Seize The Benefit of Five Things From The People of Your Time
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy
Weeping Due To The Good Deeds We Have Missed
Sulaymaan Ad-Daaraanee [rahimahullaah] said:
If a sensible person did not weep due to what remains of his life span, except due to the sweetness that has escaped him from the acts of obedience to Allaah, then it would be befitting that he weeps due to what has elapsed until death comes to him.
[Hilyatul Awliyaa 9/275]
Salaf: They Were Not Oblivious of Their Real Worth or Rightful Status!
Abu Khaythama narrated to us, (saying): Jareer narrated to us from Al-a’mash from Mas’ood Ibn Maalik who said: ”Ali Ibnul Husain said to me, ”Are you able to make me meet with Saeed Ibn Jubayr?” I said: ”What need do you have of him?” He said: ”I want to ask him about some affairs. Indeed, the people commend us for that which we do not possess.”
Source: Kitaabul Ilm of Abu Khaythama with the checking of Imaam Aal Albaanee, page:18. narration number: 64]
Sweetness of Worship – Al-Imaam Ahmad Harb
Al-Imaam Ahmad Harb (rahimahullah) said:
“I worshipped Allah for 50 years and I did not experience the sweetness of worship until I abandoned three things:
- I abandoned pleasing the people in order to be able to speak the truth.
- I abandoned the companionship of sinners until I found companionship of the righteous,
- and I left the sweetness of the dunya until i found the sweetness of (seeking after) the hereafter.”
Siyaar A’laam an Nubaalaa Vol 11 pg 34
An Example of Righteous Dealing With Our Rulers- Imaam Ibn Seereen (rahimahullaah)
Abdul Hameed Bin Abdillaah Ibn Muslim Ibn Yasaar (rahimahullaah) said: When Ibn Seereen (rahimahullaah) was imprisoned, the prisoners said to him, ‘’Go to your family at night and return in the morning”. So he said: By Allaah! I will not deceive the ruler.”
[Taareekh Baghdaad: [6/334]
A Praiseworthy Outcome Related to Remembrance of Death -[May Allaah grant Us This Blessing]
Al-Hasan [rahimahullaah] said:
A slave does not remember death a lot, except that it is seen in his actions. And he does not prolong his hopes [in the worldly things] except that his actions become evil.
[Az-Zuhd of Imaam Ahmad: page:269]
Reminder: Abu Hurairah and His Mother – An Amazing Narration That Bring Tears to The Eyes!
Abu Huraira reported: I invited my mother, who was a polytheist, to Islam. I invited her one day and she said to me something about Allaah’s Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) which I hated. I came to Allaah’s Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) weeping and said: Allaah’s Messenger, I invited my mother to Islam but she did not accept (my invitation). I invited her today but she said to me something which I did not like. (Kindly) supplicate Allaah that He may set the mother of Abu Huraira right. Thereupon Allaah’s Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: O Allaah, set the mother of Abu Huraira on the right path. I came out quite pleased with the supplication of Allaah’s Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and when I came near the door it was closed from within. My mother heard the noise of my footsteps and she said: Abu Huraira, just wait, and I heard the noise of falling of water. She took a bath and put on the shirt and quickly covered her head with a headdress and opened the door and then said: Abu Huraira, I bear witness to the fact that there is none worthy of worship (in truth) but Allaah and Muhammad is His bondsman and His Messenger. He (Abu Huraira) said: I went back to Allaah’s Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and (this time) I was shedding the tears of joy. I said: Allaah’s Messenger, be happy, for Allaah has responded to your supplication and He has set on the right path the mother of Abu Huraira. He (the Prophet) praised Allaah, and extolled Him and uttered good words. I said: Allaah’s Messenger, supplicate to Allaah so that He may instil love of mine and that of my mother too in the believing servants and let our hearts be filled with their love, whereupon Allaah’s Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: O Allaah, let there be love of these servants of yours, i. e. Abu Huraira and his mother, in the hearts of the believing servants and let their hearts be filled with the love of the believing servants. (Abu Huraira said: This prayer) was so well granted by Allaah that no believer was ever born who heard of me and who saw me but did not love me. [Sahih Muslim 2491]
http://www.sahihmuslim.com/sps/smm/sahihmuslim.cfm?scn=dspchaptersfull&BookID=31&ChapterID=1033
A Righteous Deed of Ali Ibnul Husayn at Night!
Amr Bin Thaabit (rahimahullaah) said: When Ali Ibnul Husayn (rahimahullaah) passed away and was being given a bath, they (i.e. those giving him a bath) looked at a black mark that was on his back; so they said, ”What is this (black mark)?” They (i.e. some other people who were present) said, ”He used to carry a sack of flour at night to give to the poor people of Madeenah.”
[Sifatus Safwa: 2/96]
He Was Not Handsome, But He Was a Noble Man Blessed With Sound Understanding!
Imaam Dhahabee (rahimahullaah) stated in the biography of Abdul Azeez Bin Yahyaa Al-Kinaanee Al-Faqee (rahimahullaah) that he had an unsightly appearance. Abee Aynaa said, ”Abdul Azeez entered upon Mamoon whilst his physical appearance was very unsightly, so Abu Ishaaq Al-Mutasim laughed”. He (Abdul Azeez) said, ‘O leader of the believers! Why is this person laughing? Indeed Allaah did not chose Yusuf (alayhis-salaam) due to his handsomeness, rather He chose him for His religion and clarification (of the truth).’ So Mamoon laughed and was amazed by him”.
[Source: Tareekhul Islaam: 17/231]
Many People Leave This Worldly Life Without Tasting The Most Tasteful Thing- By Maaliki Bin Deenaar
Maalik Ibn Deenaar (rahimahullaah) said, ”The people (i.e. some of them) exit the worldly life without tasting the most tasteful thing in it”; so they (i.e. the people) asked, ‘What is it O father of Yahya?’ He said, ”Knowledge and awareness of Allaah”.
[Source: Maktabah Shaamilah- Seeratus Salaf As-Saaleh’ by Imaam Ismaaeel Bin Muhammad Bin Fadl Al-Asbahaanee (535AH: Chapter: A mention of those who followed the companions in righteousness]
Knowledge and Awareness of Allaah: knowledge and awareness that makes the person accept whatever He (Allaah) has prescribed and laid down, and causes him to submit to that, and to judge by the Prescribed laws which the Messenger (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) came with…..[For further details see: Translation of the Explanation of the three fundamental principles page 38 – By Ustaadh Abu Talhah Daawud Burbank (may Allaah have mercy on him and his wife. Aameen]