Al-Arabiyyah

العلم قبل القول والعمل

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Al-­Hasan al-­Basree – rahimahullaah – said: 

“Eemaan (faith) is not outer decoration, nor mere hope. Rather it is what settles in the heart and what is affirmed by actions. Whoever spoke good, but did not act righteously, then Allaah throws it back upon his saying. Whoever spoke good and acted righteously, Allaah raises up the actions. 

This is because Allaah – the Most High – says:

|To Him ascend all goodly words, and righteous actions raise it."

Iqtidaa-ul-’Ilm al-’Amal | Al-Khateeb Al-Baghdaadee

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Sunrise with Jupiter, Venus, and the Moon

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Abul-Qaasim Al Junayd said:

When you desire to be honored by knowledge and to be ascribed to it and to be from its people before giving the knowledge what right it has over you (from action), its light becomes veiled from you and all that remains upon you is its mark and appearance. That knowledge is against you, not for you. This is since knowledge directs to implementing it. So if knowledge is not implemented in its due stages, its blessings depart.

Iqtidaa-ul-’Ilm al-’Amal | Al-Khateeb Al-Baghdaadee

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People who have memorized the Qur’aan should be known by the night when people are sleeping and he is awake, and by the morning when people are not fasting but he is, by his sadness when they are happy, by his crying when they are laughing, by his silence when they are slandering, and by his piety and humility when they are arrogant. He who has memorized the Qur’aan should be tearful, sad, wise, patient, and clam, and he should not be rude, inattentive, loud or cruel.

Ibn al-Qayyim [Al-Fawaid - A collection of wise sayings. Page 247] (via memorizethequran)

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Your hearts are vessels, so fill them with the Qur`an and do not fill them with anything besides it.

Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud

حلية الأولياء لأبي نعيم ١: ١٣١

(via quranicreflections)

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And the Hereafter will indeed be better for you than the present life. (93:4)

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Question: How can we combine between memorizing the Noble Qur’an and seeking knowledge?

Answer: Start with the Qur’an, reading it and perfecting its recitation. If you accomplish this –may Allah aid you in seeking knowledge- this is a great bounty from Allah upon you. The Qur’an will be ease for the one who (sincerely) wants it, for verily, Allah The Most High says:

وََلَقدْ يَسَّرْنَا الُقرْآ َ ن للذِّكِْر َفهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكٍِر

“And We have indeed made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember, then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?” [Al-Qamar: 17]

The Qur’an is the key to every (Islaamic) science. Your perfection of its recitation and memorizing it will open up for you areas of knowledge that only Allah knows (best to what extent will benefit you).

Author: The Grant Mufti Shaikh ‘Abdul ‘Azeez Aalish Shaikh (HafithahuAllah)

Translator: Abu ‘Abdis Salaam Siddiq Al Juyaanee

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I was raised among books, making invisible friends in pages that seemed cast from dust and whose smell I carry on my hands to this day.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Shadow Of The Wind (via bookmania)

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The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, "Whoever fears (should) walk at night (i.e. begins early and work very hard to complete his journey; that is he races for good deeds) and who walks at night, reaches home (Paradise). Allah's good is expensive, Allah's good is Paradise."

[At-Tirmidhi no. 2452]

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lavender at dusk (by raspberrytart)

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Hasan Al-Basree advised some of his students admonishing them about avoiding the state of being proud. He said:

1) Do not deceive yourself into becoming too proud because you are in a good or righteous environment, for there is no place that is better than Paradise, and our father, Adam ‘alayhi salaam, experienced there what is known to all.

2) Do not become proud merely because you worship often, for consider what happened to Iblees after he spent a great deal of time worshipping.

3) Do not think yourself great because you have met with righteous people, for there is no man more righteous than the Prophet salAllaahu ‘alahi wasallam, yet the disbelievers and hypocrites did not benefit by simply knowing him.

Transcribed from: Gems and Jewels | Compiled by: Abdul-Malik Mujahid | DarusSalam

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“Ibn ‘Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said, “If anyone constantly seeks pardon (from Allah), Allah will appoint for him a way out of every distress and a relief from every anxiety, and will provide sustenance for him from where he expects not.” [Abu Dawud].

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Some of the Salaf said, “If it weren’t for the afflictions/calamities of the dunya, we would arrive on the Day of Resurrection bankrupt.

(Zaad al-Ma’aad) Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah

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Al-Ahnaf Ibn Qays said:

“I have heard the speeches of Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthman, ‘Ali (رضي الله عنهم) and the khulafa who came after them, but I never heard any speech more eloquent and beautiful than that of ‘Aishah (رضي الله عنها).”

[Siyar A’lam An Nubala]

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Don’t they ponder over the Qur’an or is there a lock over their hearts?

(Surah Muhammad:24)

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Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said,

And the sound heart is the one which is secure from shirk, hatred, jealousy, envy, covetousness, pride, love of the world and leadership. So it is safe from every harmful thing which distances it from Allaah and it is safe from every doubt that contradicts His information (i.e., Revelation). It is safe from every desire that opposes His command and from every wish that competes (repels) what He intends (from His servants), and it is also safe from everything that cuts it off from Allaah. So this sound and safe heart is in a paradise in this world and in a paradise in the barzakh and in a paradise on the Day of Resurrection. The heart’s safety and soundness cannot be perfected, absolutely, until it is secure from five things:

 From shirk which nullifies Tawheed

From innovation which opposes the Sunnah

 From a desire/lust that opposes the command (of Allaah)

From heedlessness that contradicts remembrance (of Him)

 From a desire that nullifies purity and sincerity (in intent and purpose)

These five are barriers to Allaah and beneath each of them are many other categories that contain unique issues which cannot be enumerated.

[al-Jawaab al-Kaafee (1/176)].

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