The Believer asks Allāh for firmness
Shaykh Sālih al-Fawzān [may Allāh preserve him] said:
“The Believer asks Allāh for firmness [at all times], even if he knows the truth, acts upon it, and believes in it.”
Ta'leeq ‘alā Sharh us-Sunnah, 1/48 | Shaykh Sālih al-Fawzān [may Allāh preserve him]
Translation: Authentic Quotes
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Umar’s Instructions on the
First Night of Ramadan
It is reported that on the first night of Ramaḍān, ‘Umar – Allāh be pleased with him – would pray Maghrib, then say (to the people):
Sit down. Then he would give a small address: Verily the fasting of this month has been made a duty upon you, and standing in night prayer has not been made a duty upon you, but those amongst you who can stand in prayer should do so, for it is from the extra good deeds about which Allāh told us: so whoever cannot stand in prayer, let him sleep on his bed.
And beware of saying: I will fast if so and so fasts and I will stand in night prayer if so and so stands in prayer. Whoever fasts or stands in night prayer, he must make this for Allāh. And you should know that you are in prayer as long as you are waiting for a prayer.
Minimize any vain or false speech in the houses of Allāh (mosques; he said this two or three times). Let none of you fast a few days before the month (in order to avoid missing the beginning of the month; he said this three times). And do not fast until you see [the crescent of the new month] unless it is overcast. If it is overcast, count [the previous month] as 30 days. Then do not break your fasts until you see the night upon the mountain (i.e. you are sure the sun has set).
‘Abd Al-Razzāq Al-Ṣan’ānī, Al-Muṣannaf article 7748.
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Taken from: https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/umars-instructions-on-the-first-night-of-ramadan/
The Obligation Of Fasting
Shaykh Sālih Ibn Fawzān Al-Fawzān حفظه الله said:
“The fast of Ramadān is obligatory upon every Muslim, and whoever embraces Islām during the month of fasting, then he only has to fast the remainder of the month. It is not necessary for him to make up what has passed from the beginning of the month. And the fast is obligatory upon the one who is mature. As for the child who has not reached puberty, then the fast is not obligatory upon him, yet his supererogatory fast is correct. It is proper for his guardian to order him with it if he is able, so he will become accustomed to it and be cultivated upon it.”
[Sittings In The Month Of Ramadān, pg.230. Translated By Raha Ibn Donald Batts & Rasheed Ibn Estes Barbee]
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Magic Is Real
Imām Al-Qurtubī رحمه الله said:
“Ahlus-Sunnah Wal-Jamā’ah believe that magic is something truly established and real. The Prophet ﷺ said when magic was removed from him, ‘Indeed, Allāh has cured me.’ And cure only comes about when an ailment has been removed and the illness goes away. So, this proves that magic is real.”
[Ahkām Al-Qur’ān, 2/46. Translated By Abū Khadeejah Abdul-Wahid]
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INDEED ALLĀH LOVES THE PERSON
OF GOOD CHARACTER
The Prophet ﷺ said:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ مَكَارِمَ الأَخْلاقِ وَيَكْرَهُ سَفْسَافَهَا
"Indeed, Allāh loves the person of good character and dislikes the person of bad character." *
* Reported by al-Hākim (1/48) and others..
Book: Selections from the Garden of the Wise and the Meadow of the Virtuous
By Abū Hātim ibn Hibbān
Translated by Ihsan Gonsalves
Authentic Statements Publications
P. 14
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Loving The Dunyā
Jundub Ibn ‘Abdullāh رضي الله عنه said:
“Loving the Dunyā is the primary cause of sins.”
[Jāmi’ Al-‘Ulūm Wal-Hikam, 2/203. Translated By Musa Shaleem Mohammed]
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Humility
Shaykh Sālih Ibn Fawzān Al-Fawzān حفظه الله said:
“Humility causes the person to not transgress against people and prevents him from being proud and boastful over the people.”
[Sharh Bulūgh Al-Marām, 6/289. @MarkazMuaadh]
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HOW CAN YOU WALK WITH PRIDE
WHILE FORGETTING THE BEGINNING
OF YOUR CREATION?
I wonder at him who is fond of his own image and walks with pride while forgetting the beginning of his creation.
His life starts with the small bite of bread, a couple of dates, a piece of meat and some milk that were consumed with a sip of water; afterwards is filtered through the liver and extracted from it are drops of semen that settle in the testicles, which later on are moved by the excitement of his lust to eject out of him and into the mother to remain for a while before the foetus is developed; coming out through the channel of urine as a child.
As for his end, he is thrown in dust to be eaten by worms and becomes ashes the wind blows!
Book: Captured Thoughts
By al-Hāfiz Abū'l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī
Translated and Published by
Dār as-Sunnah Publishers
P. 763
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The Value Of Good Health
Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Sālih Al-‘Uthaymīn رحمه الله said:
“Today we are in good health, and we do not know the true value of good health. However, when illness occurs, we realise the value of good health and good health is a crown upon the heads of the healthy, but not understood and valued except by the ill.”
[Explanation Of Al-Wāsitiyyah, 1/64. Translated By Abū Mu’ādh Taqweem]
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A WOMAN NEEDS TO HEAR
SWEET WORDS
A woman needs to hear sweet and loving words from her spouse. If she does not hear them from her husband, the Shaytān may play with her, enticing her to listen to them from a stranger, so she enters into destruction.
Book: Divorce Its Reasons and Its Cures
By Shaykh Abū Furayhān Jamāl Ibn Furayhān al-Hārithī
Translated by Jamil Finch
Hikmah Publications
P. 49
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Lofty ranks...
Trials In Life
Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
"So was it not for Allāh remedying His servants with medicines of trials and tribulations (difficulties and hardships) they would have transgressed and oppressed and been insolent, and if Allāh wants good for a servant He pours him (to drink) a medicine from trials (difficulties and hardships).”
[Zād Al-Ma’ād, 4/179. Translated By Abū Mu’ādh Taqweem]
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