The Link Between Effort and Success
Good in the religion is given by Allah to those who strive for it. Allah blesses sincere effort with success.
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The Danger of Beautifying Mosques and Copies of the Quran
On the danger of embellishment of the religion’s institutions instead of adherence to its teachings.
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Knowledge is the Good of this Life
There is no good in this life without knowledge.
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Who Can Feel Secure From Trial?
Who can feel secure that he will never fall into nifaq?
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Taqwa, Knowledge and Beauty
It is reported that Abū Al-Dardā – Allāh be pleased with him – said: You will never be pious (a person of taqwā) until you become knowledgeable, and you will never be beautiful with your knowledge until you act [by it]. Ibn ʿAbd Al-Barr, Jāmiʿ Bayān Al-ʿIlm wa Faḍlihī article 1239.
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Don’t be the Fifth
It is reported that Abū Al-Dardā` – Allāh be pleased with him – said: Be a scholar or a learner, or a person who loves [the scholars] or a follower [of the scholars], but do not be the fifth. Ḥumayd (one of the reporters) asked Al-Ḥasan (Al-Baṣri, who reported this from Abū Al-Dardā`), “And who […]
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Ask Allah a Lasting Faith
Mu’āwiyah b. Qurrah reports that Abū Al-Dardā` used to say, “We ask Allāh for a lasting faith (īmān), true certainty and beneficial knowledge.” Mu’āwiyah b. Qurrah then said, “So this indicates that there is a type of faith that does not last, and a type of certainty that is not true, and a type of […]
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Food for Thought, not for Stomachs
It is reported that Abū Al-Dardā` – Allāh be pleased with him – used to say, “Learn knowledge before it is taken way, and it is taken away by its people (scholars) being taken away. The scholar and the student are partners in good and there is no good in any other people. The richest […]
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Three Laughs and Three Tears
It is reported form Abū Al-Dardā – Allāh be pleased with him – that he said, “Three make me laugh, and three make me cry. Those that make me laugh are a person who puts his hopes in this worldly life while death pursues him, a person who is heedless [of his Lord] while [his […]
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Things have Changed
Umm Al-Dardâ` [the Younger] – Allâh be pleased with her – reports: One day, Abû Al-Dardâ` came home angry, so I asked him, “What has made you so angry?” He replied, “By Allâh, I do not recognize anything from the Ummah of Muhammad except that they pray (salâh) in congregation.” Al-Bukhârî, Al-Sahîh, Chapter on the […]