ibnAbdullah87
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Maalik ibn Dinar (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Faith starts in the
heart weak and feeble like a plant. If its owner takes care of it and
nourishes it with beneficial knowledge and righteous deeds, and keeps
away from it weeds and things that will make it weak, then soon it will
grow and increase and will develop roots and branches, and will bear
fruit and provide shade endlessly, until it becomes like a mountain. But
if its owner neglects it and does not take care of it, a goat will come
and eat it, or a child will come and take it, and the weeds will grow and
overshadow it and destroy it. The same applies to faith.
Khaythamah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahmaan said: Faith grows strong in fertile soil
and grows weak in arid soil. Its fertile soil is righteous deeds and its
arid soil is sin and disobedience. Quoted by Ibn Taymiyah in al-Eemaan,
p. 213.
It was narrated that Suhayb al-Roomi (may Allaah be pleased with him)
said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said: "How wonderful is the situation of the believer, for all his
affairs are good. If something good happens to him, he gives thanks for
it and that is good for him; if something bad happens to him, he bears it
with patience, and that is good for him. This does not apply to anyone
but the believer." Narrated by Muslim (2999).
In Sunan Abi Dawood (4700) it says: ‘Ubaadah ibn al-Saamit said to his
son: You will never taste the reality of faith until you understand that
whatever befalls you would never have missed you, and whatever misses you
would never have befallen you. I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: "The first thing that Allaah
created was the Pen, and he said to it: ‘Write.’
It said: ‘O Lord, what should I write?’
He said: ‘Write the decrees of all things until the Hour begins.’"
O my son, I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) say: "Whoever dies believing in something other than this
does not belong to me." Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in
Majmoo’ al-Fataawa (4/53): It is well known that knowledge is the basis
of action, and sound roots produce sound branches. A man does not do evil
actions except for two reasons, either need or ignorance. The one who is
aware of the abhorrence of a thing that he has no need of will not do it,
unless his whims and desires have overpowered his reason and led him to
commit sin, which is another matter altogether.
heart weak and feeble like a plant. If its owner takes care of it and
nourishes it with beneficial knowledge and righteous deeds, and keeps
away from it weeds and things that will make it weak, then soon it will
grow and increase and will develop roots and branches, and will bear
fruit and provide shade endlessly, until it becomes like a mountain. But
if its owner neglects it and does not take care of it, a goat will come
and eat it, or a child will come and take it, and the weeds will grow and
overshadow it and destroy it. The same applies to faith.
Khaythamah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahmaan said: Faith grows strong in fertile soil
and grows weak in arid soil. Its fertile soil is righteous deeds and its
arid soil is sin and disobedience. Quoted by Ibn Taymiyah in al-Eemaan,
p. 213.
It was narrated that Suhayb al-Roomi (may Allaah be pleased with him)
said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said: "How wonderful is the situation of the believer, for all his
affairs are good. If something good happens to him, he gives thanks for
it and that is good for him; if something bad happens to him, he bears it
with patience, and that is good for him. This does not apply to anyone
but the believer." Narrated by Muslim (2999).
In Sunan Abi Dawood (4700) it says: ‘Ubaadah ibn al-Saamit said to his
son: You will never taste the reality of faith until you understand that
whatever befalls you would never have missed you, and whatever misses you
would never have befallen you. I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: "The first thing that Allaah
created was the Pen, and he said to it: ‘Write.’
It said: ‘O Lord, what should I write?’
He said: ‘Write the decrees of all things until the Hour begins.’"
O my son, I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) say: "Whoever dies believing in something other than this
does not belong to me." Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in
Majmoo’ al-Fataawa (4/53): It is well known that knowledge is the basis
of action, and sound roots produce sound branches. A man does not do evil
actions except for two reasons, either need or ignorance. The one who is
aware of the abhorrence of a thing that he has no need of will not do it,
unless his whims and desires have overpowered his reason and led him to
commit sin, which is another matter altogether.