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Never Give Up
The Prophet said: إِنْ قَامَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَفِي يَدِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَسِيلَةٌ، فَإِنِ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ لاَ تَقُومَ حَتَّى يَغْرِسَهَا فَلْيَغْرِسْهَا "If the Final Hour comes while you have a shoot of a plant in your hands and it is possible to...
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Do the dead hear the living? Ibn Taymiyah said: وأما سؤال السائل هل يتكلم الميت في قبره فجوابه أنه يتكلم وقد يسمع أيضا من كلمه ; كما ثبت في الصحيح "As for the question about whether the dead can talk in their graves, the ans...
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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...
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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...
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