Umar Quinn

🌑 [Wasting Time & Energy On Unworthy Things or People: A Subtle, Yet Tremendous Trial] Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597 AH) said: مِنَ الْابْتِلَاءِ الْعَظِيمِ إِقَامَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي غَيْرِ مَقَامِهِ. مِثْلُ أَنْ يُحْوَجَ الرَّجُلُ الصَّالِحُ إِلَى مُدَارَاةِ الظَّالِمِ وَالتَّرَدُّدِ إِلَيْهِ، وَإِلَى ‌مُخَالَطَةِ ‌مَنْ ‌لَا ‌يَصْلُحُ، وَإِلَى أَعْمَالٍ لَا تَلِيقُ بِهِ، أَوْ إِلَى أُمُورٍ تَقْطَعُ عَلَيْهِ مُرَادَهُ الَّذِي يُؤْثِرُهُ. "Among the greatest forms of tribulation is placing a man in a station unbefitting him (i.e., beneath him). Such as when a righteous man is compelled to use soft diplomacy with an oppressor, repeatedly dealing him; or forced to associate with those unworthy of his company; or burdened with tasks unbefitting his dignity; or tasked with matters that sever him from the pursuits he truly desires and prefers." 📚 Ṣayd al-Khāṭir, p. 302.

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🔗 [[You’ll End Up Like Those Whose Company You Keep, So Choose Wisely]] The esteemed scholar Ibn Mufliḥ (d. 763 AH) said: «قَالَ فِي الرِّعَايَةِ وَغَيْرِهَا: وَيُكْرَهُ أَنْ يُجَالِسَ دَنِيئًا، أَوْ سَخِيفًا، أَوْ فَاسِقًا، أَوْ مُرَائِيًا، ‌أَوْ ‌مُتَّهَمًا ‌فِي ‌دِينِهِ أَوْ عِرْضِهِ.» “It is stated in al-Riʿāyah and elsewhere: It is disliked to sit in the company of a lowly person, or a foolish one, or a sinner, or someone who shows off and acts ostentatiously, or one who is of questionable religion or honour.” 📚 Al-Ādāb al-Sharʿiyyah wa al-Manāḥ al-Marʿiyyah by Muḥammad ibn Mufliḥ al-Maqdisī al-Ṣāliḥī al-Ḥanbalī, ʿĀlam al-Kutub, vol. 3, p. 373.

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🔥 The Poison Fruits of Tale-Bearing Abū Idrīs ʿĀʾidh Allāh said: «مَنْ تَتَبَّعَ الْأَحَادِيثَ يُحَدِّثُ بِهَا النَّاسَ لَمْ يَجِدْ رَائِحَةَ الْجَنَّةِ.» قَالَ خَالِدٌ: «يَعْنِي النَّمِيمَةَ.» “Whoever busies himself seeking out stories to spread amongst people shall not even smell the scent of Paradise.” Khālid said: “He meant tale-bearing (namīmah).” Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm said: «قَالَ بَعْضُ الْحُكَمَاءِ: الصِّدْقُ يَزِينُ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ إِلَّا السَّاعِيَ، فَإِنَّهُ أَخْبَثُ مَا يَكُونُ إِذَا صَدَقَ، فَمَا ظَنُّكَ بِإِنْسَانٍ يَشِينُهُ الصِّدْقُ.» “One of the wise men said: Truth beautifies every person except the tale-bearer, for he is at his foulest when he tells the truth. So what do you think of a man whom truth itself disgraces?” Yaḥyā ibn Abī Kathīr said: «أَنَمُّ النَّاسِ وَلَدُ الزِّنَا.» “The greatest tale-bearers are the children of adultery.” Isḥāq ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Farwah said: «مَنْ لَمْ يُبَالِ مَا قَالَ، وَلَا مَا قِيلَ فِيهِ، فَهُوَ لِشَيْطَانٍ، أَوْ لِوَلَدِ غَيَّةٍ.» “Whoever cares not what he says nor what is said about him is either a devil or the child of a vile womb.” 📚 Masāwiʾ al-Akhlāq wa Midhammūhā by Abū Bakr al-Kharā’iṭī, ed. Muṣṭafā al-Shalabī, Maktabat al-Sawādī, 1st ed., 1413 AH / 1993 CE, p. 107, Bāb Mā Jāʾa fī al-Saʿy bi-l-Namīmah mina al-Karāhah (Chapter: What Has Been Reported Regarding the Detestability of Spreading Namīmah).

