Islamic Reminders

Reminders from Quran and Sunnah. Statements of Salah al- Saaliheen. Authentic narrations only.

By: A slave of Allaah

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عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ:
«... يَا دُنْيَا، غُرِّي غَيْرِي».

(الشَّرِيعَة ١٢١٨ — عِصَامُ مُوسَى هَادِي: حسن)

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قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ:

«تَعَلَّمُوا الْقُرْآنَ، فَإِذَا عَلِمْتُمُوهُ فَلَا تَغْلُوا فِيهِ، وَلَا تَجْفُوا عَنْهُ، وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا بِهِ، وَلَا تَسْتَكْثِرُوا بِهِ».

رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ (١٥٦٦٦)، وَإِسْنَادُهُ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ

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The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

“Learn the Qur’an. When you have learned it, then do not go to extremes concerning it, do not abandon it, do not eat by means of it, and do not seek to increase (material/social status) through it.”

(Ahmed 15,666 - isnaad is saheeh)

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قَالَ الْفُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ:

بِقَدْرِ ما يَصْغُرُ الذَّنْبُ عِنْدَكَ كَذَا يَعْظُمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ، وَبِقَدْرِ ما يَعْظُمُ عِنْدَكَ كَذَا يَصْغُرُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ.

(رَوَاهُ البيهقي فِي شُعبِ الْإِيمَانِ (٦٧٥١)، وَإِسْنَادُهُ جَيِّدٌ)

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Al-Fuḍayl ibn ʿIyāḍ said:

“To the extent that a sin becomes small in your sight, it becomes great in the sight of Allah; and to the extent that it becomes great in your sight, it becomes small in the sight of Allah.”

(Al-Bayhaqī in Shuʿab al-Īmān # 6751 & its isnaad is hasan)

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عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَ��ْعُودٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ:

«التَّوْبَةُ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ أَنْ لَا يَعُودَ إِلَيْهِ أَبَدًا».

(رَوَاهُ البيهقي فِي شُعبِ الْإِيمَانِ (٦٦٣٦)، وَإِسْنَادُهُ حَسَنٌ)

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ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

“Repentance from a sin is that one never returns to it again.”

(Al-Bayhaqī in Shuʿab al-Īmān (no. 6636), and its isnaad is ḥasan)

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عَن عُمَيْرِ بنِ حَبِيبٍ قالَ:

«الإِيمَانُ يَزِيدُ وَيَنقُصُ».

فقيل: وَما زِي��دَتُهُ وَما نُقصانُهُ؟

قال: «إذَا ذَكَرنَا اللَّه وَحَمِدنَاهُ وَسَبَّحنَاهُ فَذَلِكَ زِيَادَتُه،
وَإِذَا غَفَلنَا وَضَيَّعنَا وَنَسِينَا فذلك نُقصَانُه».

(رواه الآجرِّيّ في الشريعة رقم ٢١٦ - صحيح)

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Umayr ibn Ḥabīb said:
“Iman increases & decreases.”
It was said, “And what is its increase & decrease?”
He said, “When we remember Allah, praise Him, & glorify Him, that is its increase.
And when we become heedless, neglect, & forget, that is its decrease.”
(Al-Sharīʿah 216)

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قال رسولُ اللهِ ﷺ:

«مَا عَمِلَ ابْنُ آدَمَ شَيْئًا أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ، وَصَلَاحِ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ، وَخُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ».

إسنادُه حسن
السلسلة الصحيحة (1448)

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The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

“The son of Adam does not perform any deed better than prayer, reconciling relationships, and good character.”

(Isnad is ḥasan: Al-Ṣaḥīḥah #1448)

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قَالَ العَلَّامَةُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ العُثَيْمِينِ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ فِي تَفْسِيرِ سُورَةِ النَّمْلِ:

وَقَدْ قِيلَ مِنَ الحِكَمِ:

«إِنْ لَمْ تَشْغَلْ نَفْسَكَ بِالْحَقِّ شَغَلَتْكَ بِالْبَاطِلِ»

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Al-ʿAllāmah Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his Tafsīr of Sūrat al-Naml (27:43):

It has been said among wise sayings:

“If you do not busy your nafs with al-ḥaqq, it will busy you with al-bāṭil.”

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عَنِ الْمَعْرُورِ، قَالَ:
أُتِيَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ بِامْرَأَةٍ قَدْ زَنَتْ، فَقَالَ: «وَيْلٌ لِلْمُرِّيَّةِ! أَفْسَدَتْ حُسْنَهَا، اذْهَبَا فَاجْلِدَاهَا، وَلَا تَخْرِقَا جِلْدَهَا».

رواه البيهقي في الكبرى (رقم ١٧٥٨٣).
الحكم: قال إسلام منصور: صحيح.

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Al-Maʿrūr reported:
A woman who had committed adultery was brought before ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with him). He said:
“Woe to the woman! She has ruined her beauty. Go and flog her — but do not tear her skin.”

Al-Baihaqi in his Al-Kubra # 17583.
Islām Manṣūr said: Ṣaḥīḥ.

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عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ:

"إِنَّكُمْ لَتَدَعُونَ أَفْضَلَ الْعِبَادَةِ: التَّوَاضُعَ."

رَوَاهُ ابْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ فِي الْمُصَنَّفِ.
قَالَ الشَّثْرِي: صَحِيح (٣٧٤٦٦)،
وَقَالَ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ: إِسْنَادُهُ صَحِيح (٣٥٧٤٨).