The salaf would say anyone encountering any sorrow should read Surah Yusuf.
Entries Tagged as ‘Qur`an’
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 [...]
March 16, 2008
O Bearers of the Qur`an!
The first matter that it befits him to employ is Taqwa of Allah secretly and openly, by exercising caution (wara’) with regards to the sources of his food, drink, dress and earnings. He is perceptive about his time and the corruptions of its people that he may beware of them regarding his religion. He concentrates [...]
January 1, 2008
Winter – The Season of Benefit
It is reported from Abu Hurayrah – may Allah be pleased with him – that he said, “Shall I not point you to comfortable proceeds?” People responded, “And what is that O Abu Hurayrah?” He replied, “Fasting in winter.” The Arabs used to refer to matters which were relatively easy to gain as being cool. [...]
December 3, 2007
“Take the book of Allah…”
Abu Al-’Aaliyah reports that a man once asked `Ubay bin K`ab – may Allah be pleased with him – for advice.
He said:
“Take the Book of Allah as your leader (imam) and be pleased with it as a judge and ruler.
It is what your Messenger left amongst you.
It will be an intercessor for [...]
August 6, 2007
Just A Few Out of the Many Benefits…
Indeed the Book of Allah is not a book like any other, it is the timeless Speech of Allah, not a created thing, a study guide for life and death and what comes after. Therefore it deserves a more careful study than anyone else’s speech. It necessitates that its reader return to the early narration’s [...]
July 3, 2007
‘Words that do not go beyond the throat…’
Abu `Abdur Rahman said
“We learned the Qur’an from some people who told us that they used to memorise 10 verses of the Qur’an and never exceeded them, til they had understood their meaning and acted upon them; however, other people would come after them and would learn the whole Qur’an easily but they would [...]
June 11, 2007
“I am not crying because…”
A man reached 70 years of age and he faced a disease; he could not urinate. The doctors informed him that he was in need of an operation to cure this disease. He agreed to have the operation done as the problem was giving him much pain for days. When the operation was completed, his [...]
