Friday is the Scale of the Week

 

Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

Friday is a day on which it is recommended to dedicate oneself exclusively to worship. It holds exclusive virtues of various forms of compulsory and voluntary acts of worship over others days. Allah – blessed and exalted be He - has set aside a day for the adherents of every religion on which they devote themselves to worship and abandon preoccupation with the world; hence, Friday is a day of worship and its correlation to other days is like the relationship of Ramadan to other months. The hour of acceptance of supplications therein is like the Night of Decree in the month of Ramadan.

Hence, anyone whose Friday is sound and free, his remaining days of the week will be sound and safe as the remaining year will be safe and sound for anyone whose Ramadan is sound and safe. Anyone whose pilgrimage to the House is complete and free from harm, his remaining life span will be complete and free from harm. Therefore, Friday is the scale of the week, Ramadan is the scale of the year and Hajj is the scale of life span.

Source: Zaad al-Ma’aad fee Hady Khayr al-Ibaad, by Imaam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah; translated by Abdus-Samee’ Abdus-Salaam.

 

Secret Good Deeds Between You and Allaah

 

Shaykh Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid said:

In the history of the Ummah – and all praise is due to Allaah – a lot of sincere ones have gone by. Their conduct was light, model and goodness to those who came after them. Consequently, Allaah left their conduct and memory so that those who will come after them would emulate them. At the top of these people are the Prophets and the leader among them is Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam). Also included are the companions of the Prophets; and the leader among them are the companions of Prophet (may Allaah be pleased with him) who conquered lands with their sincerity and through them, the slaves entered the religion of Allaah, as well as those who came after them of the taabi’oon (successors of the companions) and their successors.

One of the amazing stories of the sincere ones is that of Alee bin al-Husain. Alee bin al-Husain used to carry bread in the night on his back searching for the needy during the night. He would say: ‘Charity in the night extinguishes the anger of the Lord.’ People among the inhabitants of Madeenah used to live without knowing where their livelihood is coming from. When ‘Alee bin al-Husain died, they missed what he used to give in the night. They saw traces of scabies on his back as a result of what he used to carry in the night to the dwelling of the needy. And he used to go round one hundred houses. Those were the conditions and stories Allaah made manifest so that its companions would be people who would be emulated.  

Source: See Silsilah A’maal al-Quloob, p. 22-26 by Shaykh Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid; translated by Abdus-Samee’ Abdus-Salaam.