Reminders for myself

One should hold firmly to the balanced methodology of the Salaf, and beware of every path that departs from it.

"I had no authority over you. I only invited you and you responded. So do not blame me but blame yourselves."

al-Imām Ibn al Qayyim said :

Within it [the heart] is a poverty and need that nothing can satisfy except love for Him, turning back to Him in repentance, constant remembrance of Him, and sincere devotion to Him. Even if it were given the whole world and everything in it, that need would never be satisfied.

The reality is that our problem is not only with the persons of the rulers, but with the religion that is established on the earth in its essence: the religion of democracy and its four pillars:

The testimony that ruling and legislation belong to the people,

Separation of religion from politics and the judiciary,

Respect for the law,

And giving loyalty to the homeland.

There is no difference with us between one ruler and another as long as he has taken on the task of establishing this religion among the people.

The departure of one ruler and the arrival of another does not change the matter in any way!!

Our call is the call of Tawhīd.

Marriage needs a mature woman of good character, responsibility, and sound intellect — one who is trained in patience and forbearance.

It is not for a childish, adolescent girl whose only concern is to show off in front of her friends with a ring and a dress.

And marriage needs a man in the fullest sense of the word — not merely a male.

A man who understands the meaning of marriage and the meaning of respecting and valuing his wife.

A competent man of responsibility, broad intellect, and far-sighted vision of life, who implements the advice of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ regarding marriage.

Not a handsome young man who competes with girls in their femininity!

Marriage is not about the charms of the female or the handsomeness of the man.

Rather, it is for building a home upon affection, mercy, and tranquillity, surrounded by a fence of obedience to Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ.

When the first was given precedence over the second, divorce became widespread, respect diminished, comfort disappeared, and tension increased.

The girl who has read the biographies of the Companions and the Tābiʿīn and lived among their stories will never incline toward a reckless man or a dûyyūth from among those who afflict this era of ours.

She will not accept one who is weak in īmān or overcome by his desires.

She will not be pleased with the one who sleeps through Fajr prayer or abandons the Qur’ān.

Nothing will impress her except the one who carries the concern of the religion.

The girl who has read the lives of the Companions has seen men as they truly are.

Likewise, the young man who has read and lived with the stories of the female Companions and witnessed the impact of a righteous wife in the lives of the Companions and the lives of their children will never accept a failure whose only concern is to place burdensome conditions upon him while she sits idle.

Allāh's Mercy is received fastest by the one who listens to the Qur’ān, as Allāh says:

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ الْقُرْآنُ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُ وَأَنْصِتُوا لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

"So when the Qur'ān is recited, then listen to it and pay attention that you may receive mercy."

[7:204]

If the listener receives all that Mercy;

- What then about the one who is reciting the Qur'ān?

- What then about the one who memorizes the Qur’ān?

- What then about the one who contemplates the meanings of the Qur’ān?

- What then about the one who acts upon the Qur’ān?!

- and what about those who teach it, call to it, practice it and exert support for it with all their strength?!

Allāh says:

هُمۡ دَرَجَٰتٌ عِندَ ٱللَّهِۗ

„They are [varying] degrees in the sight of Allāh (...).“

[3:163]

Where is Your rank?!

The Qur'ān is a cure, a guidance and a mercy.

For reality does not move on one line. Just as there is good in it, there is evil.

Just as there is truth in it, there is falsehood.

It is not reasonable to confront evil with love alone, or else the scale of the universe would be disrupted and the meaning of justice and balance would be lost.Moreover, this dreamy meaning contradicts the texts of revelation.

The Qur’ān is explicit that the religion of Ibrāhīm — which is the religion of all the Prophets — is built upon alliance with the believers and disavowal, hatred, and enmity toward the kuffār, as He, Glorified is He, said:

{قَدْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ فِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ إِذْ قَالُوا لِقَوْمِهِمْ إِنَّا بُرَآءُ مِنكُمْ وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ كَفَرْنَا بِكُمْ وَبَدَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةُ وَالْبَغْضَاءُ أَبَدًا حَتَّىٰ تُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَحْدَهُ}

So whoever seeks a religion without hatred and enmity has sought a religion other than the religion of the Prophets, and has fashioned for himself an illusion that neither reality nor reason can bear.

"From dignity is overlooking the lapses of the people and making them feel that you are unaware of any of their errors."

Instead of exposing or magnifying someone's error, a person of wisdom allows them to maintain their honor, as though the mistake was unnoticed.

This ties into the Prophetic Sunnah: The Prophet ‎ﷺ said: "Whoever conceals [the faults of] a Muslim, Allāh will conceal him in this world and the Hereafter." Muslim, 2699

Arabic:

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ خَيْرَ عُمْرِي آخِرَهُ، وَخَيْرَ عَمَلِي خَوَاتِمَهُ، وَخَيْرَ أَيَّامِي يَوْمَ أَلْقَاكَ

Transliteration:

Allahummaj'al khaira 'umri aakhirahu, wa khaira 'amali khawaatimahu, wa khaira ayyaami yawma alqaaka

Meaning:

"O Allah, make the best part of my life its end, and the best of my deeds their last, and the best of my days the day I meet You."

And whoever is left to himself is destroyed.

Al-Lālikā’ī reported in Uṣūl al-Iʿtiqād (1/252/153), al-Ibānah (2/459/3 / 434), ad-Dīnawarī (209/335/2), and al-Harawī in Dhamm al-Kalām (139/5): From Muḥammad ibn an-Naḍr, from al-Hārithī who said: “Whoever inclines his hearing to a person of bidʿah, protection is removed from him and he is left to himself.”

Ibn Waḍḍāḥ reported in al-Bidaʿ (118): From Kathīr Abū Saʿīd who said: “Whoever sits with a person of bidʿah, protection is removed from him and he is left to himself.”

Ibn Waḍḍāḥ also reported (124): Ibrāhīm said: “Do not sit with the people of bidʿah and do not speak to them, for I fear that your hearts will apostatize.”

Where are the people of disputes and debates so they may hear this??

This is what the people of disputes, the people of opinion, and the people of argumentation on websites and pages do not want to understand, and they have not comprehended it until now.

They think the matter is connected to strength of intellect, intelligence, and knowledge.

So you find them not fearing to listen to doubts and holding debates with the Zanādiqah, devils, and atheists.

Sufyān ath-Thawrī explains all these narrations with golden words:

Ibn Waḍḍāḥ reported in al-Bidaʿ (116): From Sufyān ath-Thawrī who said: “Whoever sits with a person of bidʿah will not be safe from one of three things:

Either he becomes a fitnah for others,

or something enters his heart by which he slips and Allāh enters him into the Fire,

or he says: ‘By Allāh, I do not care what they say, and I am confident in myself.’

Whoever feels secure from Allāh regarding his religion for the blink of an eye — Allāh will strip it from him.”

Because of this severe danger that the people of disputes today are heedless of, the Salaf greatly feared that their religion would be taken from them without them realizing it — because protection is in the Hand of Allāh.

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We will remove whatever bitterness they had in their hearts. Rivers will flow under their feet. And they will say, “Praise be to Allah for guiding us to this. We would have never been guided if Allah had not guided us. The messengers of our Lord had certainly come with the truth.” It will be announced to them, “This is Paradise awarded to you for what you used to do.”

"It is recommended to recite the Qur'an with deep reflection and understanding, for this is the greatest objective and the most important aim. Through it, hearts are expanded and illuminated."

⭐Al-Suyūṭī رحمه الله

May الله سبحانه وتعالى make us among those who recite His Book with sincerity, understanding, and reflection. 🤲