It is Befitting For a Person to Always Remember Death

The Noble Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen stated:

It is befitting for the person to always remember death. Not based upon the matter of separating from the loved ones, because this is (being) short sighted. Rather it is based upon the matter of separating from the (performance of good) actions and the harvesting (of good) for the hereafter. Continue reading →

Those Who Cut Off the Path of Allah

Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy upon him) stated:

Based upon this, when the Christians saw the Companions and that which they were upon, most of them believed by choice and willingly. They said, “Those who accompanied the Messiah are not better than these people.” Continue reading →

Do Not Debate the Hizbees, For They Do Not Want the Truth

The Noble Shaykh Muqbil al-Waadi’ee (may Allah have mercy upon him) said:

Do not busy yourselves with debating the Hizbees, for they do not want the truth. They do not want anything except to enter doubts upon you. Therefore upon you is to keep away from them and do not debate them. Continue reading →

Qualities and Conditions of the Righteous Salafi Woman

Shaikh Muhammad Baazmool said:

The righteous Salafi woman:

  • It is not a condition that she has to know the various groups and parties
  • It is not a condition that she has to repeat the statements and phrases of the scholars of the Salaf
  • It is not necessary that she has to know the jarh (criticism) of so-and-so
  • It is not a condition that she has to know the Salafi scholars
  • It is not a condition that she has to know the prevalent affairs
  • It is not a condition that she has to fast the days of the full moon, nor every Monday and Thursday
  • Neither does she have to establish the night prayer every night

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Having an Expansive Chest Towards the One Who Opposes You

Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy upon him) stated:

I have an expansive chest towards the one who opposes me. Indeed if he were to transgress the boundaries of Allah regarding me by declaring me to be a kaafir or a faasiq (criminal), or by lying upon me or dealing with me in a manner of pre-Islamic fanaticism, I will not transgress the boundaries of Allah regarding him. Continue reading →

The 10 Ways of Obtaining the Love of Allah

Shaykh Fawzaan (may Allah preserve him) listed the 10 ways of obtaining the Love of Allah as mentioned by Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him):

1. Reading the Qur’aan, pondering over it and understanding it with its intended meanings.

2. Drawing closer to Allaah with the nawaafil (supererogatory acts of worship) after the [fulfillment of the] obligatory acts. Continue reading →

The Beneficial Love is the Religious Love and Not the Natural Love

Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Alee Ibn Aadam al-Etiyoobi (may Allah preserve him) mentioned a benefit from that which took place with the Prophet’s uncle Abu Taalib when he refused to say “Laa Ilaaha Illallaah”:

The beneficial love is the religious love and not the natural love. Indeed Abu Taalib used to love the Prophet with strong love. He used to give precedence to him over his own children. However, that didn’t benefit him since he didn’t love him with the legislated love which carries (a person) upon following him (i.e. the Prophet) and submitting to his legislation.

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