💕ISLAMIC THINKING💕

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said; Wasting time is worse than death, because wasting time cuts you off from Allah and the Hereafter, whereas death cuts you off from this world and its people. [الفوائد - ابن القيم الجوزية]

Wahb Ibn Munabbih رحمه الله said: If you hear a man praising you with what is not in you, then do not feel safe that he will blame you with what is not in you. {سير ٣:٤٤٨}

An old Arabic proverb reads: حافظ على بيتك نظيفاً كانك تنتظر ضيوفاً، وحافظ على قلبك نقيّاً كانك تنتظر الموت Keep your home clean as though you are expecting guests. And keep your heart pure as though you are expecting death.

Ibn Taymiyah once wrote: [ما رأيت شيئاً يغذي العقل والروح ويحفظ الـجسم ويضمن السعادة أكثـر من إدامة النظر فـي كتاب الله تعـالى] I have never seen anything which nourishes the intellect and soul, preserves the body, and ensures happiness more than consistently reading from Allah's Book. [Majmoo' al-Fatawa 7/493]

What’s more beloved to Allāh?

al-ʾImām Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) said : والعفو أحب إليه من الانتقام، والرحمة أحب إليه من العقوبة، والفضل أحب إليه من العدل، والعطاء أحب إليه من المنع Pardoning is more beloved to Him than vengeance, mercy is more beloved to Him than punishment, grace is more beloved to Him than justice, and giving is more beloved to Him than withholding. مدارج السالكين (1/228)

Prophet ﷺ said,

He who slaps the cheeks, tears the clothes and follows the tradition of the Days of Ignorance is not from us.

[Bukhari 1297]

When The Heart Is Agitated Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim A-Jawzeeyah [رحمه الله] said: «إذا اضطرب القلب وقلق فليس له ما يطمئن به سوى ذكر الله.»

When the heart is agitated and has anxiety then there is nothing that will make it tranquil other than the Dhikr [remembrance] of Allaah.

[Madarij As-Salikeen, (3/72)]

•• وعن أبي سعيد وأبي هريرة رضي الله عنهما عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ ‏ "‏ما يصيب المسلم من نصب ولا وصب ولا هم ولا حزن ولا أذى ولا غم، حتى الشوكة يشاكها إلا كفر الله بها من خطاياه‏"‏ ‏ (‌‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‌‏)‏ ‏.‏ '‏و‏ ‏الوصب‏ ‏':‏ المرض .‏ Abu Sa'id and Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Never a believer is stricken with a discomfort, an illness, an anxiety, a grief or mental worry or even the pricking of a thorn but Allah will expiate his sins on account of his patience". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Two Types of Innovation

Sheikh ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sa’di writes in his tafsir:

البدعة نوعان: نوع يتعبد لله بعبادة, لم يشرعها أصلا، ونوع يتعبد له بعبادة قد شرعها على صفة مخصوصة, فتفعل على غير تلك الصفة

There are two types of innovation: 1. A type wherein one worships Allah with an act of worship whose very basis is not divinely legislated. 2. The other type is to worship Him with an act of worship which has been divinely legislated in a certain condition, but then to practice it upon something other than that condition.

[Taysir al-Kareem al-Rahman pg. 72]

اللهم إصلح سريرتي

O'Allah, rectify my inner intentions

An-Nur 24:55 (55) وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنكُمۡ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَيَسۡتَخۡلِفَنَّهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَمَا ٱسۡتَخۡلَفَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمۡ دِينَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي ٱرۡتَضَىٰ لَهُمۡ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ خَوۡفِهِمۡ أَمۡنࣰاۚ يَعۡبُدُونَنِي لَا يُشۡرِكُونَ بِي شَيۡئࣰاۚ وَمَن كَفَرَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ (55) Allāh has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession [to authority] upon the earth just as He granted it to those before them and that He will surely establish for them [therein] their religion which He has preferred for them and that He will surely substitute for them, after their fear, security, [for] they worship Me, not associating anything with Me. But whoever disbelieves after that - then those are the defiantly disobedient.

Dhikr Reminder ♡ قال الله تعالى : ﴿ واذكُر ربَّكَ إِذا نَسيتَ ﴾ ‏- سُبحان الله ‏- الحَمد لله - لا إله إلا الله ‏- الله أكبر ‏- أستغفِرُ الله ‏- لا حَول و لا قوة إلا بالله ‏- سُبحان الله و بِحمده ‏- سُبحان الله العَظيم ‏- اللهم صلِّ و سلم على نبينا محمد ‏- لآ اله الآ انتَ سبحانك ‏اني كنت من الظالمين - اللهم إنك عفو تحب العفو فاعف عنا - أعوذ بالله السميع العليم من الشيطان الرجيم - حسبي الله لآ إله إلا هو عليه توكلتُ وهو ربُّ العرش العظيم

Al-Qamar 54:17 (17) وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ (17) And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

Quran (An-Nisa' 4:124-125) (124) anyone, male or female, who does good deeds and is a believer, will enter Paradise and will not be wronged by as much as the dip in a date stone. (125) Who could be better in religion than those who direct themselves wholly to God, do good, and follow the religion of Abraham, who was true in faith? God took Abraham as a friend.

Ibn Rajab, رحمه الله said:

"Waiting for relief (from hardship) is worship, for verily the trials don't last forever." ‎ [مجموع رسائل ابن رجب ١٥٥/٣] A quote that helped me through a difficult time.

قال شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية رحمه الله: "الاستغفار أكبر الحسنات - فمن أحسَّ بتقصير في: - قوله - أو عمله - أو رزقه - أو تقلُّب قلبه؛ - فعليه بالتوحيد و الاستغفار". مجموع الفتاوى (١١/ ٦٩٨)

Ibn Taymiyyah said: Istighfar is the greatest of good deeds. So whoever feels there is a deficiency in his speech, or actions, or Rizq (provision), or the turnings of his heart, then he must adhere to Tawheed and Istighfar.

أليست كُلُّ أمورك بين يدي الله؟ فَليطمئنَ قَلبك 💌

•• ​"((العلمانية)) تحترم كل الأديان إلا الإسلام، وتحترم كل اللغات إلا العربية، وتحترم كل الآراء إلا الفتوى، وتحترم كل الألبسة إلا الحجاب، وتحب كل الأماكن إلا المساجد. ​لخص مؤلفات كثيرة عن العلمانية وأنواعها في كلمات يسيرة!" ​ ​"Secularism respects all religions except Islam, respects all languages except Arabic, respects all opinions except religious rulings (fatwa), respects all clothing except the hijab, and loves all places except mosques. ​He summarized countless volumes on secularism and its types in just a few simple words!"