× Register Login What's New! Contact us
Page 31 of 81 First ... 21 29 30 31 32 33 41 ... Last
Results 601 to 620 of 1617 visibility 365719

Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

  1. #1
    brightness_1
    CagePrisoners.com
    Super Moderator Array 'Abd-al Latif's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,680
    Threads
    344
    Reputation
    39512
    Rep Power
    125
    Rep Ratio
    108
    Likes Ratio
    49

    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf (OP)


    asalamu alykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

    Ok, I'm starting a thread for general sayings of the Salaf and I want everyone to contribute inshallah.

    Please provide the source for your posts. It is not enough to say "X" said such and such. It should be probably referenced so that we can all gain the full benefits!

    Example:

    Al-Hasan al-Basree (rahima-hullaah) said: Seeking knowledge when one is young, is like etching on a stone [In other words, the knowledge which one memorises when one is young will be so strong in one's memory, that it is as if it had been etched on a stone, wAllaahu A'lam!].

    Source: Mabaahith fee Ahkaam al-Fatwa - Page 28
    Last edited by 'Abd-al Latif; 05-27-2016 at 04:36 PM. Reason: Corrected grammatical/punctuation mistakes.
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    And verily for everything that a slave loses there is a substitute, but the one who loses Allah will never find anything to replace Him.”
    [Related by Ibn al-Qayyim in ad-Dâ' wad-Dawâ Fasl 49]



  2. #601
    eesa the kiwi's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,945
    Threads
    337
    Rep Power
    63
    Rep Ratio
    28
    Likes Ratio
    35

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    Report bad ads?

    Whenever ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās – Allāh be pleased with them – saw a muṣḥaf (copy of the Qurān) decorated with silver or gold he would say:

    Do you tempt the thief, when its beauty is in its inside?

    Abū ʿUbayd Al-Qāsim b. Sallām, Faḍāʾil Al-Qurān article 907.
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    “Allah gave you a gift of 86,000 seconds today, have you used one to say ‘Alhamdulilah"
    chat Quote

  3. Report bad ads?
  4. #602
    eesa the kiwi's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,945
    Threads
    337
    Rep Power
    63
    Rep Ratio
    28
    Likes Ratio
    35

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    It is reported that ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib – Allāh be pleased with him – said:

    Blessings arrive with gratitude [to Allāh], and gratitude is connected with more [blessings], and the two are tied together: more blessings from Allāh will never stop unless gratitude from the servant stops.

    Ibn Abī Al-Dunyā, Al-Shukr article 18.
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    “Allah gave you a gift of 86,000 seconds today, have you used one to say ‘Alhamdulilah"
    chat Quote

  5. #603
    eesa the kiwi's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,945
    Threads
    337
    Rep Power
    63
    Rep Ratio
    28
    Likes Ratio
    35

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr (rahmatullahi ‘alayh) narrates from someone of knowledge who said: “Learn to say, ‘I do not know’, and do not learn to say: ‘I know’. This is because if you say: ‘I do not know’, they will teach you till you know. But if you say, ‘I know’, they will continue questioning you till you have no answer.” Ibn ‘Abdil Barr, Jami’ Bayan al-‘Ilm, Vol 2, p. 55
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    “Allah gave you a gift of 86,000 seconds today, have you used one to say ‘Alhamdulilah"
    chat Quote

  6. #604
    eesa the kiwi's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,945
    Threads
    337
    Rep Power
    63
    Rep Ratio
    28
    Likes Ratio
    35

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    It is reported that ʿAbd Al-ʿAzīz b. Abī Rawwād – Allāh have mercy on him – said to a man:

    Whoever does not take exhortation [and is not effected] by three things, will not be exhorted by anything: Islām, the Qurān and old age (graying).

    Ibn Abī Al-Dunyā, Al-ʿUmr Wa Al-Shayb #40
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    “Allah gave you a gift of 86,000 seconds today, have you used one to say ‘Alhamdulilah"
    chat Quote

  7. Report bad ads?
  8. #605
    eesa the kiwi's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,945
    Threads
    337
    Rep Power
    63
    Rep Ratio
    28
    Likes Ratio
    35

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    It is reported that Imām Mālik said:

    The Salaf used to teach their children to love Abū Bakr and ʿUmar like they used to teach them a sūrah of the Qurān.

