do not waste even a single moment of it. And do not be like those who when death, the destroyer of pleasures and separator of people, comes to them they say:

“O' my Lord, return me!"

[Sooratul-Muminuun (23):99]

Why is it that he wants to return? Is it because he wants to build a house? Or that he wants to furnish a home? Why is it that he wants to come back? Why does he want to return? He wants to do good deeds!