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Shaykh ibn ‘Uthaymeen رحمه الله said,

“With great regret [I say this], many people display good manners in front of people yet they do not behave in the same manner towards their family.”

Kitāb ul-‘Ilm | Page 180 | Shaykh ibn ‘Uthaymeen

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It is reported that ʿIkrimah – Allāh have mercy on him – said:

Everyone gets happy and gets sad, but you should turn your happiness into gratitude (to Allāh) and your sadness into patience (ṣabr).

[Ibn Kathīr, Tafsir of Al-Ḥadīd: 23]

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ARE YOU FOLLOWING THE CROWD?

When ‘Umar bin al-Khattab رضي الله عنه was walking in the market, he passed by a man who was supplicating :

اللهم اجعلني من القليل اللهم اجعلني من القليل

❝O Allāh, make me from the few! O Allāh make me from the few!❞

So ‘Umar said to him :

❝Where did you get this du'a (supplication) from?❞

And the man said :

❝Allāh in His Book says :

وَقَليلٌ مِن عِبادِيَ الشَّكورُ

“And few of My servants are grateful.”

[Quran, Saba’ (chapter 34) ; 13]❞

So ‘Umar wept and admonished himself :

❝The people are more knowledgeable than you, O Umar! O Allāh make us from Your ‘FEW’ servants.❞

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Sometimes when you advise someone to leave a sin, they respond with :

❝But everybody does it, it’s not just me!❞

But if you look for the words “MOST PEOPLE” in the Quran, you will find that most people are :

ولكن اكثرهم لا يعلمون

❝…and however most people DO NOT know.❞

[Quran, Al-A'rāf (chapter 7) ; 187]

ولكن أكثرهم لا يشكرون

❝…and most people DO NOT show gratitude.❞

[Quran, Al-Baqarah (chapter 2) ; 243] — and

و لكن اكثر الناس لا يؤمنون

❝…and most people DO NOT believe.❞

[Quran, Hūd (chapter 11) ; 17].

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And if you look for “MOST OF THEM“, you will find :

وانّ أكثر كم فا يقو ن

❝…defiantly disobedient.❞

[Quran, Al-Māidah (chapter 5) ; 59]

و لكن أكثرهم يجهلون

❝…ignorant.❞

[Quran, Al-An'ām (chapter 6) ; 111] — and

بل أكثرهم لا يعلمون الحق فهم معرضون

❝…turning away.❞

[Quran, Al-Anbiyā (chapter 21) ; 24].

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So be of the “FEW”, whom Allāh says about them :

و قليلٌ من عبادي الشّكور

❝…and FEW of My servants are grateful.❞

[Quran, Saba’ (chapter 34) ; 13] — and

وما آمن معه إلاّ قليلٌ

❝…but none had believed with him, except A FEW.❞

[Quran, Hūd (chapter 11) ; 40]

في جنات النعيم ثلة من الاولين و قليل من الآخرين

❝…in the Gardens of Bliss : many from the past and a FEW from later generations.❞

[Quran, Al-Wāqi'ah (chapter 56) ; 12-14]

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Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said :

❝Go on the PATH OF TRUTH and DO NOT feel lonely because there are FEW who TAKE THAT PATH ; and BEWARE of the PATH OF FALSEHOOD and DO NOT be deceived by the vastness of the perishers.❞

• [Kitab al-Zuhd - Ahmad bin Hanbal ; and Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shaybah]

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May Allāh make us of His FEW servants.

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A cart of carrot for a happy year ahed. 💛

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speech attain a auspicious power, dignity, honour when words are nurtured in silence.

-saver kulsum

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how would you convice a blind about the exisistence of stars

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[𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄!]

Women who married multiple times in the past, are only good as a second wife?

Being a second, third or fourth wife doesn’t diminish the status of any woman in any shape or form. Even though from knowing the background behind the question, it was an attempt to learn the status of women previously married. How could it lower a woman’s status when it's at times something that happened to her beyond her control like the death of her husband, or one who sought khulū’ to protect her Dīn and ‘Aqīdah? A divorced or widowed woman shouldn’t be looked at like a used car with mileage.

When the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم asked Jāber “why didn't you marry a virgin girl?” and he explained he had orphan sisters who needed a wife to help him. He wasn’t told “you should’ve married a virgin first then marry a previously married woman who can take care of your sisters”. The Messenger immediately blessed the married and said to him “may Allāh bestow His Blessing on you."

Somebody who studied Islām, somebody who studied the books of the Sahābiyāt tarājib, would know this is a common thing in the past. As soon as a woman — that’s why ‘iddah was so important — right now, many times if a woman gets divorced, the last thing to affect her would be the timing of the ‘iddah because there is generally a long gap before the woman gets remarried. Back then it was common that she would get married soon after her ‘iddah was completed, somebody else is going to marry her. If no one is going to marry her, her walī will offer her to someone who will marry her.

Using the fact that a women was married twice or three times to put her down or attempt to lower her status, is nonsense. Khadījah رضي الله عنها the first wife of the Messenger, she was married before, right? She was the first and only wife of the Messenger at the time and not his second wife. All the Prophet’s other wives, except of course ‘Ā-ishah, were previously married. So that means the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم didn’t have wisdom in choosing wives. This is ridiculous nonsense.

Muhammad al Shankītī the author of the famous Tafsīr Adwā al Bayān once said in an old halaqah “how many previously married women do men travel distance to marry them” after all, the virgin after a day becomes a thayeb “previously married”.