    Al-Lālakāʾī, Sharḥ ʾUsūl ʾIʿtiqād Ahl Al-Sunnah #2325.
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    “Allah gave you a gift of 86,000 seconds today, have you used one to say ‘Alhamdulilah"
    chat Quote

  9. #606
    MazharShafiq's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Sep 2016
    Location
    Pakistan
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    2,301
    Threads
    56
    Rep Power
    48
    Rep Ratio
    7
    Likes Ratio
    18

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    It is reported that ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd – Allāh be pleased with him – said:

    Verily a man continues to be truthful until he is written with Allāh as a true believer (ṣiddīq); and he persists in truthfulness until there is not even the space of a needle for sinfulness left in his heart to settle. And a man lies and persists in lying until there is not even the space of a needle for goodness in his heart to settle.

    Wakīʿ b. Al-Jarrāḥ, Al-Zuhd ḥadīth 398.
    | Likes eesa the kiwi liked this post
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    27y9utc 1 - Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf
    chat Quote

  10. #607
    eesa the kiwi's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,945
    Threads
    337
    Rep Power
    63
    Rep Ratio
    28
    Likes Ratio
    35

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    It is reported that Maymūn b. Mihrān – Allāh have mercy on him – said:

    There are three things that must be given to both the righteous and the sinful: the ties of the womb (relatives) must be kept connected, whether they are righteous or sinful; trust must be fulfilled, for the righteous and the sinful; and promises must be kept, to the righteous as well as the sinful.

    Ibn Abī Shaybah, Al-Muṣannaf 12:298.
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    “Allah gave you a gift of 86,000 seconds today, have you used one to say ‘Alhamdulilah"
    chat Quote

  11. #608
    eesa the kiwi's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,945
    Threads
    337
    Rep Power
    63
    Rep Ratio
    28
    Likes Ratio
    35

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    ʿAmr b. Dīnār reports that ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar – Allāh be pleased with them – intended not to marry after the [passing of the] Prophet – ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa salam, so Ḥafṣah (his sister) – Allāh be pleased with her – advised him:

    My brother, marry, for if you have a child and it dies, it will precede you into Al-Jannah (and be a cause for you to be admitted), and if it lives, the child will supplicate for good for you.

    ʿAbd Al-Razzāq Al-Ṣanʿānī, Al-Muṣannaf #10388
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    “Allah gave you a gift of 86,000 seconds today, have you used one to say ‘Alhamdulilah"
    chat Quote

  12. #609
    eesa the kiwi's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,945
    Threads
    337
    Rep Power
    63
    Rep Ratio
    28
    Likes Ratio
    35

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    It is reported that ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd – Allāh be pleased with him – said:

    If the people were gathered on one plain, all of them believers, except for two unbelievers amongst them, they would join each other. And if the people were gathered on one plain, all of them unbelievers, except for two believers amongst them, they would join each other.

    Ibn Baṭṭah, Al-ʾIbānah Al-Kubrā 1:455
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    “Allah gave you a gift of 86,000 seconds today, have you used one to say ‘Alhamdulilah"
    chat Quote

  13. Report bad ads?
  14. #610
    eesa the kiwi's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,945
    Threads
    337
    Rep Power
    63
    Rep Ratio
    28
    Likes Ratio
    35

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    It is reported that Mālik – Allāh have mercy on him – said:

    It is upon whoever seeks knowledge to have a solemn, dignified demeanour, fearful [of Allāh]; and to follow in the footsteps of those who went before him.
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    “Allah gave you a gift of 86,000 seconds today, have you used one to say ‘Alhamdulilah"
    chat Quote

  15. #611
    eesa the kiwi's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,945
    Threads
    337
    Rep Power
    63
    Rep Ratio
    28
    Likes Ratio
    35

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    ʿAbd Al-Raḥmān b. Mahdī reports:

    A man laughed in [the circle of] Hishām Al-Dustawāʾī, so Hishām said to him, “Young man! You seek knowledge laughing?” He replied, “Is it not Allāh who makes [us] laugh and cry (as stated in the Qurʾān)?” So Hishām replied, “Then go and cry.”

