ar- Raqâ’iq - The Heart Softening Narrations - Page 3

**Abu Sayyad** · 01:15 AM

إن في القلب شعث لا يلمه إلا الإقبال على الله ، وفيه وحشة لا يزيلها إلا الأنس بالله ، وفيه حزن لا يذهبه إلا السرور بمعرفته وصدق معاملته ، وفيه قلق لا يسكنه إلا الاجتماع إليه والفرار منه إليه ، وفيه نيران حسرات لا يطفئها إلا الرضا بأمره ونهيه وقضائه ، وفيه طلب شديد لا يقف دون أن يكون هو وحده مطلوب ، وفيه فاقة لا يسدها إلا محبته ودوام ذكره والإخلاص له ، ولو أعطي الدنيا وما فيها لم تسد تلك الفاقة أبداً .

"Truly in the heart there is a void that can not be removed except with the company of Allah. And in it there is a sadness that can not be removed except with the happiness of knowing Allah and being true to Him. And in it there is an emptiness that can not be filled except with love from him and by turning to Him and always remembering Him and if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill this emptiness."

-Ibn Al-Qayyim

**Abu Sayyad** · **Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners -** 12-22-2006

"Allah [swt] has created men and women from each other. He placed in between them a wall which segregated the two genders. Behind this wall is 'mercy" whereas the front portion of this wall is torment. In between the wall there is a door. So whoever wishes happiness, comfort, benevolence, and mercy from the opposite side of this wall, then he/she has to go through the door, and the door is marriage. And whoever tries to go to the other side through another way by knocking out the wall or breaking it, or by stealing some of pleasures of the opposite side, then he/she will have pain,worry, illness, and disagrace as his/her companions in this worldly life, and will have Hell fire awaiting him in the Hereafter."

[ Tawq al Hamamah of Ibn Hazm al Andalusi]

**Abu Sayyad** · **Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners -** 12-22-2006

Jâbir radiallâhu ’anhu related that the Prophet sallallâhu ’alayhi wa sallam said:

“Indeed the most beloved to me and seated nearest to me on the Day of Resurrection are those with the best manners and character. And indeed the most hateful to me and sitting furthest away from me on the Day of Resurrection are the Tharthârûn (those who speak too much), the Mutashaddiqûn (those who are overbearing in their speech) and the Mutafayhiqûn.” We said: “We know who the Tharthârûn and Mutashaddiqûn are. But who are the Mutafayhiqûn? He said: “The arrogant ones.”

Sahîh: Related by at-Tirmidhî (no.2104) and al-Khatîb in at-Târîkh (4/63). It was authenticated in as-Sahîhah (no.791).

**Abu Sayyad** · **Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners -** 12-22-2006

None in this age will amass wealth except those having five traits of character. High hopes; abnormal greediness; excessive miserliness, lack of fearing Allaah; and forgetfulness of the coming world.

- Sufyaan ath-Thawree

**Abu Sayyad** · **Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners -** 12-22-2006

"The heart will rest and feel relief if it is settled with Allaah and it will worry and be anxious if it is settled with people."

- Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullaah).

**Abu Sayyad** · **Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners -** 12-22-2006

"The remembrance of death deprived us from enjoying our families and wealth."

- Yunus Ibn ‘Ubayd

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"O son of Aadam! Fear Allaah, and let two things not happen to you at the same time: the hardships and agony of death, plus sorrow and regret. Beware of agonies and regrets, for death will come to you suddenly and no one can describe to you what you will face and see. Beware, so as not to die while in a state of disobedience, otherwise you will meet Allaah with no excuse."

- Al Hasan

**Abu Sayyad** · **Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners -** 12-22-2006

"Loving Allaah resembles a brook in a desert with no millstone, and that is why there are few water-drawers. The lover usually wants to be isolated with his lover in privacy in order to find delight, the same as the whale resorts to water, and a child seeks his mother."

-Ibn al-Qayyim rahimahullaah.

