Snippets from Al-Fawaid

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Rabbe Zidni Illma
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The Consequences of Committing sins:
  • Lack of success.
  • Invalid views
  • Absence of righteousness
  • Corruption of heart.
  • Failing to praise Allah swt.
  • Wasting time.
  • Avoidance of other creations.
  • Separation between the servant and his Lord.
  • Supplication not being answered.
  • Constriction of heart.
  • Decaying of blessings in subsistence and age.
  • Prevention of attaining knowledge.
  • Humiliation.
  • Insults from enemies.
  • A constricted breast.
  • Evil friend’s that will spoil one’s heart and waste time.
  • Sadness and grief.
  • A miserable life.
  • Disappointment.
All these results from sins and neglecting to praise Allah, as plants grow by being watered but are consumed by fire. The opposite of the above are the consequences of obedience to Allah, The Almighty.

[Al-Fawaid, A Collection of Wise Sayings by Ibn-Qayyim ]
 
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Rabbe Zidni Illma
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:subhanallah:


Wondrous Reality:

What a wonderful thing it is to know HIM (i.e. Allah SWT)! But, how can one know HIM and not love HIM? How can one hear the Caller but fail to respond? How can one know the profit that shall be gained in dealing with HIM but still prefer others? How can one taste the bitterness of disobeying HIM but still abstain from seeking the pleasure of obeying HIM? How can one feel the severity of engaging in trivial speech, but fail to open your heart with remembrance? How can one be tortured by being attached to others but not rush toward the bliss of turning to HIM in repentance?

Perhaps it is most surprising to know that while you are in need of HIM, you are still reluctant to move toward HIM because you seek others.

[Al-Fawaid, A Collection of Wise Sayings by Ibn-Qayyim ]

Peace.
 
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احبك ىارب
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AssalaamuAlaikum
Where is the reply for Salaam? :D LOL Wa iyyaki sister. JazakAllah Khair for reading it patiently.

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Wa alaikum as salam wa rahmathullah wa barakath

LOL! my bad, didnt notice ur salam
Well, now its kinda tit for tat .....hehe

Between akhi, ur snippets are simply awesome and indeed good reminders.....keep them coming...Insha Allah

Barakallah feek
 
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Rabbe Zidni Illma
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:salam:

Sources of Unlawfulness:


No one can indulge in unlawfulness except for two reasons, the first of which is failing to trust in Allah, despite the fact that if one obeys HIM, HE will surely be granted the best of lawful gains. The second reason is knowing that whoever abandons anything for the sake of Allah SWT, surely HE will grant him something better than what he has abandoned. Unfortunately, his vain desires surpass his patience and his inclination overpowers his mind. The first one has poor knowledge, and the second one has poor insight.

Yahya bin Muadh said, “He whom Allah SWT opens his heart with invocation, surely Allah SWT will response to him.” I added, “but he whom Allah SWT opens his heart, and feels in need of Allah SWT, and his hope is strong, then Allah SWT will respond to him.”

[Al-Fawaid, A Collection of Wise Sayings by Ibn-Qayyim ]

Peace.
 
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Rabbe Zidni Illma
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:salam:

Traveler with a Bag of Sand:

"Insincere effort is like the traveler who fills his bag with sand, it just overburdens him for no good reason. If you have overburdened your heart with grief and sorrows of this worldly life, neglecting prayers, which are the heart’s provision and power, you would be like the traveler who overloaded his riding animal, while depriving it of its food, so it would not be able to continue on the journey."

[Al-Fawaid, A Collection of Wise Sayings by Ibn-Qayyim ]

Peace.
 
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Rabbe Zidni Illma
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:salam:

Lose a small part of this Dunya:

"Get yourself out of this limited world of diseases to the wide world of the hereafter, which has what the eyes have never seen. Nothing is impossible there, and love is not lost. O you who sold yourself for the sake of something that will cause you suffering and pain, and which will also lose its beauty, you sold the most precious item for the cheapest price, as if you neither knew the value of goods nor the meanness of the price. Wait until you come to the Day of mutual loss and gain and you will discover the injustice of this contract, “There is no god but Allah” is something that Allah is buying. Its price is Paradise, and the Messenger is its agent, and you will be pleased to part with a small part of this worldly life to obtain it. The part you lose is a small part of something that as a whole is not worth a mosquito’s wing."

[Al-Fawaid, A Collection of Wise Sayings by Ibn-Qayyim ]

Peace.
 
