REMEMBERING ALLĀH BEFORE
SLEEPING AND UPON WAKING UP
One should do his best to ensure that his last words before sleeping are remembrance of Allāh Most High and the first words that his tongue utters upon waking up are remembrance of Allāh Most High. These two are a sign of faith (imān).
Book: The Inner Secret Of Worship
By Imām Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdīsī
Translated from the original arabic
Dār as-Sunnah Publishers
P. 111
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A DINĀR YOU SPENT ON YOUR FAMILY
One should only refrain from marriage if he fears that he might not be able to fulfill her rights. Bearing the burden of wife and children is like jihād in Allāh's path.
It occurs in the collection of Muslim that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"A dinār you spent in Allāh's path, a dinār you spent to free a slave, a dinār you gave as charity to a poor person, and a dinār you spent on your family- the best of them is the one you spent on your family." *
* Muslim #995 on the authority of Abū Hurayrah (radiyAllāhu'anhu)
Book: The Refinement Of Character
By Imām Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdīsī
Translated and Published by
Dār as-Sunnah Publishers
P. 23
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THOSE WHO ONLY MEMORISE THEIR GOOD DEEDS
And of the people are those who actually think that their acts of obedience are more than their acts of disobedience, due to memorising their good deeds and not memorising their bad deeds. This is like one who seeks Allāh's forgiveness and praises Him a hundred times a day yet spends most of the day backbiting others. Such a person will look at the merits of tasbīh and istighfār yet will not look at the punishment for backbiting (ghība).
Book: Discipline: The Path To Spiritual Growth
By Imām Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdīsī
Translated and Published by
Dār as-Sunnah Publishers
P. 159, 160
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IF HE PARDONS, ALLĀH
WILL GIVE HIM HONOUR
The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said:
“Allāh does not increase a servant due to [his] pardoning [of others] except in honour.” *
* Related by Muslim (no. 2588).
The honour he acquires due to pardoning [others] is more beloved and beneficial to him than the honour acquired through vengeance, for this is merely [the acquisition] of outward honour while inheriting humiliation inwardly. But pardoning [others] appears as humiliation outwardly whilst it is [in reality] honour both inwardly and outwardly.
Book: A Principle Regarding Patience and Gratitude
By Shaykh al-Islam ibn Taymiyyah
Translated by Abu Iyaad Amjad Rafīq
Hikmah Publications
P. 30
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EVEN IF THE SHAYTĀN INVITES
YOU TO THE FIRE?
One's love for something makes him deaf and blind, and mankind is naturally disposed to love themselves, so they only see the good in themselves and the bad in their adversaries. This ignorance is often paired with desire and oppression, because mankind is naturally oppressive and ignorant.
Most of mankind's religions are only customs and traditions of beliefs and disbeliefs, love and hate, and allegiance and enmities taken from their fathers and predecessors. Just as He, the Most High, said:
{ وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ }
And when it is said to them: "Follow that which Allah has sent down", they say: "Nay, we shall follow that which we found our fathers (following)."
(Would they do so) even if the Shaytān invites them to the torment of the Fire?
Book: The Principle of Love & Desire
By Shaykhul-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
Translated by Ihsan Gonsalves
Authentic Statements Publications
P. 192, 193
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Perfection In A Wife?
Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Al-Uthaymeen [D.1421 A.H.] [رحمه الله] said:
❝Indeed many husbands want their wives to be perfect. This matter is not possible, so due to that husbands fall into worry and concern and are incapable of enjoyment and delight with their wives, and perhaps this could lead to divorce.
Just like the Messenger [ﷺ] said:
«وإن ذهبت تقيمها كسرتها وكسرها طلاقها.»
'If you tried to straighten her you would break her, and breaking her is divorcing her.'
Therefore, it is necessary for the husband to be easy going and overlook everything that a wife does as long as it does not contradict the Deen or nobility.❞
[Haqooq Da'at Ilayhi Al Fitra, (No. 22) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
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SO WILL YOU SEEK REVENGE OR PARDON?