‘Abdullāh ibn al Mubārak in the book “al Zuhd” was asked about marrying such women who no one wants to marry, he said “marry her for the reward from Allāh”. Some have considered marrying a previously married woman a great deed when combined with the pure intention in being good to them.

‘Atikah bint Zayd married the son of abū Bakr. Abdullāh married her and fell madly in love with her, she distracted him so much abū Bakr ordered his son to divorce her, then when he saw how hurt he was he let him return her. When Abdullāh ibn abū Bakr was killed he left her wealth so that she will not get remarried.

Some say Zayd ibn al Khattāb then asked for her and married her and some say it was ‘Umar. ‘Umar sent her to ask for her in marriage knowing Abdullah left her wealth in exchange not to get married if he died. ‘Umar said “you prohibited what Allāh permitted, return to his family the wealth he left you and get married” and she did and ‘Umar married her.

When ‘Umar was killed then al Zubayr ibn ‘Awwām asked for her in marriage and she married. Some mentioned ‘Alī رضي الله عنه then asked for her, she said “I don’t want you killed” because previously every husband she had would get killed. Then some documented that Hassan ibn Alī رضي الله عنه married her and he was her last husband.

We don't know of anyone who felt her status would be lowered with all those marriages. In fact people of Madina would say “if you want to become a martyr, marry Atikah” in humour, because all her previous husbands died as martyrs إن شاء الله .

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Siffat as-Safwa, Tabaqāt ibn Sa’īd, Siyār a’lām an-Nubala and other references mention so many that were married many times and no one looked down upon them for that. Look at them; she married, she divorced then she married again and then he died or after he divorced her she married and so on. It wasn't common for women to remain single after a divorce or widowed. As soon as she was divorced or her husband got killed, or died, she would immediately be married.

- Shaykh Ahmad Mūsā Jibrīl حفظه الله

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‎Imam Shafi’i رحمه الله said:

‎“You will never be able to please everyone, rather rectify what is between you and Allāh and do not care about the people.”

‎[Tawaali at Ta’nees | ibn Hajr | 168]

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what is strong mindset without calmness in it??

A self pressurized insanity is imposed when 'strong' is prefixed to any word . A rush of unprocessed thoughts gush out like a water of rivers on the heaped stones on heavy rainfall;

What is it be near a clamess of brook and rushness of engulfing river?

Is it hastyness or the calmess , which yeild the fruits of wisdom ?

How is strenght defined without a sound mind?.

How many times does life twists its way in wrong way ; by a word , a decision , unspoken thoughts of unreflected word strong??

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- what is memory?

- looking to the dried flowers , pressed inbetween the pages kept long ago.

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- How far can one go .

- As near as his death.

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"Your time should not be without any structure, such that you occupy yourself arbitrarily with whatever comes along.

Rather, you must take account of yourself and order your worship during the day and the night, assigning to each period of time an activity that must not be neglected nor replaced by another activity.

By this ordering of time, the blessing in time will show itself. A person who leaves himself without a plan as animals do, not knowing what he is to do at any given moment, will spend most of his time fruitlessly.

Your time is your life, and your life is your capital: by it you make your trade, and by it you will reach the eternal bounties in the proximity of Allah.

Every single breath of yours is a priceless jewel, because it is irreplaceable; once it is gone, there is no return for it.

So do not be like fools who rejoice each day as their wealth increases while their lives decrease. What good is there in wealth that increases while one’s lifespan decreases?

Do not rejoice except in an increase of knowledge or an increase of good works.

Truly they are your two friends who will accompany you in your grave, when your spouse, your wealth, your children, and your friends will remain behind.”

— Imam al-Ghazali

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the words of Allaha so clear without a barried question : times of sorrow

feels so true as if said only to you at this moment at this time slithering through every nerve calming the strom arised .

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I felt this pierce my soul

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“لا تثق بالبدايات فأصدق الكلام يقال في اللحظة الأخيرة Don’t trust the beginnings, truth is told in the last moments.”

— Ahlam Mosteghanemi

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‎بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

O SEEKER OF KNOWLEDGE

By Umm S (@coffeeandmusk)

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O you who seeks Contentment

Do you not know that contentment is not found in material things

But that it is found between the pages of books,

Volume after volume

Spilling out as you thumb through

O you who seeks Happiness

Do you not know that happiness is found in the memorisation of the Qur’aan

Late at night as the sleepers sleep

Your recitation is witnessed

And your heart is filled with a serenity you cannot find elsewhere

O you who seeks Company

Do you not know that company is not found in the gatherings of gossip;

In invitations and outings

It is found in the books about our predecessors

A’isha, Abi Hurayrah, Abu Bakr, Omar

What a righteous sitting and what a gathering to witness!

Oh you who seeks Light

Know that light is not always found in large cities alone

Light can be found in the sand in some distant land

In libraries at the dead of night

Amongst the poor and needy

Knowledge is Light!

And Allaah bestows it upon whom He wishes

O you who seeks Jannah

Where rivers of milk and honey flow

Where sadness and worry are left behind

On this path you will find it

So live and die on the path

For admittance is only from Al-Waahid Al-Qahhaar

And this journey is from the cradle to the grave

O Seeker!

Seek the aid of Allaah

For all that you seek is attainable with determination

But it will not come easy

So remain steadfast, patient

Act upon that which you learn

For knowledge is sought by many

But acquired only by the wise.

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Written on the 4th of Safar 1443 AH

(12th of September 2021)