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The scholars say: استدل ثم اعتقد، ولا تعتقد ثم تستدل '𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘁. 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 , 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀.' And this is very common among the misguided sects, who make u...

Al-Qur’an: ‎فَإِذَا رَكِبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ إِذَا هُمْ يُشْرِكُونَ ‎ ‘If they happen to be aboard a ship [caught in a storm] they call upon God alone in sincere d...

Al-Khattabi narrates: ‎وخرج عمر رضي الله عنه يَعُسُّ المدينة باللَّيل، فرأى نارًا موقدةً في خِبَاء، فوقف، وقال: يا أهل الضَّوء. وكَرِه أن يقول يا أهل النَّار Omar once went out at night in Madinah and he saw a fire in the distance. As he approached ...

Imam Ahmad was once discussing an issue and some people quoted certain Ahadith to refute him. The Imam became angry and said: صبيان نحن؟! ليس نعرف هذِه الأحاديث؟! "𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗵 ...

Seeking forgiveness [الإستغفار] is like an eraser of a pencil - it removes all traces of the mistakes we make. Imam Ibn al-Jawzi said: إذا خرقت ثوب دينك بالزلل فارقعه بالإستغفار "𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵...

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim quotes a beautiful saying: لا تكرهوا أولادكم على آثاركم فإنهم مخلوقون لزمان غير زمانكم ‘Don’t force your traditions upon your children, because they were created for a different era than you.’ [‘Ighathatu al-Lahf...

A single drop of polytheism [شرك] can turn a mountain of good deeds into dust and a drop of monotheism [توحيد] can crush and turn a mountain of sins into dust. Imam Ibn Rajab said: فإن هذا التوحيد هو الإكسير الأعظم ، فلو وضع منه ذرة على جبال الذنوب ...

The Prophet ﷺ said: إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ سِتِّيرٌ “God is a Concealer.” [‘Nasai‘, 407 - صحيح]. https://sunnah.com/nasai:407 ‘Concealment’ [الستر] of Sins - is one of the most beautiful qualities of God. If God were to lift t...

‘𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂.’ When we stress, we tend to take our anger out at those who didn’t cause us problems. Any little thing becomes an excuse to release our anger. اتقوا الظلم، إنه ظلمات يوم...

Letting go of the past …… I’ve noticed that, often when people leave an ideology, they become totally obsessed with it … like a person who cannot move on from their ex-husband or ex-wife. This happens with ex-Sufis, ex-Salafis, ex-Shia, ex-Hanafis ...