As you deal with the people with their harm towards you, Allāh will deal with you and your sins. So, will you seek revenge or pardon? As you do to others, it will be done to you. You will be treated just like you treat the creation. Whoever ponders this will find it easy to do good towards those who harm him.
Book: One Hundred Pieces of Advice
By Ibn Al-Qayyim
Translated by Rasheed Barbee
Authentic Statements Publications
P. 58
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OPPRESSION
Kindness is only kindness when it does not involve doing a forbidden act or neglecting to do an obligatory one.
If a kindness involves abandoning justice, it becomes oppression. This is why showing favouritism towards some children above others and to some wives above others is forbidden even though it might be kindness towards the one being preferred and favoured, because it is an act of injustice.
Book: Lessons Learnt From The Story Of Yūsuf (عليه السلام)
By Shaykh 'Abd ur-Rahmān ibn Nāsir as-Sa'dī
Translated by Abū 'Abdillāh Nūr ad-Dīn
DuSunnah Publications
P. 122, 123
BE CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE!
By Allāh, a person can never remind himself of the Hereafter while his eyes look at people, his ears listen to people, his tongue talks with people and his heart is being too busy seeking what he needs to have.
Book: Captured Thoughts
By al-Hāfiz Abū'l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī
Translated and Published by
Dār as-Sunnah Publishers
P. 765
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Islaam & Following The Companions
Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah [D. 728 A.H.] said:
«فعلى كل من انتسب إلى الدين بقولٍ أوعمل ، أن يكون متبعاً للصحابة مقتدياً بهم.»
❝It is upon everyone who ascribes to the Deen in either statement or action, that they follow the Companions, taking them as their example.❞
[Jamia Al-Masaail, (7/193) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
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Extravagance In The Home
Shaykh Sālih Ibn ‘Abd Al-‘Azīz Āl Ash-Shaykh حفظه الله said:
“Likewise flaunting and showing off by overburdening oneself by purchasing furniture above their means; the believer has been prohibited from this because the intent is evil. But there is nothing wrong with furnishing and dressing up the home if it is done without extravagance and excess such as decorating the walls with prayer rugs, and using impermissible material such as silk and the like. And buying the most expensive furniture possible is from extravagance and excess. Balance is better in regards to everything, and everyone does in accordance to his means. And whoever takes the Salaf and their lives as an example, this is more complete.”
[Clarifying Common Mistakes Widespread Among The Muslims, pg.205. Translated By Rasheed Ibn Estes Barbee]
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GUIDANCE (HIDĀYAH) IS FROM ALLĀH
You should know that the way to Allāh cannot be walked using feet but rather using hearts, and that the sudden impulse desires of the hearts are bandits and thieves. While the road you embark on is like a dark night.
Yet the eye of the one whom Allāh guides, is like the eye sight of the horse; thereby he's able to see in the dark just as clear as it can see in the daytime.
And sincerity (ikhlās) while embarking on the road is a beacon that directs to the right direction. Only those with insincere intentions will stumble in their walk, and those who refuse to be sincere are those whom Allāh does not select (for guidance).
Book: Captured Thoughts
By al-Hāfiz Abū'l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī
Translated and Published by
Dār as-Sunnah Publishers
P. 762
Three things that Iblis
and his troops rejoice about
When Iblis and his soldiers gather, they don’t rejoice for anything as much as three things:
A believer who kills a believer.
A man who dies upon kufr.
And a heart in which is fear of poverty.
Source: A saying of some Salaf reported in Tariq al-Hijratayn by Imam Ibn’ul Qayyim (v. 1, p. 33)
When a person asks Allāh for something and does not receive an answer, he must surrender and say, 'Perhaps not answering my prayer is better, perhaps this is because of my sins, and perhaps delaying the response is better.'
And if he is unable to think of a reason for delaying the response to his prayer he must not conceal any displeasure or objection in his heart.
He should believe his prayer was a form of worship, so if Allāh answers his prayer then He has bestowed His bounty upon him. And if not, then the Owner does whatever He pleases.
