Ibnul-Qayyim, رحمه الله, says:
“For the tongue does not keep quiet at all. It is either a tongue that remembers or a tongue that is frivolous and it has to be one of these two.
‘Ali Ibn Abi Talib رضي الله عنه said,
“Do not befriend the fool, for he gives you advice and exhausts himself wrongly. Perhaps he wishes to benefit you, but in reality he harms you.
Imām Al Hāfidh Adh Dhahabī رحمه الله said:
Correcting the intention for a student of knowledge is mandatory, for whoever seeks a Hadeeth for increase in fame, boasting, to be seen amongst the people, to secure jobs, or to be praised for his knowledge: then he has surely lost.
Fudayl Bin Iyyad (rahimahullah) said:
"Whoever sits with a follower of innovation has not been given wisdom."
[Reported by Ibn Battah, in Al-Ibanah No. 439]
A'isha رضي الله عنها said:
"Ask Allāh for everything, even shoelaces, because if Allāh does not make it easy for you to obtain it you will not obtain."
{Musnad Abū Ya'lā (v.8, p.44)}
Al-Imām Ahmad ibn Harb رحمه الله said:
“I worshipped Allāh for fifty years and I did not experience the sweetness of worship until I abandoned three things:
I abandoned pleasing the people in order to be able to speak the truth,
Sit for a short while before you sleep and do this…
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
"Avoid those things that necessitate the punishment of the grave.
And from the most beneficial of them is that when a man wants to sleep, he sits for an hour, for the Sake of Allah, calling himself to account over the things that he has lost and gained during that day of his. Then, between him and his Lord, he renews his sincere repentance over those things that he lost, and sleeps on that repentance, firmly resolving not to return to the sin when he wakes up–and he does this every night.
So if he dies on that night of his, he would have died upon repentance and if he wakes up, he will wake up going towards action, pleased with the postponement of his appointed time so that he can turn to his Lord and set right what he missed out on. And there is nothing more beneficial for the servant than this sleep, especially when he follows that [i.e., his resolve to renew his repentance] up with the remembrance of Allaah, performing those sunnahs which have been reported from the Prophet ﷺ of Allaah when going to bed, [doing so] until sleep overtakes him.
So whoever Allaah wishes good for, He will grant him the success to do that. And there is neither movement, nor power except through Allaah.”
{Ar-Rooh, p. 79.}
There is no good in speech except for nine things:
1- Saying "La ilaha illallah"
2- Saying "Subhanallah"
3- Saying "Allahu Akbar"
4- Saying "Alhamdulillah"
5- Asking for good
6- Seeking refuge from evil
Shaykh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله
The consequences of abandoning the prayers (summarized):
1. The one who abandons the prayers is a Kaafir. He is like the one who has apostatized from the religion.
2. He is not allowed to marry a Muslim girl/woman. If a girl is already
One of your duas should always be
“Oh Allah accept my righteous deeds and turn my bad deeds into good deeds.”
Sincerity and repentance is key to accepting this Du’a and othe duas.
Imām As-Sa'dee رحمه الله said:
"Allāh has honoured the men with their beard wherein their beauty and dignity exists. Woe to the one who shaves or abuses it. A person like that has certainly been disobedient to his Lord openly."
[Al-Fataawaa as-Sa'diyyah; 96-97]