INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF YOUR BROTHERS

 

INCREASE IN THE NUMBER

 OF YOUR BROTHERS

Mahdi bin Sābiq recited the following poetry:

"Increase in the number of your brothers, as they are pillars if you need help and are a purification. 

One thousand close friends are not a lot for a companion, and yet, one single enemy is too much."

Book: Selections from the Garden of the Wise and the Meadow of the Virtuous

By Abū Hātim Ibn Hibbān 

Translated by Ihsan Gonsalves 

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P. 53, 54

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Do Not Be Arrogant

 

Do Not Be Arrogant

The companion Hakīm Ibn Hizām رضي الله عنه was from the elders of Quraysh and he would seek knowledge from Mu’ādh Ibn Jabal رضي الله عنه even though Hakīm was fifty years older than Mu’ādh. It was said to him, “You are learning from this youth?” Hakīm replied, “Indeed, what destroyed us is pride (arrogance).”

[Al-Adab Ash-Shar’īyah: Ibn Muflih, 2/210. Translated By Dr. ‘Abdulilāh Lahmāmi]

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The Virtue Of The Nobles

 

The Virtue Of The Nobles 

Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

“So what a virtue and what a level! How great and how noble: that the just ruler, the just Imām, even whilst he is asleep upon his bed, is doing good, and good deeds are being written down for him. His good deeds continue increasing as long as he continues to act upon justice. A single hour from him is better than years of worship from somebody else. So how can he be compared to a ruler who deceives his subjects, and oppresses them, one for whom Allāh has prohibited Paradise and made the Fire binding.”

[Levels Of People In The Hereafter, pg.27. Translated By Abū Talhah Dāwūd Burbank رحمه الله]

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Invocation for Ramadan

 

Invocation for Ramadan

Yahya ibn Abi Katheer [may Allāh have mercy on him] said: “From amongst their [the Pious Predecessors and Successors] invocation was:

*اَللَّهُمَّ سَلِّمْنـِيْ إِلَى رَمَضَانَ وَسَلِّمْ لِـيْ رَمَضَانَ وَتَسَلَّمْهُ مِنِيْ مُتَقَبَّلاً.*

‘O’ Allāh, keep me safe until Ramadān, keep Ramadān safe for me, and accept it from me.’”

Latā’if al-Ma’ārif | Page 148 | Al-Imām ibn Rajab al-Hambāli [may Allāh have mercy on him]

Translation: Authentic Quotes

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Ramadān is an opportunity

 

Ramadān is an opportunity

Shaykh ibn ‘Uthaymeen [may Allāh have mercy on him] said:

“The [blessed] month of Ramadān is an opportunity for whomsoever is truthful in his determination and wants to quit smoking, which is harmful and reprehensible.”

Majmū’ Fatāwa wa Rasāil, 19/203 | Shaykh ibn ‘Uthaymeen [may Allāh have mercy on him]

Translation: Authentic Quotes

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Chosen Opportunities from Allah

 

Chosen Opportunities from Allah

It is reported from Ka’b Al-Aḥbār – Allāh have mercy on him – that he said:

Allāh chose from the months the month of Ramaḍān, from all the lands He chose Makkah, from the nights He chose Laylatu Al-Qadr (The Night of Decree), and chose the times for prayers; so a believer is always between two good deeds: one he has done and the other he is waiting to do.

Abū Nu’aym, Ḥilyah Al-Awliyā` Vol.2 p458.

Taken from: https://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/opportunities-from-allah/

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When you think about spending [in the way of Allāh] remember that...

 

When you think about spending

 [in the way of Allāh]  remember that...

‏تذكر يا أخي عندما تفكر في الإنفاق فيأتيك الشيطان فيأمرك بالبخل ويعدك الفقر فكر أنك إذا خلفت هذا المال فلا بد أن يورث لن يدفن معك.

تفسير سورة الحديد ص 503

Shaykh al-‘Uthaymeen [may Allāh have mercy on him] said:

“O’ my [beloved] brother, remember when you think about spending [in the way of Allāh] Satan comes to you, commands you with miserliness and threatens you with poverty. [But know] when you leave behind this wealth, it will be inherited and never will it be buried with you.”

Tafseer Surah al-Hadeed | Page 503 | Shaykh al-‘Uthaymeen [may Allāh have mercy on him]

Translation: Authentic Quotes

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