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Rabbe Zidni Illma
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:salam:

Submit to the will of Allah:

Whoever lacks amiability with people and finds it in seclusion, verily he is a truthful but feeble character and whoever finds it with people and lacks it in seclusion, surely he is an ailing one. Whoever lacks it both with people and in seclusion, surely, his character is dead. And whoever finds it both in seclusion and with people, surely he is an affectionate, truthful and strong character. He, who finds delight in seclusion, cannot have more delight except with seclusion, and he, who finds delight with people by advising and guiding them, cannot have more delight except in their company. Finally, whoever finds delight with whatever Allah has willed for him, more delight will be granted to him both in seclusion and in the company of people. Thus, the most honorable condition is to submit to the will of Allah. The same light exists in the pure hearts that is found in nature, as it brightens from the laws of Allah.

Allah, The Exalted, says,

“Whose oil would almost glow forth, though no fire touched it.” [An-Nur, 24:35]

[Al-Fawaid, A Collection of Wise Sayings by Ibn-Qayyim]

Peace.
 
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Rabbe Zidni Illma
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:salam:

The Most Useful and The Most Harmful of People:

The most useful person is the one who allows a person to implant goodness inside him or to do him a favor, as this help is the means to attaining benefit and perfection. In fact, both the giver and the receiver benefit from this. The most harmful of people are those who overpower you until you disobey Allah. Such people only help you to harm yourself and decrease your morality.

[Al-Fawaid, A Collection of Wise Sayings by Ibn-Qayyim]

Peace.
 
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Rabbe Zidni Illma
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:salam:

The Pleasure of the Hereafter is More Lasting:

Pleasure from this point of view is that needed by man but it is better to be free of it if it will cause the loss of what is greater than it and, which is more perfect than it or if it will cause pain that is much greater than the pain that will be caused if we missed it. Here we find the difference between the wise and intelligent person and the foolish and ignorant one. Whenever the mind of man comprehends the difference between these two pleasures and the two kinds of pain associated with them and discovers that there is no comparison between the two, it will be easy for the mind to abandon the lower pleasure in order to gain the higher, and it will be easier to bear the easier pain and to avoid the harder one.

Since this is the case, the pleasure of the Hereafter is greater and more lasting, and the pleasure of this worldly life is lower and has shorter duration. That is also the case concerning the pain of the Hereafter and that of this worldly life. The criterion here is according to one’s faith and belief. If belief is strong and governs the heart, he will prefer the higher (eternal) pleasures more than the lower ones, and will bear the easier pain more than the hardest one in Hereafter.

[Al-Fawaid, A Collection of Wise Sayings by Ibn-Qayyim]

Peace.
 
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Rabbe Zidni Illma
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:salam:

:subhanallah:

Doors leading to Hellfire and the Origin of Sin

There are three doors that lead people to Hell-fire:
  • A suspicion, which causes one to doubt the religion of Allah.
  • A desire, which causes one to prefer the pleasures of this world more than obeying and pleasing Allah.
  • Anger, which causes aggression against Allah’s creatures.
There are three causes of Sin:
  • Pride: This caused Satan to fall.
  • Avarice: This drove Adam AS out of Paradise.
  • Envy: This encouraged the son of Adam AS to kill his brother.
Whoever has been preserved from the evil of these three things would be protected against evil itself, because disbelief stems from pride, sin stems from avarice, and injustice grows out of envy.

[Al-Fawaid, A Collection of Wise Sayings by Ibn-Qayyim]

Peace.
 
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Rabbe Zidni Illma
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:salam:

This one brought tears to my eyes. SubhaanAllah.

Indeed HE is Ar-Rahman:

O son Of Adam! If you meet ME in the state that your sins fill the earth, but not associating anything with ME, I would meet you with the same vastness of mercy and forgiveness on My Behalf.

[Al-Fawaid, A Collection of Wise Sayings by Ibn-Qayyim]

Peace.
 
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Rabbe Zidni Illma
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:salam:

Lowering One's Gaze:

Abstaining from lowering one's gaze engraves the images (of the one who is seen) in the heart, and the heart is like the Ka'bah, and surely it will not be satisfied with idols.

[Al-Fawaid, A Collection of Wise Sayings by Ibn-Qayyim]

Peace.
 
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Rabbe Zidni Illma
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:salam:

Knowledge resembles a carpet on which no one treads except the closest one (to Allah). Loving (Allah) resembles a chant, which no one is delighted with except the most loving and the most attached (to Allah).

[Al-Fawaid, A Collection of Wise Sayings by Ibn-Qayyim]

Peace.
 
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Rabbe Zidni Illma
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:salam:

The Highest Intention:

The highest intention is that whose owner has prepared for the meeting with his Lord (i.e. Day of Resurrection), to whom he offers all good deeds. On his arrival he will rejoice, and this is a situation in which Allah says,

“And send (good deeds, or ask Allah to bestow upon you pious offspring) before you for your own selves. And fear Allah, and know that you are to meet Him (in the hereafter), and give good tidings to the believers (O Muhammad SAW).”
[Al-Baqarah, 2:223]

[Al-Fawaid, A Collection of Wise Sayings by Ibn-Qayyim]

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