**Abu Sayyad** · **Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners -** 12-22-2006

Narrated Anas bin Malik:

Allah's Apostle said, "Do not hate one another, nor be jealous of one another; and do not desert one another, but O Allah's worshipers! Be Brothers! And it is unlawful for a Muslim to desert his brother Muslim (and not to talk to him) for more than three nights."
[Bukhari]

**Abu Sayyad** · **Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners -** 12-22-2006

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, "Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the worst of false tales; and do not look for the others' faults and do not spy, and do not be jealous of one another, and do not desert (cut your relation with) one another, and do not hate one another; and O Allah's worshipers! Be Brothers (as Allah has ordered you!)."
[Bukhari]

**Abu Sayyad** · **Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners -** 12-23-2006

al-Awzâ'î wrote to one of his brothers,

"As to what follows: You have been encompassed from every side. Know that you are moving forward with each day and night. So beware of Allâh and of the standing between His hands. And your final promise will be with Him. Was-Salâm."

Some of the wise people said,

"Whoever made the days and nights his riding animal, then they will take him (to his destination) even if he doesn't move."

Abû Hâzim said,

"The merchandise of the hereafter is in little demand. It is about to be spent with no one obtaining it except a few, not many."

So when a person is prevented from deeds, nothing remains for him except regret and sorrow. He will wish to return to the previous situation in which he was be able to perform deeds, yet wishing at that time will not benefit him in anything.

[Extracted from Ibn Rajab's 'Be in this life as if you were a stranger or a traveller on a path']

**Abu Sayyad** · **Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners -** 12-23-2006

It is reported from Abu Sulaymaan ad-Daarini (rahimahullah) that he said:

"Tooba (the tree in paradise) is for the one who took a single step desiring nothing but the face of Allaah by it".

One of the people of wisdom used to say:

"When a man is speaking in a gathering and his speech amazes him, let him be silent. And when he keeps silent and his silence amazes him, let him speak."

**Abu Sayyad** · **Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners -** 12-23-2006

The father of Abee Aasim said: I heard my son narrate from Abu Abdullaah al-Kasaa`ee; I heard ibn Abee Aasim say:

When the affair of al-Alawee occurred in Basrah all of my books were lost, so I re-wrote fifty thousand ahaadeeth from memory. I used to go to the greengrocers’ shop and write using the light of his lamp. Then I realised that I had not asked the permission of the owner of the lamp [to sit in its light] so I went to the sea and washed away all I had written and wrote it again.

[Ibn Katheer, ‘al-Bidaayah wan Nihaayah’ (11/96); adh-Dhahabee, ‘Siyar’ (13/430-439); Ibn Hajr, ‘Lisaan al-Meezaan’ (7/298)]

**Abu Sayyad** · **Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners -** 12-24-2006

Your life in the present moment is in between the past and the future. So what has preceded can be rectified by tawbah (repentance), nadam (regret) and istighfar (seeking Allaah’s forgiveness). And this is something that will neither tire you, nor cause you to toil as you would with strenuous labour. Rather it is an action of the heart. Then as regards the future (then it can be corrected) by withholding yourself from sins. And this abandonment is merely the leaving of something and to be at ease from it. This also is not action of the limbs, which requires you to strive and toil. Rather this is a firm resolve and intention of the heart – which will give rest to your body, heart and thoughts. So as for what has preceded, then you rectify it with repentance. And as for the future – then you rectify it with firm resolve and intention. Neither of these involves any hardship or exertion of the limbs. But then your attention must be directed to your life in the present - the time between two times. If you waste it, then you have wasted the opportunity to be of the fortunate and saved ones. If you look after it, having rectified the two times – what is before and after it, as we have said – then you will be successful and achieve rest, delight and ever-lasting bliss. However, looking after it is harder than that which comes before and after it, since guarding it involves keeping to that which is most befitting and beneficial for your soul, and that which will bring it success and well-being.

