Ibn Rajab said:
Some of the Salaf would say to a brother of theirs: "If Allah is with you then from who (among creation) do you fear?! And if He is against you, then in who do you have hope?!"
نور الاقتباس في مشكاة وصية النبي لابن عباس
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Saeed Raslan said:
"No one is free from mistakes, thus it is not befitting for a man's (overwhelming amount of) good deeds to be buried on account of a mistake. It is obligatory that speech about people be with knowledge, justice, and fairness."
ضوابط التبديع
Some students of knowledge and shuyuukh from ASWJ from the english world who've affected me immensely
- Bilal Phillips
- Abdulrahmaan Hassan
- Uthmaan Faaruq
- Khalid Green
- Mufti Muneer
- Abu Usamah Adh-Dhahabi
- Karim Abu Zaid
- Abu Suheib Al Bassam
- Najeeb Al Anjelisi
One thing Ramadan shows us, is that we CAN:
-Wake up for Fajr salah.
-Read the Quran.
-Fast x-amount of days.
-Pray the night prayer.
Which means we CAN continue this after Ramadan! Dont let Ramadan be the only time you actually practice your faith properly.
Focus on yourself before anyone else, you have to help yourself first if you want to benefit others, then begin with family members etc
Don’t try to learn inheritance & the likes to benefit others when ur ignorant of basics of worship you need for yourself.
Dont be fooled by outward piety.
From the first who will be judged on the day of judgement will be the one who has knowledge and recites the Quran. It will be said: "What did you do (in the dunya)?" He will say: "I studied knowledge & read Quran for your sake!" It will be said: