How to contemplate over the Qur’aan to attain benefit
Shaykh-ul-Islam ibnu Taymiyyah said:
“Whoever contemplates over the Qur’aan, seeking guidance from it will clearly recognise the true path”
Shaykh ibnu Uthaymeen comments:
A powerful statement in meaning. It contains two affairs (conditions);
(1) contemplation and (2) seeking guidance.
Therefore,…
What to do if a person who is argumentative and fond of debating comes to you?
Imam Malik said:
“If a debater comes to you, then make clear the sunnah to him but do not debate him”
Shaykh ibnu Uthaymeen comments: Because if you made clear the sunnah to him, then you have placed the proof upon him between his hands (before him). If he then (still) debates, then he is debatin…
Maintaining silence and avoiding hastiness
How much chaos can be prevented by maintaining silence and avoiding hastiness
Abu Haatim said:
الواجب على العاقل أن يلزم الصمت إلى أن يلزمه التكلم،فما أكثر من ندم إذا نطق وأقل من يندم إذا سكت.
What is imperative upon the intelligent (& sane) is to maintain silence until it is a must for him t…
The 3 types of Patience
Shaykh ibnu Uthaymeen said:
Patience is of three types:
1. Being patient upon obeying Allah.
By restraining yourself (from things) to carry out actions of obedience.
For example: A man wants to pray, then his soul attracts him to laziness or to sleep or to eat what he has no need for or to talk w…
Why were the Wives of the Prophet Referred to as “Mothers of the Believers”? Shaykh ibnu Uthaymeen
They were called mothers of the believers in regards to respect and having high regard for them and this motherhood does not indicate anything that is impermissible or permissible except for respect because indeed it is obligatory upon all Muslims to respect them. As for the impermissibility of m…
When was the K’abah built? By who? And why was it called the K’abah?
Shaykh ibnu Uthaymeen:
Allah says: {And (remember) when Ibrahim (Abraham) and (his son) Isma’eel (Ishmael) were raising the foundations of the House (the Ka’bah at Makkah)…} [Al-Baqara #127]. Therefore Ibrahim is the one who built the K’abah with the partaking of his son Isma’eel. It has come i…
What is required to enter Islam?
Shaykh Abdur-Razzaaq Al-Abbaad said:
Entering islam is not achieved by merely acknowledging Allah’s lordship; that he is The Creator, The Sustainer, The bestower of blessings and The Disposer of all affairs, but rather it’s a must along with this to come with the obligations of this recognition, …
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