[Imam Ibn ul Qayyim al Jawziyyah - al-Fawaa’id, pp 151-152]

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Abu Sayyad iwannagetmarried.com Status: Offline Posts: 6,592 Reputation: 43772 Rep Power: 82 Join Date: Mar 2005 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim	Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners - 12-22-2006 إن في القلب شعث لا يلمه إلا الإقبال على الله ، وفيه وحشة لا يزيلها إلا الأنس بالله ، وفيه حزن لا يذهبه إلا السرور بمعرفته وصدق معاملته ، وفيه قلق لا يسكنه إلا الاجتماع إليه والفرار منه إليه ، وفيه نيران حسرات لا يطفئها إلا الرضا بأمره ونهيه وقضائه ، وفيه طلب شديد لا يقف دون أن يكون هو وحده مطلوب ، وفيه فاقة لا يسدها إلا محبته ودوام ذكره والإخلاص له ، ولو أعطي الدنيا وما فيها لم تسد تلك الفاقة أبداً . "Truly in the heart there is a void that can not be removed except with the company of Allah. And in it there is a sadness that can not be removed except with the happiness of knowing Allah and being true to Him. And in it there is an emptiness that can not be filled except with love from him and by turning to Him and always remembering Him and if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill this emptiness." -Ibn Al-Qayyim __________________ هَلْ جَزَاء الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ؟ Is there any reward for good other than good? [ar-Rahman: 60] * Official Member of the Poet Crew * O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mika'il and Israfil, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You will judge between Your servants concerning that wherein they differ. Guide me with regard to that wherein there is dispute concerning the truth by Your leave, for You guide whomsoever You will to the straight path. Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I misguide others, or I am misguided by others, lest I cause others to err or I am caused to err, lest I abuse others or be abused, and lest I behave foolishly or meet with the foolishness of others. Last edited by Abu Sayyad; 12-22-2006 at 01:15 AM.

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Abu Sayyad iwannagetmarried.com Status: Offline Posts: 6,592 Reputation: 43772 Rep Power: 82 Join Date: Mar 2005 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim	Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners - 12-22-2006 "Allah [swt] has created men and women from each other. He placed in between them a wall which segregated the two genders. Behind this wall is 'mercy" whereas the front portion of this wall is torment. In between the wall there is a door. So whoever wishes happiness, comfort, benevolence, and mercy from the opposite side of this wall, then he/she has to go through the door, and the door is marriage. And whoever tries to go to the other side through another way by knocking out the wall or breaking it, or by stealing some of pleasures of the opposite side, then he/she will have pain,worry, illness, and disagrace as his/her companions in this worldly life, and will have Hell fire awaiting him in the Hereafter." [ Tawq al Hamamah of Ibn Hazm al Andalusi] __________________ هَلْ جَزَاء الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ؟ Is there any reward for good other than good? [ar-Rahman: 60] * Official Member of the Poet Crew * O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mika'il and Israfil, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You will judge between Your servants concerning that wherein they differ. Guide me with regard to that wherein there is dispute concerning the truth by Your leave, for You guide whomsoever You will to the straight path. Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I misguide others, or I am misguided by others, lest I cause others to err or I am caused to err, lest I abuse others or be abused, and lest I behave foolishly or meet with the foolishness of others.

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Abu Sayyad iwannagetmarried.com Status: Offline Posts: 6,592 Reputation: 43772 Rep Power: 82 Join Date: Mar 2005 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim	Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners - 12-22-2006 Jâbir radiallâhu ’anhu related that the Prophet sallallâhu ’alayhi wa sallam said: “Indeed the most beloved to me and seated nearest to me on the Day of Resurrection are those with the best manners and character. And indeed the most hateful to me and sitting furthest away from me on the Day of Resurrection are the Tharthârûn (those who speak too much), the Mutashaddiqûn (those who are overbearing in their speech) and the Mutafayhiqûn.” We said: “We know who the Tharthârûn and Mutashaddiqûn are. But who are the Mutafayhiqûn? He said: “The arrogant ones.” Sahîh: Related by at-Tirmidhî (no.2104) and al-Khatîb in at-Târîkh (4/63). It was authenticated in as-Sahîhah (no.791). __________________ هَلْ جَزَاء الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ؟ Is there any reward for good other than good? [ar-Rahman: 60] * Official Member of the Poet Crew * O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mika'il and Israfil, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You will judge between Your servants concerning that wherein they differ. Guide me with regard to that wherein there is dispute concerning the truth by Your leave, for You guide whomsoever You will to the straight path. Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I misguide others, or I am misguided by others, lest I cause others to err or I am caused to err, lest I abuse others or be abused, and lest I behave foolishly or meet with the foolishness of others.

