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Patience includes withholding a response as well as patiently responding to persistent transgressors
The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “I guarantee a house in paradise for one who gives up arguing, even if he is in the right”. [1] Imam Muhammad Ibn Salih Al-Uthaymin, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: Some people refrain from debate, even when they are correct, and they […]
The Prophet Defended Qaswa, the She-Camel, Against an Attribution Unrelated to Her Character
Narrated Al-Miswar bin Makhrama and Marwan: (whose narrations attest to each other) Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, set out at the time of Al-Hudaibiya (treaty), and when they proceeded for a distance, he said, “Khalid bin Al-Walid leading the cavalry of Quraish constituting the front of the army, is at […]
Maslahah and Mafsadah: Should I Seek Retaliation or Exercise Patience?
In Sharh Hilyah Talib Al-Ilm, page 197, Imam Muhammad Ibn Salih Al-Uthaymin, may Allah have mercy upon him, commented on the statement of the author, may Allah have mercy upon him, about manners. He said: فَكَرَمُ الخُلُقِ هو : أنْ يَتَسَامَحَ في موضع التَّسَامُحِ، وَيَأْخُذَ بالعَزْمِ في موضع العزيمة… ولهذا جاء الدين الإسلامي وسَطًا بينَ […]
“Treat others as you would love to be treated” – Admonitions by Senior Scholars
Abdullah Bin Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, “Whoever would love to be delivered from Hellfire and admitted into Paradise, let him meet his end whilst believing in Allah and the Last Day, and let him treat people as he would […]
Ramifications of Groupthink and Hubris on the Most Intelligent and Elders of a Nation Without Allah’s Guidance
Allah, The Most High, said that when Bilqees arrived, Sulayman said to those who were with him: نَكِّرُواْ لَهَا عَرۡشَہَا نَنظُرۡ أَتَہۡتَدِىٓ أَمۡ تَكُونُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَہۡتَدُونَ Disguise her throne for her, that we may see whether she will be guided (to recognise her throne), or she will be one of those not guided. […]
The Arena of Courageous, Conscientious Men
Allah, The Most High, said: يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ كُونُواْ قَوَّٲمِينَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ شُہَدَآءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَوِ ٱلۡوَٲلِدَيۡنِ وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَۚ إِن يَكُنۡ غَنِيًّا أَوۡ فَقِيرً۬ا فَٱللَّهُ أَوۡلَىٰ بِہِمَاۖ فَلَا تَتَّبِعُواْ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ أَن تَعۡدِلُواْۚ وَإِن تَلۡوُ ۥۤاْ أَوۡ تُعۡرِضُواْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرً۬ا O you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to […]
