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  • Propagating Knowledge

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    It has been narrated from Ḥabīb ibn Abī Thābit  that Ṣa‘īd ibn Jubayr رحمه الله said to him: “That I propagate my knowledge is more beloved to me, than that I take it with me into my grave.”[1]   [1] Siyar-A‘lām-An-Nubalā وَرُوِيَ عَنْ حَبِيْبِ بنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ: قَالَ…

  • Duʿā Upon Thunder and Lightning

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    Ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنه narrates that when the Prophet ﷺ would hear the sound of thunder and [see] lightning, he would say: اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَقْتُلْنَا بِغَضَبِكَ، وَلَا تُهْلِكْنَا بِعَذَابِكَ، وَعَافِنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ Allāhumma lā taqtulnā bi ghaḍabik, walā tuhliknā bi ‘adhābik, wa ‘āfinā qabla dhālik Trans: “O…

  • Graveyards

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    لكلّ أناسٍ مقبرٌ بفِنائِهم              فهم ينقصون والقبور تزيدُ ‘Every community has a graveyard on its outskirts…its numbers continue depleting and the graves increasing.’

  • True Fear (Khashiyyah) and Remembrance (Dhikr)

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    Sa‘īd ibn Jubayr رحمه الله said: “Indeed [true] Khashiyyah (reverence of Allāh) is that you revere Him such that your revering Him prevents you from His disobedience, that is true Khashiyyah. And Dhikr (remembrance of Allāh) is obedience to Allāh; whoever obeys Allāh has remembered Him, and whoever does…

  • A Long Life?

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    ولا خير في طول الحياة وعيشها***إذا أنت منها بالتقى لم ترحل ‘And there is no goodness in longevity and subsistence, if you do not leave it with taqwā.’ May Allāh تعالى grant us a long, comfortable life adorned with taqwā.

  • Mocking Others

    ‘Amr ibn Shuraḥbīl رحمه الله said: “If I was to see anyone suckling from the udders of a goat and I laughed at him, I fear that I would end up doing the same as I saw him doing.”[1] Such was the fear of our pious predecessors when…