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Abu Sayyad iwannagetmarried.com Status: Offline Posts: 6,592 Reputation: 43772 Rep Power: 82 Join Date: Mar 2005 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim	Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners - 12-22-2006 None in this age will amass wealth except those having five traits of character. High hopes; abnormal greediness; excessive miserliness, lack of fearing Allaah; and forgetfulness of the coming world. *- Sufyaan ath-Thawree* __________________ هَلْ جَزَاء الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ؟ Is there any reward for good other than good? [ar-Rahman: 60] * Official Member of the Poet Crew * O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mika'il and Israfil, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You will judge between Your servants concerning that wherein they differ. Guide me with regard to that wherein there is dispute concerning the truth by Your leave, for You guide whomsoever You will to the straight path. Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I misguide others, or I am misguided by others, lest I cause others to err or I am caused to err, lest I abuse others or be abused, and lest I behave foolishly or meet with the foolishness of others.

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Abu Sayyad iwannagetmarried.com Status: Offline Posts: 6,592 Reputation: 43772 Rep Power: 82 Join Date: Mar 2005 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim	Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners - 12-22-2006 *"The heart will rest and feel relief if it is settled with Allaah and it will worry and be anxious if it is settled with people."* - Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullaah). __________________ هَلْ جَزَاء الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ؟ Is there any reward for good other than good? [ar-Rahman: 60] * Official Member of the Poet Crew * O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mika'il and Israfil, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You will judge between Your servants concerning that wherein they differ. Guide me with regard to that wherein there is dispute concerning the truth by Your leave, for You guide whomsoever You will to the straight path. Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I misguide others, or I am misguided by others, lest I cause others to err or I am caused to err, lest I abuse others or be abused, and lest I behave foolishly or meet with the foolishness of others.

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Abu Sayyad iwannagetmarried.com Status: Offline Posts: 6,592 Reputation: 43772 Rep Power: 82 Join Date: Mar 2005 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim	Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners - 12-22-2006 *"The remembrance of death deprived us from enjoying our families and wealth."* - Yunus Ibn ‘Ubayd -------------------------------- "O son of Aadam! Fear Allaah, and let two things not happen to you at the same time: the hardships and agony of death, plus sorrow and regret. Beware of agonies and regrets, for death will come to you suddenly and no one can describe to you what you will face and see. Beware, so as not to die while in a state of disobedience, otherwise you will meet Allaah with no excuse." - Al Hasan __________________ هَلْ جَزَاء الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ؟ Is there any reward for good other than good? [ar-Rahman: 60] * Official Member of the Poet Crew * O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mika'il and Israfil, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You will judge between Your servants concerning that wherein they differ. Guide me with regard to that wherein there is dispute concerning the truth by Your leave, for You guide whomsoever You will to the straight path. Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I misguide others, or I am misguided by others, lest I cause others to err or I am caused to err, lest I abuse others or be abused, and lest I behave foolishly or meet with the foolishness of others.

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Abu Sayyad iwannagetmarried.com Status: Offline Posts: 6,592 Reputation: 43772 Rep Power: 82 Join Date: Mar 2005 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim	Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners - 12-22-2006 "Loving Allaah resembles a brook in a desert with no millstone, and that is why there are few water-drawers. The lover usually wants to be isolated with his lover in privacy in order to find delight, the same as the whale resorts to water, and a child seeks his mother." -Ibn al-Qayyim rahimahullaah. __________________ هَلْ جَزَاء الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ؟ Is there any reward for good other than good? [ar-Rahman: 60] * Official Member of the Poet Crew * O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mika'il and Israfil, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You will judge between Your servants concerning that wherein they differ. Guide me with regard to that wherein there is dispute concerning the truth by Your leave, for You guide whomsoever You will to the straight path. Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I misguide others, or I am misguided by others, lest I cause others to err or I am caused to err, lest I abuse others or be abused, and lest I behave foolishly or meet with the foolishness of others.

