The Humility of Shaykh Al Albaanee

Shaykh ‘Asheesh narrates an incident when the Imaam of Hadeeth, the Shaykh – Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee (rahima-hullaah) was explaining the different scholarly levels of hadeeth, and Shaykh al-Albaanee went on to say: “al-Haafidth is one who has memorised a hundred thousand hadeeth along with their chains of narration and the text (of each hadeeth).”So Shaykh [...]

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Ash-Shaakir / Ash-Shakoor

Ash-Shaakir (The Recogniser and Rewarder of Good) 
Ash-Shakoor (The Appreciative)

The one who recognises and rewards the small quantity of actions and the one who forgives the large quantity of sins. He is the one who multiplies the rewards of His sincere servants manifold without any measure. He is the one who recognises and rewards those who [...]

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Relentless Excuses

Honesty – a prized and most commendable trait. Yet this very trait seems to leave us in the times we need it most. When we are faced with fitaan, it seems our morality is oft times thrown out the window. Instead our hawaa [desires] take over, as we delude ourselves into lessening the haraam act [...]

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Ibn Taymiyyah’s Letters from Prison

He was a man of great piety and immense knowledge, humble in his accomplishments and strong in his reliance upon Allah. He is Shaykh ul Islaam ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah ta’ala have mercy upon him and grant him Jannah-tul-Firdaus. This is an excerpt of “Ibn Taymiyyah’s Letters from Prison”, this one specifically is addressed to [...]

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A Spider’s House

“The likeness of those who take (false deities as) Auliya (protectors, helpers) other than Allaah is as the likeness of a spider who builds (for itself) a house; but verily, the frailest (weakest) of houses is the spider’s house- if they but knew” (29:41)
Shaykh ‘Abdur Rahmaan As-Sa’dee said:This is a parable given by Allaah [...]

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You Know Allaah, Yet You Do Not Obey Him

Ibraheem ibn Adham, may Allaah have Mercy upon him, was a third century scholar, a teacher and a companion of Sufyaan ath-Thawree, and he was asked about the saying of Allaah – The Most High:
“And your Lord says: ‘Call on Me, I will answer your prayer.. “ [Soorah Ghaafir, 40:60]
“We supplicate and we are [...]

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Knowledge Enlivens the Heart

Acquire knowledge because doing so is good. Seeking it is worship. Reviewing it is glorifying Allah. Researching it is jihad. Teaching it to the ignorant is charity. Serving the scholars is a way of drawing near to Allah because knowledge is the path of ascension to the stations of Paradise. It is a companion in [...]

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The Deception of Shaytaan

Barsisa || the Worshipper
Ibn Jarir said that Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud interpreted the Qur’anic Verse that reads:
(Their allies deceived them) like Shaitân (Satan), when he says to man: “Disbelieve in Allâh.” But when (man) disbelieves in Allâh, Shaitân (Satan) says: “I am free of you, I fear Allâh, the Lord of the ‘Alamîn (mankind, jinns and [...]

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