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The Influence of Companionship

It is reported that Sufyān Al-Thawrī – Allāh have mercy on him – said:

There is nothing that corrupts a person or rectifies him more than [his] companion.

Ibn Battah, Al-Ibānah Al-Kubrā article 504.

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When the Prophet’s (sallallahu alahi wasllam) daughter, Fatima (radhi allahu anha) complained about the hardship of serving the family, grinding corn and blisters on her hand, the Prophet taught his daughter a Dhikr, and said, “It is better for you than a servant.”

This is what he taught her;

Subhan Allah, 33 times,

alHamdulillah, 33 time,

and Allahu Akbar, 34 times

- before going to bed.

See, Saheeh al-Bukharee (vol. 8, book:75, no: 330)

Dhikr gives you strength; such that you can do with Dhikr what you cannot do without it!

Imam Ibnul-Qayyim writes in al-Waabil al-Sayyib (p. 77) under benefit no 61;

“The one who persists in doing that will find strength in his body that will make him independent of the need for a servant.”

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Practice Self Care First

قال الإمام ابن قدامة رحمه الله تعالى:

« إيَّاكَ أن تَشتَغِلَ بِمَا يُصلِحُ غَيرَكَ قَبلَ إصلَاحِ نَفسِك »

"مِنهَاجُ القَاصِدِين" || (ص: ٢٢).

Imam Ibn Qadamah said (May Allah Ta Ala have mercy upon him), “Don’t get busy in what fixes the affairs for others before you fix yourself.

Minhaj Al Qasiddin 22

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Ibn Al-Jawzee said:

“Every time you get a heartfelt feeling to repent, the troops of your desires attack and overcome your intentions. Slaughter the throat of desire with the knife of firm resolve, because so long as desire remains alive, you are never safe from the relapse of an ever-changing heart (from good to evil). Let the tears you shed in the darkness of the night be your intercessors for when you make mistakes.”

[Kitaab Al-Lataa’if Fil-Waa’iz, p. 51]

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