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Abu Sayyad iwannagetmarried.com Status: Offline Posts: 6,592 Reputation: 43772 Rep Power: 82 Join Date: Mar 2005 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim	Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners - 12-22-2006 *Narrated Anas bin Malik:* Allah's Apostle said, "Do not hate one another, nor be jealous of one another; and do not desert one another, but O Allah's worshipers! Be Brothers! And it is unlawful for a Muslim to desert his brother Muslim (and not to talk to him) for more than three nights." [Bukhari] __________________ هَلْ جَزَاء الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ؟ Is there any reward for good other than good? [ar-Rahman: 60] * Official Member of the Poet Crew * O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mika'il and Israfil, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You will judge between Your servants concerning that wherein they differ. Guide me with regard to that wherein there is dispute concerning the truth by Your leave, for You guide whomsoever You will to the straight path. Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I misguide others, or I am misguided by others, lest I cause others to err or I am caused to err, lest I abuse others or be abused, and lest I behave foolishly or meet with the foolishness of others.

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Abu Sayyad iwannagetmarried.com Status: Offline Posts: 6,592 Reputation: 43772 Rep Power: 82 Join Date: Mar 2005 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim	Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners - 12-22-2006 Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the worst of false tales; and do not look for the others' faults and do not spy, and do not be jealous of one another, and do not desert (cut your relation with) one another, and do not hate one another; and O Allah's worshipers! Be Brothers (as Allah has ordered you!)." [Bukhari] __________________ هَلْ جَزَاء الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ؟ Is there any reward for good other than good? [ar-Rahman: 60] * Official Member of the Poet Crew * O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mika'il and Israfil, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You will judge between Your servants concerning that wherein they differ. Guide me with regard to that wherein there is dispute concerning the truth by Your leave, for You guide whomsoever You will to the straight path. Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I misguide others, or I am misguided by others, lest I cause others to err or I am caused to err, lest I abuse others or be abused, and lest I behave foolishly or meet with the foolishness of others.

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Abu Sayyad iwannagetmarried.com Status: Offline Posts: 6,592 Reputation: 43772 Rep Power: 82 Join Date: Mar 2005 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim	Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners - 12-23-2006 al-Awzâ'î wrote to one of his brothers, "As to what follows: You have been encompassed from every side. Know that you are moving forward with each day and night. So beware of Allâh and of the standing between His hands. And your final promise will be with Him. Was-Salâm." Some of the wise people said, *"Whoever made the days and nights his riding animal, then they will take him (to his destination) even if he doesn't move."* Abû Hâzim said, "The merchandise of the hereafter is in little demand. It is about to be spent with no one obtaining it except a few, not many." So when a person is prevented from deeds, nothing remains for him except regret and sorrow. He will wish to return to the previous situation in which he was be able to perform deeds, yet wishing at that time will not benefit him in anything. [Extracted from Ibn Rajab's 'Be in this life as if you were a stranger or a traveller on a path'] __________________ هَلْ جَزَاء الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ؟ Is there any reward for good other than good? [ar-Rahman: 60] * Official Member of the Poet Crew * O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mika'il and Israfil, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You will judge between Your servants concerning that wherein they differ. Guide me with regard to that wherein there is dispute concerning the truth by Your leave, for You guide whomsoever You will to the straight path. Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I misguide others, or I am misguided by others, lest I cause others to err or I am caused to err, lest I abuse others or be abused, and lest I behave foolishly or meet with the foolishness of others.

