I learned that my sustenance will not be taken by [anyone] other than me, so I am at ease with that…
Category: Words of Wisdom
“Do ruqyah on me”
Don’t resort to supplication like medication you use only when ill or when a catastrophe befalls.
Allaah loves the doers of good
Does your chest not tighten when someone to whom you have done good does not know you?
Having good suspicion of Allaah
I am of the opinion that at-tawakkul is having good suspicion of Allaah.
Intending solely for the Sake of Allaah
Perhaps a small deed will be magnified [in its reward] by its intention, and perhaps a large deed will be diminished [in its reward] by its intention.
Watch your tongue
«Most of the sins of the son of Aadam are due to his tongue»
When someone does you a favour or a good turn
Whoever does you [a favour or] a good turn, particularly in terms of your religion, and [offering you sincere] advice, and encouraging you upon good and discouraging you against that which is bad, then [all of] this necessitates that you should love [and respect] them.
Repent and turn back to Allaah
So whoever commits [a deed] which Allaah and His Messenger have forbidden, has harmed his religion; and he must remedy this harm by repentance and turning back [to Allaah].
Don’t concern yourself with them
Indeed, you are unable to please all of the people, so rectify that which is between you and Allaah and don’t concern yourself with [what] the people [may think or say].
I fear the situation will get worse
I fear the situation will get worse, and the people will forget the [Islaamic] ruling regarding music, such that if someone was to explain it [to them], they will reject it, and he will be labelled as being extreme.