Khalid Bin Mi’dan, may Allah have mercy upon him, reported:  Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, may Allah be pleased with him, appointed Saʿīd ibn ʿĀmir ibn Judhaym al-Jumaḥī, may Allah be pleased with him, as our governor over us in Ḥimṣ. When Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb arrived in Ḥimṣ, he said, “O people of Ḥimṣ! How have you found your governor?” So they compl…

Amīr al-Mu’minīn Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, raḍiyallāhu ʿanhu, said: “Adhere to the truth, it will place you in the ranks of its people on a day when (nothing) will be judged except based on truth.” Someone asked: “Why do you relentlessly emphasise verification in these times?” We say to them: Twenty-six years ago, in Manchester, we received news…

Allah, The Mighty and Majestic, said: وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَشۡهَدُونَ ٱلزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِٱللَّغۡوِ مَرُّواْ ڪِرَامً۬ا And those who do not witness Az-zoor [falsehood], and if they pass by some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity. [Al-Furqaan. 72] وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَشۡهَدُونَ ٱلزُّورَ And those who do not witness Az-z…

CONTEMPLATION WITH THE PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE WHO METE OUT HARSHNESS THROUGH VERSES 43 AND 44 OF SURAH IBRAHIM Allah, The Most High, said: وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ اللَّهَ غَافِلًا عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ الظَّالِمُونَ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ تَشْخَصُ فِيهِ الْأَبْصَارُ مُهْطِعِينَ مُقْنِعِي رُءُوسِهِمْ لَا يَرْتَدُّ إِلَيْهِمْ طَرْفُهُمْ ۖ وَأَفْئِدَتُ…

Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, distributed (wealth), so I said, “O Allah’s Messenger! Other people are more entitled to it than these”. He said, “They gave me no option; either they would have asked me in a very harsh manner or they would have considered me miserly, and I a…

Al-Allamah Salih Aala Ash-Shaikh, may Allah preserve him, said: Whenever you have more humility in pursuit of knowledge through the Shariah, the scholar becomes more devoted to you (i.e. pays closer attention to your needs). This is why you find that many of the scholars have a special student because he (i.e. this student) has good manners when…

Allah, The Most High, said: يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ قَدۡ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمۡ لِبَاسً۬ا يُوَٲرِى سَوۡءَٲتِكُمۡ وَرِيشً۬ا‌ۖ وَلِبَاسُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ ذَٲلِكَ خَيۡرٌ۬‌ۚ ذَٲلِكَ مِنۡ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَذَّكَّرُونَ O Children of Adam! We have bestowed raiment upon you to cover yourselves (screen your private parts, etc.) and as an adornment…

Allah, The Most High, said: يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ كَثِيرًا مِّمَّا كُنتُمْ تُخْفُونَ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَيَعْفُوا۟ عَن كَثِيرٍ قَدْ جَآءَكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ نُورٌ وَكِتَٰبٌ مُّبِينٌ يَهْدِى بِهِ ٱللَّهُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ رِضْوَٰنَهُۥ سُبُلَ ٱلسَّلَٰمِ وَيُخْرِجُهُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ بِإِذْنِهِ…

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 use this hadith as justification, t…

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 a place called…