Wednesday 3 December 2014

Gems From the Salaf




Al-Hakeem at-Tirmidhee said: “The rectitude of five lie in five: The rectitude of a child lies in the study-room. The rectitude of a youth lies in (seeking and acquiring) knowledge. The rectitude of the mature, middle-aged man lies in the masjid. The rectitude of a woman is in her house. And the rectitude of one who harms others is in the prison.” [Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa (13/441)]  

Fudayl bin Iyaad said: A servant does not reach (taste, acquire) the reality of eemaan until he considers tribulation (calamity) to be a blessing and comfort (opulence) to be a calamity, and until he loves not that he should be praised for worship of Allaah.” [Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa (8/434)] 

Ibn Qayyim said: “Whatever Allaah has decreed for His believing slave is a blessing even if that is in the form of withholding; it is a favour even if that is in the form of a trial, and the calamity decreed by Him is fair even if it is painful.”[Madaarij al-Saalikeen, 4/215]


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