    Op. cit. 233
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    “Allah gave you a gift of 86,000 seconds today, have you used one to say ‘Alhamdulilah"
    chat Quote

  16. #612
    eesa the kiwi's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,945
    Threads
    337
    Rep Power
    63
    Rep Ratio
    28
    Likes Ratio
    35

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    Ismāʿīl b. Yaḥyā reports:

    Sufyān once saw me joking with a man from Banī Shaybah at the House (Kaʿbah). I laughed, so he said to me, “You laugh here? A man used to hear a single ḥadīth and its demeanour and guidance would be seen on him for three days.”

    Op. cit. 234
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    “Allah gave you a gift of 86,000 seconds today, have you used one to say ‘Alhamdulilah"
    chat Quote

  17. #613
    eesa the kiwi's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,945
    Threads
    337
    Rep Power
    63
    Rep Ratio
    28
    Likes Ratio
    35

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    It is reported that ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd – Allāh be pleased with him – said:

    It is part of sure belief (yaqīn) [in Allāh] that you do not please the people by angering Allāh, and do not praise anyone [else] for what Allāh has provided you, and do not blame anyone for what Allāh has not given you. For verily, the provision of Allāh is not gained by the keenness of those who are keen [for you to have it], nor is it prevented by the hatred of those who hate [for you to have it]. And verily Allāh, in His justice, made happiness and joy in being certain and content [with Allāh], and made worry and sadness in doubt and anger.

    Hannād b. Al-Sarī, Al-Zuhd, article 535.
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    “Allah gave you a gift of 86,000 seconds today, have you used one to say ‘Alhamdulilah"
    chat Quote

  18. #614
    eesa the kiwi's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,945
    Threads
    337
    Rep Power
    63
    Rep Ratio
    28
    Likes Ratio
    35

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    It is reported that ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. Al-ʿĀs – Allāh be pleased with them – said:

    Leave alone what you have nothing to do with, and do not speak about what does not concern you, and secure your tongue like you secure your money.

    Ibn Ḥibbān Al-Bustī, Rawḍatu Al-ʿUqalāʾ 1:55.
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    “Allah gave you a gift of 86,000 seconds today, have you used one to say ‘Alhamdulilah"
    chat Quote

  19. Report bad ads?
  20. #615
    MazharShafiq's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Sep 2016
    Location
    Pakistan
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    2,301
    Threads
    56
    Rep Power
    48
    Rep Ratio
    7
    Likes Ratio
    18

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    according to Sells, "Junayd seems to presuppose that his hearer or reader has had the experience about which he is speaking – or, even more radically, that the hearer or reader is able to enter that experience, or some re-creation of it – at the moment of encounter with Junaid's words."[4] This statement makes it seem like Junayd was writing to a specific sect of the elite that he described earlier. The elite that he refers to are the elect, or "a tightly-knit group of 'brethren' that Junayd designates by such phrases as 'the choice of believers' or 'the pure ones'. They play significant roles in the community of believers."[7]

    As mentioned, Junayd has always been difficult to read for scholars because most of his writings have been lost to time. Junayd constantly uses precise words and language specific to try and describe God, the longing for Him, and the human condition. His ornate language immediately turns off most people, but Junayd had a reason for writing so cryptically. According to the Encyclopedia of Islam, Junayd found out that a letter he had written was opened by a stranger before it got to its destination: “doubtless by some zealot desirous of finding cause for impugning his orthodoxy; and to this ever-present danger must in part be attributed the deliberate preciosity which marks the writings of all the mystics of J̲unayd's period”.[9] This constant worry about others getting a hold of his ideas caused Junayd to become very protective of his writings.
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    27y9utc 1 - Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf
    chat Quote

  21. #616
    eesa the kiwi's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,945
    Threads
    337
    Rep Power
    63
    Rep Ratio
    28
    Likes Ratio
    35

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    It is reported that Masrūq – Allāh have mercy him – said: There is no house better for the believer than the niche of his grave, for then he will rest from the worries of this world, and be secured from the punishment of Allāh.

