Tag Archives: Statements of the pious

August, 2017

• 12 August

  Using the diminutive form when referring to a Masjid or Quran

  Question Is there an authentic narration which disallows using the diminutive form when referring to a Masjid, the Holy Quran or Humans i.e. men and women?

July, 2017

• 20 July

  If a person’s Salah and tongue are in order, all other deeds will be

  Question Who is this statement attributed to? خصلتان إذا صلحتا من العبد صلح ما سواهما من أمره: صلاته ولسانه
• 5 July

  Concern about the dunya is darkness and concern for the Hereafter is light

  Question What is the source of this narration? همُّ الدنيا ظلمة في القلب وهمُّ الآخرة نور في القلب

June, 2017

• 30 June

  Imam Shafi’i explains what is true knowledge

  Question Is this statement correctly attributed to Imam Shafi’i (rahimahullah)? ليس العلم ما حفظ، العلم ما نفع
• 29 June

  Abu Muslim Al Khawlani (rahimahullah) fasting while on journey

  Question Can you please mention the source of this incident? A few people from Damascus once came to visit Abu Muslim Al-Khawlani (rahimahullah) while he was out in battle in the land of Rome. Abu Muslim (rahimahullah) had dug a pit within his tent, lined the pit with a piece of leather and filled it with water. He thereafter entered …
• 28 June

  Sahl ibn Sa’d At Tustari (rahimahullah) on knowledge and sincerity

  Question Who is this attributed to? الدنيا كلها جهل موات إلا العلم منها، والعلم كله حجة على الخلق إلا العمل به، والعمل كله هباء إلا الإخلاص منه، والإخلاص خطب عظيم لا يعرفه إلا الله عز وجل
• 9 June

  Woe to the one whose belly is his biggest concern

  Question Is this a Hadith? بؤسا لمن كان بطنه أكبر همه
• 7 June

  The heart does not find sweetness in worship when it is affected by sin

  Question Can you mention the reference and Arabic text for this? “The body becomes ill by disease while the hearts become ill by sins. Thus, just as the body doesn’t relish and take pleasure in sumptuous meals when a person is ill, so too does the heart not find sweetness in worship when it is affected by sin”
• 3 June

  Sufyan Thawri (rahimahullah) explains true asceticism

  Question Who is this statement attributed to? “Asceticism is not only eating hard [bread] and wearing coarse clothing, but it is to curtail aspirations and to anticipate death”
• 2 June

  Maymun ibn Mihran (rahimahullah) on how a person can attain taqwa

  Question Can you source this narration? Maymun ibn Mihran (rahimahullah) said: “A man will not attain true taqwa as long as he does not take reckoning of himself, and as long as he does not know the source of his food, drink and clothes.”

May, 2017

• 30 May

  Sufyan Thawri (rahimahullah) on carrying out good deeds immediately

  Question Who is this statement attributed to? إذا هممت بصدقة أو ببر أو بعمل صالح فعجل مضيه من ساعته من قبل أن يحول بينك وبينه الشيطان
• 11 May

  ‘We awoke weak and sinful, consuming our sustenance awaiting our death’

  Question كان الربيع إذا قيل له كيف أصبحت يقول أصبحنا ضعفاء مذنبين نأكل أرزاقنا وننتظر آجالنا

April, 2017

• 29 April

  Siting in the company of people affects a person

  Question Could you confirm the source of this? :يقال :من جلس مع ثمانية أصناف من الناس، زاده الله ثمانية أشياء من جلس مع الأغنياء، زاده الله حب الدنيا والرغبة فيها ومن جلس مع الفقراء، زاده الله الشكر والرضا بقسمة الله تعالى ومن جلس مع السلطان، زاده الله الكبر، وقساوة القلب ومن جلس مع النساء، زاده الله الجهل، والشهوة، والميل إلى …