Imaam Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said: “Being satisfied and sufficed (with Allaah) opens a door of safety for the slave, and it cleanses his heart of deception, corruptionand rancour. And none will be saved from the punishment of Allaah, except the one who comes to Allaah (on the Day of Judgement) with a pure heart. Likewise, there cannot be peacefulness of the heart alongside discontentment and an absence of satisfaction (with Allaah); and whenever the [...]
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The slave satisfies himself with his Lord and fills his heart with that
Posted in 'Ibaadah, Heart, Imam ibn al-Qayyim on May 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Sincerity
Posted in Imam ibn al-Qayyim, Sincerity on March 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ibn Al-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said: “It has been said: ‘Sincerity is to forget the creation seeing you because of continually looking towards the Creator. Whoever adorns himself before the people with what he does not possess, has fallen from Allah’s grace.’” (Madaarij As-Salikeen, 2/70)
Music/Singing and its effects.
Posted in Imam ibn al-Qayyim, Music on February 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
`Abdullah b. Mas’ûd – Allah be pleased with him – said: Singing sprouts hypocrisy (nifâq) in the heart as water sprouts greens and herbs. Ibn Battah, Al-Ibânah Al-Kubrâ Vol.2 p469, and Al-Bayhaqî, Al-Sunan Al-Kubrâ Vol. 52 p231. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawzîyah – Allah have mercy on him – said in Madârij Al-Sâlikîn, Vol.1 p487: These are [...]
Beauty and Knowledge
Posted in Imam ibn al-Qayyim, Knowledge on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ibn Al-Qayyim, rahimahullaah, said: “When Allah granted Prophet Yoosuf (`alayhis-Salaam) physical beauty it caused him to be locked up in the prison; but when Allah granted him knowledge (when he interpreted the dream of the king) it not only took him out of prison, but elevated his rank in society, clearly showing us the virtue of knowledge [...]
Description Of Paradise & The Delights That It Contains – Ibn al-Qayyim
Posted in Imam ibn al-Qayyim, Paradise on December 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In The Name Of Allah.. Ibn al-Qayyim said, in regards to the description of the Paradise and the delights that it contains: “And if you ask about its ground and its soil, then it is of musk and saffron. And if you ask about its roof, then it is the Throne of the Most Merciful. [...]
Between the Past and the Future
Posted in Imam ibn al-Qayyim, Istighfaar on December 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ibn Al-Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah - rahimahullaah - said: Your life in the present moment is in between the past and the future. So what has preceded can be rectified by tawbah (repentance), nadam (regret) and istighfar(seeking Allaah’s forgiveness). And this is something that will neither tire you, nor cause you to toil as you would with strenuous labour. Rather it is an action [...]
The Prohibition Of Listening To Music
Posted in Imam ibn al-Qayyim, Music, Prohibition, Shaykh Abu 'Amr Abdul-Kareem Bin Ahmed Al-Hajooree on November 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A Short Sitting In A Taxi Written by the Noble Shaykh Abu ‘Amr Abdul-Kareem Bin Ahmed Al-Hajoree Chapter: The Prohibition Of Listening To Music Allah said, exalted be He in His loftiness: وَمِنْ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًا أُولَئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُهِينٌ And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks [...]
True Love
Posted in Imam ibn al-Qayyim, Love on November 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullaah) says: And the cure for this deadly illness (i.e. love before marriage) is for the person that is afflicted to realize that this love is only due to his/her own delusions and ignorance. So upon such a person is to first and foremost strengthen their Tawheed and reliance upon Allaah, and secondly to increase [...]
The Connection of the Soul to the Body
Posted in Imam ibn al-Qayyim, Soul on November 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Imaam Ibnul-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (d.751H) Source : Kitaabur-Rooh (p. 44) The soul (ar-rooh) is connected to the body in five different ways, to which different rules apply. [1] Its connection to the body as a fetus in his mother’s womb. [2] Its connection to the body after a person is born. [3] Its connection to the [...]
Keeping Bad Company – One Of The Poisons Of The Heart
Posted in Companionship, Friends, Imam ibn al-Qayyim on November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah (d.751H) said: Unnecessary companionship is a chronic disease that causes much harm. How often have the wrong kind of companionship and intermixing deprived people of Allah’s generosity, planting discord in their hearts which even the passage of time-even if it were long enough for mountains to be worn away-has been unable to [...]
