The Prophet and Love for his Ummah

Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The similitude of mine and that of my Ummah is that of a person who lit fire and there began to fall into it insects and moths. And I am there to hold you back, but you plunge into it. (Muslim, Ch 6, Book 030, Number 5670)

The Not So Rich Millionaire

Do you know your fate?

The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Bear in mind that if all the people combined together to grant you some benefit, they would not be able to do it unless Allah has determined it for you. And that if all of them combined together to do you harm, they would not be able to do it unless Allah has determined it for you. The pens have been set aside and writings of the Book of Fate have become dry.” [Tirmidhi]

Stung Twice?

The messenger of  Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “A believer does not allow himself to be stung twice from one (and the same) hole.” [Bukhari]

Stay Centrally Located

The Third is the Shaytan

The messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Whenever a non-mahram man and woman meet in seclusion, Shaytan definitely is the third one joining them.” [Tirmidhi]

The Man Beast!

Is Your Ship Afloat?

The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “By Allah, I am not afraid that you will be poor, but I fear that worldly wealth will be bestowed upon you as it was bestowed upon those who lived before you. So you will compete amongst yourselves for it, as they competed for it, and it will destroy you as it did them.” [Bukhari]

Do Not Reciprocate

The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “If somebody reproaches you and makes you feel ashamed of any of your defects, do not make him feel ashamed of any of his defects.” [Abu Dawud]

The sun rising in the West?

Q. Some people say that the sun rising from the west means that Islam will rise from the west is this correct and how do we understand this occurrence?

The Best Of People: Inclusionists or Seclusionists?

Gleaming accounts of the Salaf from Shaykh al-Muhaddith Muhammad Akram Nadwi during the prelude to Sunan Ad Darimi

If my memory serves me correct, I believe it was Imam Sufyan ath Thawri who said that, ‘Allah’s mercy descends upon the servants when scholars are mentioned in their presence’.

Muhaddith al ‘asr Al-Albani’s Revolutionary Approach to Hadith

When on the first of October 1999 Shaykh Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani passed away at the age of 85, he was mourned by virtually everyone in the world of Salafi Islam. To many, he represented its third main contemporary reference, after ‘Abd al-’Aziz bin Baz (who himself had died a few months before) and Muhammad bin ‘Uthaymin (who would pass away in January 2001), both leading figures of the Saudi religious establishment. Salafi newspapers, journals, and websites celebrated this Syrian son of an Albanian clock-maker—whose family left Albania in 1923, when he was nine years old, and re-established itself in Damascus—who had become known as the muhaddith al-’asr (traditionist of the era), that is, the greatest hadith scholar of his generation.