📌A Lifetime of Advice
“My brother and sister, after spending sixty years in this world, most of them in the pursuit of knowledge, this is the most important advice I learned from knowledge and from life’s experiences:
If you act upon this advice, then do not worry about what you miss from this world:
اهتم بمن أنت عند الله، واحرص على أن تكون كما يريد الله أن تكون.
Care about who you are in the sight of Allah, and strive to be the person Allah wants you to be.
— Shaykh Sulaymān ar-Ruḥaylī (حفظه الله)
▪️Shaikh Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
“A sin committed in the Haram, a sin committed in Ramadan, and a sin committed during the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah are graver in sin than sins committed at other times.”
📚 Majmūʿ Fatāwā wa Maqālāt Ibn Bāz (3/388)
Abdullah Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) Narrated, The Prophet (ﷺ) said:
“There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved (or more virtuous) to Allah than these ten days.”
They asked: “Not even Jihad?”
He said: “Not even Jihad, except for a man who goes out risking his life and wealth and returns with nothing.”
📚 Sahih Al-Bukhari: 969
Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) Narrated, that the Prophet ﷺ said:
“When the first ten days (of Dhul-Hijjah) begin, and a person has a sacrificial animal and intends to offer a sacrifice (udhiyah), then he should not cut any hair nor trim any nails.”
📚 Sahih Muslim:1977
#hajj #dhulqadah
If you were told that one of these keys opens a treasure chest filled with gold and jewelry, would you guess which key it is, or take them all?
Likewise, the (Laylat al-Qadr) is in the last ten nights (of Ramadan), so take advantage of all of them to attain it.
#ramzan
Shaykh al-Islam #Ibn_Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
"Seeking aid from a created being [instead of the Creator] is like a drowning man seeking aid from another drowning man."
(Qa'idah Jalilah fi al-Tawassul wa al-Wasilah)
[باب: لا يأتي زمان إلا الذي بعده شر منه.]
حدثنا محمد بن يوسف: حدثنا سفيان، عن الزبير بن عدي قال:
أتينا أنس بن مالك، فشكونا إليه ما يلقون من الحَجّاج، فقال: اصبروا، فإنه لا يأتي عليكم زمان إلا الذي بعده شر منه، حتى تلقوا ربكم، سمعته من نبيكم ﷺ
📚 [صحيح البخاري ٦٦٥٧]
“And in the hours before dawn, they seek forgiveness.”
Surah Adh-Dhariyat:18
Shaykh As-Sa'di (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Seeking forgiveness at the time of Suhoor (before dawn) has a special virtue and distinction that is not found at any other.
📚Tafseer As-Sa'di
«أن ذكر الله عز وجل يسهل الصعب، وييسر العسير، ويخفف المشاق»
[الوابل الصيب(٧٦)].
Remembering Allah makes tough things easy, solves problems, and lightens hardships.
[Al-Wabil al-Sayyib (76)]
قال ابن القيم رحمه الله :
« أغبى النَّاس من ضل فِي آخر سَفَره وَقد قَارب المنزل ».
[الفوائد (١٠٧)].
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
"The most foolish person is the one who gets lost right before reaching his goal."
[Al-Fawaid (107)]