Month: October 2020

Ibn Taymiyah & Wine Drinking Tatars - إعلام الموقعين Ibn Al-Qayyim narrates that he heard his teacher Ibn Taymiyah say: وسمعت شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية قدس الله روحه ونور ضريحه يقول مررت أنا وبعض أصحابي في زمن التتار بقوم منهم يشربون الخمر ...

Someone asked about the recent Paris attack on the blasphemers of Islam. I said the scholars CONDEMN these type of attacks - we also CONDEMN it. He said: "Ibn Taymiyah wrote a book [700 years ago] in which he says that those who insult the Prophet...

1 Dirham overtook 100,000 Dirhams - النسائي The Prophet Said: روى النسائي (2528) عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : ( سَبَقَ دِرْهَمٌ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ درْهَم ) قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَكَيْفَ ؟ ...

Private Advice - الإمام الشافعي Imam Ash-Shaafi’i said: تَعَمَّدني بِنُصحِكَ في اِنفِرادي وَجَنِّبني النَصيحَةَ في الجَماعَه فَإِنَّ النُصحَ بَينَ الناسِ نَوعٌ مِنَ التَوبيخِ لا أَرضى اِستِماعَه وَإِن خالَفتَني وَعَصِيتَ قَولي فَلا تَجزَع إِذا لَ...

A wise man once said: انتقد القول لكن احترم القائل؛ فإن مهمتنا أن نقضي على المرض، لا على المريض “Criticise the SPEECH, but respect the SPEAKER. Our mission is to wipe out the DISEASE, not the PATIENT." The purpose of advise...

Parallel Universes - ابن عباس It says in the Qur'an: اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ وَمِنَ الْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ "God is the One Who created seven heavens and the same number of Earths." [65:12]. Ibn Abbaas said: سَبْعَ أَرَضِينَ فِي كُل...

The Prophet said: إِنَّ أَحَبَّ الطَّعَامِ إِلَى اللَّهِ مَا كَثُرَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْأَيْدِي "THE MOST BELOVED MEAL IN THE SIGHT OF GOD IS THE ONE SHARED BY MANY HANDS." ["Al-Jami' al-Saghir", 212 - of Suyuti who said its authentic ص...

Temporary World - الدنيا الفانية Malik Ibn Dinar said: لو كانت الدنيا من ذهب يفنى ، والآخرة من خزف يبقى ، لكان الواجب أن يؤثر خزف يبقى ، على ذهب يفنى "If the world consisted of TEMPORARY G...

The Prophet said: الْوَالِدُ أَوْسَطُ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ "THE FATHER IS THE MIDDLE GATE OF PARADISE." ["Tirmidhi", 1900 - authentic حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ]. Scholars say that this means honouring and serving your fathe...

How foul is backbiting? - الغيبة The Prophet and his Companions once passed by the rotting carcass of a donkey/mule. He said to his Companions: لأَنْ يَأْكُلْ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ هَذَا حَتَّى يَمْلَأَ بَطْنَهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ ...