💕ISLAMIC THINKING💕

Yahyā Ibn Kathīr رحمه الله said:

A man keeps fast with Halāl and breaks with Ḥarām by eating the flesh of his brother (backbiting).

[حلية الأولياء ٦٩]

♡ "لا يُغرِقُ المُبتلى في الشكوى إلى الناس إلاَّ وهو في وحشةٍ مع الله ولم يذُق حلاوة المُناجاة ولذَّة الشكوى إلى الله ؛ فالشكوى إلى الله عزٌّ وسعادةٌ ؛ ويكفي المهموم والمغموم في تفريج همِّه أن الله يسمعه ويعلم حاله قبل أن يشكو إليه ؛ والمخلوق لا يعلم بحالك إلاَّ بعد أن تشكو إليه"

"The afflicted person only complains to others when he is in isolation from Allah and has not tasted the sweetness of supplication and the pleasure of complaining to Allah. Complaining to Allah is honor and happiness. It is enough for the troubled and distressed person to relieve his worries that Allah hears and knows his situation before he complains to Him. The created beings do not know your situation until you complain to them"

Ibn Al-Jawzi rahimahullah states:

اعلم أن الجزاء بالمرصاد: إن كانت حسنة، أو كانت سيئة. ومن الاغترار أن يظن المذنب إذا لم ير عقوبة أنه قد سومح، وربما جاءت العقوبة بعد مدة، وقلّ مَن فعل ذنبًا إلا وقوبل عليه، قال عز وجل: ﴿من يعمل سوءًا يجز به [النساء: 123]

Know that recompense is inevitable: whether it relates to a good deed or an evil one. It is delusional for the sinner to think that if he is not immediately punished, then he has been pardoned. The punishment may come after some time, and rarely does one commit a sin without eventually facing its consequences. Allāh the Exalted has said:

Whoever does evil will be recompensed for it.

[An-Nisa: 123]. [Sayd Al-Khatir, p. 471] Sins Come At A Price, So Seek Forgiveness And Rectify Your Affairs!

The Virtue of the Month of Allāh, Muharram. The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked: Which prayer is best after the obligatory prayers, and which fasting is best after the month of Ramadan? He (ﷺ) said: The best prayer after the prescribed prayer is prayer in the middle of the night (tahajjud), and the best fasting after the month of Ramadan is fasting in the month of Allah, Muharram. Sahih Muslim 1163 (2756)

عجباً للقلب مضغة تملا الكف إن كان سعيداً جعل ساكن الحُفر كمالك الدنيا، وإن كان شقياً جعل مالك الدنيا كساكن الحفر. how amazing is the heart! a small piece of flesh that could fit in the palm of a hand. If it is content, it makes the one who lives in a pit seem as though he owns the whole world; and if it is miserable, it makes the owner of the whole world seem like one who lives in a pit.

The purpose of du'ā is not to inform Allāh (of your needs for He already knows). Rather, it is to manifest your fragility, humility and brokenness before Him, and to acknowledge that everything is from Allāh.

• لوامع البينات للرازي

From Abu Hurairah from the Messenger of Allaah [ﷺ] who said:  Whoever says when he goes to his bed to sleep:

«لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ سبحانَ اللهِ، والحمدُ لله، ولا إله إلا الله، واللهُ أكبرُ.» 'There is none worthy of worship in truth except Allaah Alone, He has no partners, He has the Dominion and for Him is all praise. He is capable of all things, there is no capability nor is there any power except with Allaah, far is Allaah from imperfection and praise is for Him, there is none worthy of worship in truth except Allaah and Allaah is the Greatest.

Then his sins are forgiven – or his mistakes – even if they were like the foam on the sea. [Collected By Ibn Hibban | Ibn Sunni In 'Amal Al-Yawm Wal Layla' | Abu Na'eem In 'Akhbar Asbaahan' | Sh. Al-Albaani: 'Hasan' In Silsilah As-Saheehah, (No. 3414)]

Wuhayb ibn al-Ward (رحمه الله) said: الفقر الذي كان يُتعوَّذ منه فقرُ القلب

The poverty from which refuge would be sought was the poverty of the heart.

Iṣlāḥ al-Māl: 1/468

Sufyān ibn ‘Uyaynah رحمه الله said: إِذَا كُنْتَ فِي زَمَانٍ يُرْضَى فِيهِ بِالْقَوْلِ دُونَ الْفِعْلِ، وَالْعِلْمِ دُونَ الْعَمَلِ، فَاعْلَمْ بِأَنَّكَ فِي شَرِّ زَمَانٍ بَيْنَ شَرِّ النَّاسِ.

If you live in a time in which people are content with speech without action, and with knowledge without implementation, then know that you are in the worst of times among the worst of people.

Ibṭāl al-Ḥiyal: (1/34)

Shaykh Muhammad bin Salih Al Uthaymeen رحمه الله said: «إذا رأيت نفسك متحيراً فالزم الاستغفار، فإن الاستغفار مما يفتح الله به على العبد.»

If you find yourself in confusion then adhere to seeking forgiveness. Indeed by seeking forgiveness, Allaah opens up the way for the slave.

[Sharh Al-Kafeeya Ash-Shafeeya, (3/189)]

Billions of gifts, but "answered prayer" is the best gift of all.

﴿ يا أيُّها الَّذينَ آمَنوا اذكُروا اللَّهَ ذِكرًا كَثيرًا ﴾ - سُبحان الله - ⁠الحَمد لله - ⁠لا إله إلَّا الله - ⁠الله أكبر - ⁠أستغفرُ الله - ⁠لا حَول ولا قوة إلَّا بالله - ⁠سُبحان الله وبحمده - ⁠سُبحان الله العَظيم - ⁠اللهُم صلِّ وسلم على نبينا مُحمد - ⁠اللهُم إنَّك عفوٌ تحب العفو فاعفُ عنا

Shaykh Sulaymān ar-Ruhaylī - hafidhahullah - said:

It is sufficient (motivation) for the one holding on to the Sunnah in the last times that he has the reward of fifty from the Sahābah (radiyAllāhu ’anhum ajma’īn).

[Shaykh Sulaymān ar-Ruhaylī (hafidhahullāh), Mafātīh lis-Sa’ādah, 4]

Ibn al-Jawzī رحمه الله said: ‎

Do not let your past (carelessness) make you lose hope of achieving good for many people have come back to wakefulness after a long sleep.

‎[Awaking from the Sleep of Heedlessness, Pg. 58]

تجاهل العالم، وإهرب إلى الله.

Ignore the world, run to Allah.

♡ "تهوى العين من يعجبها ويهوى العقل من يفهمه أما الروح، فلا تهوى إلا من يشبها"

"The eye desires the one who pleases it, the mind desires the one whom it understands, and as for the soul, It does not desire anyone except the one who resembles it."

الروحُ تألف من يُماثل طُهرَها.

The soul grows fond of those who resemble its own purity.

♡ ذرة الخير - وإن خفت - تعد في الميزان، فلا تفرط فيها، ولا تحقرن من المعروف شيئًا؛ فرب ذرَّةٍ خرج بها صاحبها من النار.

The smallest grain of goodness—even if it seems insignificant—carries weight in the balance. So do not neglect it, nor belittle any act of kindness, for perhaps a single grain may save its doer from the fire.



ربَّ كلمةٍ أحيت قلباً ؛ فلا تبخلوا علىٰ الآخرين بكلمةٍ طيِّبةٍ يعودون بها إلى ربِّهم ، إلى رشدهم .

Perhaps a single word revive a heart; so do not stint others with a kind word, which will lead them back to their Lord and to their righteousness.