The Greatest of Losses

“Know that the greatest of losses is for you to be preoccupied with one who will bring you nothing but a loss in your time with Allah – the Mighty and Majestic – and being cut off from Him; wasting your time with the person, a weakening of your energy, and the dispersing of your [...]

Read Full Post »

Method of Reciting Qur’aan

And what is intended by the Qur’aan is to reflect upon it, to try and comprehend it, to act upon it, to recite it and to memorize it in order to attain its meanings, as one of the salaf said: “The Qur’aan was revealed in order that it be acted upon, so act upon its [...]

Read Full Post »

Balancing Fear & Hope

It is befitting for the believer that his fear and his hope (in Allaah) be one (i.e. equal). Since whichever of the two is allowed to overwhelm; then its companion is destroyed, Imaam Ahmad has given textual proof concerning this.
This is because whosever’s fear overwhelms (the other) then he falls into a form of [...]

Read Full Post »

Combatting Pride

Hasan Al-Basree advised some of his students admonishing them about avoiding the state of being proud. He said:
1) Do not deceive yourself into becoming too proud because you are in a good or righteous environment, for there is no place that is better than Paradise, and our father, Adam ‘alayhi salaam, experienced there what is [...]

Read Full Post »

Age of Gentleness, Patience, and Wisdom

“This day and age is a day and age of being gentle, of being patient, and of having wisdom. It is not a day and age of being harsh and strict. The majority of the people are in a state of ignorance and neglect influenced by the worldly affairs of this life. So it is [...]

Read Full Post »

I Defeat My Opponents With Three

It was related that a man said to Haatim al Asam: “You are a non-Arab who cannot speak fluently, but no one has debated you except that you silenced him, so how do you defeat your opponents?”

He said: “With three:

1.       I am pleased when my opponent is correct,
2.      I am sad when he [...]

Read Full Post »

Knowledge is Better than Money

اَلْعِلْمُخَيْرٌمِنَ المَالِ 
‘Alee radi Allahu ‘anhu said:
Knowledge is better than money, since you have to protect money, while knowledge protects you. And money is depleted from spending, while knowledge grows when you spend it. And knowledge makes rulings, while money is ruled over. People who hoard money have died while they are still living, while the [...]

Read Full Post »

Crying out of Fear of Allaah

On the authority of Ka’b al-Ahbaar, who said:
 
To cry out of fear of Allaah is more beloved to me than to give my weight in gold to charity.
 
Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa. – Volume 3, Page 490
Source: fatwa-online

Read Full Post »

No Veil Between A Slave and Allah

“There is no veil between a slave and Allah except (the curtain of) his own negligence.”

Shah Ismail Shaheed’s Taqwiat ul Iman (Strengthening of the Faith)

Read Full Post »

Backbiting the Scholars

Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen (rahima-hullaah) mentions:
If backbiting of the layman ranks amongst the major sins, then backbiting of the scholar is much greater. This is because the effects of backbiting of the scholar does not rest at him only, rather it rests upon him and that which he possesses in knowledge of the Sharee’ah.  
From: Kitaabul-’Ilm | [...]

Read Full Post »