When Friends Become Enemies

Allaah, the Most High, says:

الْأَخِلَّاء يَوْمَئِذٍ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا الْمُتَّقِينَ

Friends on that Day will be foes one to another except the pious who fear Allaah (al-Muttaqoon).”

az-Zukhruf (43):67

Indeed the enmity between these friends springs from the source of their worldly love of one another since they united upon evil, and were indulgent with regard to one another’s misguidance. So on that Day they will blame one another for the consequences of their misguidance and the result of their evil. On that Day they will become adversaries heaping abuse on one another when once they had been friends who exchanged secrets. On that Day the oppressor who loved unjustifiably will bite his hand in regret, remorse and distress – and regret will be of no benefit then.

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Clean Your House!

“Today, everyone is an ‘aalim and they’re always saying nahnu (we).

They clean the house of the neighbours, and they keep the rubbish in their house.

Clean your house before you look to your neighbours!”

Shaykh Muhammad al-Maalikee

 

Points to Ponder:

1. The acquisition of ‘ilm (and this is only by the blessings of Allaah upon us) should humble us, not give us delusions of grandeur.

2. We are living in a strange time when people have an answer to every question they are given, when they make haste to answer it, when they speak from a position they have not been granted and when the gem of a phrase Allaahu a’lam (Allaah knows best) has become so foreign to the tongues.

3. How does one who is so busy with the mistakes of fulaan (so and so) open his eyes to his own mistakes? Rather he is so busy assessing the state of others, that he becomes blind to his own faults. Allaah will not ask you concerning the deeds of fulaan on the Day of  Judgement, rather He will ask you of your own deeds, so what of them?

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No Such Thing as True Thankfulness

From the moral and manners of the Salaf was that they would testify against themselves that they had not really thanked Allah. That is because they would see all their praise for Him as another of Allah’s favours upon them; the favours of Allah remaining and unending, impossible for anyone to catch up with.

Abu Bakr ibn Abdullah al-Muzani (rahimahullaah) said, “Never does a slave say alhamdulillaah (Praise be to Allah) without more thanks becoming required for him!”

Wahb ibn Munabbih (rahimahullaah) would say, “If your thanking Allah the Most High is a favour to you from the favours of Allah then in reality there is no such thing as true thankfulness. All your thanks mean that you have realized Allah’s abundant favours upon you, and that you cannot praise Allah enough for them.”

Sahl at-Tustari (rahimahullah) said, “Showing thankfulness to Allah is not to disobey Him with His favours. The whole body is from the favours of  Allah and His gift, so do not disobey Him with any of it.”

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Causes Behind the Increase & Decrease of Eemaan

Causes Behind the Increase and Decrease of Eemaan

Author: Shaykh ‘Abdur-Razzaaq al-‘Abaad

Translator: Abu Safwan Farid ibn Abdulwahid Haibatan

Publisher: Al-Hidaayah Publishing & Distribution

Pages: 132

This in-depth study on eemaan is truly an astounding piece of work, mashaAllaah. It succeeds in its depth, comprehensiveness, eloquence, and sheer importance. The subject matter is incredibly relevant and is sure to resonate with all, for which reason this gem of a book should be essential reading for every Muslim.

How fortunate we are to have been blessed with eemaan, and is there any greater blessing than this? Surely it is of the greatest of the blessings of Allaah ta’ala. Yet still we cannot simply be content with merely having eemaan, rather we must work to strengthen and fortify it, as the forces which would cause its decline are many. While we know that eemaan increases and decreases, this book tell us how this occurs in great depth and detail.

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