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Abu Sayyad iwannagetmarried.com Status: Offline Posts: 6,592 Reputation: 43772 Rep Power: 82 Join Date: Mar 2005 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim	Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners - 12-23-2006 It is reported from Abu Sulaymaan ad-Daarini (rahimahullah) that he said: "Tooba (the tree in paradise) is for the one who took a single step desiring nothing but the face of Allaah by it". One of the people of wisdom used to say: "When a man is speaking in a gathering and his speech amazes him, let him be silent. And when he keeps silent and his silence amazes him, let him speak." __________________ هَلْ جَزَاء الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ؟ Is there any reward for good other than good? [ar-Rahman: 60] * Official Member of the Poet Crew * O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mika'il and Israfil, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You will judge between Your servants concerning that wherein they differ. Guide me with regard to that wherein there is dispute concerning the truth by Your leave, for You guide whomsoever You will to the straight path. Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I misguide others, or I am misguided by others, lest I cause others to err or I am caused to err, lest I abuse others or be abused, and lest I behave foolishly or meet with the foolishness of others.

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Abu Sayyad iwannagetmarried.com Status: Offline Posts: 6,592 Reputation: 43772 Rep Power: 82 Join Date: Mar 2005 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim	Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners - 12-23-2006 The father of Abee Aasim said: I heard my son narrate from Abu Abdullaah al-Kasaa`ee; I heard ibn Abee Aasim say: When the affair of al-Alawee occurred in Basrah all of my books were lost, so I re-wrote fifty thousand ahaadeeth from memory. I used to go to the greengrocers’ shop and write using the light of his lamp. Then I realised that I had not asked the permission of the owner of the lamp [to sit in its light] so I went to the sea and washed away all I had written and wrote it again. [Ibn Katheer, ‘al-Bidaayah wan Nihaayah’ (11/96); adh-Dhahabee, ‘Siyar’ (13/430-439); Ibn Hajr, ‘Lisaan al-Meezaan’ (7/298)] __________________ هَلْ جَزَاء الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ؟ Is there any reward for good other than good? [ar-Rahman: 60] * Official Member of the Poet Crew * O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mika'il and Israfil, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You will judge between Your servants concerning that wherein they differ. Guide me with regard to that wherein there is dispute concerning the truth by Your leave, for You guide whomsoever You will to the straight path. Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I misguide others, or I am misguided by others, lest I cause others to err or I am caused to err, lest I abuse others or be abused, and lest I behave foolishly or meet with the foolishness of others.

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Abu Sayyad iwannagetmarried.com Status: Offline Posts: 6,592 Reputation: 43772 Rep Power: 82 Join Date: Mar 2005 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim	Re: Ar-Riqaq - The Heart Softeners - 12-24-2006 Your life in the present moment is in between the past and the future. So what has preceded can be rectified by tawbah (repentance), nadam (regret) and istighfar (seeking Allaah’s forgiveness). And this is something that will neither tire you, nor cause you to toil as you would with strenuous labour. Rather it is an action of the heart. Then as regards the future (then it can be corrected) by withholding yourself from sins. And this abandonment is merely the leaving of something and to be at ease from it. This also is not action of the limbs, which requires you to strive and toil. Rather this is a firm resolve and intention of the heart – which will give rest to your body, heart and thoughts. So as for what has preceded, then you rectify it with repentance. And as for the future – then you rectify it with firm resolve and intention. Neither of these involves any hardship or exertion of the limbs. But then your attention must be directed to your life in the present - the time between two times. If you waste it, then you have wasted the opportunity to be of the fortunate and saved ones. If you look after it, having rectified the two times – what is before and after it, as we have said – then you will be successful and achieve rest, delight and ever-lasting bliss. However, looking after it is harder than that which comes before and after it, since guarding it involves keeping to that which is most befitting and beneficial for your soul, and that which will bring it success and well-being. [Imam Ibn ul Qayyim al Jawziyyah - al-Fawaa’id, pp 151-152] __________________ هَلْ جَزَاء الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ؟ Is there any reward for good other than good? [ar-Rahman: 60] * Official Member of the Poet Crew * O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mika'il and Israfil, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You will judge between Your servants concerning that wherein they differ. Guide me with regard to that wherein there is dispute concerning the truth by Your leave, for You guide whomsoever You will to the straight path. Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I misguide others, or I am misguided by others, lest I cause others to err or I am caused to err, lest I abuse others or be abused, and lest I behave foolishly or meet with the foolishness of others.

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