🔥 [ Iblīs Rejoices in Division ] Ḍamrah ibn Rabīʿah (d. 202 AH) said: « يُقَالُ: ‌فَرْحَةُ ‌إِبْلِيسَ إِذَا فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَحَابِّينَ، كَفَرْحَتِهِ حِينَ أَخْرَجَ آدَمَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ.» “It is said: The joy of Iblīs when he separates those who love each other is like his joy when he expelled Ādam from Paradise.” 📚 Masāwiʾ al-Akhlāq wa Midhammūhā by al-Kharā’iṭī, ed. Muṣṭafā al-Shalabī, Maktabat al-Sawādī, 1st ed., 1413 AH / 1993 CE, p. 114. 📝 Reflection: Beware of any word or action that fuels division between hearts, especially between kith and kin. The devil rejoices in separation as he rejoiced in mankind’s first fall.

📝 [Talk is Cheap: Actions Over Words & Pretension] Al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad said: «لَقَدْ أَدْرَكْتُ النَّاسَ وَمَا ‌يُعْجِبُهُمُ ‌الْقَوْلُ، إِنَّمَا كَانُوا يُعْجَبُونَ بِالْفِعْلِ.» “Indeed, I lived amongst people for whom words held no admiration; it was deeds that impressed them.” And he also said: «مَنْ شَاءَ قَالَ.» “Anyone who wishes to could speak.” 📚 Al-Jāmiʿ by Ibn Wahb, p. 549; Kitāb al-Zuhd by Abū Dāwūd, p. 354. Imām Mālik said: ‌‌«أَدْرَكْتُ هَذِهِ الْبَلْدَةَ، ‌وَإِنَّهُمْ ‌لَيَكْرَهُونَ ‌هَذَا ‌الْإِكْثَارَ الَّذِي نَحْنُ فِيهِ الْيَوْمَ، يُرِيدُ الْمَسَائِلَ» “I witnessed this city (Madīnah), and indeed its people used to dislike the excessive questioning that we see today, referring to the over-abundance of legal inquiries.” 📚 Mā Rawāh al-Akābir ʿan Mālik ibn Anas by Muḥammad ibn Mukhallad, p. 63. Imām Abū Isḥāq al-Shāṭibī said: «وَالْأَدِلَّةُ عَلَى هَذَا الْمَعْنَى أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أَنْ تُحْصَى، وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ يُحَقِّقُ أَنَّ الْعِلْمَ وَسِيلَةٌ مِنَ الْوَسَائِلِ، لَيْسَ مَقْصُودًا لِنَفْسِهِ مِنْ حَيْثُ النَّظَرُ الشَّرْعِيُّ، وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ وَسِيلَةٌ إِلَى الْعَمَلِ، وَكُلُّ مَا وَرَدَ فِي فَضْلِ الْعِلْمِ؛ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ ثَابِتٌ لِلْعِلْمِ مِنْ جِهَةِ مَا هُوَ مُكَلَّفٌ بِالْعَمَلِ بِهِ.» “The evidence for this meaning is too numerous to be counted, and all of them confirm that knowledge is but a means among means; it is not sought for its own sake from the perspective of the Sharīʿah. Rather, it is a means to action. Every text that mentions the virtue of knowledge establishes that virtue for knowledge only insofar as one is obligated to act upon it.” 🔹 Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Mūsā ibn Muḥammad al-Lakhmī al-Shāṭibī. Al-Muwāfaqāt fī Uṣūl al-Sharīʿah. Riyadh: Dār Ibn ʿAffān, 1417 AH / 1997 CE (1:83).

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[O Student of Knowledge, Know Your Worth] Shaykh ‘Arafāt al Muhammadī —may Allah preserve him — stated: يا طالب العلم، اعرف قدر نفسك “A student of knowledge does not plunge into major issues, nor does he delve into newly arising matters and incidents. He must know his worth: he does not put himself forward, nor rush ahead, nor seek honor in this world, nor dare to issue religious verdicts. Praise be to Allah, Who has prepared for us senior scholars whose feet are firmly grounded in knowledge. We return to them and benefit from them. Ibn al-Qayyim – may Allah have mercy upon him – said: “Whoever is eager for issuing fatwas, races toward them, and persists in them, his success will diminish and he will become confused in his affairs. But if he dislikes that, keeps away from it, and refers matters to others, then Allah’s aid is for such as these. You will find him, more often than not, granted success in his verdicts and answers.” And with us is a fundamental principle in this matter, taught in a ḥadīth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, warning against seeking honor and leadership. He ﷺ said: “Two hungry wolves sent into a flock of sheep do not cause more harm to it than a man’s eagerness for wealth and honor does to his religion.” (Musnad Aḥmad, al-Tirmidhī) This is a profound parable struck by the Prophet ﷺ to illustrate how a Muslim’s religion is corrupted by his greed for worldly honor. Consider two starving wolves released into a flock of sheep: what will they do? What will they devour? How will they ravage and destroy? Thus, many who seek leadership are deprived of success, deprived of divine aid, and deprived of all goodness – diverted entirely toward chasing mere honor. ✨ So make your intention for Allah alone, without any partner, and seek only what is with Him.”