“He Who Knows Allah Is Fully Preoccupied”

 

 “He Who Knows Allah Is Fully Preoccupied” 

🔸Mālik ibn Dīnār used to say:

مَنْ ‌عَرَفَ ‌اللَّهَ ‌فَهُوَ ‌فِي ‌شُغُلٍ ‌شَاغِلٍ،

وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ ذَهَبَ عُمُرُهُ بَاطِلًا

"He who knows Allah is fully preoccupied. Woe to the one whose life passes in vain."  

🔸 ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī Rawwād said to a man:

مَنْ لَمْ يَتَّعِظْ بِثَلَاثٍ لَمْ يَتَّعِظْ بِشَيْءٍ:

الْإِسْلَامُ، وَالْقُرْآنُ، وَالشَّيْبُ.

“He who is not admonished by three will not be admonished by anything: Islam, the Qur’an, and grey hair.”

Let Islam guide you. Let the Qur’an warn you. Let your grey hairs humble you.

 

Ibn Abī al-Dunyā, Abū Bakr ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd ibn Sufyān al-Baghdādī (d. 281 AH), Al-ʿUmr wa al-Shayb, Riyadh: Maktabat al-Rushd, 1st ed., 1412 AH, p. 56, 61.

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Taken from: https://t.me/umarquinn/891

Being Selective about Going Out

 

Being Selective about Going Out

It is reported that Imām Mālik said to one of his companions:

Do not leave your house a lot, except for something that you must do. And do not sit in a gathering in which you do not benefit some knowledge.

Al-Qāḍī ʿAyyāḍ, Tartīb Al-Madārik 2:63

Taken from: https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/being-selective-about-going-out/

KNOWLEDGE OF ALLAAH IS LIGHT

 KNOWLEDGE OF ALLAAH IS LIGHT

Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee (رحمه الله) said,

"I complained to Wakee' about the poorness of my memory. So he directed me to abandon disobedience. And informed me that the knowledge of Allaah is light. And that the light of Allaah is not given to the disobedient."¹

Imaam Maalik said to Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee (رحمه الله), 

"I see that Allaah has placed light in your heart so do not extinguish it with the darkness of disobedience."²

¹ Deewaanush-Shaafi'ee (p.88) refer also to Al-Jawaab al-Kaafee of Ibn Al-Qayyim (p.104).

² Al-Jawaab al-Kaafee of Ibn Al-Qayyim (p.104).

Book: The Path To Guidance

By ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah رحمه الله

Translated by Abu 'Iyaad Amjad Rafiq 

Salafi Publications 

P. 53, 54

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Following the authentic Hadeeth and to leave every statement that opposes it

Following the authentic Hadeeth and to

leave every statement that opposes it

Narrations of the Salaf

Translated by

Abbas Abu Yahya

1. From Yahya bin Saeed al-Qattaan (d. 198 A.H.) who said:


‘Do not look at the Hadeeth, but look at the Isnaad to see if the Isnaad is saheeh, otherwise do not be deceived by the Hadeeth if the Isnaad is not authentic.’


[From: ‘Siyaar ‘Alaam an-Nubala’ 9/188]






2. From Umar bin AbdulAzeez (d. around 100 A.H.) that he wrote to some people:


‘No one can have an opinion against the Sunnah which was established by the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam.’


[From ‘Jamia Bayyan al-Ilm’ 1/781]






3. From Malik ibn Anas (d. 179 A.H.) who said:


‘Every ones statement can be taken or left except for the inmate of this grave -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam.’


[From: ‘Siyaar ‘Alaam an-Nubala’ 8/93]




4. From Uthmaan who said:


‘A man came to Maalik and asked him about an issue. So Maalik said to him: ‘The Messenger of -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said such and such’. The man said to him ‘Do you hold that view?’ Imam Malik said:


فَلْيَحْذَرِ الَّذِينَ يُخَالِفُونَ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ أَنْ تُصِيبَهُمْ فِتْنَةٌ أَوْ يُصِيبَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ


<< And let those who oppose the Messenger’s commandment (i.e. his Sunnah) (among the sects) beware, lest some Fitnah befall them or a painful torment be inflicted on them.>> [Noor: 63]’


[From ‘Hileyat Al-Awaaliyah’ 6/326]






5. From Maalik ibn Anas (d. 179 A.H.) who said:


‘The Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- established Sunnan, following them is following the Book of Allaah, and it is completion of obedience to Allaah, and strength upon the Deen of Allaah. It is not permissible for anyone to change it, nor to look into that which opposes the Sunnah. Whosoever seeks guidance by it, then he is guided.’


[From: ‘Siyaar ‘Alaam an-Nubala’ 8/98]






6. From Yahya bin Yahya at-Tameemi (d. 226 A.H.) who said:


‘I heard Abu Yusuf saying: Everything that I have given a verdict about, then indeed I take it back except for that which is in agreement with the Book and the Sunnah.’


[From: ‘Siyaar ‘Alaam an-Nubala’ 8/537]






7. From ar-Rabia’ who said: ‘I heard Shaafi’ee saying:


‘If you find in my book that which opposes the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam, then take the Sunnah and leave that which I said.’


[From: ‘Siyaar ‘Alaam an-Nubala’ 10/34]






8. From Maalik ibn Anas (d. 179 A.H.) who said:


‘Indeed I am a human, I can make mistakes, and I can be correct, so look into my opinion, everything that is in agreement with the Book and the Sunnah, then take it, and everything that does not agree with the Book and the Sunnah then leave it.’


[From ‘Jamia’ Bayyan al-Ilm’ 1/775]






9. From Sufyan who said:


‘Learn a lot of Ahadeeth, indeed they are weapons.’


[From ‘Hileyat Al-Awaaliyah’ 6/362]






10. Abul Hasan Shabwayhi said:


‘Whoever wants knowledge about the grave then he should adhere to the Athaar, and whoever wants knowledge of bread then he should adhere to opinions.


[From ‘Tadreeb ar-Rawee’ 2/565]

Better Say: 'I don't know' ..

Better Say: 'I don't know' ..

Imaam Maalik Ibn Anas (d.179H) – rahimahullaah – said:


“The shield of the scholar is saying, ‘I do not know.’ So if he forgets it, then his enemies strike him!” [Hilyatul-Awliyaa 6/323]


Al-Haytham Ibn Jameel said:


“I heard Maalik being asked about forty-eight questions, he replied to thirty-two of them saying, ‘I do not know.’”


’Abdur-Rahmaan Ibn Mahdee (d.198H) – rahimahullaah – said:


“[I]We were with Maalik Ibn Anas when a man came saying, ‘O Abaa ’Abdullaah, I have traveled a distance of six months. The people of my land sent me to ask you about a matter.’ So he said, ‘Ask!’ So the man asked him some things, so he replied, ‘I do not know.’ – and the man thought he had come to someone who knew everything, so he said, ‘What shall I tell the people of my land when I return to them?’ He said, ‘Say to them, Maalik Ibn Anas does not know.’”


Several of the Salaf, including Abu Al-Dardaa’ :anhu:, were quoted to have said: It is half of knowledge to say “I do not know”. (Siyar A’lam Al-Nubalaa’ by Imam Thahabi 8/77)


Source: http://aa.trinimuslims.com/archive/index.php?t-4871.html

learn good mannerisms

Learn good mannerisms

Imaam Maalik ibn Anas (رحمه الله تعالى) said to a youth from the Quraysh: 

"Oh nephew, learn good mannerisms before you learn the knowledge."

(Taken from Al-Jaami' fee Ahkaam wa Aadaab As-Sibyaan/al-Hilyah 6/330)