Tag Archives: Statements of the pious

December, 2021

• 16 December

  The ill effect of spending time in the company of evil people

  Question Please advise if the following is authentic: Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said: “Keeping company with the evil people leads (one) to distrust and suspect even the best of people.” مجالسة الأشرار تورث سوء الظن بالأخيار
• 3 December

  Imam Shafi’i cautions against debating and arguing with everyone

  Question What is the reference for this narration and who is it the statement of? من إذالة العلم أن تناظر كل من ناظرك وتقاول كل من قاولك
• 3 December

  Ensuring that one recites a portion of Quran daily

  Question What is the reference for this Hadith? We used to consider it to be on of the greatest sins that a man learns the Quran and goes to sleep without reciting something from it. عن أبي العالية قال كنا نعد من أعظم الذنب أن يتعلم الرجل القرآن ثم ينام لاَ يقرأ منه شيئا

November, 2021

• 19 November

  Increase in istighfar [seeking forgiveness] for you do not know when Allah’s mercy will descend

  Question What is the reference for this Hadith? Be abundant in seeking Allah’s forgiveness. In your homes, at your table, on your travel, in the market place, in your gatherings. Wherever you may be, for you do not know when the Forgiveness [mercy of all will descend.]

October, 2021

• 18 October

  Looking at the Ka’bah is rewarding

  Question Is there any chain for this narration or similar wording of this narration? النظر الى الكعبة عبادة On what principle do we base the fact that looking at the Ka’bah is regarded to be an act of worship?

September, 2021

• 10 September

  Do not be Allah’s friend in public and his enemy in private

  Question Can you please mention the reference and Arabic text for this narration? “Do not be Allah’s friend in public and His enemy in private.”- Al Zuhd
• 3 September

  Luqman Al Hakim advises his son to practise on knowledge

  Question Can you mention the reference for this narration and the Arabic text as well? “My son, do not learn what you do not know until you do not practise on what you know.” Luqman al-Hakim

August, 2021

• 30 August

  A narration regarding not leaving the deceased alone

  Question Does it come in a narration that we should not leave the body of the deceased alone as Shaytan has the ability to cause mischief by entering the body?
• 19 August

  A statement attributed to ‘Allamah ibn Taymiyyah regarding the people of truth

  Question Is this statement authentic and what is the reference for it? سُئل شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية: من هم أهل الحق قال: إما في السجون وإما في ساحات الوغى وإما في القبور Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah) was once asked, “Who are the people of truth?” He replied: ‘Either under the earth, in prison or in the battlefield.'”
• 17 August

  Fudayl ibn ‘Iyad (rahimahullah) learns patience

  Question What is the authenticity of this incident? Fudayl ibn ‘Iyad (rahimahullah) said: “I learned patience from a small boy. On my way to the Masjid one day, I came across a woman beating her son at home. As he was yelling and screaming, he managed to open the door and flee. So his mother locked the door on him. …
• 13 August

  People will honour you as long as you do not ask them for their possessions

  Question Is this a Hadith? People still honour you as long as you do not take what is in their hands, and if you do that they will ridicule you

July, 2021

• 30 July

  The Scholar is he who knows what is good and follows it

  Question Kindly provide the Arabic text and full translation of the hadith: The scholar is not he who knows good from evil, but the scholar is he who knows good and follows it and knows evil and avoids it
• 8 July

  Saying to a non Muslim: ‘May Allah guide you’

  Question I heard this narration. Is it a Hadith? “There is nothing wrong if one says to a Jew or a Christian: May Allah guide you.”