Book: Captured Thoughts
By al-Hāfiz Abū'l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī
Translated and Published by
Dār as-Sunnah Publishers
P. 706, 707
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When the victory returns to the disbelievers
Shaikh’ul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah:
When the victory returns to the disbelievers, it’s because of the sins of the Muslims, their lack of faith, and their ignorance of tawhid.
But if they repent in perfecting their faith and in returning to authentic Sunnah, Allaah will ensure victory without the least of doubt!
Source: al-Jawab as-Saheeh li man Baddala Din al-Masih 6/450
My heart was at peace
Hasan al-Basri said: “When I [finally] understood that my sustenance came from Allaah, my heart was at peace.”
Source: al-Hilyah (v. 10, p. 63)
The Messenger of Allāh Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam said:
“The (Final) Hour has approached and people have not increased with Dunyā except in greed and they have not increased with Allāh except in distance.”
● [صحيح الجامع الصغير ١١٤٦ ، صححه الألباني]
Stand on the side of the truth
Shaykh Rabee Bin Hadi Al-Madkhali [حفظه الله] said:
❝It is obligatory that we educate and train ourselves upon speaking the truth, but before that, is to search for the truth.
You should stand on the side of the truth, standing out firmly with justice, witnesses for Allaah even if it is against your own-self or your parents and close relatives. ❞
[Al-Majmoo Ar-Raiq, (Page: 21) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]
The Prophetic Light [The Sunnah]
Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim [رحمه الله] said:
«فأهل الأرض كلهم في ظلمات الجهل والغي ، إلا من أشرق عليه نور النبوة.»
❝All the people on the earth are in the darkness of ignorance and misguidance except for the one who has the Prophetic light [the Sunnah] radiate upon him.❞
[Hadaya Al-Hayyari, (Page: 448) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
Spend On Your Families
Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Sālih Al-‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله said:
"A person is obligated to spend upon his family - upon his wife and children, in a reasonable manner, even if the wife is rich. The husband is obliged to spend upon her. And if the wife is a teacher and it has been stipulated that the husband allows her to work, he still has no right to anything of her salary, not even half."
[Sharh Riyād Us-Sālihīn. Translated by Salah Al-Iranee]
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Leaving things for the sake of Allah
From Sha’abee who said:
❝No one leaves a thing in the Dunyaa for the sake of Allaah except that Allaah gives him that which is good for him in the Hereafter.❞
[Al-Hileeyah, (4/312) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath Al-Anbiyya]
THE AMOUNT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
Abū Thar said:
"The amount of righteousness with a supplication is sufficient as much as salt suffices in food." *
* Collected by Imām Ahmad in Az-Zuhd [788]. Also by Ibnul Mubarak in Az-Zuhd [319].
Book: The Disease and The Cure
By Imām Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawzīyah
Translated by Osman Hamid
Hikmah Publications
P. 13
WHEN THEY HEAR THE TRUTH..
When they hear the truth their hearts are too hard to accept it, but when they witness falsehood and hear fallacy, their hearts openly accept it and they lend a willing ear.
By Allāh, these are the signs of hypocrisy, so beware of them!
Book: Characteristics of the Hypocrites
By Imām ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
Translated by Abū Rumaysah
Dār as-Sunnah Publishers
P. 49
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The Best Dhikr and the Best Gratitude
From Talha bin Kharash al-Ansaari who said I heard Jabir bin Abdullaah saying I heard the Messenger of Allaah sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam saying:
“ أفضل الذكر لا إله إلا الله و أفضل الشكر الحمد لله “
‘The best Dhikr is La ilaha illa Allah and the best gratitude is Alhamdulillah.’
[Collected by Ibn Hibban, al-kharaiti in ‘Fadl shukr’, Baghawi in ‘Sharh as-Sunnah’ & Al-Albaani graded it Hasan in Saheehah no. 1497]
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Taken from a longer text in: https://followingthesunnah.com/2019/06/03/day-29-praise-be-to-allaah/
