By Hasanain Sabri (5th Year ʿĀlim Student, DarusSalam Seminary) Often when reading through a fiqh book’s various chapters, one will come across a passage that may seem unusual to a …
By Muhammad Bilal Khizar (4th Year ʿĀlim Student, DarusSalam Seminary) Most scholars of tafsīr say that the verse: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوا أَن تُصِيبُوا قَوْمًا …
Ibn Taymiyyah said: مثل الأخوة في الله كمثل اليد والعين فإذا دمعت العين مسحت اليد دمعها وإذا تألمت اليد بكت العين لأجلها “Brotherhood for Allāh’s sake is like the hand …
Once, some visitors came to see Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī. They found him crying and asked why he was crying. He replied: أنتظر ملك الموت لا أدري يبشرني بالجنة أم النار “I …
Someone once said to Rābiʿah al-ʿAdawīyah: “Advise me what will bring me closer to Allāh.” To which she replied: عليك بكثرة ذكره “You should remember Him frequently.” (al-Mukhtār, 310)
ʿAwn b. ʿAbd Allāh said: إن الله تعالى ليكره عبده على البلاء كما يكره أهل المريض مريضهم على الدواء ويقولون اشرب هذا فإن لك في عاقبته خيرا “Verily, Allāh the …