    Ibid. #87
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    “Allah gave you a gift of 86,000 seconds today, have you used one to say ‘Alhamdulilah"
    chat Quote

  22. #617
    MazharShafiq's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Sep 2016
    Location
    Pakistan
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    2,301
    Threads
    56
    Rep Power
    48
    Rep Ratio
    7
    Likes Ratio
    18

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    Life is nothing but an accumulation of many breaths. So every breath is just a precious diamond which cannot be purchased with anything in the world. It is a priceless jewel which has got no substitute in value. So in movements and talks, and in sorrows and happiness, such a priceless breath should not be spent in vain. To destroy it is to court destruction. An intelligent man cannot lose it. When a man gets up at dawn, he should enter into an agreement with himself just as a tradesman contracts with his partner. At that time, he should address his mind thus: O mind, you have been given no other property as precious as life. When it will end, the principal will end and despondency will come in seeking profit in business. Today is a new day. Allah has given you time, that is, He has delayed your death. He has bestowed upon you innumerable gifts. Think that you are already dead. So don't waste time. Every breath is a precious jewel. Man has got for each day and night twenty-four treasure houses in twenty-four hours. Fill up these then find them filled up with divine sights in the world next. If they are not filled up with good works, they will be filled up with intense darkness wherefrom a bad stench will come out and envelop them all around. Another treasure house will neither give him happiness nor sorrow. That is an hour in which he slept, or was careless, or was engaged in any lawful work of this world. He will feel grieved for its remaining vacant.

    [Taken from al-Ghazali: Meditation and Introspection, The Book of Constructive Virtues, Ihya Ulum-id-din.]
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    27y9utc 1 - Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf
    chat Quote

  23. #618
    eesa the kiwi's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,945
    Threads
    337
    Rep Power
    63
    Rep Ratio
    28
    Likes Ratio
    35

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    Saʿīd b. Jubayr – Allāh have mercy on him – said:

    Tawakkul (reliance and trust in Allah) comprehends all of Īmān.

    Hunād b. Al-Sarī, Al-Zuhd #534.
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    “Allah gave you a gift of 86,000 seconds today, have you used one to say ‘Alhamdulilah"
    chat Quote

  24. #619
    eesa the kiwi's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,945
    Threads
    337
    Rep Power
    63
    Rep Ratio
    28
    Likes Ratio
    35

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    Aḥmad b. Yūnus reports:

    I saw Zuhayr b. Muʿāwiyah come to Zāʾidah b. Qudāmah (d.160H) and speak to him to get him to narrate ḥadīth to a man, so Zāʾidah asked, Is he from Ahl Al-Sunnah? Zuhayr replied, I do not know that he has any bidʿah. Zāʾidah said, No, that is another matter! Is he from Ahl Al-Sunnah? Zuhayr said, Since when have people become like this? Zāʾidah replied, Since when did people curse Abū Bakr and ʿUmar?!

    Al-Khaṭīb Al-Baghdādī, Al-Jāmiʿ li Akhlāq Al-Rāwī #754.
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    “Allah gave you a gift of 86,000 seconds today, have you used one to say ‘Alhamdulilah"
    chat Quote

  25. Report bad ads?
  26. #620
    eesa the kiwi's Avatar Full Member
    brightness_1
    IB Oldtimer
    star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate star_rate
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Gender
    Male
    Religion
    Islam
    Posts
    3,945
    Threads
    337
    Rep Power
    63
    Rep Ratio
    28
    Likes Ratio
    35

    Re: Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    It is reported that Al-Ḥasan Al-Baṣrī – Allāh have mercy on him – said:

    Verily, you will find the believer (muʾmin) consistent time after time, upon one way, showing the same face; [whereas] you will find the hypocrite (munāfiq) changing colors, trying to be like everyone around him, running with every wind.

    Abū Bakr Al-Daynūrī, Al-Mujālasah wa Jawāhir Al-ʿIlm #1936
    Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf

    “Allah gave you a gift of 86,000 seconds today, have you used one to say ‘Alhamdulilah"
    chat Quote


  27. Hide
Page 31 of 81 First ... 21 29 30 31 32 33 41 ... Last
Hey there! Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf Looks like you're enjoying the discussion, but you're not signed up for an account.

When you create an account, we remember exactly what you've read, so you always come right back where you left off. You also get notifications, here and via email, whenever new posts are made. And you can like posts and share your thoughts. Pearls of Wisdom of the Salaf
Sign Up

Similar Threads

  1. Malaikah's Pearls of Wisdom
    By Malaikah in forum Miscellaneous
    Replies: 40
    Last Post: 06-19-2007, 02:17 PM
  2. The pearls of wisdom
    By Battle_4_Peace in forum Miscellaneous
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 07-09-2006, 07:28 PM
  3. General: Pearls of Wisdom
    By Khattab in forum General
    Replies: 93
    Last Post: 01-26-2006, 11:41 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
create