Category: Sins
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أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم …إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ…(13:11) ‘…Indeed Allāh does not change the state of a nation until they change what is within them…’ بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم In just a few words of this āyah, Allāh sets down a principle: He will not change the good…
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Imām Al-Bukhārī and Muslim رحمهما الله have both narrated a ḥadīth from Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنه that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم said: ” كُلُّ أُمَّتِي مُعَافًى إِلَّا المُجَاهِرِينَ، وَإِنَّ مِنَ المُجَاهَرَةِ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ الرَّجُلُ بِاللَّيْلِ عَمَلًا، ثُمَّ يُصْبِحَ وَقَدْ سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ، فَيَقُولَ: يَا فُلاَنُ، عَمِلْتُ البَارِحَةَ…
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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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Imām Ibn Al-Jawzī رحمه الله writes in his Ṣifat-Aṣ-Ṣafwah: Abū ‘Amr ibn Maṭar رحمه الله narrates: I attended the gathering of Abū ‘Uthmān Al-Ḥiyarī. He arrived and sat on the usual place he would sit on when imparting advice, and remained silent for a lengthy period. A man called out to him, “Are you going…
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Abū Nu‘aym رحمه الله mentions a narration in his book Ḥilyah-Al-Awliyā’, that when a person would ask Ibn Sīrīn رحمه الله regarding [the interpretations of] dreams, he would say, “Fear Allāh whilst you are awake; whatever you see in your dreams will not harm you.”[1] [1] روى أبو نعيم في الحلية قال: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدَ بْنُ…
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Ṭalq ibn Ḥabīb رحمه الله narrates that ‘Umar رضي الله عنه said: “O people of Makkah! Fear Allāh with regards to this Ḥaram of yours! Do you know who resided in this Ḥaram before you? Such and such a tribe was residing in it, and they violated its sanctity and so were destroyed…” he then…
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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 not obey Him, he is not a…
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Imām Al-Qurṭubī and Imām Ibn Kathīr رحمهما الله both quote the statement of the great Mufassir (Scholar of Tafsīr), Aḍ-Ḍaḥḥāk ibn Al-Muzāḥim رحمه الله, which is an eye-opener for all of us who learn the Qur’ān (or some portions of it) and then find that we have forgotten it. He says: “No-one learns the Qur’ān…
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By a Prisoner I admire the lads that stick to the fasting But you can’t sell drugs and be a real Muslim Acting all holy with your wife in burqah But what if drug addiction affected your daughter Obviously you’d think about the family unit, right? Or is it a case of how many bags…
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‘Allāmah Ibn Baṭṭāl رحمه الله mentions in his commentary on Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī that ‘Alī رضي الله عنه has been quoted as saying: ‘Whoever disobeys Allāh in the Masjid, it is as if he has disobeyed Him in Jannah; whoever disobeys Him in the bathroom, it is as if he has done so in Jahannam; whoever…