Favourite Quotes...

[Umm Binyameen]

"We met a people who loved it when it was said to them - Fear Allah the Most High. Today you find that people only become annoyed at this."

Sufyaan ath-Thawri

[Umm Binyameen]

“The Heart, in its journey to Allah swt is like that of a bird:
Love is its head, and fear and hope are its two wings. When the
head and two wings are sound the bird flies gracefully; if the
head is severed, the bird dies; if the bird loses one of its wings, it
then becomes a target for every hunter or predator.”

{Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya rahimahullah}

[Tay_]

"This world is a means of traversing to the Hereafter. The measure of success of such a journey is righteousness" (adapted from a poem of Imam Shafi'i (r) )

[from water]

^what about parents? Like you definitely love your parents, but would you say what you please around them without fear of anger? Or am I not comprehending the 'say what you please' thing right...?

Oh sorry sister dot, I didn't check this topic in a while.

I think parents are a special case, and this is more in between friends. The lecturer gave an example of Ash-Shafi`i implementing this with a conversation that Ash-Shafi`i had with one of his best students.

One time Ash-Shafi`i was sick and one of his best students, Ar-Rabee`Ibn Suleiman Al-Muradi, came to visit him. So he was praying for him and he said "May Allah strengthen you [from] your weakness O Imam", but the way it was worded can be interpreted as "May Allah strengthen your weakness". So Ash-Shafi`i joked with him and said "If my weakness was strengthened, it would kill me", so Ar-Rabee` says "I did not mean that", so Ash-Shafi`i set him at ease and told him "O Rabee`, even if you hurled an insult at me blatantly, I would know you did not mean it".

This is to show their friendship, that even if he insulted him, they're such good friends that Ash-Shafi`i would know that he did not mean it.

[Umm Binyameen]

Anas bin Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) he said that the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said (what means):

"Verily Allaah has prevented the repentance of every person of innovation"

(at-Tabaraanee, al-Bayhaqee and others/ Authenticated by al-Albaanee).



The hadith does not mean his tawba is not accepted as Allah tells us in the Quran that he forgives all sins except Shirk. Rather what it means as Ibn Taymiyyah pointed out is that the person of innovation does not consider what he is doing as a sin so he doesnt seek tawba for it to begin with.

[Tay_]

"Confirm before you criticize. Verify before you transmit. Consider before you speak. "Say the good, or remain silent," said the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)" - Shaykh Faraz Rabbani (may Allah swt preserve him)

[Umm Binyameen]

We should know that Allah has created us to live an eternal life with no death, a life of pride and ease with no humiliation, a life of securtiy with no fear, a life of richness with no poverty, a life of joy with no pain, a life of perfection with no flaws. Allah is testing us in this world with a life that will end in death, a life of pride that is accompanied by humiliation and degradation, a life that is tainted by fear, where joy and ease are mixed with sorrow and pain.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

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[Umm Binyameen]

"Oh feet of patience keep going, for what remains is only a little. Remember the sweetness of worship, then the bitterness of striving will become easier for you ."

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

[Tay_]

"Failure isnt to not attain what you strove for, but rather in not realising it all belongs to Him" - Imam Muhammad Abdul Latif Finch (may Allah swt preserve him)

[Umm Binyameen]

"Sins need to be burnt either with the pain of regret in this world or with the fire of hell in the hereafter". ~Ibn Al Qayyim~

[Sinan.]

Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (rahima-hullaah) mentions:

"Just as I have mentioned previously, the cure to that which you suspect to be a mistake is to telephone the one whom you suspect has made the mistake and discuss the issue with him, then consider your position after the discussion."

Kitaabul-'Ilm

[Muslim..Priincess]

Muslims are Terrorist but Americans Army and NATO are Gentlemen?
When America takes 1 million lives in Iraq for oil: Not Terrorism.
When Serbs rape Muslim women in Kosovo/Bosnia: Not Terrorism.
When Russians kill 200,000 Chechens in bombings: Not Terrorism.
When Jews kick out Palestinians and take their land: Not Terrorism.
When Israel kills 10,000 Lebanese civilians due to 2 missing soldiers: Not Terrorism
When Muslims defend themselves : Terrorism

-Muslim defence league

[Umm Binyameen]

"Arrogance, boasting and showing off are greater in sin than drinking alcohol".
~Ibn Taymiyyah~

[sista_tasneem]

"Women are one half of society which gives birth to the other half so it is as if they are the entire society." [Ibn Al-Qayyim]

[Tay_]

'Self righteousness is to religion as telling a lie is to truth" - Ustadh Mustafa Davis

[Muslim..Priincess]

'Our Lord! Let not our hearts deviate [from the truth] after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from You. Truly, You are the Bestower'. Qur'an 3:8

[Tay_]

"The worst type of love is unrequited love: when you love somebody and they don’t love you – there is nothing worst than that in the world, unrequited love. And obviously the worst type of unrequited love is with God, because we want the Love of God" - Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (may Allah swt preserve him)

[ButterNut]

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Chinese Proverb

[Sister.]

I know a good Chinese proverb I live by -

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

[Sinan.]

It is reported that if Hishâm Al-Dustawâ`î – Allâh have mercy on him – didn’t have a torch on at home, he would toss and turn in bed until his wife would come with a torch. She asked him about this once, to which he replied, “If I don’t have a torch, I think about the darkness of the grave.”

Al-Dhahabî, Siyar A’lâm Al-Nubalâ`, in his biography of Hishâm Al-Dustawâ`î.