Category: Ḥalāl and Ḥarām
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‘Uthmān رضي الله عنه once ascended the pulpit and said, “O People! Abstain from alcohol, for it is the mother of evils. A devoted worshipper from the people before you would frequent the masjid. A prostitute once decided to seduce him, and so instructed her attendant who coaxed him into the house, upon which she…
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From the sayings of ‘Abdullāh ibn Al-Mubārak رحمه الله: ‘We acquired ‘ilm (religious knowledge) for the world, but it led us to leave the world aside.’[1] One who acquires true ‘ilm will find that it leads him away from overindulgence in the pleasures of this world, and a deeper yearning for the pleasures of the Hereafter.…