Month: July 2021
Believers In Graves
The Prophet said: إِذَا رَأَى يعني المؤمن مَا فُسِحَ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ يَقُولُ دَعُونِي أُبَشِّرُ أَهْلِي فَيُقَالُ لَهُ اسْكُنْ "When the believer sees how spacious his grave has become, he will say: "Let me go back to my family to give the...
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It was said to al-Mutanabi: "such and such person is mocking you!" Al-Mutanabi said: "this loser wants me to respond to him, so his name goes down in history!" قيل للمتنبي : فلان يهجوك.. أجا...
View DetailsNeeds
Ibn Asaakir narrates: قالت جارية سكينة لسكينة بالباب رجل يقول لي حاجة قالت ما حاجته فذهبت ثم عادت قالت يقول لي حاجة حتى فعلت ذلك مرة أو مرتين أو أكثر قالت فلعلها حاجة الديك إلى الدجاجة A maid said to the lady owner of the house: "There is a...
View DetailsRotten Fruits
“Don’t take revenge, the rotten fruits will fall by themselves.” انتقام مه اخلئ … ګنده میوې پخپله ښکته غورځیږي!...
View DetailsKhariji Delusions
Imam Tabari said that the takfiri Khawarij of old believed: وأن في جهاد أهل القبلة الفضل والأجر "That the "jihaad" against the people of the Qiblah is meritorious and rewarding." ["Tarikh Tabari", 5/174]. Like their remnants today,...
View DetailsThe Best Of You
Hardships bring out the best & worst out of people. Imam Shafi'ii said in a poem, that one should be: كعود زاده الإحراق طيباً 'Like an incense stick (‘oud) which intensifies its nice scent the more it is burnt..."...
View DetailsTolerate Differences Of Opinions
It is said that an army lost a historic battle, because all their generals agreed on their strategy. If some had disagreed, they would have identified the weaknesses in their strategy, which they could have turned into strengths. Don't create 'echo-c...
View DetailsIbn Taymiyah On Ash’aris
Ibn Taymiyah on Ash'aris - موقف ابن تيمية من الأشاعرة He was Athari and fiercely opposed the Ash'aris, but he considered them Muslims and also ahlus-Sunnah in the broader sense of the definition, not in the strict sense. He tried to bring reconcili...
View DetailsActions Speak Louder Than Words
Khatib al-Baghdadi narrates that a Roman official wrote a threatening letter to Caliph Mu'tasim, and demanded to hear his immediate response. The Caliph wrote back: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم، أما بعد: فقد قرأتُ كتابك وسمعتُ خطابك، والجواب ما ترى لا ما ...
View DetailsAnimals In Hereafter
The fate of animals in hereafter ... مصير الحيوانات في الآخرة There is no Paradise or Hell for animals in the hereafter, but as part of God's ultimate justice, they will also be resurrected, to settle scores. 1- Ibn Abbas said: يحشر كل شيء حتى الذب...
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