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hey there! nice to meet you!
As salaamu Alaykum Wa rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuh
just thought I'd share some of these quotes and things with you all in hopes that you might extract some benefit from them as I have. inshaAllah
Fee Amanillah
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Indeed Umar ibn Al Khattab once said,
"The more you speak the more mistakes you make, the more mistakes you make the more sins you commit, and the more sins you commit the further in hell you will be."
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “Woman is ‘awrah, and when she goes out the Shaytaan gets his hopes up. She is never closer to Allaah than when she is in the innermost part of her house.” (Narrated by Ibn Hibbaan and Ibn Khuzaymah; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, no. 2688).
“If this Dunya was not a station of tests it would not be filled with sicknesses and filth. If life was not about hardship, then the Prophets and the pious would have lived the most comfortable of lives. Nay, Aadam (Adam) suffered test after test until he left the Dunya. Nuh (Noah) cried for 300 years. Ibrahim (Abraham) was thrown into a pit of fire and later told to slaughter his son. Ya’qub (Jacob) cried until he became blind. Musa (Moses) challenged Fir’own and was tested by his people. Iesa (Jesus) had no provision except the morsels his disciples provided him with. And Muhammad sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam met poverty with patience, his uncle - one of the most beloved relatives to him - was slain and mutilated and his people disbelieved in him...And the list of Prophets and the pious goes on and on.”
~ Ibn Al-Jawzee
Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, radhiallaahu `anhu, narrated:
that Abu-d-Dardaa’, radhiallaahu `anhu, once said:
"If only you knew what you will certainly see upon your death, you would never again eat a single bite out of a craving appetite, and you would never again drink an extra sip of water for the pleasure of unquenchable and insatiable thirst. Hence, you will remain outdoor in perpetuity, bewildered and awaiting the unexpected, and you will never again seek comfort in a shelter or seek a shade. You will wander aimlessly and climb the hilltops of every mountain, you will look up towards the heavens and beseech your Lord for mercy, and you will beat on your chest and cry endlessly, and you will wish that you were a little vegetable - a plant which is protected to grow, and then plucked to be eaten by a hungry person passing along."
Ibn Abee Haatim Rahimahullah- said: "I entered Damascus and came upon the students of hadeeth, and I passed by the circle of Qaasim al-Joo'ee . I found a group sitting around him and he was speaking. Their appearance amazed me; and I heard him saying: "Seize the benefit of five things from the people of your time: when you are present, you are not known; when you are absent, you are not missed; when you are seen, your advice is not sought; when you say something, your saying is not accepted; and when you have some knowledge, you are not given anything for it. I advise you with five matters: when you are treated unjustly, do not behave unjustly; when you are praised do not become happy; when you are criticised, do not become upset; when you are not believed, do not become angry; and if the people act deceitfully towards you, do not act deceitfully towards them." Ibn Abee Haatim said: So I took this as my benefit from Damascus"
Related by Ibn al-Jawzee (RH) in Sifatus-Safwaa (2/200)
"My God, my dearest thought is remembrance of you, the sweetest word on my tongue is praise of you, and my dearest hour is the hour I meet you." - Yahya Ibn Muad
Ibn Al Qayyim (rh) stated in Al Fawaaid (pg 160): " If mankind seeks sufficiency in the dunya, you should seek sufficiency in Allah. If they become happy with the dunya, then you should become happy with Allah (as your Rabb). If they seek contentment in their loved ones, you should seek contentment in Allah. And if they come to know kings and great people, and get close to them, so that they may obtain respect and status, then you should (get to) know Allah, and endear him, and with that you will obtain that which was desired (of) respect and status"
Abdallah ibn Mas'ood (may Allah be pleased with him) said: you recoognize the Quran reader when he stays up worshipping at night while others remain asleep, and he observes voluntary fast during the day when others feast. He is mostly heavy hearted, while others blithely celebrate the attractions of this ephemeral world. He cries when others laugh, he is silent while others mix truth with falsehood, and he is humble and meek when others walk around exhibiting hautiness disdain & arrogance,. In fact one who reads the Quran is contemplative and despondent, he is wise, forbearing, knowledgeable and mostly quiet. Such one is neither coarse nor slumberous and he is not boisterous, vociferous, or argumentative." hilyat al awliya -Pg 110 #245
Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, May Allah be pleased with him, narrated that Salman al-Faarisi, May Allah be pleased with him, said: "Three things make me laugh, and three things make me cry. I laugh at someone who stretches his hopes in this world, being undmindful of death which is steadily seeking to end his life. I laugh at someone who is heedless and unaware that Allah is not unmindful of him. And Finally I laugh at someone who grins from ear to ear, unaware whether his loud laughter is pleasing to his Lord, or perhaps whether it is incurring His wrath. On the other hand, I cry for missing the fellowship of Muhammad, upon whom be peace, and his companions. I cry when I think about a man experiencing the throes of death, and his grief and agony with his overwhelming newly unveiled encounter. And finally, I cry when I thnk about having to stand up on the Day of Reckoning before Almighty Allah, blessed is His Name, not knowing whether I will be thrusted into hell-fire, or let into paradise!"
the Prophet of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) said: "Indeed, the cure for ignorance is to ask. (Inquire)" [Hasan - Reported by Abu Daawood # 337 narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas, Ahmed and Ibn Maajah.]
""The sword is truer than writing, by its edge, in conveying information. Its edge cuts between reality and play."
"Oh writer! An Angel watches over all you write. Make your writing meaningful for it will eventually return to you and you will be questioned about what you wrote."
~ Ali ibn Abi Talib (r)
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