It has been authentically reported from ‘Abdullaah ibn ‘Umar رضي الله عنهما – while he was upon as-Safaa, supplicating – that he said: ‘O Allaah! You have indeed said
Category: Words of Wisdom
The Wise Imaam
Take for example the Imaam رحمه الله would [take to account and] punish those who smoked [tobacco] – [this was at the time] when [smoking] first appeared [in the Arabian Peninsula] – about 250 years…
Striving in the pursuit of people’s satisfaction
[Striving in the pursuit of] people’s satisfaction is an unattainable goal, and [instead], striving to guide them is a good deed that should not be neglected.
So-and-so is speaking about you
So those who have [sound] knowledge of the religion of Allaah do not pay any attention to fitnah – even if the people created a drama [over it].
The Winter night has become long
The Winter night has become long, so blessed is he who does good deeds during it, and misery for the one who does wrong.
O my Lord! My sins are great in number
In the biography of the Khaleefah, ‘Abdul-Malik ibn Marwaan, [it states]: He delivered an eloquent khutbah, and then [abruptly] stopped and began weeping profusely. Then, he said
Supplicating against someone
Do not fear the supplication of the one who supplicates against you without [any] right [to do so].
The three aspects of backbiting
There are three aspects of backbiting, all of which are [mentioned] in the Book of Allaah: backbiting, falsehood and slander. 1) As for backbiting
Origin of the Hadeeth «And the worst of the rows of the men are the last ones…»
And many of the students of knowledge do not know, let alone the general Muslims, that the reason for this legislation, [I mean this hadeeth]
Importance of al-Imaam an-Nawawee’s Forty Hadeeth
And here, I recall something novel which occurred…and that was about twenty years ago; [I held lessons where] I explained the Forty [Hadeeth of al-Imaam an-Nawawee] in one of the masaajid.