The salaf would say anyone encountering any sorrow should read Surah Yusuf.
September 24, 2009
It Is Always A Bounty For You.
The divine decree related to the believer is always a bounty, even if it is in the form of withholding (something that is desired), and it is a blessing, even if it appears to be a trial, and an affliction that has befallen him is in reality a cure, even though it appears to be a disease!
Unfortunately, due to the ignorance of the worshipper, and his transgressions, he does not consider anything to be a gift or a blessing or a cure unless he can enjoy it immediately, and it is in accordance with his nature. If he were only given a little bit of understanding, then he would have counted being withheld from as a blessing, and the sickness as a mercy, and he would relish the trouble that befalls him more than he relishes his ease, and he would enjoy poverty more than he enjoys richness, and he would be more thankful when he is blessed with little than when he is blessed with a lot.
Imam ibn al Qayyim rahimahullah :
Madarij al-Salikin 2/215-216
August 19, 2009
He Does with us as He Pleases…
One of the scholars wrote:
There is none of us who can escape from the Will of Allah and His Decree. And no one can avert His judgement or His trials upon us. Verily, we all belong to Allah, we are His slaves and part of His possessions. He does with us as He pleases and what He wills.
August 7, 2009
Go on… Throw Yourself Between the Hands of Allah
If the servant of Allah knows that he cannot escape nor change the plan of Allah, he will commit all his affairs to Allah and throw himself between His hands as a humble servant throws himself between the hands of a mighty king who has authority over him- and indeed the servant has no power of his own. When the servant knows all that, he will be relieved from all distress and sadness and will pass the burden to Allah who does not care or get tired. Allah will carry them, and show him kindness and mercy without any tiredness. The servant has paid attention to Allah alone and Allah paid attention to the needs and benefits of his life and emptied his heart from them, and, as a result, his life will be good and his heart will be happy.
‘al – Fawaa’id’ by Imam Ibn al-Qayyim rahimahullah
August 6, 2009
When Children Leave Us Speechless…
“I prefer to die than to let Israel take al-Aqsa.”
7 year old Palestinian boy
“Because of my Islamic conscience, I could not just sit back and watch the jews while they were shooting the Muslims like someone shooting birds.”
A 12 year old Jordianian boy who gets lost after running away from home to help Palestinians.
July 17, 2009
Ask & You Shall Be Granted!
With the current outpour of rain in the city of London, it can only be said:
Ask and you shall be granted!
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
ثنتان ما تردان: الدعاء عند النداء وتحت المطر
رواه أبو داود وصححه الألباني في صحيح الجامع
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): “There are two which will not be rejected: du’aa’ at the time of the call (to prayer) and when it is raining.”
Narrated by Abu Dawud & classed as sahih by al-Albani in Sahih al-Jaami’
July 12, 2009
‘None is Accepted if the Other is Missing’
Ibn `Abbas (radiallahu `anh) said:
There are three verses in the Qur`an which are associated with three things and none is accepted if the other is missing.
The first one:
Allah says {obey Allah and obey the Messenger};
so whomever obeys Allah but disobeys the Messenger (salallahu alayhe wassallam), his obedience to Allah will not be accepted.
The second one:
Allah says {Offer salaat and give zakaat};
so whoever offers salaat but refuses to give zakaat. Allah will not accept from him.
The third one:
Allah says {give thanks to me and to your parents};
so whoever gives thanks to Allah and does not give it to his parents, Allah will not accept that from him. Therefore, the Prophet (salallahu `alayhe wassallam) said: ‘If your parents are pleased with you, Allah too will be pleaed with you, and if your parents are displeased with you, Allah too will be displeased with you. “
Imam adh-Dhahabi ‘al-Kaba`ir’
July 9, 2009
Those Whose Faults Should Not Be Mentioned
Ibn al-Musayyib:
“There is no honourable person, scholar or doer of good except that he has a shortcoming. However, there are some people to whom we should not mention their faults , that is, those whose good deeds exceed their faults.”
2/81 Sifat as-Safwah –
Ibn al-Jawzi (rahimahullah)
June 30, 2009
When you complain to the son of Aadam…
The ignorant people complain to people about Allah and this is the highest degree of ignorance , for if he had known his Lord, he would not have complained about Him, and if he had known the people, he would not have complained to them.
One of the predecessors saw a man complaining to another man about his poverty and dire necessity. He said to him,
“O you! By Allah, you have done nothing but complain about He Who has mercy for you, to the one who has no Mercy for you.”
The following verses have been mentioned about the meaning of the previous statement of the predecessor.
When you complain to a son of Adam
Verily you complain about the Most Merciful
to the one who does not pity
On the contrary, the person who is profoundly knowledgeable about Allah complains to Allah alone. And the most knowledgeable person about Allah is the one who complains about himself to Allah and never to people. He complains about the causes that made people do wrong to him.
Therefore, there are three levels:
- the lowest one is to complain about Allah to His creatures
- the middle one is to complain about His creatures to Him
- the highest one is to complainabout yourself to Him.
Taken from Imam ibn al-Qayyim’s al-Fawa`id
