A day passes you by and you have not [even] opened the mus.haf [to read it].
Category: Words of Wisdom
Delaying the Fajr prayer
As for those who delay the Fajr prayer until its time passes - while they are able to pray it on time, then their prayer is not accepted, even if they were to pray [it] 1,000 times!
Backbiting and gossiping about the faults of others
...and know that if you spread the faults of your brother, then certainly Allaah will place someone over you who will spread your faults - as a penalty and in accordance [with what you yourself have...
Joking in speech is like salt in food
Joking in speech is like salt in food; if it is missing, or exceeds its proper measure, it is blameworthy.
Sisters, “the brother-in-law is death”!
He ﷺ said: Beware of entering upon women. So a man from the Ansaar said: “O Messenger of Allaah, what about the brother-in-law?” He ﷺ said: The brother-in-law is death! al-Layth رحمه الله commented
From the signs of a relapse in eemaan
From the signs of a relapse [in your eemaan] is that: you hear the adhaan, and do not respond [by attending the prayer]; you miss the Fajr prayer, and are not concerned [about it]; you have abandoned.
Seek repentance, regularly
It is not befitting for the believer to begin the day or the evening except in a state of repentance, for indeed he does not know when death may strike - [whether] in the morning or the evening.
Attending gatherings of knowledge
It is not permissible for a person to be lenient in attending gatherings of knowledge - and exerting himself in doing so, because he may benefit from a point which may well be a cause for him...
Reading the Qur.aan aplenty
From the greatest of causes for the uprightness of the heart and its protection [from harm] is the plentiful reading of the qur.aan.
From the greatest of calamities to befall a man
From the greatest of calamities to befall a man is that he knows of a shortcoming in himself, yet he is neither concerned with [ridding himself of] it, nor saddened on account of it.
