ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ Guide us to the straight path. Imam As-Sadi, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: Meaning: Guide and direct us, and grant us success on the straight path, which is the clear path leading to (the Pleasure) of Allah and His paradise. It is to know truth and act upon it, therefore, […]

Allah, The Most High, said: وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُ فُرُطًا And obey not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our Remembrance, one who follows his own lusts and whose affair (deeds) has been lost. [Al-Kahf 28] Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: […]

Abdur-Raḥmān ibn Yazīd ibn Jābir said: Once we were with Rajāʾ ibn Ḥaywah, then we began reminding one another about showing gratitude for (Allah’s) blessings, so he said: ‘There is no one who can truly fulfill gratitude (to Allah) due to blessings’. And behind us there was a man with a cloak over his head, […]

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: Let one beware, with the utmost caution, of the transgression of ‘I,’ ‘mine,’ and ‘I have,’ for indeed, Iblīs, Pharaoh, and Qārūn were all put to trial by one of these three. As for Iblīs, [Allah said] that he said: “I am better than him […]

Allah, The Most High, said: وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱئْتُونِى بِهِۦ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُ ٱلرَّسُولُ قَالَ ٱرْجِعْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَسْـَٔلْهُ مَا بَالُ ٱلنِّسْوَةِ ٱلَّٰتِى قَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ إِنَّ رَبِّى بِكَيْدِهِنَّ عَلِيمٌ And the king said: “Bring him to me.” But when the messenger came to him, [Yusuf] said: “Return to your lord and ask him, ‘What happened to the […]

Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Rajab, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: Here, there is a subtle matter that is befitting to be paid attention to, namely, that many of the Imams of the religion may hold an opinion that is outweighed by another opinion, while being mujtahid regarding it. He is rewarded for his ijtihād, and […]