Ibn al-Qayyim said:
“The correct understanding is this: Paradise is not merely a name for trees, fruits, food, drink, the ḥūr al-ʿayn, rivers, and palaces. Most people misunderstand what Paradise truly is. Rather, Paradise is the name of the abode of absolute and perfect bliss.
Among the greatest delights of Paradise is the joy of gazing upon the Face of the Lord, hearing His speech, and the comfort and delight found in nearness to Him and in His good pleasure.
The pleasure of its food, drink, clothing, and beautiful forms bears no comparison whatsoever to this delight. Indeed, even the slightest portion of Allah’s good pleasure is greater than Paradise and all that it contains of these blessings, as Allah, the Exalted, says:
‘But the good pleasure of Allah is greater.’ (Qur’an 9:72)”
— Madārij al-Sālikīn (2/329)
Ibn Taymiyyah: “In Jannah there's no sun, moon, night, day but morning & eve will be known by a light appearing from Allāh's Throne.”
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Gratitude of different faculties.
A man said to Abu Hazim, “What is the gratitude of the eyes?” He said, “If you see good things, you speak about them, and if you see bad things, you keep quiet about it.”
He asked, “What is the gratitude of the ears?” He said, “If you hear
Qatādah [D. 118H] [رحمه الله] said:
❝Beware of overburdening oneself, extremism, going beyond bounds and self-amazement. Humble yourself for Allāh, maybe He will raise you.❞
[📚Siyar A'lām Al-Nubalā, (5/276) | 📝Translated By Abu Abdur-Rahmān Hilāl]
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Whoever recites a letter from Allah's Book, then he receives the reward from it and the reward of ten the like of it. I do not say that Alif Lam Mim is a letter but Alif is a letter Lam is a letter and Mim is a letter
📚 Jami at-Tirmidhi 2910
Al-Fudayl ibn ‘Iyad (رحمه الله):
طُوبى لِمن اسْتَوْحش من النّاس، وكانَ الله
أنِيسهُ، وبكى على خطِيئتِهِ.
Glad tidings to the one who feels estranged from the people, and Allah becomes his companion, and he weeps over his sin.
[Hilyat al-Awliya’ (108/8)]
Bakr ibn ‘Abdullāh al-Muzanī (رحمه الله) said:
“May Allah have mercy on a servant whom Allah has blessed with strength, so he uses it in obedience to Allah; or if weakness prevents him from doing much, he does not use it in disobedience to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.”
Allah is Al-Jabbar. Meaning He can fix anything that’s broken. No matter how broken it is He can put it back together. You can be shattered into pieces through your life problems: Rely on the Al-Jabbar to fix it no matter how impossible you think it is.
I wish our Muslim countries were more flexible with each other, where we could travel easily, meet different people & truly get to know one another. I wish we all shared equal benefits, opportunities and advantages.
I believe so many of our issues would have been solved long ago
Ibn Baz رحمه اللہ said,
"You are in need of guidance even if you were the most pious and even if you were the most knowledgeable, you are in need of guidance till you die."
[Fataawa 7/163]
Imām Ibn Qudāmah رحمه الله said:
“If a man possesses only enough to support himself and one other person, and he has a wife, then she has the greater right to maintenance, because he is obligated to provide for her regardless of kinship.”
📚 •Al-Mughnī [9/270]
I remember someone said:
"Allah will never make you pray for something that was never meant for you." Maybe that's why the dua itself is already a sign - because if He placed it in your heart to ask, it means He's already planning to give it to you, just in His perfect time