03’ – يوهان

A graveyard.

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«the regret of not doing Dhikr»

Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said:

When the veil is lifted for people on the Day of Judgment regarding the rewards of their deeds, they will not see any deed that was more excellent than Dhikr (remembrance of Allāh). When that happens, some of the people will be filled with regret, saying:

"There was nothing easier for us than Dhikr."

Al-Wābil Al-Sayyib | p 111

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«bad deeds are not multiplied»

"So bad deeds are not multiplied with respect to their quantity; not in Ramadan, nor in the Haram, or other than it. Rather a bad deed always remains a single bad deed. This is from the Grace of Allāh and His favor upon us and His excellence—far is He removed from any deficiency, the Most High.

However, a bad deed in the Haram and in Ramadan and in the ten days of Dhu'l-Hijja are more severe than other than that."

—Sheikh Ibn Bāz رحمه الله | Majmū' al-Fatāwā 3/388

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«keep praying»

Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah رحمه اللّه said:

"Do not abandon Du'ā and do not let (the evil) that you know about yourself prevent you from Du'ā. Indeed Allāh answered Iblīs whilst he is the evil of all creation."

شعب الإيمان للبيهقي | ٢/٣٨٥

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«sinning during Dhu'l-Hijja»

Shaykh bin Bāz رحمه الله said:

"A sin committed during the month of Dhu'l-Hijja is graver and more severe in punishment than a sin committed during Rajab, Sha'bān, or other months."

Majmū' al-Fatāwā | 9/389

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«the one who repents»

Sheikh Ibn Taymiyah رحمه الله said:

"The one who repents from sin is like one who did not sin, and if the sin is removed, then the punishment and consequences are also removed."

Sharh al-‘Umdah | 4/39

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«self-humiliation»

‎Imam Ash-Shafi’i رحمه الله said:

"‎The most unjust person to himself is the one who humbles himself before someone who does not honor him and seeks the affection of someone who does not benefit him."

‎Ṭabaqāt Ibn As-Subkī | 2/100

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«supplicate»

Abu Huraira reported:

The Messenger of Allāh, peace and blessings be upon him, said,

"Whoever never asks from Allāh, He will be angry with him."

Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3373

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«fear of a bad ending»

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:

"Sufyān al-Thawrī, may Allāh have mercy on him, once cried a whole night until the morning, so in the morning he was asked if his cry was due to the fear of sins.

He picked hay from the ground and said:

'Sins are lighter than this hay, I only cried out of fear of the bad ending.'

Ibn al-Qayyim said:

"And this is the peak of Fīqh (knowledge and understanding) that a man fears that his sins let him down at the time of death and that they come between him and the good ending."

al-Dāaʾ wa al-Dawāʾ | 390

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«look for excuses»

Ja'fār al-Ṣādiq said:

"When you hear that your brother has sinned, give him up to seventy excuses."

"If you cannot, say to yourself that he has an excuse which you do not know of."

شب الإيمان ٧٨٥٣

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«remember death»

‎Umar ibn Abdul Aziz رحمه الله said:

"‎When you are troubled by something in this world, remember death, for it will make things easier for you."

‎الفرج بعد الشدة لابن أبي الدنيا (ص42)

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«when in confusion»

Shaykh Al-Uthaymīn رحمه الله said:

"If you find yourself in confusion then adhere to seeking forgiveness. Indeed by seeking forgiveness, Allāh opens up the way for the slave."

Sharh Al-Kafīya Ash-Shafīya | (3/189)

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«the death of an innovator»

Anas Ibn Mālik (may Allāh be pleased with him) said:

"When an innovator dies, indeed a victory has been bestowed upon Islām."

Tārīkh Baghdad 4/380 | Translation by Abū Anwar An-Naijiriy

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«rejected fasting»

Ka'b bin Malik رضي الله عنه said:

"Whoever fasts Ramadan while intending in his heart that after breaking the fast (at the end of Ramadan), he will not disobey Allāh, will enter Paradise without questioning or reckoning.

"But whoever fasts Ramadan while intending in his heart that after breaking the fast (at the end of Ramadan), he will disobey his Lord, his fasting will be rejected."

Latā'if al Mā'rif | pg. 451

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«aim for the light»

Shaykh 'Uthaymīn رحمه الله said:

"Make yourself such that you are always optimistic and whatever Allāh wants will occur.

"And be happy, cheerful with an expansive chest, for the world in front of you is spacious and the path is open and this is goodness."

شرح رياض الصالحين ٤/٨٧

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«unseen, unburdened»

Sufyān al-Thawrī رحمه الله said:

"I become happy when the night comes, so I can rest from seeing people."

al-Ḥilyah | Abū Nu’aym | 6/389

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«discipline yourself»

A neighbor of Mālik ibn Dinār said:

"One night I heard him saying to himself,

'That's how you should be!'

"The next morning I told him, 'There was no one home with you, so who did you say that to?' He said,

'Myself asked me for some bread, it insisted so I restrained it from eating for three days, then I found a dry piece of bread, when I was about to eat it I said, wait I will get soft bread so it [his self] said, I am contented with this. So I said,

"That's how you should be!"

Disciplining the Soul p.97 | al-Ḥāfiẓ Abū'l-Faraj ibn al-Jawzī | Dār as-Sunnah Publishers

Some of the righteous predecessors would desire a sweet treat, and so they would promise themselves to eat it. If they prayed the night prayer they would allow themselves this reward.

op. cit., p.96

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«the bigger the trial, the greater the reward»

Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said:

"When Allāh wants good for his slave, He hastens his punishment in the world.

And when He wants bad for His slave, He withholds his sins from him until he appears before Him on the Day of Judgement."

And with this (same) chain, (it was reported) from the Prophet (ﷺ) who said:

"Indeed greater reward comes with greater trial. And indeed, when Allāh loves a people He subjects them to trials, so whoever is content, then for him is pleasure, and whoever is discontent, then for him is wrath."

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2396